eleventh fault; video/action for cianwood

[comeatmibro]

[ The feed comes on in the middle of the action: a Charizard swoops down into a waiting Hitmonlee, knocking it to the ground and circling back around to his own side of the battlefield. In the background, a song is playing.

From the camera's vantage point in the bleachers, it's hard to hear the tiny girl trainer's orders over the music. Chuck's voice carries better, but not much. The song continues through the Hitmonlee's defeat, as well as the Hitmonchan who follows. They can't get much purchase against the barrage of Flying-type attacks the Charizard is handing out, and their own attacks don't do much damage.

When Chuck sends out his Poliwrath, Miyuki hesitates. The cameramon speaks up at the top of her lungs. ]

Ax! Axew! Axew!

[ Miyuki looks up at the camera, which zooms in on her sudden wide-eyed expression. For a second, she looks like she might actually run out of the gym altogether — but then she clenches her fist and turns back to the battlefield to recall her Charizard.

A Jolteon takes his place, and the following battle is over in short order. It's clear that the Poliwrath was a severe mismatch for its opponent in both type and level.

As the music fades away, Miyuki cheers. ]

Yeah! Take that, dude! Badge number six, get!

Wahaha! Not so fast, little girl! You don't have your badge yet!

[ Crossing the gym to meet him in the middle, Miyuki sticks out her hand for a handshake. Chuck laughs again and obliges, handing over her badge afterward. ]

It was a good battle! Here, take this HM, too.

Heh, thanks, mister! Now I can fly to Mahogany and kick some other old guy's butt.

Buh— old guy?! Hey, listen here—

Whoops! Gotta run!

[ Miyuki takes off, waving at her Axew in the bleachers. The camera shuts off in the ensuing scramble.

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[notakaijuu]

[ Sakura is wearing an unsure look. ]

Maybe you shouldn't have called him old.

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[comeatmibro]

Tch'. He couldn't catch me. [ Miyuki's barely out of breath, in fact, now that they've lost Chuck. ] Besides, it's not like I said it to be mean.

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[notakaijuu]

[ She's a bit more winded than Miyuki is. ]

But it sounded mean.

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[comeatmibro]

Come on, I didn't hurt his feelings. He was just gonna chase me down and call me a hoodlum or something.

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[notakaijuu]

A hoodlum? [ She giggles. ] I guess if you didn't hurt his feelings....

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[comeatmibro]

No way. It's, like, old people's jobs to wave things around and chase kids and call us hoodlums.

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[notakaijuu]

I've never been called a hoodlum before.

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[usedlaserbeam]

So you've made it that far, have you?

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[comeatmibro]

Yep! Gonna fly out to Mahogany now. You just beat that old dude yesterday, right, Nemesis-bro?

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[usedlaserbeam]

Recently enough. We didn't stay long in Mahogany, but kept going through the Ice Path toward Blackthorn. It's quite the trip, so I'm letting my team recuperate before we challenge Clair.

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[comeatmibro]

Ice Path? I'm just gonna wing it. I'm already training up the only Ice-type I'm gonna need to take her on.

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[usedlaserbeam]

We were aiming for an authentic traveling experience.

[And listen to how thrilled he sounds about that.]

Which one is that?

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[comeatmibro]

She's in the PC right now, I didn't need her against Chuck. Her name's Ice-bro.

[ How she said that with a straight face, the world may never know. Luckily, she seems to realize that might not be entirely helpful in identifying the Pokémon in question, so after a moment, she adds: ]

She's a Froslass.

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[havemercy]

Congratulations. [ Laughing still. ] Did you manage to outrun that old guy?

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[comeatmibro]

Hehehe, you bet, sis! [ Miyuki flashes a V-sign at the camera. She doesn't even look winded. ] He never stood a chance.

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[havemercy]

[ Lifting a hand to return the gesture. ]

That happens to guys as they get too old. [ There's a slight hint of a smirk on her lips. ] Badge number six... does that mean you have more than Nero?

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[comeatmibro]

Do I? [ She looks first surprised, then excited before she seems to remember herself and adopts a nonchalant expression. ] I mean, do I ever. That Slowpoke's way back there in the dust.

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[havemercy]

That's right. You're in the lead by far. [ She caught that excitement, but don't worry. It's a lot more fun for her to carry on in this manner. ] He's going to have to work hard to catch up.

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[comeatmibro]

Tell him good luck for me. [ She grins impishly. ] He'll need it.

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[strategizer]

Congrats on the badge. [he feels the need to say it. orz]

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[comeatmibro]

Heh, thanks, Slowbro. [ She grins. ] Badge number six. How many for you?

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[strategizer]

None, yet. I had to backtrack a little and meet up with a friend of mine.

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[comeatmibro]

Excuses, excuses. [ She says it loftily, but then asks: ] did your friend just show up in Johto?

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[strategizer]

Yeah. Right when I made it to Violet too.

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[comeatmibro]

Hehe.

—Hey, you guys need a flier? I've got two; I could, like, send one over to help you make the trip to get your friend.