> Dave: Practice... bullriding... ?
[ The feed clicks on amidst a rustle of red-orange feathers. After a moment, a Torchic hops backward from the screen and chirps loudly before moving aside to reveal a grassy clearing.
In the foreground, a Houndoom, a Ninetales and an Arcanine are lying on the grass, watching their trainer closely. The Arcanine's bushy tail swishes periodically; the Ninetales has her head resting on her paws. The Houndoom looks like he might leap up any second.
And the cause for such riveted attentions?
In the background, Dave Strider is riding a very displeased Rapidash.
Well, maybe 'riding' is too generous a term. The fact is, he's barely staying on. She's bucking and kicking and jumping around with the occasional shrill whinny, and Dave is very nearly being thrown off at every turn. It's admirable he's lasted even this long - actually, it's pretty amazing he managed to get a bridle and saddle on her, from the looks of things.
(Of course, if you'd been there for that, it wouldn't look so impressive. It took him hours.)
And it's not impressive for too much longer, either. As the horse swivels on her front hooves and kicks out wide behind her, Dave finally loses his grip and is pitched over her head to sprawl in the grass. In the very same instant, all three of the onlooking Pokémon leap to their feet to pursue the Rapidash, who bolted the second she was free of her rider. Between them, they manage to corner her and herd her back into the center of the clearing, where they circle her with watchful eyes.
In the meanwhile, the Torchic from behind the camera has ventured out into the field to check on his trainer, and an orange-ribboned Murkrow - familiar to some, and seen frequently around Goldenrod - descends from the sky to land beside him as well. The feed continues for several minutes with no sign of movement from Dave, then finally times out just as he sits up awkwardly, sans shades.
He's too far from the camera for the lack of shades to mean much, but replies will be delayed by a few minutes until he finds them again. ]
In the foreground, a Houndoom, a Ninetales and an Arcanine are lying on the grass, watching their trainer closely. The Arcanine's bushy tail swishes periodically; the Ninetales has her head resting on her paws. The Houndoom looks like he might leap up any second.
And the cause for such riveted attentions?
In the background, Dave Strider is riding a very displeased Rapidash.
Well, maybe 'riding' is too generous a term. The fact is, he's barely staying on. She's bucking and kicking and jumping around with the occasional shrill whinny, and Dave is very nearly being thrown off at every turn. It's admirable he's lasted even this long - actually, it's pretty amazing he managed to get a bridle and saddle on her, from the looks of things.
(Of course, if you'd been there for that, it wouldn't look so impressive. It took him hours.)
And it's not impressive for too much longer, either. As the horse swivels on her front hooves and kicks out wide behind her, Dave finally loses his grip and is pitched over her head to sprawl in the grass. In the very same instant, all three of the onlooking Pokémon leap to their feet to pursue the Rapidash, who bolted the second she was free of her rider. Between them, they manage to corner her and herd her back into the center of the clearing, where they circle her with watchful eyes.
In the meanwhile, the Torchic from behind the camera has ventured out into the field to check on his trainer, and an orange-ribboned Murkrow - familiar to some, and seen frequently around Goldenrod - descends from the sky to land beside him as well. The feed continues for several minutes with no sign of movement from Dave, then finally times out just as he sits up awkwardly, sans shades.
He's too far from the camera for the lack of shades to mean much, but replies will be delayed by a few minutes until he finds them again. ]