Call Henry's Poke"gear!

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_{[Henry quickly falls into stealth mode which is practically his default mode because he's Henry and slips up beside Envy.]}

Location?

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[Envy gestures for Henry to look through the bush, on the edges where the leaves are thinner.]

Edge of the pool, near the diving board.

[And sure enough, there's an incredibly fat Pidove sitting there, pecking at the ground like it's found some scattered crumbs...probably someone dropped bits of Pokepuff when they were giving treats to the Sharpedos.]

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_{[Henry nods knowingly. It was their time. It was THE time. It was time to catch Fat Stanley.]}

I'm going to get the salt. Update me if the target moves.

_{[And he's gone again for a few minutes.]}

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[Envy turns to him and blinks. Salt? What would they need salt for?]

[Is it for bait? Is Henry planning to eat Stanley?]

[He's just going to wait and see what happens. So he just nods in utter seriousness.]

Got it.

[You go get that salt, Henry. Envy sends out a quick text when Stanley does actually relocate to the base of a tree even closer to the bush.]

target moved closer, be sneaky coming outside

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_{[And soon he returns with NOT THE TABLE SALT. NO. THE WHOLE CANISTER. Henry ducks low and manages to move back into position without spooking the target.]}

If we sprinkle this on his tail, he can't fly away...not that I'm sure he can actually fly to begin with.

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[...HENRY, WHAT.]

What would putting salt on his tail do?

[Of all the reasons Envy had considered for Henry needing the salt, that one did not even begin to cross his mind.]

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I don't know but it's something my grandfather always said.

_{[He tugs a few crumbled Dodtritos out of his pocket because a man has to be prepared and throws them over the bush to attract Fat Stanley's attention.]}

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[Normally Envy doesn't think '...humans' so much anymore, especially not at his friends. But in this case he kind of can't help the thought crossing his mind.]

[The first part of Henry's plan works like a charm, though, and Fat Stanley notices those Dodritos the second they're on the ground. He bobs his head a few times, pleased with the awesome selection this yard apparently has, and hops on over to the crumbs to start devouring them.]

...okay, now's our chance. Try the salt thing, I'll be ready to jump out and grab him.

[EVEN IF HE SOUNDS PRETTY DUBIOUS ABOUT THE SALT THING.]

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<sub>[A long arm pokes out of the bush, salt canister in-hand. Henry isn't fucking around here, it's all or nothing. None of that piddly little salt shaker business. Slowly. Sloooowly. He starts to tip the can and the salt sprinkles out. Then the lid falls off and ALL of it falls onto poor Fat Stanley in a cloud.]

[There is a lot of horrified coo-ing.]</sub>

GRAB HIM!

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[Envy LEAPS out from behind the bush, arms outstretched to grab poor unfortunate Fat Stanley.]

[But the bird is actually much faster than his build would suggest...and the salt did nothing but startle him even MORE.]

[He takes off in an explosion of flapping and feathers, leaving Envy to faceplant in the dirt, arms still outstretched and one hand gripping a lone tailfeather. But now is no time to just lie there, they've got a bird to catch, and Stanley is flying more horizontally than vertically. There's still a chance!]

[Envy shoves himself up to scramblerun after the Pidove.]

Stanleeeey! Come back.

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<sub>[Henry sees that it's now up to him and leaps over the fallen homunculus like a deer.]

[Or he would have if Envy hadn't decided to get up right then. He face-plants, tangled up in Envy's limbs.]</sub>