003. [Video/Action for Goldenrod, midday]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[The camera bouncing around like a bad found-footage movie seems to be like... A THING with this kid's posts, and this upload is no exception.]

[This time, Wrath has the 'Gear pointed at his face but held out in front of him at arm's length, showing the street winding away behind him as he runs. He's panting raggedly and he keeps looking over his shoulder, at... what seems to be a portly Trubbish, which is flopping its goopy arms and waddling VERY QUICKLY after him, eyes bugging out slightly with the effort it takes to keep up with Wrath.]

[Wrath does not look happy about his tagalong.]

[When his next glance backwards shows that the Pokemon is still following him, he yelps and puts on an extra burst of speed.]</sub>

Ah!

Aah!

Leave me alone!

_{[No explanation or lead-in is offered for WHY this small child is running away from a mobile bag of garbage, but the fact that his hair is full of candy wrappers and unidentified bits of trash might have something to do with it.]}

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[armoredsoul]

[Wrath, you might want to watch where you're going. Then you wouldn't literally run into old enemies-that-want-to-be-friends-now while being chased by your Pokemon self.]

What the--OOF!

[Aaaaand down they go.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[... Yeah, that's... that's definitely a benefit of NOT running at full-tilt down a street while constantly looking over your shoulder.]

[Wrath only turns his attention back to the sidewalk ahead of him when it's too late, and BAM. The tangle of pale Amestrian children bites the dust.]

[But no sooner than they're down, Wrath is already scrambling to get back up, planting a hand right in the middle of poor Al's face.]</sub>

[armoredsoul]

Ow! Jeez, you're--MMPH!

[FINGERNAIL CLAWS ON THE FACE WHY. Al flails to get up himself, probably getting in the way of Wrath in true comedic fail fashion.]

Wrath, what's going on?

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[exeggutorhead]

[...Wrath. Wrath did you stick your head in the Pokemon what happened.]

[Maybe Envy should feel bad about laughing, but that's a laughable statement all by itself. But since he does sort of kind of feel bad (damn it) about Wrath in general, he'll at least hold back on most of it.]

Try zig-zagging!

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[garbagechild]

<sub>[... THAT MIGHT BE WHAT HAPPENED.]

[Wrath's immediate response to Envy's face popping up on the screen is to crumple his face into a fearsome scowl, but it disappears when the toe of one of his too-big shoes catches on a crack in the sidewalk and sends him pitching forward. He catches himself just in time and keeps running, although he lost some ground.]</sub>

You're just trying to slow me down so that it'll get me!

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[exeggutorhead]

[...weird, that response had sounded strangely doubled. Envy wonders if there's something wrong with his 'Gear speakers.]

What? Ha, no, if I was going to do that I'd tell you to--

[He's so busy watching the screen as he walks that he doesn't notice when he rounds the corner almost directly in front of Wrath and the determined Trubbish.]

[Instant karma's gonna get you, Envy.]

[me_first]

[Royce was trying to just take a walk, but this yelling just won't stop. He wanders over and - oh. He sends out Ampere.]

Zap Cannon.

[The Magneton sends a massive jolt of electricity at the Trubbish, which should be enough to knock it out.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[..... WOW ROYCE, UM, OVERKILL MUCH??]

[It's only Zap Cannon's relatively low accuracy rate that saves the Trubbish (which is like, level 6 probably) from being all but vaporized.]

[As it is, the blast hits a trash can and sends it flying, and the Trubbish stops to stare around at Ampere in shock and horror.]

[Likewise, Wrath skids to a halt at the roaring crackle of electricity behind him and looks over his shoulder, equally shocked.]</sub>

[me_first]

[No kill like it. But Royce looks down at the Trubbish, as Ampere floats back a bit.]

Now why... why are you chasing him?

[Ampere waves a magnet at Wrath. Hello!]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Veronica had just been minding her own business, content to believe that nothing strange would happen to her today. Apparently, she was wrong.

Her senses weren't as honed as they were back home, but she did sense Wrath's presence before he barrelled into her, giving her time to step out of the way.

