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Yagyuu Hiroshi ([personal profile] usedlaserbeam) wrote2011-07-29 01:21 pm

004 | Goldenrod City | Video / Action;

[Well, Johto, in a slight change of pace, this video is not coming to you today courtesy of PhantomCam™; in truth, it's actually sort of more like Lady's-Paw-Landed-On-The-Record-ButtonCam™, and the accidental nature of the recording shows. The vast majority of the shot shows a tilted, haphazard view of a bedroom (a very neat bedroom, an observant viewer might note), and only a small sliver actually manages to catch Yagyuu, who appears to have set his backpack down on the bed and is methodically extracting the contents.

(Every so often, this view ends up marred by what seems to be a tuft of tawny brown fur, or the occasional pink tail feather.)

Yagyuu, however, seems reasonably oblivious to being recorded, his attention fixed on the series of items he's removing from his backpack, one by one: a notebook and pen, a novel with a slightly dog-eared cover, a roll of grip tape, a tennis racket that he places aside with the utmost of care. With an Eevee and what eventually reveals itself as a Pidgeotto bustling around on the bed, he's clearly not taking any chances that it might get damaged.

This patient, deliberate ritual of unpacking goes on in silence for a minute or two, Yagyuu still apparently ignorant to the fact that he's on candid camera, when at last something shifts: he reaches into the bag and his expression abruptly turns to one of surprise and mild disgust. And when he yanks his hand back out of it, a sticky mass of purple goop (which is now partially encasing his hand) comes with it.

Eyes narrowed, he gives his hand a rather adamant shake, but the goo doesn't dislodge; on the contrary, it spreads a little wider and smiles at him.

A harder shake. It remains unfazed.

And then at last, with a long-suffering sigh, Yagyuu turns away from the camera and stalks out of sight, footsteps firm against the carpet as he apparently makes his way toward the room's door.]


Niou-kun...

[The door closes (it's not quite a slam, but it is perhaps a little more firm than was really necessary) and the Pokemon on the bed begin to shuffle around, and somewhere in the commotion another paw hits the Gear and the feed ends.]

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see. Yes, it seems that's not uncommon in certain Pokemon; some do have a tendency to impress on their trainers considerably more than others.

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't really make for a good night's sleep, though. I'm just glad none of mine do that.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose that would depend on the size of the admirer, wouldn't it?

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
There was this girl who had that giant rock snake.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...Thinking. Thinking. Thinking.]

That wouldn't happen to be Kujikawa Rise, would it?

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Her snake's pretty famous, huh.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-02 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I imagine I just saw the same broadcast you did.

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-04 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Right-- I keep forgetting that everyone can see those.

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-04 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
But it's a fair point. If a snake like that started getting territorial, you won't have many bones left intact by the end of it.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-05 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true. Some types of these creatures certainly do seem to present a greater threat than others.

Though it's likewise true that looks can be deceiving.

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-05 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean-- I have a talking mushroom that doesn't even come up to my knees, but she packs a serious punch.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-06 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
A talking mushroom? I don't believe I've had the pleasure of encountering one of those yet. Was that your starter?

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-07 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Actually-- no. My starter was a bird with clouds for wings. I got the mushroom from an egg that I bought around here.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-08-07 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[And abruptly Yagyuu finds himself thankful that most all his Pokemon are reasonably classy, as opposed to some of the alternatives. Even with the Ditto.]

I see. And has it worked well for you?

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[identity profile] regives.livejournal.com 2011-08-07 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
About that; she doesn't actually have any attacks. Training her is kind of a problem.

[and here, he fishes around for a pokeball, before pressing the button. a Ralts sits neatly in the palm of his head, tilting her head quizzically.]