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[bewilding]

[ and today on the network there is simply a ~voice~, perhaps familiar perhaps not. it's airy and laced with a bit of playfulness. ]

Mm... It almost feels like I travelled back in time. [ you can almost hear the smile and the laugh. sorry she just can't turn off that teasing. ]

Should I ask where I am, just for old time's sake? [ a beat. ] Though I suppose I've taken the surprise out of it already.

[ and, finally, a small chuckle. ]

How is everyone?

[ it's with those final words that she finally shuts off the device. ]

Comments

[video]

[bewilding]

I'd give yourself a little more credit.

[ sure it could use some work but. it's not bad. actually... ]

We can work on it, if you like. [ now that part is poking fun. ]

Re: [video]

[combat_butler]

I-I don't want credit in this subject...!

*wait...*

W... Work on it? H-How can you even work on a thing like this? Isn't a ponytail a one trick pony?

*pun intended.*

[video]

[bewilding]

[ . . . she's not going to touch on that, because that was painful. like, raven painful. it does make her pause a bit, though. ]

We can figure something out.

[ stick accessories into it. try to... make it do things. who knows, it's judith. ]

[video]

[combat_butler]

W-We can?!



... this... this doesn't mean I need to keep it long until I see you in person again, right?

[video]

[bewilding]

[ you're just getting this face, hayate.

just this face. ]

[video]

[combat_butler]

I... I'm not making any promises, Judith-san-! If... If you happen to get to Goldenrod and it's still long, so be it! You can have your way with me! But if it somehow gets lobbed off or I can't handle it anymore I won't apologize...!

[video]

[bewilding]

It's a deal, then.

[ she will make you all pretty, hayate, you'll love it. ]

[video] 1/2

[combat_butler]

Why do I feel like I've just made a huge mistake...?

[video]

[combat_butler]

This is an odd deal to be striking, yet all the same I'll honor it!

*he really won't!!! though he would be happy to spend time with her even if it was to glam up his hair......*

[video]

[bewilding]

Don't worry. [ small laugh. ] I'll make it worth your time, Hayate.

[video]

[combat_butler]

... eh? Ah... Um...

*give him a moment...*

An... Any time that I would get to spend with you would be worth it, Judith-san...

[video] 1/2

[bewilding]

[ --oh.

he really... ]

[video]

[bewilding]

[ ... she wonders if she'll ever get used to hearing things like that. ]

You were about that forward when we first met, too.

[video]

[combat_butler]

--eh?! F-Forward?! I-- I wasn't trying to be-- I mean, I wouldn't... Ijustreallymissedyouthatsall!!

[video]

[bewilding]

It's the same for me.

[ airily. it really is too easy to fluster him. ]

Now... What were you saying before I mentioned... [ and this time she points to her head again, signifying the ponytail. ]

[video] 1/2

[combat_butler]

A... Ah...

*hearing that from her his fluster won't exactly fade, yet it's more of a embarrassingly happy blush that he's wearing for a few moments before he can collect himself enough to answer properly.*

[video]

[combat_butler]

Y... You mean before you... called it cute, right? I, um... Well... There was a lot of crazy stuff that happened all at once, actually... I'm not entirely sure where to start with it...

[video]

[bewilding]

Isn't the beginning a good place?

[video]

[combat_butler]

Ah, y-yeah... *ahem collecting himself the rest of the way here.*

Well, I... think it all started when Rockets started to attack some of the gyms? Only there were like... using... Pokemon attacks? As in... they themselves were... That wasn't the worst of it though, since... Well, three of the Pokemon Centers kind of... exploded? I wasn't in any of the towns it happened at the time, yet it was kind of hard to miss hearing about.

Basically it was Really Dangerous for a while.

[video]

[bewilding]

[ okay.. that much she wasn't expecting. actual danger? like, really big danger? she really did miss out on a lot. ]

It was only a matter of time, I suppose... [ hngh. ] Was anyone hurt?

[video]

[combat_butler]

Mmm... No one that I know of was? I'm sure a few people suffered some kind of injuries, yet it didn't seem like anyone I knew personally suffered anything crazy.

Though... While it was really dangerous, part of it was because a lot of us somehow wound up having Pokemon related abilities for about... two weeks?

... ... and that leads up to where my long hair came from.

[video]

[bewilding]

. . . That's a lot more than I thought.

[ wow and she missed this? she's simultaneously relieved that no one was hurt, worried that it even happened, and upset that she missed it. ]

It's good you walked away with only a bit of extra hair, at least.

[video]

[combat_butler]

Mm... Yeah... At least it looks like all the damage done is going to be fully repaired soon. It was one big mess...

*Hayate avoided anything disastrous from it all, yet all the same that was the craziest thing since the Shedinja incident for him.*

Erm... There... There's actually another little side effect, but... It... It's kind of even more embarrassing than the hair. Luckily it's not in a place where anyone would ever see it.

[video]

[bewilding]

The good thing is that it didn't seem to be something too hard to fix.

[ her curiosity, it's piqued. ]

Even with the cliffhanger. [ but even though she says that, her tone indicates she's just teasing and not really going to ask further. ] I won't push it.

[video]

[combat_butler]

Yeah... Damage to buildings can be repaired easily enough. Damage to people is something that can take a lot longer to recover.

*o-oh. Now he feels a little bad for even mentioning it.*

Erm... I... I haven't actually shown them to anyone... It's just, mmm... It's just... four large odd markings in places that I wouldn't ever be revealing in the first place.