melodicnocturne | Fourtheenth Melody [Video/Text]

-ononono, Treble, come back man! Shadow, put the gear down!

[Hello Johto, and welcome to the chaos channel. Today we have some serious whirling and twirling of the gear around at high speeds for a few minutes before a loud and annoyed 'Zoro!' is heard and the gear is restored to stationary status. Apologies to those who are now severely motion sick.]

Zo-ro-ro.

Yes! Thank you, Fugue.

GIIIIIIIII.

[And then something crashes over loudly, followed by a long and tired groan.]

Treble, no!

[The camera whirls over to a gible stomping angrily on what appears to be a box of...rocks.]

No, no! That's for Shadow. Don't just stomp on it!

[The offending Gible, box, and all of the rocks that have spilled out suddenly begin to float. The Gible struggles furiously and, to somewhat humorous effect, begins spinning rapidly in the air while the rocks are all replaced and the box is put away at a higher location.]

I owe you one Alto!

[Cut to a cheerful, if utterly exhausted Demyx grinning over at the Gallade in question.]

Now, where's Bass?

Ax!

[On cue, an Axew comes from behind and shoves Demyx over. Then, the newly-hatched dragon proceeds...to nuzzle up against him. Why? Because Demyx-daddy is the best daddy ever and little Bass wants to show it. At all the worst times ever.]

Bass! Oh, there you are...Okay...Yeah...

[EVEN MORE NUZZLES FOR DEM-DADDY.]

I-uh...I'm glad to see you too, Bass.

[Demyx then turns to look at Fugue and, consequently, the gear. The blond mouths the words 'help meeeeeee' silently into the camera, and the camera shakes up and down as the Zoroark holding it nods. The feed cuts just as Fugue begins making his way back over to Demyx.]

[A while later, there is a text post on the network.]

Anyone with some experience raising dragons want to give me some pointers? Two dragons just hatched in my care, and I'm clueless as to how to deal with them.

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Ignore the bad behavior, because they want attention. Give them treats and play with them when they're being good to encourage the good behavior!

It's that easy?

[Blinking because...what.]

Nah, it couldn't be that easy. I'm guessin' there's a science to it. There's gotta be.

Well, sometimes you gotta switch it up, since every 'mon is different, but they're really just like kids!

Huh...Never thought about it like that before. Never had kids, either, so this is a bit outta my league still. But, I guess I just gotta keep all that to mind...hopefully not all that difficult.

If you forget, just call me up! Or ask your Gallade.

I'll definitely throw your number up on speeddial, Rikku. Also, hey, have you been holding up alright? You don't live alone do ya? I know it's been a little while since Lea left, and we haven't talked as much as I woulda wanted...

[He trails off at that.]

[She grins, and it's a little dopey]

Cliffjumper's living with me for now, and we're still trying to get Ironhide to agree to stay the winter. Cliff's, ah, my boyfriend.

Really? That's great! I'm glad you've got somebody to keep it interesting. Here I was worried you'd been left out in the cold since fire-head left.

Shows what I know...

It's been kinda nuts for a few months. I only woke up from a trip home last week.

Trip home? People get sent home and come back? That's...weird.

Yeah, people fall asleep and spend at least a week out cold. I was back home for a year, but I was only out for a week.

Really? They just...plop down into a coma or somethin' for a week solid and go home? Is it just for a week on the other side, too?

No, I was home for a year, like I said. It just depends.

[At the mention of that, Demyx just moves over to his bag and pulls out a notebook in his things. A pen lies in the rings binding it, and he pulls the writing utensil out while opening the book. He scribbles down a few lines of text, then closes it. It stays in his hands for the time being.]

Man, this place is crazy... Does that happen frequently to people?

[For a place this seemingly random, he's already noted and compiled a lot of apparent 'rules' down in that book. His observations and intel gathered, all in a notebook he's been keeping with him nearly as long as he's been in Johto.]

Edited (ICONSSSSSS.) 2012-11-12 19:38 (UTC)

I dunno. I know it happened to Karkat and Vanitas, though, and I've seen a few other videos that sound like Pokémon panicking over it.

[And here come a few more quick scribbles, followed by some annotations for his notes for the second-hand testimony accompanying the first-hand. It's hard to pick out from the view, but Demyx appears to be taking some pretty quick but thorough notes of this.]

So, people just fall out for a week solid and end up back in their home worlds? Could it be a dream? Or is there like...literal aging and changes to the body that go with the experiences in the home world?

[And intel man mode is go.]

[Rikku pulls her braid over her shoulder and undoes it before standing.

Her hair reaches to her mid-thigh]

When I went to sleep, my hair was only just to my butt. While I was home, my hair got to where it is now. When I woke up, my hair was this long. Al Bhed hair grows fast, but this is too fast for it to just be that. I don't think super major changes, like scars and stuff, just appear, but.

...amazing...so, I guess it could actually be both physical and mental transport. How weird! But...Man, that raises a whole lotta questions.

[He pauses in note-taking for a moment, taps the pen against his chin a few times, then gestures off into the air.]

Well, anyway. Lemme finish gettin' all this down, how long have you and Cliff been a thing here?

[Back to notes, but it's clear that he's giving her otherwise full attention. It might have been apparent at this point that Demyx has skill with things commonly used by covert intel operatives, which could be seen as suspicious at best, but to him it was just business and preparedness.

Then again, he could have just been a journalist. Same skill set, different uses.]

Not quite a month. If this shows up in any newspapers, I'll send Marble over to shock you.

Eh?

[Demyx looked up back to Rikku, clearly confused for a moment until he managed to put it together.]

Oh! Nah, it ain't that. I used to be...er. I used to work for an organization of folks lookin' for something before I came here. Suffice it t'say, I was the intel guy. I might look like a goof, an' no doubt that I sure am, but I'm good at my job when I need to be.

Oooh.

[A beat]

Wait, why does it matter how long I've been seeing Cliff? Or was that just you being curious?

Just curious. I was writing down the info you gave me on the knock outs for a list I've been makin'. Rules for this place, what works an' what's no good. Weird things and patterns that this place follows through with. Never know when it'll be helpful, yeah?

Oh, yeah! You could always make a newbie guide, too!

I wouldn't think of it being useful to new people, it's a lot more complicated than new people could understand. I've been taking notes on the weird stuff that happens here. Comings and goings and other impossible stuff.

[See also the fact that ledges are in bold print in his book.]

Like the ledges and how we have dogs laying eggs? Not even the breeder manual explains that one.

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