[Hullo there Route! It's been awhile since you've seen this face!
...Well actually, it probably hasn't been very long, especially if you've been traveling with him lately. But HE sure thinks it's been awhile! Byrne has been ill for the past several days or so and is just now recovering from that illness. Currently he's in a state of half-sleep in his hotel room with a concerned Vulpix and Wooper sleeping beside him, and the only reason he picked up the gear to start streaming was...well, uh. Was there a reason?
Reason...reason...oh yeah, he kind of wants to figure out what's all happening right now. The last thing he remembers clearly is leaving Violet with Kay and her friends. Seriously. He's been delirious a lot. Kind of like right now.]
...Ugh. I feel like I got run over by a truck--*cough COUGH*---Augh.
[By the way, if you can't tell, his voice sounds absolutely horrible right now. And he goes into coughing fits every once in awhile too. He's much better than he's been (or sounded) all week (HOW IS HE NOT DEAD YET) but he's still pretty terrible. Let's just say the flu sucks. Majorly.]
Well, uh. *cough* Not really sure what to say, other than I've obviously been sick... No idea what's been happ--*COUGH COUGH*--happening--goddamnit, my throat--so, uh. What in the world has been happening around Johto lately? It's...I don't even--*cough*--remember really, what's been going on. Just been sick. And--
Wraaa!
....Huh? What the...
[The camera turns (along with Byrne's head) to THIS THING HOGGING THE CAMERA.]
Squeak!
W-w-w-what the hell?!
[Aaand cue gear dropping and a (totally uncalled for?) violent physical reaction from a 40 year old man at the sight of this little rat. Said rat is being all cute and trying to walk over to his trainer, squeaking in a most adorable fashion. No, Byrne does not realize he caught the little guy some time ago, some time when he was all delirious and took Little Thief out to Route 34 in the middle of the night for some training. He does not remember this event. At all. All he knows is that HE HATES RATS AND RATTATAS AND ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM WHY IS IT ON HIS BED WHY SOMEONE GET IT AWAY NOW GET IT AWAY GET AWAY GET AWAY DEAR SWEET JESUS HELP
...And, after a few seconds of being tremendously terrified and freaking poor Little Thief and Tal out beside him. He slowly picks up the gear. Is it just me or does he sound much worse than he did a second ago?]
...............O-okay. *COUGH* ...Uh. Kay? Johan, Kaito, Crow...someone? Somebody please explain--*cough cough*--what's going on here. And why this........fellow is on my bed.
[Camera shows the cute little rat again, wagging his tail and being so cute. Except Byrne is obviously unimpressed by the cuteness and more terrified of the three inch razor-sharp fangs of DEATH staring him down right now.]
Whose is it. And why is it in my room. On my bed. *cough* Ready to eat me.
Explain.
[[ooc: tagbacks will be slow for awhile (and for the moment they won't happen until tomorrow since I seem to love posting right before bed)! But hooray for a convenient explanation to Byrne's hiatus! Feel free to badger him with AWW YOU WERE SO DELERIOUS AND CRAZY MR FARADAY and etc. I do welcome the idea that he was acting a tad crazy while he was ill, so if you've got an idea for something he might've said/done during the fact (beyond catching the one Pokemon he loathes with an undying passion), feel free to PM me about it. :> ]]