[backdated to 24th oops] video

[pokeboy]

[ When the video turns on in the very early morning, there's only half a face present before it comes up fully onto the screen. The boy is practically beaming at the journal, and there's only a second before-- ]

Ivysaur evolved!

[ Yes. He couldn't keep that excitement in. He's still got a really dumb smile on and he has to remember what he was going to say, a pause there before he continues. ]

If you don't know what an ivysaur is, they're a grass and poison type pokémon! Ivysaur's been with me since she was a bulbasaur and now she's huge! She's big! She's nearly as big as Snorlax is!

[ The camera faces down to a dusty ground, then comes back up. ] I'm going to show you her, okay? [ And then the book flips around, showing a large, blueish-greenish toad-skin looking monster with a flower protruding from her back from the front, standing at 6'10 (for those who can tell). She leans her head to the side, her mouth opening slightly and showing her fangs as she grunts a small sound. She's embarrassed by the fuss, but the yellow rodent at her feet displays her with his arms proudly out towards her. Pika! (Check her out!)

(Also from the background, some might be able to tell that they're at the farm. Why are they at the farm so early? Because.) ]

Isn't she cool? She is! --oh, hey, Snorlax! Stand next to her and show everyone how big she is next to you!

[ The recording swings over to show a very fat panda creature sitting down eating a pile of bread. He continues eating, and as Red begs again ("C'mon, Snooorlax!"), the creature proceeds to noisily shuffle his butt to face the opposite direction. Noopppee. ] Snor! You...!

[ Huff! He faces the screen back to himself finally, making a puffed face but not so seriously. ] Forget about him! Saur's amazing and that's all that matters!

[ And then one last smile! ]

Bye!!!

Comments

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[He rather enjoys burning a few quarters every now and again on arcade games like Pac-Man, but that's beside the point.] Y'know how you can get stuff from the Malnosso if you got enough mission points?

[pokeboy]

[ Mac and Red should totally bro it out in the recreational room. Game time. But no, Red did not know this thing! ]

Really? My pokémon came with me, but not all my pokémon. I had six on me, but I've only got three now.

But, I could get the others if I do their missions?

[thelittlemacthatcould]

You could try, right? But ain't missions kinda dangerous? [He hasn't looked into them much, but they certainly sound risky.]

[pokeboy]

I don't know! [ Hrrmmm. ] But... maybe there's different kinds of missions?

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Maybe... [He scratches the back of his head.] I admit I probably ain't the best guy to ask. [As if no one could have guessed.] But I'm real sure somebody around here could help you out with that.

[pokeboy]

But it's good to know. [ He smiles! ] Thanks.

[ Then, the smile gets wider. ] If I could get my other three back... I bet you'd love one of them! She's a fighter too, really strong. [ ah! ] Her hands are kind of like boxing gloves too, but they're smaller - but they're still big?

But what I mean is, I know she'd love to fight like a boxer! She's got a temper around people, but she's got a lot of heart once you get to know her. She just can't help getting angry easy.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Aw, wish I got to see 'er. [Doc always told him he has a lot of heart, more than some of the guys twice his size.] But if I'm lucky, maybe she an' I will spar together someday, huh?

[pokeboy]

Umm, if you could put up with her being nervous first.. it's something that comes with being the pokémon they are. But since she likes fighting, you'd have something in common right away. That'd help.

Oh, and... she's shorter than a human? She's shorter than me. Can you spar against someone shorter like that?

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Iunno; depends. [He scratches his jaw, unable to guess at Red's height from gazing at the screen alone.] How short's short?

[Because he's definitely on the short side - oft mistaken for a much younger kid if it weren't for the muscles - and consequently would have had hell of a time finding challengers closer to his height. Hence turning his sights to the WVBA, where weight classes don't matter and the certainty possibility of horribly unbalanced fights made his dream that much more attainable.]

[pokeboy]

Uh... [ He looks down at himself though he's sitting. ] If I got up and showed you where she came up to with me, would that help? I don't know how tall I am, but...

[ And he can't remember her height either. It's been a while. ]

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[He pauses consideringly.]

...Guess it couldn't hurt. Though to be honest, it'd probably be easiest if y'stood next to me an' showed me. I do a lot of roadwork and this place don' feel all too big once you get used to it, so we'll probably bump into each other sometime. I could see these pokemon of yours up close, too.

[pokeboy]

Sure! Can you show me how you box too? If we meet and you're going to practice, anyway. But I've never seen a person do boxing in front of me before! Karate's way more popular where I'm from.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Yeah sure, no problem! I ain't a trainer but I think I could show you the basics.

[Mostly orthodox stance. He's not sure if he wants to teach different types of punches and possibly encourage a kid to punch all the things in the process. But Red might be older than he looks and sounds, who knows.]

[pokeboy]

[ huh- OHH ]

Do you mean train me? It's okay! I just want to watch! I dunno if I want to hit stuff really hard....

[ --ding! ] Oh, but what if you could try and show my Snorlax how to do it? He's slow and he's weak against fighting, but I bet it could make him stronger too!

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Show your-- [Oh, the big guy. Man, he can't help but wonder what Doc would think if he had heard this.] Y'know? I think I could give it a shot.

[pokeboy]

[ Mac, you know how to make a kid happy. ]

Really? OK! I'll talk to him about it! [ He looks off-screen, then brings the journal a tinsy closer and hushes his voice. ] I know he's going to be stubborn to begin with, but he's stubborn with everyone. He loves fighting though, and he loves to show off. He might act scary if he gets loud, and I know everyone's not used to animals like pokémon, but he won't hurt anyone. He's just sulky. Is that okay? I'll be there the whole time. Promise.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

I ain't too worried. [He cracks a winsome grin.] Besides, I been around a lot a' big, loud guys.

[pokeboy]

Okay, awesome! Do we just meet sometime? You can message me when you want on the journals when you're ready! But we should meet first!

[thelittlemacthatcould]

There's a tournament happenin' around the second a' May. [And he's so stoked he practically radiates enthusiasm and readiness.] You can catch me there if you're thinkin' of checkin' it out. I'm Mac, by the way.

[pokeboy]

I'm Red! And I think I heard about that when they were planning it! Where's it going to be?

that moment when the mun had to double-check, fff

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Red, huh? [That was not the first name he would have guessed. Or the second. Or the tenth. But he smiles regardless.] Nice to meetchya. Heard it's gonna be at the Battledome. I been workin' real hard for this an' I jus' can't wait t'see who I'm goin' up against!

me all the time with details

[pokeboy]

I should've seen if any other pokémon trainers were entering! [ He's feeling excited too! ] It's great, isn't it!? Before you go and face a match and that feeling you get! You don't know what's going to happen but you know you're gonna give it your all!

I'll definitely be there to support you!

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[He's all too familiar with adrenaline-fueled jitters from waiting in the dressing room, his stomach doing all sorts of gymnastics in the final few minutes leading up to a match.]

Aw, gee. Thanks, Red!

[pokeboy]

OK! We can talk after the tournament if you want. Unless you'll be really tired.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Guess we're jus' gonna have to wait n' see.