Bonus Bout 001: Why did it have to be bugs? (backdated to Fri. 4/8)

Phobias could be a funny thing, sometimes (if by "funny" what you mean is "terrifying"). You could think you had yours totally under control, until something new happened and it all came back to hit you at once.

And the problem with entomophobia in particular was that, well, bugs in Johto weren't like bugs in Japan. They were bigger, much bigger. They were far more intelligent. They were far more dangerous.

And on that Friday afternoon, in the woods just south of Violet City, they were mad.

( In case anyone was wondering how Chie responded to Tarantulas's old bug event, here's the post I intended to put up that weekend. Closed to responses, but I just wanted to share it anyway. )

... And then Chie locked herself in her hotel room for a week.


[OOC: This wasn't recorded with the gear or anything, so there's no need for anyone to tag, because seriously, three weeks backdated? There are limits, Shay. But I just couldn't get the scene out of my head, so I wanted to at least finally share it.

And just to let everyone know: Chie will have an egg post up tomorrow morning/midday, for everybody who responded to the OOC post from a while back! Castmates, I'm assuming she hitched a ride with Souji et al on his way back through Violet to Goldenrod, because if I have to make another catch-up post with her I'm probably going to cry.]

Bout 006 (Video/Action): It really IS a Persona protagonist.

[The video opens on a Ditto, who seems to look a little sheepish. Behind it is everyone's favorite female kick-favoring martial artist, Chie, looking extremely irritated. She grabs the sides of the Ditto's face and stretches it out, then lets go, allowing it to snap back into place.]

Souji-kun. [Yikes, that's a cold tone. Streeeetch... Snap. Chie keeps doing this through the rest of the paragraph.] I left half my team in the room to relax, 'cause I wanted to get some one-on-one time in with a few of them. And when I got back, I found a certain Pokémon had snuck into my room while I was out. [Streeeetch... Snap.] You really need to do something about this thing.

Anyone else who's listening... Well, I guess I've got some eggs to sell! [She sighs and gestures to the side, and whoever's holding the camera turns it to show off a pile of Pokémon eggs. Looks like there's about 8 or 9 of them.] I know most of 'em are Snorunt eggs, and the other ones... I think they're gonna be either Tyrogues or Shuppets. I'd probably rather have cash, but then again, if you've got a cool egg sitting around, we can make a trade too. Let me know!

[The camera turns toward Chie again.] That's about all on my end. I know I've been quiet lately, but after the whole... bug thing... [She suppresses a shudder.] Figure a little peace and quiet is a good thing for once. Later.


[OOC: Egg post! For everybody who responded in my OOC post, your eggs are ready! That is... Rise/Asuka, Fuji, John & Rose, Hinagiku, Rin, and 410, if my list is correct.]