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[shiro2hero]

Ahem.

[Oh hi Shiro. It's almost prom season, right? That means you're here to deliver some kind of warning about Prom, right? That's what you do.]

[He clears his throat.]

[Looks directly into the camera.]



Fuck!


[Somewhere off screen, a Gallade is howling in squeaky laughter. Looks like someone let one of the Zorua into the house.]

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[pidge_out]

[And that sight? Makes Pidge melt, just a little.] Aww~~

[And then Shiro's voice snaps her back into focus.] Uh-- It was juice! I spilled some when, uh-- Electro! Electro surprised me.

[Somewhere, Electro the Minun is horribly offended.]

[shiro2hero]

How long ago? It's going to attract ants -

[If there are regular ants in this world? Or something?]

[... yeah the Zorua has decided it claims Pidge. So it hops to its feet, wiggling at her now. Come on, play with them!]

[pidge_out]

Uhh--

[Dammit, the Zorua is so distracting. She dives in real quick for more tummy rubs and scritches and coos softly at it. So cute!!!]

Uh- Like fifteen minutes ago? It's fine, I'll clean it up in a bit!

[shiro2hero]

No, it's fine... I'll get it.

[So resigned.]

[But hey, he's in the kitchen now! While Zorua just squirms and wriggles like an excited puppy.]

You sure everything's okay?

[pidge_out]

[Oh no. Oh no, it's charmed her real good now. She's grinning all over again as she starts really playing with it, rubdowns and scratching behind the ears, the full gambit. So cute!!]

It'd be so funny to call you Shiro, huh? Shiro the Hero... Maybe just Hero? What do you think, huh?

[Surely the real Shiro can't hear her from the kitchen, right? Definitely. Pidge is so smart.]

[shiro2hero]

[Shiro slowly peeks out of the kitchen. Slowly. Doing that thing where his head sort of eases into view.]

... I think I like just 'Shiro' better, Pidge. Thanks.

Who are you talking to.

[pidge_out]

[Eep.]

[And Pidge freezes. But this time she doesn't turn around and she's still got her hands full of snowy fluff and mischief.]

Uh. It's just Electron.

[shiro2hero]

And why would you call Electron... my name?

[The little snowy fluff wants to climb up onto Pidge's shoulder. Can it? Can it please? Pick it up pick it up!]

[pidge_out]

[How dare you be so cute, Zorua. HOW DARE.]

As... a joke?

[She's not picking the little guy up yet, though. She's got a Shiro to deal with first!]

[shiro2hero]

[Yeah. No. He's coming out of the kitchen. With a smoothie. When did he get a smoothie - ]

Pidge, what's going on?

[pidge_out]

[What the heck, Shiro, you're not allowed to make food in there!]

Nothing! Just, uhh...

[Oh screw it. They're clearly busted.

Pidge lets out a sigh, scoops up Zorua and turns around to face the music. At least she has the decency to look sheepish about it.]

[shiro2hero]

[He just arches an eyebrow.]

[And stands there, watching her turn around. Zorua just dangles in her grasp. Doing a foxy little approximation of the ":3" face.]

Oh hey! New friend? It's cute.

[pidge_out]

Yeah! It- It just got into the house somehow.

[Pidge folds her lips in for a second. Gotta hide the desire to laugh!]

Sooo yeah, it wasn't Electron that made me spill my drink.

[shiro2hero]

They seem to do that a lot around here...

[It all started with the Voltorb army.]

I've never seen that one before. What is it?

[pidge_out]

[And things were never the same.]

I don't know, actually. I've never seen this species before.

[Pidge promptly turns the little Pokémon around so that they're face to face, lifting it a little higher like that'll help.]

What're you called, buddy?

[shiro2hero]

[... Pidge's answer is a nose lick. And more wiggling. Hello! Hello!!]

Ah, informative little guy.

[Shiro don't be an ass.]

[pidge_out]

[...IT'S SO CUTE, THOUGH. Shiro better forget all about the fact that the nose lick made Pidge giggle because she will deny it forever.]

It's clever, though. And it's got a great sense of humor!

[shiro2hero]

You could ask the 'dex. [Excuse him while he tries to mash up some big chunk of smoothie.]

It has to know what you've just adopted.

[pidge_out]

Oh right.

[Give her a second while she adjusts her hold on the little cutie pie, just enough to free up a hand so that she can consult the PokéDex on her gear. Though without even looking up from her task, she quirks an eyebrow as she speaks up again.]

Where'd you get that smoothie? There's no way you made it in the kitchen yourself just now.

[shiro2hero]

[Zorua doesn't protest. It just dangles in her grip like a sack of potatoes.]

It was in the fridge. You just add water to a mix.

[See? Even he can do that. No heat involved.]

[pidge_out]

[It's SO CUTE, dammit!]

I am legitimately shocked you didn't find a way to break the fridge door off.

[There's a telltale curl to the corner of her lip that says she's teasing, though. And just in time, because that's when her 'dex pings with recognition.]

Got it! This- [She gives the little fluffball a squeeze.] -is a Zorua. Of the... Hisuian region, specifically.

[shiro2hero]

Har har. I'm fine when it's not... actual cooking. Thanks.

[Hilariously, he's right about that one.]

[He does arch an eyebrow though.]

Like the birds we had to deal with recently?

[pidge_out]

[She gives him such a wry smile at that.] Mmhmm.

[Because she totally believes him. One hundred percent. Yessirree.

Pidge just shrugs at that comment, putting her 'gear back into her pocket so she can continue to cuddle the adorable new baby under her chin.]

Oh... Yeah, I forgot about those guys. So?

[shiro2hero]

I can, Pidge. I don't burn the kitchen down for cereal, do I?

[... he has a point there.]

The one we had on the porch? Trying to break in and murder us? Same region as your fuzzy friend.

[pidge_out]

...Okay, that's a fair point.

[Pidge purses her lips a little in thought, brow furrowing.]

That doesn't mean that this little one is plotting to murder anyone. Those birds were huge. This Zorua just likes to play!

[Look at its cute little face, Shiro. LOOK AT IT.]