FIRST CURSE: video/action
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cawsforalarmpublic 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.]
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.]
[video]
Date: 2014-09-23 02:28 am (UTC)[even if that's not how it works,s she can still dream! ...but she'll be bummed if she ever gets canon updated...]
Anyway, I'm pretty near Goldenrod! I was going to start going south because there's a gym there, but... I can come up if that's where you started? I think there's somewhere else we can start, but man, I have no idea!
[video]
Date: 2014-09-23 02:32 am (UTC)Uh, I think that's it, yeah! Real big, tall buildings, impossible to navigate? Because that's where I am.
But you should just keep on going to the... gym. Whatever that is. I have stuff to wrap up over here.
[video] ---> [rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 03:17 am (UTC)[...pause.]
...uh, just a sec!
[TIME TO FIDDLE WITH THE GEAR SO EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE AND NOTHING WILL BE RUINED
THERE WE GO SECRET FILTER GO]
Yeah, okay. You showed up in the base, right? I had to have a friend get me out... haha, that was really something! But anyway, I'm definitely coming back! I mean, come on, Dad, I haven't actually even seen you before!
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 03:20 am (UTC)Aww, you don't have to! Go on and do the thing! Don't let me stop you.
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 11:49 am (UTC)[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 01:57 pm (UTC)[EWW TRAINING... and yet he still goes.]
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 10:49 pm (UTC)...I mean, I'm really not sure how I ended up there anyway. But I guess it was so we could be teammates!
[She punctuates that with an ENTHUSIASTIC FISTPUMP]
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-23 11:06 pm (UTC)[Henry mirrors the fistpump. She's so cute.]
Really though, it's your choice. I'd love to learn from an expert like yourself, but if you want to go do that thing with the gym first, you can! It's not like I'm going anywhere~
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-24 12:25 am (UTC)Well, the gyms kind of give you the runaround anyway and I should probably head back and do the cooking thing, so I guess I'll wait and see what all everyone's going to offer for trade!
[...oh wait]
Oh, yeah! They've given you the deal with the Pokemon, right? There's cool new stuff showing up all over the place, so keep an eye out!
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-24 12:36 am (UTC)[He's still smiling, but it is the most confused-looking smile in the history of mankind. No one's given him the deal with the Pokemon, clearly.]
And what do you mean by trade?
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-24 01:18 am (UTC)But anyway, they're like... you're the tactician, and they're your army! And you can recruit them by throwing balls at them and then you can switch up with other people who are far away.
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-24 01:43 am (UTC)Hmm. Well, I don't know how good I'll be at all these tactics, but okay! Seems fair enough.
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-24 11:59 pm (UTC)[She'll dig out Sablefeather's Pokeball and let him out. There's a flash of light, and the Murkrow will go ahead and settle on her shoulder.
...it takes him a minute, but eventually he notes the resemblance, as evidenced by the expression that roughly says "oh Arceus there are two of them?"]
Heheh, we match! But yeah, Pokemon tactics aren't super hard! This doohickey we're talking on right now can kind of help with that, actually.
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-25 12:05 am (UTC)[Henry smiles and waves at the new Murkrow, pointedly ignoring his grumpy expression. Part of him wants to mention that they could totally work on a double pose with their Murkrows, but... another part of him really doesn't want to go down that path. It's so much effort.]
Oh, really, it does? What, does it give you lessons or something?
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-25 02:51 am (UTC)DOUBLE POSE CYNTHIA IS ALREADY THINKING IT GOOD JOB]
Kind of! It doesn't like... tell you everything, but it tells you what kinds of attacks they can do and what types they are! ...Oh, and types are kind of like the weapon triangle, except there are 17 of them, I think? So instead of sword beats axe beats lance beats sword and arrows are bad for Pegasus Knights, you've got all these crazy match-ups you have to keep in mind.
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-25 12:12 pm (UTC)[Henry looks at the weird device in his hand again, not just Cynthia's face.]
...jeepers, seventeen? How am I supposed to remember all that?
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-27 08:07 pm (UTC)[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-27 08:28 pm (UTC)[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-28 12:18 am (UTC)[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-28 12:20 am (UTC)[Because seriously, what the fuck is this thing?]
[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-28 06:20 pm (UTC)[rocket filter]
Date: 2014-09-28 06:27 pm (UTC)