keychained | 024; video/action for Goldenrod

[as much as Sora loves bugs, and as he would have liked to leave Goldenrod to beat up certain bugs for a certain gym badge, this kid appearing on the network this afternoon is in Serious Battle Mode- a mode he hasn't been in ever since he got here and finally had a chance to relax.]

It's just one thing after another... Hey! How is everybody holding up? No serious injuries, right? If you're somewhere around Goldenrod and you need help, lemme know. I'll come get you.

[a pause.] Is anybody else out there trying to fight these things? They need to be kept as far away from the pokecenters as possible so people can still get in.

[Sora shakes his head. he may or may not have been on the receiving end of a Yanma attack earlier, and quite frankly he found it worse than taking a wing to the face from a Wyvern. not something he wants to experience again, nor does he want anybody else experiencing it. luckily he's armed and ready for the next battle he's about to run headfirst into: a carved Keyblade! a single pokeball! ... a pair of earplugs! Sora that is not a good weapon at all.]

I'm gonna try one more idea. Stay safe you guys!

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Yeah! They're these pink puffball things, and they can sing and put you to sleep.

[but the Bacon Gods idea is also a viable option.]

... THOSE things?

... Wait, are you planning...?

_{[... That was a really good idea. WHY DIDN'T SHE THINK OF THAT.]}

[... Heather, you are the first person other than Sora to think this is a good idea. BEST SIS.]

Yeah! It'll give us time to clear them out.

_{[IT'S HER JOB, AFTER ALL. And she's fishing hurriedly in her pocket.]}

D'you need help? Honey knows Sleep Powder.

Yeah! Thanks, Heather!

[he'll need to get her a set of earplugs though, or they'll both be sleeping on the job.]

_{[She could use her fingers! .... That works, right?]}

No prob. Always a fan of a man with a plan-- ... _{yeah not gonna let that one go any further.}

[... Sora can't help but snort, despite their situation, and despite fact that there is a mob of angry bugs fast approaching.]

_{[Heather was good at making situations like this seem a little lighter.]

[She grins back to him before releasing the Butterfree in a flash of light.]}

You're in charge, kiddo. Just tell me when to give Honey the order.

[-- Heather wants him to be in charge? HOT DOG-- I mean. Sora's totally used to taking charge; he always was whenever he and Donald and Goofy explored a new world... not necessarily in charge of flying the Gummi Ship at first, but.]

Okay, on three! And-- [here, take his earplugs, big sis.]

_{[He's the one who came up with the plan! Far as she's concerned, he deserves to execute it.]

[In any case, she takes the ear-plugs, putting them in one-handedly. Honey the Butterfree flutters overhead, shooting a sort of concerned glance at the oncoming horde. ... If compound eyes could manage concerned glances...]}

[Sora finally gives the pokéball in his hand a toss-- GO MY ADORABLE FLUFFY MINION-- Jigglypuff pops out of her ball, stares in horror at the incoming bug brigade... then it occurs to her what she's supposed to be doing.]

[Jigglypuff used Sing! Sora used Clap Hands Over Ears!]

_{[Heather used SHOVE EARPLUGS IN.]

[Honey used-- .... START USING SLEEP POWDER BUT THEN FALL ASLEEP.]

[... Well, shit. Maaaybe they shoulda thought this one through a little bit.]}

[BUT SORA HAS THE BEST PLANS HOW COULD THIS GO WRONG-- well, on the plus side, bugs other than Honey are falling asleep...]

_{[SORA YOU DO NOT EARN THE 'PLANNING' BOYSCOUT BADGE YET.]

[Heather watches Honey slowly drift to the ground and just sort of... mentally facepalms. But... at least the horde is starting to slow down...]}

Not... quite as expected, but at least it sort of worked?

_{[Heather can't hear you! She has earplugs! :I]

[So she's just... staring blankly at the now-slumbering horde.]}

[... Sora just kind of makes this face then taps big sis on the shoulder.]

_{[She jumps slightly, but looks over her shoulder at him and abruptly tugs the earplugs out.]}

WELL, uh-- ... it worked!

_{[... She looks down at the Butterfree that's just... lying face-down in the middle of the road.]}

... Pretty well, too.

... Sorry about your Butterfree... [even if face-down bugs are a pretty funny sight.]

Now we just need to figure out what to do with the bugs!

_{[She's already bending over to gently return Honey to the Pokeball.]}

S'okay, we prooobably shoulda thought that through a little more... uh.

_{[She looks around at the slumbering horde, knowing full well that they could start waking up at any given moment.]}

... I don't have anywhere NEAR the amount of balls it would take to capture all those...

_{[did you see what she did there]}

[... that was terrible, Heather. it's going to hit Sora like five minutes later; he's too fixated on picturing capturing what is essentially a bug disaster on the ground.]

I don't think I do either... [neither of them have the balls, Heather. neither of them.]

_{[AREN'T YOU GLAD BIG SIS IS SUCH A PARADIGM OF MATURITY SORA]}

... Something tells me that the locals wouldn't respond too well if we just went around banging on the doors and yelling 'GET OUT HERE AND CAPTURE SOME OF THESE'...

[SORA ALWAYS NEEDS SOMEONE TO BE IMMATURE WITH! HEATHER IS THE BEST KIND OF IMMATURE.]

... You never know! But I've got a bug net... it came with the outfit I got back when I first came here.

[it may take him a while, but he could scoop the bugs up and dump them somewhere that they couldn't get out. a locked room in the hotel, maybe!]

Maybe you should get that out... I have no idea how we can move ALL of these before they start waking up, but...

_{[... That would be the worst, most nightmarish surprise EVER for whatever maid has to take care of that room the next morning. THEY SHOULD DO IT.]}

Keep the earplugs in; if they start to wake up, we'll put 'em to sleep again.

[IF THEY GO HALFSIES ON THE ROOM THEY CAN TOTALLY DO THIS. or they can stuff them all in a room in the pokécenter that Nurse Tank oversees.]

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