video; action for Sevii House

[shiro2hero]

[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.]

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[shiro2hero]

You think?

[Krieg, you're not broken either okay.]

Yuuko thought maybe the other pokemon would have an easier time talking to it.

[fuelthefire]

Can't hurt to try! Probably a small quiet one would be best.

[That's what worked for him! But nearly everyone he meets is small from his perspective, so "small" is probably not necessary. "Chill" definitely is, though.]

[shiro2hero]

[Shiro, unfortunately, seems to specialize in... pretty big Pokemon...]

I thought maybe Green. She's -- definitely not small, but definitely quiet.

Or Luna.

[fuelthefire]

Or both!

But one of those will probably work.

If they don't you can borrow the Robot Arm.

[Because Fe Fe is Poké-mom-bot]

[shiro2hero]

I'll be shocked if Luna doesn't work.

[But:] Remind me which one is "robot arm"?

[fuelthefire]

Fe Fe! She helped sling you!

[shiro2hero]

Ah! Got it.

Yeah, she might be good if none of mine manage to do the trick.

[fuelthefire]

Let me know if yours don't work, okay? She likes to help.

But I bet your little money cat will help a lot.

[shiro2hero]

I will. It'd be good to see you, though, if it doesn't.

She's good at this kind of thing, huh?

[fuelthefire]

Yeah! She always knows how I'm feeling. She's really good at making me feel better.

We'll probably come back soon anyway. It's been really cold.

[Almost time to spend the rest of the winter in the islands. They can get back to the Gym Challenge in the spring.]

[shiro2hero]

That's a good thing to have. Especially lately -- with how things have been.

[How crazy they've been anyway.]

You're right -- it has been. Really wet too, even down here.

[fuelthefire]

...Really?

[What's a shirtless man to do when his winter sanctuary is also cold? D:]

[shiro2hero]

Yeah, I'm sorry.

[More in sympathy than actual "It's My Fault" though.]

Today's the first day it hasn't been raining.