Second Story, Video/Action for Violet

[authorised]

//Video//

[Well, someone's figured out how to work the video function. There's not much shaky cam as he adjusts it so that his face is in the center of the frame.]

Okay, I have seen a lot of weird shit. I can even accept the giant purple flying scorpion- no offense, Fussy- [there's a forgiving Gli! from offscreen when he glances.] But I gotta say, I was under the apparently very mistaken impression that these things stayed generally the same size.

[He turns the camera down to face a bigger, slightly meaner-looking version of a Fletchling. Champion tilts her head curiously, then spreads one wing out wide to preen her flight feathers.]

Champ's twice the size she was before- and look!

[Again the camera turns to where a Braixen - still with many of the sharp canine features of the cute Fennekin he was before - is obliviously dancing with an Axew who looks just happy to be there. Sparkler's holding the smaller dragon's claws in his paws, spinning him in circles and laughing a happy, foxy laugh.]

It's...you know, normal, right? For them to just start...walking on two legs like that.

//Action//

[Varric has his team with him just outside the center of Violet City. There's a cream-and-gold egg sitting next to his pack, which he's discarded for a second because he's showing his Braixen something incredibly important.]

Okay, so first you make sure your weight is square and centered. Then you swing your arms forward, and roll your weight along with it until you-

[The dwarf kicks off the ground and executes a very nice, clean backflip, landing neatly on his feet a couple yards away from where he started. Sparkler looks around, startled, then looks back and sees his trainer.]

Just kick off the ground, tuck your head in, and make sure your head is above your ass when you uncurl to touch down. Think you can do that?

[Sparkler pauses for a moment, then nods in determination. He lowers his weight steady, inhales, and then makes the same jump. He only makes it one rotation before he uncurls and lands, and therefore made it a little less than half the distance Varric did. He eyes the distance with grim defiance, enough that it makes Varric laugh.]

You'll get there, Spark, give it time.

Comments

[Video to start with]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Ashley's, it seems, taking a small break from training; the backdrop for her broadcast isn't a hotel or even in Violet, but rather just outside of it, to the south. Down a ways, sitting against a tree, with...a Golbat leaning against her side. Napping. At least...its mouth is closed...?]

Tell me about me. [Soft voice.] This guy? He didn't even have eyes before! And one of mine, she's like, quadrupled in size.

Video

[dreamsofahero]

It's quite normal for the Pokémon to change drastically like that, yes.

[Video]

[codeforhope]

Yes...this happens with a lot of Pokemon, when they evolve. Most of my Pokemon are either as big as I am, or bigger, now.

[S'what happens when you've got Charizards and Garchomps and who knows what else on top of happening to be a very smol person.]

[Video]

[harlequinhater]

[John hasn't even been here for a week yet, so it's not like he knows anything about Pokemon changing forms. Not that that's going to stop him from popping up on screen with a huge grin on his face.]

Woah, you've got a giant purple flying scorpion? That sounds awesome! Can I see?

[Video]

[ratherbelocky]

Some of 'em even go from two legs to four. Or no legs to four. [Shrug.] You get used to it.

[video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

That's just how some of those species are. My Cyndaquil went from walking on all fours to- [Dipper turns the camera to face a Typhlosion who had his head in a plastic bag. Don't ask.] -this guy. My Mareep did the same thing. There's really no set pattern to it.

[video]

[charcoalfeather]

[Rakka seems to be broadcasting her reply from the topmost floor of scenic Sprout Tower... Apparently. There's the familiar wooden walls and floors, but there's a noticeable... fuzziness on the edges of the video.

Judging from the distance between her and the screen, she doesn't seem to be the one holding the pokegear either.]

Uh... I think it's pretty normal? All of my pokemon have been the same since I got them...

[video]

[islandshore]

Huh. No one told you about evolution?

[That's a shocker, given how most people give newbies a huge infodump about the world when they first arrive.

Well, seems most people have already chimed in, but for the heck of it, he'll point the camera at a very big Charizard currently flipping through a magazine.]

Flare started off more like a dinosaur than a dragon. No wings, no horns. About the only thing that's stayed the same was his tail and the color of his scale.

Oh, and if that's not enough, there's a dinosaur that turns into a cocoon.