video; backdated to June 30th

[shiro2hero]

We got it?

[There's a squeak from the camera holder, who's pointing the 'gear temporarily at the ground. Those who know Shiro probably know that voice too - his Gallade, Blue.]

Okay! Okay, hold it steady... Ready?

[Slowly, the camera pans up. One would expect this to be Sevii Island Four, right? Because that's where Shiro lives. But it's not. It's Goldenrod. And there's a long flight of stairs in the middle of the city, probably some official building.]

[The stairs have been covered with plywood, in makeshift ramps.]

[It keeps panning up, to see a teenager perched in a pilfered shopping cart, at the top of the stairs. The teen looks an awful lot like Shiro, if his hair were all black, if his face were missing its scar, and if he lost about thirty pounds of muscle.]

Great! Okay!

... Hi network! We're about to test my first roller coaster! It's gonna rule. Oh - right! Uh. Pilot Shirogane, signing on for test pilot duty!

[Did his voice crack a couple times there? It sure did. This dork is probably 16. And therefore, invincible.]

[This surely won't go wrong.]

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[heartofalioness]

[Look, the crown princess of Altea has kept her cool so far. Stranded on a decently advanced planet- but CLEARLY not advanced enough to find transport home- surrounded by much tamer versions of Altea's wildlife, all fine. At least this place is pretty. But then she sees this weird Altean with hideously blunt ears at the top of the stairs... yeah, that's just WEIRD.]

What are you DOING?

[tempredmental]

[Having been dragged around and almost stalked by a young alien princess all day had been weird enough, especially after finding himself in this strange place surrounded by weird looking animals that had special powers.

Was this like an anime or something?

Either way, he noticed all of that... the ramps, the teenager with the shopping cart, another one of those weird animals holding the strange communication device to film whatever this was going to be... which, let's be real, was pretty obvious at this point.]

Shirogane? [Keith stared. Was that really Takashi Shirogane? Ace pilot of the Galaxy Garrison?

No way.

It couldn't be.]

Why is he so young?

[And why was he being so stupid?]

[heartofalioness]

You know this fool?

[NO MERCY, TEEN SHIRO.]

[shiro2hero]

I made a roller coaster!

[He says this, proudly. Standing at the top of the stairs, hands on his hips, and beaming. Clearly this is the pinnacle achievement of his life.]

It's gonna be great. There's enough of a slope to get real speed, but like, at the bottom, see - [He points. There's a little park down there.] The grass'll slow the momentum enough, and if you fall out?

You're gonna land on grass!

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[schachmeister]

[Cue a long-haired, glasses wearing man who appears to be somewhere in his mid-thirties. And also deeply, deeply horrified.]

Shiro, no!

[shiro2hero]

[Whomst??]

Why not? It's great! I was working on it all morning!

[schachmeister]

You'll break your neck! You should wear a helmet at the very least.

[Oh no, is this what being a dad feels like?]

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[mamalike]

Dude... That looks awesome!

Wait, I think I was in that place today. You must be nearby; you gotta let me try this!

[shiro2hero]

Yeah?

Oh yeah, sure! I'm gonna test it, but then it's totally open.

[mamalike]

Heck yeah! Sure calling it a rollercoaster might be, like, overstating things? But it looks super fun!

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[outofsynth]

That looks dangerous.

[shiro2hero]

Probably!

[But he doesn't seem upset by that idea. At all.]

[outofsynth]

[Min-Gi stares. He has no idea how to react to this. This is a grown up (in his eyes) and he can't tell him what to do even if this is an obviously terrible idea.]

Do you have to?

[There are obviously no other reasons why anyone would ever do this.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley slaps his forehead. Oh boy. This has been one bizarre day already. But this ... this takes the cake in a whole new way.]

Are you in Goldenrod?

[He can't just let the guy ... the kid ... do something dangerous if he's near enough to try to prevent it. Of course, trying to stop a daredevil teen is all but impossible.]

[shiro2hero]

Well, yeah. I think?

Some kinda color town.

[crystalmaster]

[Well, that's a big help.]

Is any other human with you?

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[woofkid]

[oh god he just wanted to figure out what kind of stuff people were talking about on here

...well, he guesses this does kind of answer that.]

That's... uh. [What's a polite way to say "you are going to die".] Do you have any kind of, y'know, precautions in place?

[...Great, awesome, that passed by "polite" right into sounding like a huge loser nerd. Cool.]

[shiro2hero]

Uhhhh...

[He scratches the back of his head.]

Well, the park at the bottom of the hill is there? And it's gonna slow the momentum enough. And if you fall out down there, you're just gonna land on grass?

[woofkid]

[The... the park.]

What if you run into someone-- besides, I'm pretty sure that hitting grass fast enough could still get you hurt? Not, uh-- not to pry, just... just saying.

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[rolltoavoidpossession]

Are-are you allowed to do that?

[As it turns out, Ryou was a very awkward nerd at twelve years old. The kind to try and stay out of trouble as best he can rather than try to make trouble.]

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[shiro2hero]

Uh.

We're sure gonna find out?

[The answer is "no". But is Shiro going to let that stop him? Heck no.]

[rolltoavoidpossession]

...Well, are you going to wear a helmet? This looks kind of dangerous.

[He's worried Shiro might hurt himself doing this!

What a nerd. A kindhearted nerd, but still a nerd.]

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[singlespacedad]

[It's not Mando on the network today; he's ancient and off taking a grandpa nap. No, it's Spicy the Scovillain, and she is enraptured by what's going on. She claps her stubby little hands together and cheers with both heads.]

[Go get it, Shiro! Be the best jackass you can be!]

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[shiro2hero]

[It's not Shiro who peers into the camera, it's Blue.]

[What in the actual heck are you supposed to be, Spicy.]

[singlespacedad]

[What she is is pissed! Spicy yowls and waves her hands at Blue. Get out of the way, idiot! She's trying to watch the stunt!]