Video from Indigo Plateau! [backdated to Dec 18]

[dreamsofahero]

*The video starts off with a series of clips of pokemon battles strung together, all featuring Sion and his team. The first features Dusk the absol, landing a powerful Night Slash against a bronzong belonging to a masked man. The second, Valiant the gallade faces off against a ninja's toxicroak. Then Valiant is seen again, this time up against a machamp belonging to a rather strong-looking trainer. Following that, a clip of Just the lucario readying a powerful punch against a silvery-haired woman's absol.

Finally, (and perhaps most importantly) the background music changes to a battle theme few if any have heard before, the video this time showing a clip of Sion's glaceon Jina readying a blizzard against a certain caped dragon master's dragonite, as a hailstorm swirls all about the battlefield.

Then, after the montage fades out, is Sion with a smug grin, a certain dark-haired mage doing his best to avoid drawing attention in the background while Sion holds up a fancy-looking certificate.*

I suppose if anyone else wants to know what the Elite Four have on their teams without finding out first hand, Ryner and I could certainly spoil the surprise.

Ah, and I have a copy of the recordings of Ryner's battles, too, if anyone's interested.

*aaaand he's turning it off before Ryner can have a chance to protest*

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Comments

[tearsofademon]

Not when my terms are "no thanks".

[dreamsofahero]

And that's precisely why someone has to make the offer for you, Ryner.

[tearsofademon]

And even now, you've never learned how to take no for an answer.

[dreamsofahero]

I'm sure you'll thank me later.

*really though he just wants everyone to see how great Ryner is, is that so wrong??*

[tearsofademon]

Uh huh. If by "thank" you mean "leave a dictionary over the bedroom door when we get home", then sure.

[...but will he do that, now that he's said that, is the question]

[dreamsofahero]

Oh? But are you prepared for the consequences of such a show of gratitude...?

*he's not above waking you up by throwing said dictionary at your face, after all*

[tearsofademon]

I have to be prepared for anything anyway, coming from you.

[but are you prepared for if he doesn't do it immediately, is the question... or at all...]

[dreamsofahero]

Well, I do have to make certain you're not allowed to lounge about all day, after all...

*he'll probably chalk it up to laziness, really, because since when is Ryner reliable about following through with threats...?*

[tearsofademon]

Or you could let me sleep. That's a thing you could do. Easier on everyone involved, really.

[...darn, he was hoping to incite some minor paranoia I mean--]

[dreamsofahero]

Then you'd complain about me doing all the work by myself.

*try harder, Ryner~*

[tearsofademon]

Not if you come sleep too.

[but that would mean trying

(the phrasing could have easily been 'with me', but even Ryner wouldn't let something that easy slip through...)]