Casefile 004 - Video

[used_fireblast]

So... I've been trying to catch any of these Shedinja things that've passed by, like the old guy said.

[Behind Harry, Lara the Smoochum floats past, clinging to a visibly-distressed Shedinja and happily wailing away with Pound. The attacks are doing precisely nothing, but she seems to be enjoying herself nonetheless. Perhaps a bit too much. Anyone that understands Pokéspeech can hear snatches of commentary from her more suited to professional wrestling than anything else.]

There've been three or four of them I've found, and-

[He notices Lara in the background, and looks annoyed.]

-sigh- Just watch this. Lara!

[The camera shifts and focuses on the oddly one-sided fight.]

Quit fooling around with that thing!

SMOO-CHUM!

[Acting like she's making an attack produced by twenty minutes of hoarse yelling and looking constipated, Lara delivers a Lick attack to the Shedinja. The ghostly bug shudders for a moment, then faints, hitting the ground and vanishing before the gear's camera can catch up. Lara dusts herself off, looking incredibly smug.]

Yeah. Somehow I don't think that's helping.

Smoo-chu.

[Harry turns the camera back to himself, looking a bit uncertain. This isn't something he wants to talk about, but he needs to know.]

Also... I recently talked to someone who, ah, at least claimed to be a fictional character where I come from. I think he might have been right.

...Anyone else meet anyone like that?

[The unspoken question being 'has anyone heard of ME'. After talking to Hawkeye, he's a bit worried he exists as fiction in some other world. The idea is just a bit unnerving.]

Comments

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[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly the same, but I was in a dream world that seemed partly based off of a video game before I came here... and this place seems even more based off of one than that did. At least the last one had the sense to mute the music!

Re: [Video]

[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the whole game-world thing is why I'm not just writing it off as some sort of delusion.

[Lara is visible in the background, striking a victory pose.]

[Video]

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

[Considering Ritz has a giant knifebird trying to preen her hair through a layer of cloth, that's probably not bad in terms of pokemon antics.]

I guess this place just keeps getting weirder, huh?

Re: [Video]

[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Well, between the random teleportation, the magical fighting Beanie Babies, and the shadowy obviously-evil organization... I think the music is still the only thing weirder than home.

[Lara trots over, clambering up onto Harry's shoulder to watch the conversation.]

[Video]

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

[Ritz raises an eyebrow. 'Beanie babies'?] Yeah, the only thing here that's a little more obviously... the way a video game works is the music. Before I got here, I was in a place with bunny-women, lizard-men, and... ...I'm not even sure what you'd compare a moogle to. Or nu mou. And at least here, I'm not usually putting my neck directly on the front lines.[Though she misses that.] I don't miss getting a face full of marlboro breath.

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

...I think your life wins. Unless you were raised at one of those Japanese cartoon conventions.

[Harry is familiar with quite a bit of pop culture, at least peripherally. Final Fantasy is not one of them.]

And I don't think anyone really enjoys smoker's breath.