Room 017 [Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry's face appears and he gets right to the point. If one pays attention, they'll notice a dribble of wax slowly dripping down between his eyes. His new baby litwick seems very fond of his head. Henry seems indifferent. In fact, he seems kind of out of it.]}

What kind of pokemon is a candle with a face...

...I mean. I remember magnet-o-mite or whatever from the game but...

<sub>[And then he dozes off. The energy has been sucked right out of him. The litwick giggles and Burger can be heard hissing from off camera.]

[Where the hell is Henry? He seems like he's outside somewhere if the leaves stuck to his shirt are any clue. It looks like it's getting dark.]</sub>

Comments

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

You have one of those too?

[[a pause and a blink]] Are you all right...?

[Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Hang on there a minute, Bakura. Henry's in dream la--VIOLENT SNAP BACK TO REALITY. Oh shit. Some kid he doesn't know.]}

What?

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

... You seem like you're asleep on your feet....

[Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

What oh...yeah. I'm...really tired. I guess.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

Might not be a good idea to be out wandering if you're that tired.

Video

[burntforhersins]

...a candle with a face?

[WHY ARE YOU LYING THERE LIKE YOU'RE ON DRUGS.]

Henry, are you alright?

Video

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[And another conversation with half-asleep Henry began.]}

I don't...know. I'm really tired. I had coffee. I was just going walking and my pokemon hatched, so I was....I was all-- oh, hey, I remember you....no, I mean I didn't say that I just mean I remember you. Hi.

Video I am the latest~

[burntforhersins]

Sounds like something from a cartoon. [Also like you need something stronger than coffee.]

...Hi. [AWKWARD TEENAGER IS AWKWARD.]

NO ME

[no_ufo_ending]

Cartoon...this whole place is a video game.

_{[Sorry, Henry, your sentient candle wants some screen time. She bobbles into the frame and waves her stumpy little arms at Angela, baby-jabbering the whole while.]}

OH GOD I AM SORRY FOR LATENESS.

[burntforhersins]

[With that, she can't help but laugh. Awkwardly, and briefly, but it's laughter.]

Ah- hi there!

[As an afterthought:]

I don't think we're in a video game...

[Text]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It wasn't exactly uncommon for Henry to disappear inside his 'thought cocoon' for hours at a time, so to be honest, when Heather had gotten back to the hotel room after breakfast, she'd just... sort of assumed he was in there and stepped over the sleeping bag.]

[Until she got a text a few hours later reading 'heater plz come get me :(']

[And sure enough... the sleeping bag turned out to be devoid of Henrys.]</sub>



.... where are you

[Text]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[There is a yawning gap between the text that Heather sent and the photographer's reply. His little newborn candle pokemon is making it very hard to stay awake. And lucid.]}

there r trees

[Text]

[foolishwren]

.... henry we're on a beach island where did you even find trees

_{[Brb setting off to the sparse wooded areas on the EDGE OF TOWN.]}

[Text]

[no_ufo_ending]

idk


_{[THAT WAS VERY ELABORATE AND HELPFUL.]}

[Text]

[foolishwren]

_{[HENRY YOU ARE THE MOST HELPFUL.]}

just

stay there

I'm coming to get you

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

No idea about your candle--

[...wait a second he's noticing that the dozing looks...not like a good thing to be happening.]

Henry?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[He snorts awake. Oh! An Envy!]}

Oh, hey man...what's up?

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Well, you're falling asleep with a candle on your face for one.

[Face, top of his head, CLOSE ENOUGH.]

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Sorry, Henry can't come to the 'gear right now.]

[The little candle pokemon leans into frame and squeaks a hello to Envy with those DEAD, PUSS YELLOW DOLL'S EYES she has.

"Wiiiiik?"]</sub>

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Hey--hey!

[Narrowing his eyes at the baby-candle-thing.] You're doing something, aren't you?

[video]

[trailweblaze]

_{[Oh, hey, Miguel remembers you!]}

Hey...! Are you alright?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[And Henry you--or he would if he weren't half asleep.]}

I...I dunno, I think I'm lost.

[video]

[trailweblaze]

Lost? Wha- wait, do you have any idea where you are? Or.. how you ended up where you are?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

I was walking to the Poke'mart and my egg hatched...I don't remember anything after...

_{[LE SNORE.]}

[video]

[trailweblaze]

And now you're stuck whoknowswhere. Hm..

_{[Well, if flaming horses can put you to sleep with their eyes, who says sentient candles can't]} It must've been your - hey, try to stay awake!