And. Stare in confusion at the two of them...Huh.

Her Greninja stared as well.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Oh Veronica. Something strange is ALWAYS happening in this world.]

[In any case, Wrath doesn't even NOTICE that Missus Sitches there is the one who just stepped out of his way-- he's busy ESCAPING.]

[Ahead of them on the street corner is a smallish lamp post-- and Wrath makes a beeline for it, shimmying up it like a damn squirrel.]

[The Trubbish scuttles to the base of the post and then looks upwards helplessly. 8( NOOOO COME BACK, FELLOW TRASH.]</sub>

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[in_praetego]

[ The first thing Wrath is probably going to feel is crashing headlong into a pokemon that's probably almost as tall as he is. ]

Chansey!

[ Not today, evil Trubbish. This pokemon is not going to let you bully this small human child, even if said small human child might be in the wrong. Instead, said Chansey is going to still the boy and step between him and the trubbish instead.

Wait a few more and around the corner comes this guy whose glance goes between the boy, his Chansey and the Trubbish. ]

Airi? Where'd you run off t-- what's going on here?

action!

[garbagechild]

<sub>[If not TALLER.]

[Wrath yelps when he crashes into Airi, but the Chansey is quite a bit less threatening-looking than the It Came From the Goldenrod Municipal Dump thing that's after him, so he doesn't stop to look a gift horse in the mouth. Once the Chansey is between him and the Trubbish, he darts behind her, poking his head out like an inquisitive garbage weasel (honestly between his hair and the rubbish all over him, it's kind of surprising nobody's mistaken him for some kind of brand new trash Pokemon).]

[The Trubbish wobbles to a halt, boggling up at Airi with crooked eyes that blink with a slight delay between them. ... And then it determinedly starts to waddle AROUND the Chansey.]

[Which makes Wrath yelp again, and start to run the OTHER way.]

[Now Yukio gets to watch his Chansey stand there while a grubby feral-looking kid and a mobile bag of garbage run in circles around her.]

[Nobody answers his question.]

[Is there even an answer at all?]

[The world may never know.]</sub>

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[samsa]

[When Kaneki left the inn to go for a walk and enjoy the nice...well, okay, it's still freezing, but at least the sun is out, he certainly wasn't expecting to see a young boy sprinting down the street being followed by what looks exactly like a walking trash bag.

...that is what it is, isn't it.]

What the-?

[He just barely has the time to stop when he notices that the two are coming his way, and coming really fast, too. And the kid doesn't look like he's looking where he's going-

And seeing as her trainer seems to be exhibiting the reflexes of a newborn kitten, the Zangoose on his shoulder promptly jumps down to the ground and makes a beeline for the running Trubbish, ducking between Wrath's legs as she goes. If it doesn't get out of the way, it'll be getting a nice Scratch Attack for its efforts. It also gives Kaneki enough time to actually move to avoid being bowled over if Wrath decides to just keep on booking it.]

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[garbagechild]

<sub>[That is absolutely what it is. Aren't you glad you decided to take a walk today, Kaneki?]

[Wrath's eyes widen as the red-and-white feline leaps into his path-- he actually has to jump, flinging his legs out like he's in a game of leapfrog, to allow the Pokemon to duck under him. He's too short not to get bowled over otherwise. FORTUNATELY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, he's a pretty good jumper!]

[The Trubbish, not so much.]

[The scratch attack hits home, opening a neat slice in the 'plastic' that made up the garbage Pokemon's plump, rotund body. Immediately a large pile of apple cores, banana peels, and dirty chip-bags come spilling out onto the sidewalk, and the Trubbish stops with a startled, almost embarrassed look. It starts to hastily scoop up its.... are they innards? Does it actually have guts?... back into itself, wobbling unhappily. 8( WHY DID YOU DO THAT, MISS ZANGOOSE!]</sub>

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[anexcitableboy]

[Jimmy can't help but laugh some. He's not sure if it's a Pokemon covered in garbage or made of garbage - thinking about that stuff too much makes his head hurt - but he can make a few guesses as to why it's chasing Wrath.]

