Casefile 003A - Video; Sprout Tower

[used_fireblast]

[The video opens on the interior of Sprout Tower. Lara the Smoochum is padding around the bare wooden floor staring up at something offscreen. After a moment, a Hoppip slowly drifts downwards into view.]

Smoo!

[Lara takes a jump and bops the underside of the Hoppip, sending it floating back off the top of the screen.]

Piiiiii~
Chum!

[This repeats a few times, Lara playing beachball with the Hoppip. The camera turns around to show Harry sitting against a wall, a grey and orange egg tucked into his black leather duster.]

I can't tell if they're both having fun, or if Campbell's just to oblivious to care.

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[ video ]

[uuing]

[ Maria stares at the camera for a long moment - almost as if she's thinking about it deeply for that time. ]

... Uu-. Maria thinks it looks like they're having fun.

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Seems like it should hurt. Maybe I'm just projecting.

[ video ]

[uuing]

But he doesn't really look sad, right..?

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

I've only had him for a week or so. I'm not sure I'm completely qualified to read the expressions of a vegetable yet.

[ video ]

[uuing]

... Uu-.. [ She puffs her cheeks up a little. ]

It's not a vegetable! It's your Pokémon friend!

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

It could be both. The dex thing even calls it 'grass'.

[ video ]

[uuing]

It can't be both, uu-! Vegetables are different from Pokémon, you can't eat Pokémon!

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Sure it can be both. There's plenty of vegetables I don't eat.

[It was a silly choice of metaphor, maybe, but he's going to defend it to the death now.]

[ video ]

[uuing]

[ it's okay, Maria is going to keep this silly argument up forever as well. It seems rather important to her. ]

But there are people who eat those vegetables too though!

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they'd make an exception if those vegetables could talk.

[Well, probably anyway. It'd at least be fun watching the inevitable civil war in PETA.]

[ video ]

[uuing]

That's why Pokémon are different from vegetables, uu-uu-! You can't eat Pokémon, it's too mean, me-an!

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Pokemon could still be a kind of vegetable that people just don't eat.

[ video ]

[uuing]

No, they're different from vegetables, definitely different!

Vegetables aren't as cute as they are, uu-.

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Campbell's got leaves, and the Poke-index thing says they drift around like seeds. Pretty sure they could be vegetables.

[Now he's just sort of trolling.]

[ video ]

[uuing]

[ It works so well, considering how agitated she's getting from it. ]

But they're different, these can talk and say their name, right? And they like to hug you too, uu-!

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Welp, guess you showed me.

[He could keep going, but trolling a little girl?]

I bow to your superior logic, miss.

[ video ]

[uuing]

Uu-, don't worry! [ And now she smiles again - mood swings, little kids have it. ]

As long as you understand, Maria forgives you, of course.