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victory_road2019-11-23 06:46 pm
shiro2hero) wrote in victory_road2019-11-23 06:46 pm
video; action for Sevii House
[Shiro's gear turns on while outdoors. On the beach. It's clear they're in the middle of a training session, with various members of his pokemon team sitting along a makeshift battlefield -- you know, the big rectangle with the circle in the middle. Made out of driftwood and seaweed.]
[And the entire gang is wearing the same mildly distressed expression.]
[Shiro, wielding the camera one-handed thanks to the sling on the other arm, slowly pans over to where his ... uh. Archen. Exists.]
Does... does anyone know if this guy is okay?
[Because the little bird-dinosaur sure doesn't really look like it. Its flailing is kicking up sand and bits of shells everywhere. Shiro's Litleo starts edging away from the other pokemon, eyes wide and ears slicked back.]
He's been acting like this since he hatched. We're all a little... concerned.
[WHY IS IT LIKE THIS, POKEMON WORLD.]
[And the entire gang is wearing the same mildly distressed expression.]
[Shiro, wielding the camera one-handed thanks to the sling on the other arm, slowly pans over to where his ... uh. Archen. Exists.]
Does... does anyone know if this guy is okay?
[Because the little bird-dinosaur sure doesn't really look like it. Its flailing is kicking up sand and bits of shells everywhere. Shiro's Litleo starts edging away from the other pokemon, eyes wide and ears slicked back.]
He's been acting like this since he hatched. We're all a little... concerned.
[WHY IS IT LIKE THIS, POKEMON WORLD.]
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[Honestly, seeing that is a little bit. Well. Keith's not kidding about it being some kind of bug.]
Is it okay?
[Because he has his doubts. The pokemon looks like it just failed a final exam.]
Wait -- I thought your dog was "buddy"?
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[he is completely misunderstanding the issue here, sorry. keith reaches over to give the archeops a consoling pat and the bird flap-hopes over for a hug.]
And yeah, he'll be fine. For a while there I thought I was doing something wrong. Like I wasn't being encouraging enough? Guess that's just how these guys are.
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[But the whole hop-hug thing is pretty endearing. He's got to admit.]
Well, that's good to know. Knowing me, I'd be worried I made a mistake too.
[He was already worried, let's be real.]
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[okay, so romelle, allura AND james have all given him the judge-face over his name choices and you know what? he's just gonna try and make this as quick and painless as possible.]
Yep.
[FIGHT HIM. ... no, please don't fight him. instead have this distraction as he shoves the pokegear camera in front of buddy's face.]
Look, Buddy. Say hi to your little brother.
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[Yeah, now Shiro's joining their ranks. Not that he really has room to judge, since, you know, his whole team is named after either the Lions, or things in space.]
Yeah, let's... see if that helps. Haunter--! [He tosses the ghost his 'gear. Haunter turns it around, showing the Archen's vacantly staring face. It blinks a few times, and then, loudly, CAWs at the screen.]
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[he can talk in that tone, too, damn it. still keeping his face off camera there so buddy can peer unblinkingly at its brethren.]
....Look, I didn't know what to name my pokemon, so I just started calling all of them buddy. ...Well, and then there's "Friend" and "Pal."
[keith. keith what have you just admitted to. well whatever it is, he's talking in a tone that makes it pretty damn clear he thinks he's being perfectly reasonable here....]
Why's your Gengar named Haunter?
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[So take that.]
[Archen keeps on cawing. It actually bounces a little. And trips over its own feet, landing face first in the sand.]
If you want help -- you can ask. Armin has, a couple times, and I have, too. That's... why one of mine is "Rick Batsley".
[Thanks Lance.]
Oh -- Haunter named itself. It's been "Haunter" since it was a Gastly. [And also adamant that it is an "it".]
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So? I'm not making fun of your name schemes.
[sheesh bruh, since when did two wrongs make a right, huh. he retrieves the gear, keeping the camera focused on buddy. still cawing and hopping around.]
Besides, even if I don't ask for help Romelle keeps trying to help anyway. You remember that egg Red gave me? She wanted to name that Litten "Flame Master."
[though privately he will acknowledge that it is not as bad as rick batsley.... ]
Wait Did you say your Gengar named itself? How'd it tell you that?
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You could -- I get it from Armin a lot.
[But there's no ire in the words. By now it feels like old hat. An old back and forth between him and his younger friend.]
Hey, she's got a point. That's not a bad name for a Litten. It'd grow into it at least.
[He actually laughs a bit there.] And yeah, it did. I was trying to nickname it, and it took the 'gear away. When it gave it back, its name was Haunter.
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Don't encourage her, Shiro. And why would I make fun of you naming some pokemon after the lions?
[the lions are pretty darn cool and they have significance, man. taking a deep breath, he gestures for buddy to come closer with his hand and gives its beak a couple of idle scratches while talking.]
I should do that next time. Just give my buddies the pokegear and see what they want to be called. Should've done something like that for the space wolf instead of letting everyone nickname him Kosmo.
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[But it's hard to really explain unless you've seen the Lions before.]
You could. And if they can't type, ask one of them who can to translate. Blue and Haunter do it for some of mine.
[Speaking of Blue, the Gallade is cautiously poking the Archen. Only to squeak and dive out of the way as the dino-bird pops its head back out of the sand.]