keychained | 025; [texts and video/action for buddies in Ilex Forest]

[private to Hope, Leon and Rise]

[by now, Sora'd learned how to quell his frustration at the fact that, without fail, when one of his friends is in trouble or having trouble, he's too far away to do anything about it-- especially when he almost never had this problem back home... but another thing Sora's learned is, his friends here are more than capable of caring for themselves, and each other. still, slightly more relaxed that he is, he sends these texts out of worry. Lightning never struck him as the napping type, really.]

[that, and he probably needs to check up on Puddles, too.]

Are you guys doing okay? Nothing's changed? Rise, Puddles isn't giving you too much trouble, right?

[/private]

[video]

[now, Sora had only meant to send those text messages early this morning, but Teddy, being the tech savvy little furball that he is, saw fit to grab the pokégear and snap a recording for Johto's Funniest Home Videos. Sora is seated on the ground somewhere in Ilex Forest, his head tilted waaaay back to look up at his beast of a Skarmory. a beast of a Skarmory with a squirming and squealing Caterpie wedged in her beak, and a Skarmory who is leaning down and giving Sora a fairly "YOU BETTER WISE UP AND LISTEN TO ME, YOUNG MAN," sort of look.]

[Metal Chocobo caws around the bug. Sora shakes his head fervently.] No.

[a muffled squawk that could probably rival her mother's. "but Trainer, it's breakfast time! and I caught you this delicious Caterpie! here comes the choochoo bird--"]

No! Look, I know I said I ate a few bugs as a kid, but I haven't in years! C'mon...

["SON, YOU ARE LUCKY I'M NOT EATING THIS THEN REGURGITATING IT ON YOU." Metal Chocobo looms closer, practically smashing the poor Caterpie against Sora's face-- and, like a stubborn and picky toddler, he clamps his mouth shut and tries to wedge his hands between his mouth and the bug.]

[unfortunately for Sora, Metal Chocobo has quite the height advantage. Sunday morning has turned into a battle of wits, kid against bird-- or at least, a battle of who's more stubborn.]

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[CHEERING HIM ON GO SORA GO]

[DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED, METAL CHOCOBO. OR BORED. OR. OR SOMETHING. the answer is yes, but only when Sora manages to snatch a certain pokéball and enlist the aid of Hope the Dragonair, who wraps himself around Trainer protectively. BIRD HAVE YOU GONE BONKERS humans don't eat bug pokémon B| ... feed him stuff from his backpack instead.]

[seriously? well, okay-- here, Trainer, have a sandwich!]

At-- at least I don't have to eat the Caterpie.

[........ whew. That was a close one]

Geez--! I think your metal bird lost a few brain cells there.

... Aw, I dunno. As long as she's not feeding me bugs... [says the kid chewing around a bite of sandwich. much better than Caterpies.]

The lack of brain cells is probably what caused her to feed you bugs.

Aw, she's not that bad... [though Sora's just a huge softie for his 'mons. even the Pineco he caught who probably has one braincell in its entire... pine cone.]

Maybe not in general, but when she tries to feed you Caterpie... [:|]

[... pffft, point, Kaito.]

Well, what's the dumbest thing your Pokémon have ever done?

[... recalling the time his Arbok pushed him onto a frozen lake and the bruises that ensued afterward]

... You look like you just remembered it.

That's because I did.

What, you're not gonna share?