Video (With a private'd part to Pokecast)

[namesaquestion]

[The feed opens on eight very shiny badges. It holds for several seconds before the case is flipped shut. What's seen of it before it vanishes from view is an expensive looking thing; all polished metal with a clear tempered glass top with a faux crystal-like logo of some sort embedded into it. Then, Niko comes into the view, sporting possibly the biggest smirk possible. It also seems that he has a pokemon out with him, though only sneasel's tail can be seen.

Either way, he's in a park under a tree somewhere in one of the Porter Cities.] The only good thing about going home is I have my badges back. Plus most of my stuff's with me this time. Ha! I know, once I've grown them, I'll show you'll some proper Johto berries!

[Niko, they're functionally the same as the rest of the berries here-]

Not that it makes up for having the memory of a broken arm being shoved into my face! It wasn't even doing anything cool or awesome in space, either! [He waves a hand with a snort, changing the topic almost as soon as it's brought up.] Aww, whatever. I have my badges back and my arm isn't broken anymore and I'm not on the moon- Hmph. I think I was the first pokemon trainer into space and on the moon! I think being the first to Mars has a nice ring to it, too.

[And the feed seemingly ends there with Niko's rather obnoxiously loud laughter... Except, for the pokecast, it doesn't.

Once the laughter fades, they're treated to an awkward looking Nikolai for several seconds before his expression turns unreadable. But when he speaks? Oh boy. There is a lot of frustration and bite to the words.]

Hmph. If the lot of you insist on being interfering zubats with how I do things, then at least be of some use!

[...... ......] I want Mutt back, Red. She's mine.

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[h2no]

YOU BROKE YOUR ARM?!

[brb having heart attack. there's a lot to unwrap here, but...]

Why the hell did you even go up into space?! Niko!

Voice

[namesaquestion]

[brb cleaning out his ear. jfc Archie.]

Because I could! Why else would I go?

I even got selfies!

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[h2no]

B--but... you're...

[despite the shouting, he's now speechless. niko is a child, what were they thinking!?]

--Is it still broken? I guess not... [he sighs shakily.] Arceus, whatever. What went down at home?

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[namesaquestion]

My two new badges.

[Duh!]

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[h2no]

No shit. They didn't just fall into your lap, though, did they?

[seems he's changed his tune a bit as well. maybe someone finally got through to him?]

[namesaquestion]

Heh. They weren't that hard. Clair was a pushover.

[More like: he had to fucking work for that one, but he got it on his first try - barely. But he's not telling anyone that. It's humiliating how close he came to having to take a gym twice. ]

[h2no]

Mmmm, she was the last one, right?

[he knew niko could get far, but at what cost? has he really changed much?]

How are your team? Do they need any healing or did they get a rest?

[am_i_a_monster]

[She looks at him curiously.]

What's a Johto berry? I've never heard of that one.

[namesaquestion]

Better than the ones the other trainers have.

[brb, digging out the lone Gold berry he has with him. It's a smallish, rather goldish, looking berry.] I plan to plant them when I have my own place. Then I'm going to make a gold berry smoothie!

[am_i_a_monster]

It looks cool. I make smoothies myself sometimes, nothing quite like that, usually strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.

[Abigail looks at the gold berry for another moment, trying to figure it out.]

What does it taste like? A cloudberry?

[namesaquestion]

Hmph. [Yet that is the start of a grin working its way onto his face.]

It's more like a sitrus berry, which is sort of like an orange and a lemon. But these are slightly more bitter in flavour.

[am_i_a_monster]

Oh, it sounds like there's a lot of things you could make with that. More than a smoothie. Citrus-y and bitter works with so many things. A nice glaze for fish, or a dessert tart, or add them to a salad, or put them on a kebab with chicken, or make a sauce for veal, or roast chicken with..

[She chuckles. That's getting ahead of herself. He hasn't even grown them yet.]

Sorry. I like to think about cooking.

[namesaquestion]

Tch. So? I like to think about training pokemon. About how to make them stronger.

[And there is going to be a lot of thinking in the coming months. But that's not the point.] Hmph. But, I don't know much about the cooking of this world. You do?

[am_i_a_monster]

There must be a few of you from a world with pokemon. I've heard others talking about them too.

I do. I lived with a gourmet for a while back home. And the food here is mostly the same as back home.

[Except for the creepier food back home but there's no reason to mention that.]

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[ghoulking]

Welcome back, Niko.

Sorry about the space thing. Things not always go as planned.

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[namesaquestion]

[There's a grunt that sounds like it could be a 'thanks?', if the wry yet rueful half grin's any indication.]

Tch. I know that - Now.

I still want to go to Mars. Something as stupid as power failure won't stop me.

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[ghoulking]

Really? Even though just the flight test was incredibly dangerous?

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[namesaquestion]

Yes. [He's absolutely serious and it shows.]

If our powers hadn't failed, I would have been more help that I was. Feraligatr knows Water Gun. It could have put some of the fire out.

[Or you know, damaged any electronics.]

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[ghoulking]

[ niko no ]

We have to talk things through. We can't go to space until we fix the situation with our powers, after all.

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[versusseeker]

[You can pry her out of his cold, dead hands, you little--]

how do i kno ur not gng 2 hrt her

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[namesaquestion]

[Don't tempt him

But, that said. Red gets... what could be called an honest answer.]

you dont

but if ur some use, u can see her

+ u talk to aniamls.

[Not that he's keen on letting Red near his pokemon. Mutt, yes.]

[versusseeker]

im not gng 2 giv her back if u dnt promise

[You Axew.]

[namesaquestion]

[so much eye rolling. so much.]

did i hrt her wen i traind her teh 1st tim?

[Spoilers: No, actually, but he was god damned strict with Mutt.]

[versusseeker]

idk
i wasnt there

[namesaquestion]

[He's almost tempted to swap to video, if only so Red get's the flattest stare ever.]

ಠ_ಠ

ur the 1 that talks to animals

or ur powers not work on dogs?