usedgalacticpunt | Bout 010 (Video/Action): Badges upon badges. (backdated to Tue. 6/14)

[The video opens in medias res, with a casual conversation going on in the Olivine Pokémon Center. It's not quite loud enough to hear any of the words, though. After a second or two, Chie orients the video on herself.]

Oh, hey, has anybody else noticed how the gym leaders are a little... weird? Me and my friends all challenged Jasmine today, so we could get the Surf TM and cross Route... 42, I think it was? And Jasmine gave us all the same lines from beginning to end. She was all like, "Properly tempered steel won't be made rusty by things like this!" And "You are a better trainer than me, in both skill and kindness." Like she was reading off a script or something!

But anyway, we all made it! I got Ecruteak's badge too, when we stopped there on Friday, so I'm up to four! [Chie shows off two badges to the camera.]

For anybody who's following our quest to rescue Souji-kun, we're leaving first thing tomorrow morning on the way back to Ecruteak. And from there, it's through Mahogany and on to the Ice Path! Just hold on, Souji-kun, we won't make you wait too much longer!

[OOC: You may have already won the chance to be tagged by others in Chie's traveling group! This is a limited-time offer, so comment today! ~~Or any time, really.~~]

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[delight!] There's one!

[and he moves purposefully but confidently across the roof to position himself in a way so he can return the ball. once again taking the rooftop into consideration, he sends it back again, using nearly the same trajectory that it did the first time around.]

[ if it's the same, Rise can track it, and she's quick to pursue and return it. Curiosity won't stay down for long. ]

How d'you get it that angled, though?

Two! [a grin as he returns it, this time pinpointing that exact angle once more, tongue in cheek.]

Would you believe me if I said there were magical bulls-eyes floating around?

[ this time, she's there waiting to whack it back, giving him an eye-roll. ]

No.

Three! [a laugh. it's going back the same way again!]

Looks like there's no fooling the otter.

Oh, I wouldn't know. Why don't you tell me?

You and the otter thing--

[ she may be hitting this one with a little more force. ]

[just looks so very very amused right now]

[using that force against you-- have a lob!]

Also comes in shades of reindeer!

'But one day, it concocts a daring plan!
One that Johto's never seen before.
Three cups of coffee, seventeen toothpicks and a spatula
All ready as he slips open the door.

It defeats the cruel breeder,
With its ingenious plan,
And with a resounding cheer,
Resumes its journey once again.'

[with a flourish--] And so concludes the epic of the Ditto.

And such a marvelous epic it is. Truly one for the ages.

Oh, but it still needs to be set to music, you know? I think it's your turn~

It doesn't-- ah!

[ sadly, she can't get that one in time. ]

Hmm, I suppose it does. Let's see... [thinking!]

Something majestic and upbeat?

Any details, at least?

[Still pouting, but:] Yeah... and the sooner we get there, the better.

Nothing out there says you can't be naturally optimistic while consciously trying to be.

I was teasing about sun, not skin.

[ It's remarkable, really, how tennis can ambush a person when they're just minding their own business. Niou is simply passing by the Pokémon Center when something — two years of tennis with Kirihara Akaya, probably — makes him look up.

A tennis ball, inexplicably, is falling through the air toward him.

He drops his bag in the same motion he uses to take out his racket, and steps back just barely in time. No chance to think about trajectory, he just lobs the ball, and it goes sailing back up and vanishes onto the roof. He shades his eyes to try to look after it. ]

Sounds about right. Hm, perhaps like this?

[and starts singing, majestically~]

There once was a Ditto,
Who was just a tad sappy,
Who set off on a journey
To make people happy~

[and here, delighted laughter. what is keeping a straight face?]

B-beautiful~ [fffffff]

[what is keeping a straight face the second-- but continuing on!]

But alas it was caught
And locked in a cage
By a merciless breeder
Oh unfathomable rage...

We'll get there in no time flat, you'll see.

Well, yeah-- they were holding a bunch of unwilling people captive because they didn't want to work for them, so their friends went in to rescue 'em.

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