[Video|Action for Goldenrod City]

[memoryborn]

[ The feed starts off shaky and wonky and upside down, but it pays witness to a Scizor smashing in the face of a familiar Miltank with one of his pincers. Whitney's scream of outrage and near bloody murder drowns out the poor Miltank's whimper as it sags to the ground, knocked out with a single hit. The camera rights itself and purposefully zooms in on Whitney's red face - it looks like she's been sobbing for quite a while now. She points an accusing finger at her challenger. ]

I can't believe you! You're evil! Evil fraternal twins bullying me with overpowered Pokemon!

I'm sorry. I know things have been busy with those fossils running around, but as it seems to be over and we've been holding off for a while--

Waaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Will you stop it?

[The camera turns to the other person in the Gym. Ilya stamps her foot and looks quite firmly irritated. Outraged, in fact.]

What kind of conduct is this? You call yourself a lady? You're a disgrace!

Illya, we don't need to aggravate her any further--

Meanies! Evil, the both of you! Here! Take your stupid badge!

[ Despite the huge display of shaking and crying Whitney is showing, she manages to chuck the tiny badge over Xion's Scizor and smack the thing squarely against Xion's forehead. She continues to cry, but this act prompts a roar from the holder of the Gear (which sounds much like a Hydreigon's roar) and her Scizor's wings to furiously flutter. ]

Ow!

Xion! Are you hurt?

[Ilya reaches up to check on Xion's forehead, and after a couple moments of satisfying herself that she's not bleeding from one of the pointy ends, turns back to Whitney.]

How dare you! I have a mind to... to...

[She seems to fail at figuring out what exactly she intends to do to Whitney, just standing there with her fists clenched and her eyes narrowed. At her side, a looming Dusclops glares with its one red eye.]

It's fine, Illya! It's nothing. [ As she says this, she's pulling on her hood to hide the little mark while bending down to pick up her badge. ] Let's go... Wait. Tiamat? Wait!

[ The feed is suddenly flying towards and behind Whitney. There's a Hydreigon head seen before it opens a mouth and bites down on poor girl's butt.

The shriek is almost ear shattering. ]

Eeeeeek! Owowowowowow! [ She swats angrily at the Hydreigon, who flies high up and stares down with the Gear. Then she gasps, looking back up at Tiamat then at Xion. ] It's you! You again?! You're the trainer whose Deino bit me in the butt!

I apologized!

[Ilya is desperately trying to reign in her laughter, but it's not... really working all that well. Meanwhile, her Dusclops is opening its mouth...

Oops, there's a second ear piercing scream.]

Ow ow ow! Orpheus, that was not a challenge to a screaming competition!

Illya, let's just go! We might get arrested at this rate!

[ Tug, tug. Everyone's just screaming and crying and yelling... while Tiamat just laughs her dark Hydreigon laugh above. ]

But I still don't have my badge...

[She does, however, reluctantly allow herself to get pulled away.]

Orpheus! Hepheastus! Come!

[With a roar and a groan, the Aggron and the Dusclops obediently begin following their trainer away from the increasingly frantic gym leader.]

Tiamat! --And please stop recording!

[ Xion realizes belatedly. At the call, Tiamat swoops over while obeying orders and cutting the feed after that. ]


[ Audio that happens half an our later: ]

Whitney's still the same. [ No kidding. Beat. ] If anyone plans to challenge her sometime soon, um... please be careful.

[ And then another audio message filtered to Minato and the Ninja Team: ]

I hope you guys have been okay from the fossil Pokemon attack. I think I'm going to travel with Illya for a bit. She wanted to visit Ecruteak for some information. If you guys need help, though, we could both travel back to you guys whenever we can.

And... sorry I've been quiet. A lot of things have been happening. Stay safe.

[ ooc: Badges approved for both! Whitney and Illya. ]

Comments

[Action]

[dressofheaven]

I guess that makes sense. It seems like it's kind of hard to leave once you've gotten here because so many things happen in Goldenrod.

[The doors to the Department Store slide open as they cross the street and enter.]

Okay, I think they're on the fourth floor.

[video]

[paladinlost]

There are ways of making people talk, though they are rarely pleasant.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Was she out there fighting them?

[impulsives]

...Sometimes?

[...You're talking to someone who bounced beam shots out of laminated shields, and then using interchangeable parts to gain an unfair advantage against a single target.]

[impulsives]

Sounds like a good idea to me, to be honest!

[because being reset is something he doesn't want anybody to get if they're the completionist type.]

[sitdownbecider]

I couldn't tell ya. Rainbow wouldn't let us in on what she was plannin', just one day she looked real upset an' said it wasn't gonna happen.

She's always plottin' up somethin', though, so I reckon she's fine.

[Action]

[memoryborn]

Alright. Let's go.

[ They go in, and once they get to the elevator, Xion presses the button for the 4th floor. At least there's the elevator music in place of the silence. ]

[memoryborn]

Did she, at least, apologize to you guys for using up your time? It sounded like you would have done something else with that time.

[video]

[memoryborn]

Yeah, I guess.

[ Sighs. It's the truth of it all. Then she looks back up at Cecil with a small smile, moving onto other topics. ]

Ecruteak's our next destination. At least Morty could be pleasant to deal with after a battle.

video

[memoryborn]

Would you want to be a Gym leader, Riku?

[memoryborn]

Whatever gets the job done, right?

[ Sounds like she's slowly coming to accept this notion... ]

[sitdownbecider]

Not in so many words. She's too proud t'apologize over somethin' like that. Still, I reckon she knew we were frustrated with her.

[memoryborn]

As long as she knew...

So how long do you plan on staying in Olivine, Applejack?

[sitdownbecider]

I ain't sure yet. No real plans, at the moment. A few of my friends are out collectin' badges, but I ain't really in any hurry t'get mine. I've just been enjoyin' the sights. Not too many oceans back in Equestria.

[memoryborn]

Heh. Yeah, it's good to go at your own pace. The oceans here are really lovely.

Then... maybe after we're done with a few things on our side, we could visit you?

[sitdownbecider]

Sounds like fun. You'll have t'show me what your team looks like.

[memoryborn]

My team?

[ Curious. What about her team? ]

[buckyouup]

You're a trainer, ain't ya? I always like seein' what pokemon my friends prefer.

[memoryborn]

Oh! Well, if you want to. Although, now that I think about it, I don't know if my team is made out of preferences...

[buckyouup]

Really? Then how're you pickin' 'em?

[memoryborn]

They're given to me sometimes?

[ And Xion is too nice to never decline them. ]

[sitdownbecider]

[She can't help but chuckle.]

Well it's nice that you've got friends that'll give you gifts like that. I hope you're takin' good care of 'em!

[memoryborn]

Of course I do. [ She sounds a little upset that people would think otherwise. ]

I treat them the best that I can. They deserve it, for all that they're doing for me.

[sitdownbecider]

[Oh. Did she upset her?]

It was a joke, Sugarcube. I can tell you do a great job takin' care of your pokemon. You seem like y'got a good head on you.

[memoryborn]

Er, thank you. Sorry. [ About the small outburst, ack! She's not used to jokes, okay. Or at least ones where she doesn't take them at face value. Which is most of the time. ] ]