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Room 008 [video]

[IT'S A BLACK HOLE OH HOLY GOD oh wait no it's just Henry's nostril. The camrea finally pulls away to show rainy pokemon center windows....upside down.]

Gah-- get off-- whupps!

[The gear goes clattering to the floor and lands at...an unintentionally artsy angle, pointing up at the standing Henry and a fuzzy thing wound around his arm.

He stares down at the camera a little brokenly before picking it up.]

At this rate, I'm going to break it. Burger, this isn't a toy....

My egg hatched. It's a cat.

I don't even know why I'm still surprised anymore.

[He looks at the little pokemon who is enjoying nuzzling against his shoulder. He WANTS to smile...Henry sort of always wanted a pet...but good God its tail looked like an umbilical cord DO NOT WANT.]

He's got four legs. I'm not going to complain.

[Just sob quietly on the inside, that's all.]

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.....there was a cat in your egg...

[Someone is still new to this egg business.]

_{[NON UPSIDE DOWN HENRY GO]}

Yeah...I'm trying not to think about it too hard.

That's...probably for the best.

_{[Henry nods sagely. It's raining out and he's just a little bit lonely. Otherwise he would have let the topic drop.]}

I don't remember eggs in the game at all.

Game?

Er, yeah. Where I'm from, Pokemon is just a video game.

Oh. Really?

...I don't know much about video games. I should ask Heather about that...

_{[Heather...didn't he know somebody named Heather?]}

It was fun...but I never wanted to live in it.

What did you do in the game exactly?

[Camping: the game.]

_{[Henry scratches is head with his Glameow-bound arm and puts on his thinking face.]}

Well you wandered around to different towns and caught pokemon. And you fought people if you walked in front of them. I don't think I beat it.

...just by walking in front of them?

....

That doesn't happen here does it?

I don't know. I try to stay out of everyone's way.

[He might start doing that now too.]

I'm Harry Mason, what's your name?

_{[Henry tries to ignore the springy-cat winding around his neck. Asssdgfffff]}

Henry Townshend.

[He nods watching the cat.]

Are you alright with that?

What? My name's always been Henry...

_{[Might wanna be a little more specific, Mr. Mason. The derp is strong with this one.]}

It's never bothered me.

[So he can tell.]

I meant with the cat...the one that's around your neck.

..........._Oh.

I think...he'll be okay. Kittens are supposed to be energetic, right?

_{[Henry was sure to have nightmares of his new pokemon strangling him though. At least it would be a change from the Hole Dreams.]}

I think?

I've never had a cat before.

Neither have I.

_{[He didn't count the one that had showed up in his fridge back home.]}

But he's better than Clam so far.

Clam?

Is that..your Pokemon?

Yeah. He's a shellder. He never comes out of his shell so I'm glad I have Burger now.

_{[Henry was getting really tired of relying on sticks and using his starter as a projectile weapon.]}

[He nods.]

Mines a Togepi.

[At the mention, Lisa the Togepi jumps up into his lap, waving at the camera. Look at her! It takes Harry a moment to get in sight of the device again.]

Sorry.

_{[Henry blankfaces for a moment as Harry is replaced by a smiling egg baby. He opens his mouth to say something but shuts it when the man returns.]}

Heh. It's okay.

_{[You see that? That's something that could ALMOST be a grin.]}

[Harry smiles and chuckles.]

She really likes attention. It's like having a kid again.

_{[Henry isn't totally sure what that means, so he nods a little while trying to peel Burger off of his face.]}

Is she finished hatching?

I'm not sure.

I still need to find out more about them. I'm guessing not though. Unless they're supposed to look like they're in a shell all the time.

....Who knows with this place.

Yeah...

_{[Henry lapses into one of his blank stares, not quite making eye contact with Harry on the other side of the 'gear.]}

_{[It could be much, much worse, Henry. BE GRATEFUL.]}

The first egg I ever saw hatch here turned into a sheep.

Yeah.

_{[Trademark blankstare is go]}

Wow.

I don't remember eggs from the game. Aggblglghhh--

_{[Burger decides to inchworm up Henry's arm and see what's in his mouth. 8U OH A HOLE. THERE'S TEETH IN IT. Glamoowwww?]}

Well, to be fair, th-- ...

_[SNORT.]

You should've named it 'Dentist'.

_{[Henry manages to remove the catface from his mouth and holds the kitten out at arm's length. Burger refuses to let go of his trainer and winds his tail around Henry's face, giving him a fashionable cat-tail mustache.]}

Huubuffuuurrr!

_{[Okay, NOW Heather's just laughing without even TRYING to muffle it.]}

_{[Henry is trying FURIOUSLY to madfase at Heather because she isn't having scary fleshrope flashbacks like he is, but it just doesn't translate well past Burger's affections.]}

_{[Yeah, between the cat mustache and Henry's general failure at emoting, Heather doesn't even notice.]}

I think it likes you.

[ 8C LE SIGH. Henry rolls his eyes helplessly. So far, though annoying, Burger was harmless. He could move all on his own and the photographer had to keep reminding himself how fortunate that was.]

Guess I can't complain too much.

Yeah, seriously. Have you seen some of the OTHER things it coulda hatched into?

Getting a kitten outta that is like winning the grand prize.

...You named your cat Burger. After that whole fry basket thing, and now this?

[A pause as Mordi just STARES at his gear.]

...Did you get violated by a McDonalds as a little kid or something, dude?

_{[Blankstare.]}

_{[Hanging head in le shame.]}

I was hungry.

So you want to eat your pokécat, dude?

I don't think you're high enough for those kinds of thoughts, Henry.

No!

_[Right.]

I just...I don't know. I've never had a pet. I'm not good at coming up with names.

...Four legs.

[ She's trying to figure out why this is such a good thing. THAT'S HOW MOST CATS ARE. ]

My other pokemon doesn't have any legs.

Is it.....okay?

_Oh!

Oh. Yeah. He's a shellder-- a big clam. Can't get around by himself.

....A clam. [ what. ]

I...have a fish. It doesn't do much.

I'm sorry.

_{[Come, Machi, join the club of pokemon better off used as blunt weapons.]}

It's....fine.

[ Pause, before: ] ....It was cheap.

[ actually, slapping people with the fish doesn't sound like a bad idea.... :|a ]

You can buy pokemon?

[ Nod. ]

Somebody....was selling them, earlier.

[Oh hey there Henry, Envy remembers you.]

Least it's friendly, right?

_{[Henry gives that some thought.]}

Yeah.

_{[....OH HEY IT WAS THE BANANNASAURUSCOPTER GUY.]}

Did you find your dinosaur?

Yeah. Took me a few days, but I found her.

[He turns the camera away from him to show the Tropius, who is apparently amusing herself by trying to hover in one place a few feet off the ground. She notices that she's being observed, loses her concentration, and drops to the ground with a dismayed noise and a loud THUMP.]

[Person inside the Pokegear this is your fault >:| ]

_{[Part of Henry had been wondering if Envy was pulling his leg back when the little pokemon was originally lost.

But now?]}

Damn. You do have a banana growing dinosaur....

_{that flies.}

[Envy snickers.]

What, did you not believe me?

I-it's not that!

I just.

_{[WHO ARE YOU, STRANGE-HAIRED BANANA LORD?]}

Well that's the spirit.

_{[Henry doesn't get a chance to respond because Burger shoves his little pink nose against the gear's camera, smearing it and fogging the lens.

Poke'Connect has become Youtube. God help us all.]}

Hah. Hi there?

_{[Burger opens his mouth to give Snow a nice loud,} Gla'MYOOOWWWWWW_[

Cat!

Well I like 'er.

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