adamant | 24th roar [ video ]

[ 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.]]

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[Enjoy the blush that's still getting deeper. She might just be starting to realize Minnie is the proverbial shark in the water, or maybe not.]

It was gradual. Since around April or May, but neither of us did anything about it until August.

[Not touching the first kiss thing. Nope, not doing it. Sorry, Mama Minnie.]

... You mean you've been together since... you were staying at the Olivine house?!

[there goes her imagination-]

[Nod.] Yeah. Since the beach party at the end of the month.

[Nope, not getting it. Not understanding what has Minnie worked up.]

... You two weren't staying in the same room, were you?!

[GOOD HEAVENS. that imagination is off and running.]

Minnie. The beds are bunks.

[ Meaning even if they did share a room? They were also sharing it with as least two other people. ]

... Oh, right.

[oops. blush.]

Nevermind!

No. He was down the hall from the one I was staying in. Why does it matter?

[Not that it would matter, really. People have legs and can walk down halls and into other rooms quite easily---yeah. This is going to end well.]

N-Nevermind, I think I was thinking too hard...

[Iconface for a second there. What in the world was that all about--oh. Same room, two adults in a relationship....yeah she gets it now, and there goes the blush again.]

Yeah. Seems that way.

[l-let's change the subject shall we]

I'm very happy for the both of you!

[Yes, lets just get off this one. Like right now.]

...Thanks.

[Not much else to say, really...she's terrible with words like this]

How many badges have you two gotten?

[guess where this is leading now.]

This was Leon's eighth, and I have four. We'll be moving on soon.

[Probably something about Kanto, for sure.]

So you've had... [she counts on her fingers.] Twelve kisses that you've never told us about!

[... minnie they didn't hook up that early.]

[strangled noise is get. For the love of Etro, this is...argh.] No. Leon had most of his badges before we got together, and I had my four before then, too.

[This was probably one of their first couple handfuls, actually. Not that she's counting.]

... Oh, that does make sense.

[Tiny amused smile. Overthinking again, Minnie?]

If we'd had twelve like this already, don't you think everyone would have found out by now?

Well, you managed to hide it for so long already...

[because really a few months is FOREVER.]

[shrug] Is it actually hiding it if no one bothered to ask?

[Besides, Rise and Xion pretty much knew. That's not totally hiding it.]