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6th roar [ video + action for violet ]

[ The feed starts with a very enthusiastic GOOOOO LEOOOON from a certain excited ninja. The first shot is of Lightning, who is glaring Yuffie down from the next seat over. Giggling and cheering, Yuffie turns the gear towards the match in progress. Noctowl and Honchkrow have presumably already been taken down, as currently Skarmory is facing down Falkner's Pidgeot. Both birds are in flight over the arena, but Pidgeot is slightly wobbly from poison; it's clear that Flood did a number on it already.

Yuffie is making ~~obnoxious commentary~~ a full play-by-play as the match continues; both pokemon have used Agility repeatedly, and the result is difficult to follow. One second Skarmory is diving for Pidgeot, the next Pidgeot is slamming its wing into Skarmory's head. Unfortunately for Pidgeot, its efforts are in vain: Skarmory has the type advantage. Skarmory uses Pidgeot's proximity to catch it in her talons, and unleashes a hideous Metal Sound at point-blank range. Pidgeot screams and flails away, causing Skarmory to lose her balance; their talons still twined, they go plummeting down in a cloud of blades and feathers.

Skarmory's metal shell means the impact doesn't bother her much; Pidgeot, on the other hand, poisoned and dizzy, is out. Yuffie gives a shrill whistle, effectively drowning out Lightning's own cheer. Skarmory shrieks triumphantly before she and Pidgeot go back to their respective pokeballs. The feed clicks out. ]

[ooc. Light and Yuffie used with permission! Thank you~]

[ Private text to radiantxsmile ]

I'll be leaving Violet at the earliest opportunity. I should be in Azalea by the end of the week, if all goes well.

[[ spoilers for bbs in thread with ventus. read at own risk. 8|b ]]

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[ Oh hello, warm pokemon center. Brb checking in the team with the nurse. ]

[Just gonna sit down, kthx. You take your time, Leon. Take all the time you need.]

[ After a few minutes, he returns to her side, settling down next to Lightning on the bench as he waits for Joy to finish with his team. He toys with a pokeball for a bit before opening it, releasing a small, friendly-looking Vulpix. ]

[She peers down at the little creature, before slowly offering her hand towards it for a sniff.] It yours?

[ Glitter daintily approaches Lightning's hand, sniffing a few times before hopping up on the bench for a more personal introduction. ]

I didn't catch her; she belonged to a little girl I met. Her name's Glitter. [ He motions to the Vulpix. ]

[Lightning just...holds steady as Glitter comes closer. Fluffy little thing. Belonged...]

Her name was Nanako, wasn't it?

[ He glances over, curious. ]

Yeah. Did you know her?

[She shakes her head, reaching forward to gently scratch behind Glitter's ears.]

We talked once. She was from the same world as one of my travelling companions. [And Rise had been...kind of broken up about it.]

[ Glitter is just going to come over and spill her furry wamrth all over your lap, Lightning. Vuuuuulll~ ]

Glitter was in the PC when I woke up, after our 3-day 'nap'.

[Whoa---okay....fine. Lightning's just going to pet her. A little. She does make for a nice furry heating pad.]

Some nap, the way everyone got split up like this. [And how you were acting when she met up with you on Route 30. Almost like you were ready to kill someone.]

[ Glitter likes you, okay. DEAL WITH IT. ]

There's no way I could have slept for three days. [ Most nights, Leon has a hard time sleeping for a straight three hours. ]

All of us at once? Impossible.

[DEALINGWITHIT. Gives her hands something to do, anyway.]

Something messed with our heads. Made us think we slept for three days when we didn't. [Only way it makes any sense.]

[ Have one very happy Vulpix, Lightning. ]

Could it be a... [ what's the word-- ] glitch, like at the end of October?

[Lightning and the scritches. She'll never escape the curse of them, will she?]

Maybe. We don't know enough about this place to be sure of anything.

[ Never. ]

That's true. [ Doesn't mean it doesn't make him uncomfortable.

His name comes up and he rises, leaving Glitter with Lightning for the few minutes it takes to fetch his three battlers. He reattaches Onix and Flood to his belts, keeping Skarmory's pokeball and taking out the disc Falkner gave him. ]

[Drat.]

[She just waits, not moving from her seat as Leon goes to reclaim his team, both for Glitter's sake and the fact that she really just....doesn't want to move. So she looks at him as he takes the disc, and Skarmory's pokeball.]

You think she can learn it?

No sense in not trying; it's not like I've got a whole lot of other pokemon that can learn Flying-type moves.

[ He releases Skarmory, who hops around for a second, looking for the next contender. But no, just a pokemon center. Oh hey! It's scritches lady, and-- ]

Skarmory, come here, please.

[ Effectively snapped out of it, Skarmory obediently moves over to Leon, who gifts her with a fond smile and gentle throat scratches. She looks at him with newfound pride, their bond made stronger by the sweet taste of victory. He shows her the disc, watching as her eyes follow it curiously. ]

I'm going to hit you on the head with this; if it works, you'll have learned something new. Sound alright with you?

[ Skarmory makes a vaguely skeptical noise, but bobs her head; her Defense stat is so high she probably won't feel much of anything, to be honest. She lowers her neck until her head is easily within reach. Leon looks over at Lightning, feeling incredibly stupid. ]

I can't believe I'm doing this.

[Lightning just watches; her hands are full of Vulpix, so no scritches just yet, Skarmory. ...not that you seem to mind with Leon giving you the throat scratches. Leon, you're just a big softie, aren't you? When he turns to her, Lightning shrugs one shoulder. There's a lot that's impossible to believe in this place]

What do you have to lose, right?

[ She's right, of course, and he lifts the disc, bringing it down firmly enough on Skarmory's head that it breaks. There's a moment of ringing as the pieces splinter, and Skarmory just stands there, immobile for a few moments. ]

Are you alright? Did it work?

[ The bird finally blinks a few times before looking up at him. Her expression of shock melts away into bright, happy surprise; she nods happily, confirming that the Technical Machine has, in fact, done its work. ]

[Of course Falkner would have been right. This is his world, after all.]

She seems surprised as you do, Leon.

[ Skarmory squawks hesistantly, straightening out to her real height. Leon turns to Lightning with a raised brow, his earlier surprise gone. ]

Well, you'd probably be too, if you got clocked over the head with a CD.

[Lightning only smiles faintly at Skarmory, shaking her head a little. She's been clocked over the head with a lot of things. A CD would be new, though.]

Probably. There's a lot of better things to use if you're trying to knock someone out.

Definitely. [ He recalls Skarmory to her pokeball. ] If only learning everything were as easy as getting a lump.

It wouldn't be worth much if learning everything was that easy. [Learning is half the journey, or something.]

I guess not. [ Or something. Mostly it would save him headaches if all he had to do to teach something was bonk ~~Sora~~ ~~Yuffie~~ people over the head repeatedly. Leon sits back down next to Lightning, feeling the kind of lethargy that only comes after a sharp adrenaline boost. No plans on moving for the foreseeable future, no. He glances over at Glitter, still curled up and making soft, satisfied noises in Light's lap. ]

She likes you.

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