[VIDEO] 001 :: First Jump

[dirtytalker]

[The Gear has been propped up on something prior to being turned on, allowing the viewer a lovely shot of New Bark Town and the redhead pacing in front of it. He's got a pissed expression on his face and a blithely cheerful Togepi in his arms, and he's ready to get his bitch on to the world at large because clearly, a great injustice has been

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[restardom]

Your Charmander's in another castle!

Or a cave, I guess is more like it...

[ who is unfazed by pissy? THIS PERSON. ]

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[dirtytalker]

[Aw yeah, even here he still has the cute girls flocking to him. Gakuto is such a stud.]

Well, that's annoying. But if I had someone like you with me to go pick it up, it wouldn't be so bad.

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[restardom]

[ aren't you attracting more guys right now, buddy-- ]

You might find another cute girl to take you up on that before you caught up, you know.

[dirtytalker]

[You hush, ok, other tennis guys don't count and he can't help being so damn pretty.]

One as cute as you? Maybe, but it wouldn't be worth the risk. What's your name?

[restardom]

Kujikawa Rise! And you are...?

[dirtytalker]

Mukahi Gakuto. It's a relief to know that not everyone here is useless.

[restardom]

The majority's totally helpful, actually! But it's nice to meet you, Gakuto!

[ honorifics and surnames, WHAT ARE THOSE-- ]

[dirtytalker]

[Well, isn't she bold. He quirks a brow at that, but she's cute enough to get away with it.]

The people around here sure as hell aren't. But for now, I'll take Rise-chan's word for it.

So what Pokémon did you end up with?

[restardom]

[ you have to be an adult, bigger and scarier than Kanji, or Rikkai to get anything else. ]

Me? Oh, she's-- [ her eyes flick off-screen and she lifts her chin just slightly; this is greeted with a little shuffling noise, and then she scoops up a Bellossom and lifts her to the screen. ]

This is Himiko!

[dirtytalker]

[Rise you are totally forgotten in favor of your sweet Pokémon. SORRY~. He's unconsciously leaning in, like he could get a better look at the Bellossom.]

Wow, she's pretty, like a flower or something. I bet she smells nice.

[restardom]

[ quite all right, she is a proud and doting mother trainer. Even if aforementioned Pokémon is squeaking a little and hiding her face in her... appendages? ]

It took us awhile to get her past the Gloom stage, but she really does smell great. Hey, Himiko, it's a compliment-- you don't have to hide!

[dirtytalker]

[So shy and cute, why are you hitting all of Gakuto's buttons, Himiko. He has no idea what this Gloom business is but it doesn't really matter.]

Nee, Himiko-chan, be proud of yourself. A face like that shouldn't be hidden away.

[restardom]

[ good thing you didn't know Rise as a teeny middle-schooler, Gakuto, Himiko's the Pokémon equivalent. She still squeaks a little, but with an encouraging sound from her trainer, she very slooooowly looks at the screen.

... And then, still looking, clings to Rise. ]

There you go! Never look away from an admiring audience.

[dirtytalker]

[Oh god she's so precious. Thankfully Gakuto's Togepi is too stupid to know what jealously is and kinda babbles encouragingly at the Bellossom.]

Rise-chan is right. When you've got their attention, you need to keep it and own it.

[restardom]

[ you're a cute Togepi and the first time Rise meets you in person, she will kidnap you and spoil you rotten-- I mean what. ]

Ooh, spoken like a performer!

[dirtytalker]

[Despite his initial tirade, yeah, this Togepi is going to get treated like the darling it is.]

Close. I know how to play the crowd.