Jumping Christmas, that thing's on point for you!

Serpentine! Don't run in a straight line, it'll catch up quicker!

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[garbagechild]

<sub>[Envy had basically advised him to do the same thing and gotten snubbed, but UNLIKE ENVY, Jimmy is not a filthy traitor, so Wrath is a little more inclined to listen to him. He starts to zig and zag erratically, making at least one important-looking businessman drop his briefcase as Wrath nearly slams into him.]

[The briefcase bursts open and dozens of My Little Ponyta comic books spill out onto the slushy ground, making the man curse loudly and drop to his hands and knees to hastily scoop them up, blushing like a fire engine, but neither Wrath nor Jimmy are modern or cultured enough to appreciate the sight. It has, however, at least been immortalized on video.]</sub>

L-LIKE THIS?!

[AUDIO]

[sadisticwarfare]

[...Well it's a damn good thing Archer isn't outside to witness this because he'd turn around and leave immediately. After the incident with the Trubbish awhile back, he never wants anything to do with the stupid things ever again. Of course, Greed did tell him to keep an eye on Wrath (which he hasn't been doing of course; children can babysit themselves, after all!!) so he finally sighs and sets the post to audio.]

That's a Trubbish. It's probably following you because it wants something. Do you have any trash on you, or anything a Pokémon might want to eat? You can shoo it away if you give it something it wants.

[Or you could just catch it, but he'd never give that advice to anyone.]

[AUDIO]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Wrath has been, of course, doing just about whatever he can to stay OUT from under Archer's not-so-watchful eye, so the blame can kind of be on both of them for that. In any case, even though he knows perfectly well who the voice coming out of the speaker belongs to, for once he's a little too embroiled in the situation at hand to be mad, snotty, alarmed, or any combination of the three.]

[His reply comes in a hapless holler.]</sub>

It ALREADY ate my lunch! What else could it WANT?!

_{[... Well, he sort of partially answered his own question there. The Trubbish doesn't even remotely look smart enough to put together 'eating the food' with 'the food is now gone and there is no more of it'.]}

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[fourwayconnection]

Quick! Climb up something!

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[garbagechild]

<sub>[This is good advice! Unfortunately, there's... not a whole lot you CAN climb on a crowded sidewalk.]

[Except, of course, for other people.]



[There is an alarmed holler as Wrath, not unlike a freaking monkey, promptly scales a tall well-dressed Ace Trainer who'd been having a Very Important 'Gear Discussion (tm) with his girlfriend, and had not been expecting to be climbed like a jungle gym by what looks like it could be a rejected goth Troll doll.]

[The holler turns into an unmanly shriek when the Trubbish promptly starts to climb him too.]</sub>

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[angerpoints]

[--oh shit, THAT AIN'T GOOD. Yusuke wasn't exactly expecting to see this immediately upon turning on his 'Gear, but being the swift-minded sort, he's quick to switch his 'Gear's video function on and dispatch some expert advice.]

Punch it in the face!

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[garbagechild]

I tried that already!

It just stuck to my hand!

And licked me!

_{[Wrath is not normally bothered by gross things, but most of the time they aren't trying to fit his hole fist into their mouths.]}

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[envy_the_sinners]

[Like a witness to a very slow car accident, Scar is watching the spectacle unfold from his Hobo Bench (TM). He and his Zangoose, Amit, share a look and a nod before she dashes into the thick of the incident to give the defensive Trubbish an intimidating leer in hopes of scaring it off.]

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[garbagechild]

<sub>[Scar undoubtedly witnesses a lot of interesting Poke-human drama unfolding from the safety of his Hobo Bench, but this is probably a pretty special case.]

[At this point, the Trubbish had already found itself under the sharp claws of a Zangoose, so the Leer succeeds in getting it to wobble fearfully backwards, eyes jiggling.]

[Wrath stops running for a moment, turning around to blink at Amit. Is... is that the same one as earlier?]

[He doesn't spot Scar immediately.]</sub>