FIRST CURSE: video/action

[cawsforalarm]

public gear video - location unclear

Oh, hey! It did a thing!

[Two faces pop up on the screen, against a beautiful blue sky; the framing makes it clear that the Gear is on the ground, and neither of the two figures are making any attempt to frame their shot whatsoever. One is a young man who is smiling at his incredible achievement of turning on a Pokegear; the other is a rather exasperated-looking Vulpix. The latter reaches a paw out, puts it on the screen, and begins chittering to the human… who actually seems to understand.]

When the red light is on, it’s recording… okay, got it.

[The Vulpix squeaks again.]

“Say something”? Alright… [The young man rearranges his position in front of the Gear a little bit. One can see that he appears to be wearing purple-and-tan robes with really creepy eye designs on the collar.] Well, people in there, my name’s Henry and I’m from the country of Plegia! My interests include dark magic, nature walks, explosions, murders, explosions with murders— what?

[Henry looks down. The Vulpix can be heard screeching angrily, probably telling him to stop before he gets himself turned in to the police on day one. There is a short scuffle for control of the PokéGear; flashes of amber fur and claws can be seen, the audio becomes nothing but extremely staticky wooshes, and eventually the feed cuts out.]

action - goldenrod rocket hq

[Good morning, Goldenrod Rocket Base. How’s your day been so far? Woke up, stretched a bit, eaten breakfast? Picked up the cup of dirty water that passes for coffee in this joint? That’s good. Everything you’ve just done is normal, and in here, normalcy is a valuable commodity.]

[A commodity that won’t last for much longer, because Henry the dark mage has just woken up in the building.]

[This morning, yet another Grunt seems to have joined the ranks. It’s a young man who can’t be much older than twenty, with snow-white hair and a standard issue uniform. ...Well, “standard issue” except for the part where he has some kind of cape thrown over it. (Uniform regulations? What uniform regulations?) By his side, a Vulpix is walking and grumbling bitterly, and if one looks closely they might see a Murkrow making herself comfortable in the Grunt’s collar.]

[He’s also going around touching things. The walls, the furniture, his Pokemon, your face…]

Ooh, your skin feels nice! It’s super soft!

[Look, just bear with him. He hasn’t had a working sense of touch for quite a few years.]

Comments

[video]

[ajustcaws]

Hey! That's not very ---

[...wait.

Wait, wait, wait, she recognizes that face and also that cheerful brand of grimdarkness]

...uh...

[IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND HE LOOKS YOUNGER THAN SHE REMEMBERS BUT]

...wait, Dad!?

[Video]

[peach_boy]

[Momo is very curious when this person talks to his Pokémon. IT sounded like he could understand them? Was that possible? He just... ignores everything else about murder and explosions]

Hey! You can understand your Pokémon?!

[Video]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Wow, kid, you're not getting any brownie points from Veronica here, who looks about as grimdark as you do right now with her stitches and scars. Ako, the Murkrow, was perched on her shoulder, peering at this new face with curiosity.]

Murders, huh?

[That caught her attention right quick. That and dark magic.]

[video]

[scizor_sister]

[Well, don't YOU seem interesting.]

Would those be murders BY explosion, or murders FOLLOWED by explosion?

[There is an important difference.]

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[islandshore]

[Riku opens his mouth to speak, but stops, replaying the footage real quick. Okay, so black magic was harmless enough, but murder? Explosions? Explosive murders?

Yeah, he's kinda awstruck right now. The Weavile in the background, however, is laughing rather gleefully. Do pardon his rather fake sounding accent.]

Quite the character, isn't he? There's something delightfully morbid about--

Shut up, Slash.

[The Weavile throws up his hands and walks off screen, presumably leaving the room. This in turn puts Riku in a position where he has to talk.

So right, how does he even respond to that?]

Hate to break it to you, but there aren't many murders around here. Kinda tough to pull that off when nobody dies.

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[venturesomely]

[ EVEN AS A SHONEN PROTAG HE'S NOT GONNA JUDGE YOU FOR MURDERING SOMEONE. There's something else that catches his attention! ]

You can understand your Pokemon, too!

[action]

[ortion]

[You know, it actually was a normal morning for Dist. He'd finished applying his makeup and slipping on his lab clothes, and was heading down toward the Science Department with his Roserade by his side...

He's not sure how he didn't see this guy coming, really. But there he is, all up in his personal space.]

Wh--!

[Normally he'd be totally flattered by that compliment, but he has no idea who this kid is or why he's touching him--

With a small hand signal from Dist, that Roserade is now pointing one of her arm bouquets at the stranger, sharp barbs just visible amidst the petals.]

Back off, immediately. Touching my elegant skin is a privilege, thank you very much.

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[throw_stone]

[A man who can speak with these beasts--?! That's cool. Really cool. But Ramza opens up with a frown.]
I've not heart of Plegia - may it be close to Ivalice?
[It sounds like it could be close to Ivalice. He'll probably ask about the magic and murders later.]