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[braveloyalhugs]

[The video comes on to Scorpia holding a cute yellow Stufful in her arms. In the background are four normal colored Bewears, and a bed piled high with Pokemon eggs. In fact the floor around the bed is piled high too. Scorpia is so happy she's almost glowing.]

Yesterday was really wild, huh? Those Snorunts were super cute! I made a new friend and somebody wants to make dresses for me! I can't wait to see them; they're going to be so adorable I just know it--

[Scorpia blushes a little and hugs the Stufful closer, getting hugged in return.]

Funshine here gives great hugs already! And I guess my Bewears got all excited about the new baby, because they had eggs! I was going to post about them yesterday but I got a little distracted. Anyway, they'll hatch into Stufful like this, but probably pink, and they'll evolve into Bewear, the Hugging Pokemon! Bewear have the strongest arms, so they give the best hugs! Right guys?

[And that's when Scorpia gets hugged by not one, not two, not even three, but four full grown Bewears. She hugs them back, laughing with delight! And somehow manages to twirl around, lifting the Bewears off the ground for a full second. There's a Stufful version of a "wheeeee!!!" from the center of the epic bear hug too.]

So, uh, does anybody want an egg? Stufful are Fighting types, and so's little Lonnie here! And then my Miltank, Gogoat and Ribombee all decided to have eggs too, so I have so many right now!

[The camera briefly shifts to show a Hawlucha, who waves briefly, and then pans to said Miltank, Gogoat and Ribombee, each proudly showing off their own pile of eggs.]

You don't have to give me anything in return, especially all my friends! I just want them to go to good homes, you know?

((OOC: so that's 8 way overpowered Stufful, 1 Cutiefly, 2 Skiddo, 4 Hawlucha, 1 Miltank, and then 1 Swirlix and 1 Phanpy that Scorpia isn't ICly aware of currently up for grabs. I'll try to keep the lists updated as they get claimed!))

Comments

[fearinahandfulof]

[...What?]

How can you be sure about that?

[braveloyalhugs]

Oh! That's easy; I have a Persian! And little Lonnie could kick his ass even quicker when he was just a Meowth. They're good buds though, so they're just playing. Mostly.

[fearinahandfulof]

That's... not what I meant. But all right?

[braveloyalhugs]

[Scorpia looks surprised.] It's not? What were you asking then?

[fearinahandfulof]

[Maybe she shouldn't have said that part out loud.]

You... don't know that I'm a good person. Not really.

[braveloyalhugs]

[Scorpia pauses at that and is quiet for a long time. For the first time in the conversation her smile stays gone for more than a moment.]

I mean, yeah, you've kinda got a point. But I look at it this way. Even if a person isn't great at the being a good person thing when they start out, sometimes having good, real friends that believe in them will help them learn how to be good!

And besides, I'd rather go with my gut and maybe have to kick someone's ass a little bit later if they're not great at being good than assume they're bad and miss out on a good friend!

[fearinahandfulof]

[Cassandra isn't sure that's true. But then, the people here mostly have been kind, if not necessarily good. Cassandra wonders if her world is the anomaly or if this one is.

She does at least stop herself from pointing out that depending on how strong the other person is, Scorpia may be the one to lose; Cassandra knows from experience how terrible that could be.]

All right.

[braveloyalhugs]

[Scorpia's back to smiling.]

So, friends! If you ever need help or just someone to talk to, I'm there! Scorpia always has her friends' backs!

[fearinahandfulof]

[Scorpia's demeanor is familiar. Painfully so.

Still, Cassandra has always been weak to that sort of relentless optimism - or naivety. She wonders how often this woman has had it used against her, and whether she survived it.]

Scorpia. All right. [There's a short pause.] I'm Cassandra.

[braveloyalhugs]

It's great to meet you, Cassandra!

[fearinahandfulof]

It's... good to meet you too.

[Even if she has real concerns about Scorpia's naivety.]