24th roar [ video ]

[adamant]

[ The feed clicks on and immediately, what captures the attention is the rising and falling sound of foreign music blasting through the Gym. Clair's Gym, to be precise: Leon is taking on his last Gym leader.

Well, 'taking on' is perhaps strong. More like, Clair's Dragonite is in the final throes of agony, wrapped up in Flood's tentacles, heavily poisoned, getting blasted with Ice Beam. From the viewpoint, just over Leon's shoulder, it becomes obvious his Raichu is the culprit here, filming the proceedings with occasional peeping encouragements to her teammate.

Dragonite doesn't last long, and eventually goes slack. Flood's tentacles are suddenly holding nothing more than a vanishing red light. The music dissipates, replaced by the usual victory fanfare. Raichu, as well as Lightning, Sen and Strike in the stands, explode into cheers—or in Lightning's case, soft applause. Leon himself isn't one for overly emotional displays, so Flood gets a few proud pats and a promise of well-earned rest for his trouble.

Raichu leaps down from Leon's shoulder as he collects his HM and prize money. As he turns to make his exit, Lightning strides up, the camera catching on her pleased expression. ]

They did well. You did well.

Thanks.

[ The view is mostly obscured by Raichu's meager height, but Lightning steps in very close and Leon's arms wind around her shoulders and she tilts her chin up--

Goodness.

A moment passes, before the two abruptly break apart, apparently having noticed their audience. As Raichu scrambles back, the camera tilts high enough to catch the two of them looking incredibly uncomfortable. ]

Turn that off.

[ And off it goes. ]



[[ooc: pink is Lightning; tags may come from both of them as soon as Silver gets online. As for me, a busy class schedule means I may have to leave shortly, so don't worry if I disappear.]]

Comments

[soggypastry]

[iconface, Fang. She knows you, and there will not be any teasing this time around. So don't even think of starting.]

I'm not sure about that. I named her after you for a reason.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Look at her being good, Light. Doesn't that face just radiate innocence? ] 'Cause she's older than she looks?

[soggypastry]

[It should, but it's Fang Fang is nearly never innocent.] Because she's a prankster who loves to tease people. Can't tell you the number of times she turned the gear on at the wrong time.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ ...Her first instinct was to wolf whistle if that makes you feel any better. That this isn't some bizarro-Fang, at least. ] Like what happened right now?

[ Wait, no, behaving. ] Maybe I'm just happy that you're happy. No teasin' needed.

[soggypastry]

[That instinct would be comforting, yes. Proves it's a Fang that just never changes, at any rate.] Yeah. Something like that.

[siiiiiigh.] ...Thanks, then. If that's the case.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Hey, I wouldn't get sappy on ya if you weren't so suspicious.

[soggypastry]

Can you blame me? I know how you act most of the time.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Not a bit. [ Shameless. ] So you'll have to put up with one or the other. Which'll it be?

[soggypastry]

[siiiiiigh. Honestly?] The teasing. At least then I'll know you're not sick or poisoned.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ She laughs at that. ] Knew ya cared.

[ And they've gone from "absolutely no teasing" to "please tease instead" in a matter of minutes. Poor Lightning. ]

[soggypastry]

[Poor Lightning indeed. But, as annoyed as she is, it's not as bad as it could be. She has actually missed this, amazingly.]

Hard not to after watching each other's backs for so long.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Now who's gettin' sappy? Or did I just catch ya at a good time?

[soggypastry]

Which do you think? [Because she honestly doesn't know. She's gotten soft over the past year, so it's hard to say.]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Fang's not sure she'd call it going soft. Especially considering that they no longer have the whole "destroy the world or suffer a fate worse than death" bit hanging over them. ]

Good time. I knew there was a reason you were enjoying this place so much.

[soggypastry]

[They most certainly don't have that anymore, but compared to when she arrived, she has gone soft. Not so soldiery anymore. Hence the smile on her face now.]

I told you I'd made friends here, remember? I just didn't say one of them was more than that.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ To Fang's mind Lightning didn't need to be so soldiery in the first place. ]

And I'm hurt, Light. You didn't trust me? [ She knows perfectly well that Lightning was likely trying to avoid this exact exchange. ]

[soggypastry]

[Then it's a good thing she's worked past most of it.]

No, I trust you. I just doubted that you wouldn't tease us about it. You'd tease Vanille about something like this too. [Said with a smirk; her trust in Fang does run deep. Deep enough to know when the teasing would come.]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Hell, I'd tease the old man about it if it came to that. Can't just go around ignoring it, can I? [ Way too good a target, and usually not something that upsets the other person unless she went way over the line. ] Prob'ly even tease Hope if you wouldn't go all mother hen on me.

[soggypastry]

[Fang normally doesn't go over the line because she knows what buttons to push. She certainly knows what buttons getting pushed would turn Light into a mama bear, that's for sure.]

No probably about that. You might end up getting slapped again if that happens.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Just for teasing? Wasn't gonna make him cry, Light.

[ Fake sigh. ] Guess you made your point. It'd have to be really worth it for that.

[soggypastry]

Would you take any chances with Vanille if our positions were reversed?

[An honest question, though she does know that Fang's teasing wouldn't go that far. Hence the "might".]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Depends on who it was. Vanille can hold her own most of the time. [ She smiles. ] Ain't even safe from me, y'know.

Rest of the time I'd be throwing 'em out on their backside. But she's older and a little more inclined to that sorta thing.

[soggypastry]

[A nod; if Vanille could handle Pulse-creatures solo, handling Fang wasn't any big deal. Those from Cocoon, on the other hand...]

She's used to it, Hope isn't. Starting him off with your teasing might not be the best idea.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ She would be glad to know that she ranked above the murderous wildlife. Still- ] You're making me out to be some sort of dangerous trial of endurance or something.

[soggypastry]

[Iconface.] You think your teasing isn't?