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video. | action for rocket base.

[When the video flickers on, there is a sudden sizzling sound that permeates through the speaker of your pokegear, gaining in intensity as the pokegear spins around and around in a dizzying motion, before skidding to a halt abruptly. Out of the corner of the screen, one can see a flash of a long snout and the leg of what looks to be a bedpost, if the frilly covers draping down from above are any indication whatsoever.

Then, an eevee pokes its face into the screen, staring out from the other side of the pokegear with a seriousness found only on shampoo models and totem poles. It bats at the screen cautiously, then looks up, ears twitching at the approach of something that sounds like it's... sizzling.

A large hand reaches down and picks up the pokegear, shifting until it faces upwards. The video then reveals a lightly-smiling Fuji, and what appears to be a hair iron held loosely in his other hand, which seems to be more or less the cause of the sizzling.

Wedged between the two metal prongs of the hair iron is a gastly.

It looks very, very pleased.

Fuji looks to the gastly, then back to the screen thoughtfully.]

I guess now's as good of a time as ever. Kanra, Souji -- the eggs have hatched nicely. Thank you. I'll do my best to take good care of them.

[A smile. Then, thoughtfully--] Which brings me to a very important question, actually. Do baby pokemon teethe? Little brothers do, at any rate, but that's probably an unfair comparison.

[He pauses, shrugging. Suddenly, the eevee, having climbed up his shoulders in the meantime, peeks out from behind his hair, brown fur blending in a dizzying fashion with brown hair. It gives the pokegear a wary look, and disappears behind Fuji's back, presumably climbing down his back once more.

Fuji chuckles. He lifts his hair iron, bemused.] Gastlies don't seem to, but I think they replace teething with other hobbies.

[Rue.] I guess I just want to know why I woke up today with all of my socks shredded in a pile in the corner. If any breeders could share some insight, I'd like that. [Pause.] And if anyone has any recommendations for a brand of shred-proof, fire-proof socks, I'd like to hear it.

[A grin, almost conspiratorial in nature.] My toes aren't used to being cold.

[He laughs, lightly, and ends the feed.]

[filter: niou]

Hey, got a sec?

[The gastly and the hair iron is inspired by this. Told you I would. ♥!]

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[Whoa. He notices that sudden filter, but he quickly understands why he did it.]

We're supposed to be stealing rather than catching though, right? [Not like... he was actually stealing the Pokemon he was giving to their organization.]

At least they pay for the food bill, if nothing else. [He shrugs, though the bit about stealing other pokemon makes him viscerally uncomfortable. He smiles.] Say, have your pokemon been getting enough exercise lately?

To be honest, I'd rather work to pay off my food bill...

And yeah, they have. My main team only has three Pokemon, so they're easier to train.

It sounds like you've found some new ones since last time. I remember the giant beetle -- what others do you have?

A giraffe and a huge...

[There's a thoughtful pause.]

There's supposed to be a difference between crocodiles and alligators, right?

Supposedly. But you're going to have to ask someone else for the details. I'm not sure about you, but I wouldn't care so much about the difference when they're swimming after you.

She doesn't swim after me or anything! Besides, it's too cold for that right now, but she likes to be, um, protective, I guess.

That's a good sort of gator, then. [He laughs.] Maybe she's a new species of gator? We could call her mama-gator, or baby-sitter-gator.

... I actually think she would hate to be called that. I want to keep my arm.

Fair enough. So, what do you call her?

Just her name... But I have to admit, it's kind of hard to say, so I should give her some kind of name soon.

It's hard to say? What sort of name is it?

Fura-

...

Ferla-

[He tries again several times, but... fails.]

[So he'll just send a text instead.]

[........... for a long time, he just stares at the screen, wondering if having so many syllables in a word is strictly kosher of if there's a rule of word pronunciation that it's impeding on somewhere.

After a long moment--]

If there's anyone alive who can say that word, they honestly deserve some sort of medal.

That's why I should probably think of a fitting nickname... Hopefully one that she would like because she's picky.

Just try bouncing names off of her. Or maybe find a short form of... that? Mix the letters around a little.

[Pause.] And keep one of your faster pokemon around while you try out names, in case she gets angry.

[Daisuke actually starts thinking about this: a psychic giraffe vs. a bipedal ferocious gator thing.]

...

I'll keep that in mind.

[He chuckles and waves his hand.]

By the way, have your heard anything from our charming leaders since that peer evaluation session?

Not really much of hearing but I got sent to Goldenrod City.

Same, actually. [A hum.] What are you going to do?

I'm not exactly sure, but I... [There's a small pause.] ... don't really want to work for Team Rocket. The way they deal with things is too forceful.

[He gives the other a long look, quiet and introspective.]

... I thought as much. You're that sort of person.

Even the Pokemon that I claimed that I stole... I just caught them and gave them to Team Rocket instead.

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