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003. [Video/Action for Goldenrod, midday]

_{[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.]}

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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_{[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!]}

It probably... wants to hug you. Or follow you. Maybe it thinks that chasing you is a game.

... Maybe you should say hello instead of running.

[Oh okay. Ampere buzzes apologetically for the attack. Trainer's orders, you know. They float down to the Trubbish, holding out a magnet for a 'handshake'.]

[...OH GOD MISTAKES WERE MADE. The moment that happens, Rikki recoils with her nose wrinkling, quickly digging in her heels so she can stop her momentum before she can get any closer to the Trubbish with it just dropping trash everywhere like that. She ends up overshooting the Pokemon by a couple feet anyway, her claws scraping the sidewalk as she stops herself. It seems that the attack was enough to stop the Trubbish in it's tracks, which is what she was aiming for anyway.

With Rikki keeping the trash bag distracted- while at the same time trying not to think too hard about what he just saw- Kaneki turns to Wrath, wherever he ended up.]

Hey! Are you alright?

Edited (why does this icon refuse to work) 2015-02-05 21:34 (UTC)

[Evidently! Everywhere Veronica went, there were strange things happening. Mostly to her. This was a bit of a nice change.

Well, she notices Wrath quite a bit... including the stench that follows him and Trubbish.

She's smelled worse before, but man what did you roll in

Evidently, her Greninja was interested in investigating, so she did as well, moving... slowly over to the lamp post Wrath was currently hanging from, while Baburu tried to strike up a conversation with the smelly Pokemon.]

Uh... hi again.

[you kinda smell]

[ Okaaaay that worked a bit too well. At least it got them to stop running around. With a sigh, Yukio decides the best course of action is to get both the kid and the trubbish off the road and onto a nearby bench.

He'll deal with the trubbish later.

For now, there's this kid. So, while Airi keeps an eye on the trubbish, he's gonna try nudging Wrath awake with one hand. ]

Hey... are you okay?

[ Wonder if awakening works on people... ]

[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!

_{[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.]}

L-LIKE THIS?!

I don't WANT a hug, and I don't LIKE this game.

_{[He says this with a pout, but he does stop hopping around as the Trubbish pauses to regard Ampere. It... doesn't really seem to know what a handshake is, so it just sort of whaps one of its goopy garbage-tentacle arms against the magnet and keeps it there. :I TOUCH.]}

... Um.... what is it doing?

_{[shh Wrath they're having a moment.]}

[Jimmy has to cover his mouth with one of his gloved hands to stifle his laughter as the business guy becomes collateral damage in this little adventure. It's always funny seeing a guy in a suit distressed.]

There you go! Try and put stuff between it and you, it looks like it's sticky! Get it stuck on something!

_{[Wrath ended up perched on a fire hydrant like a miniature gargoyle, watching the scene unfold between the Pokemon in mingled apprehension and fascination. MOST THINGS DIED WHEN THEIR GUTS FELL OUT. But the Trubbish was just refilling itself like a bunch of books had spilled out of its backpack or something.]

[He looks up when Kaneki speaks to him, and nods. Because he is, MORE OR LESS.]}

Sorry I jumped over your Pokemon.

_{[Kind of a weird thing to apologize for, but Wrath has noticed people get offended over all KINDS of weird things in this place, so BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.]}

_{['Kinda' is putting it lightly. Wherever this kid has been, I guarantee you it wasn't the perfume section in the Goldenrod Department Store.]

[He doesn't say hello back, but he does point frantically at the Trubbish.]}

Look out! Get on top of something or it'll get you!

_{[The Trubbish slowly turns on the spot... and flails one of its long, goopy arms at Veronica and Baburu in greeting. Oh yeah. REAL THREATENING.]}

Edited 2015-02-06 18:11 (UTC)

... Well, I think Ampere was trying to shake its hand, but it seems to not know what that is.

[Ampere moves their magnet up and down. See? Shake!]

_{[... WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.]

[Wrath mumbles something into the sidewalk and stirs slightly at the nudge, but doesn't waken.]}

_{[To his credit, Wrath is actually pretty damn good at following orders when there's someone level-headed giving them to him rather than leaving him to work out a plan of action on his own.]

[The camera's view turns into a wild blur of color as Wrath leaps and parkours his way up onto a brick wall-- and then onto the canvas overhand of a flower shop, knocking piles of slushy snow and ice down onto the sidewalk (and people ON the sidewalk) in the process. There's some cries of distress, but they don't slow Wrath down!]}

_{[The goop that makes up the Trubbish's arm squelches as it's moved up and down, and it watches this in seeming fascination, breathing heavily.]

[Yeah, this Pokemon is kind of special.]}

... It's dumb, isn't it.

... I don't think it's very intelligent, no.

[...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.]

[Now that is a spry kid. Jimmy's impressed.]

Ha! Perfect!

Let's see the Garbage from the Black Lagoon get you now!

[The apology takes him by surprise long enough to provide a bit of an awkward pause before Kaneki shakes his head a little.]

It's alright.

[He looks down as Rikki trots back over to his side and sits up on her haunches to check and make sure none of the trash got stuck to her claws.]

...why was that Pokemon chasing you?

_{[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.]}

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'.]}

_{[Wrath is basically a horrible elastic goblin, even without his superhuman abilities.]

[Wrath's mouth stretches into a grin, and he looks over his shoulder-- only to turn pale and start running faster.]

[The Trubbish, now partially coated in dirty slush, is scaling the wall after him with its goopy arms.]}

AH!

From what I remember about my brief encounters with the species, they're not very intelligent. It probably assumes you have more food. I suggest heading to the Pokémon Center; they can probably assist you in getting rid of it.

[Your other option is to beat it into submission, but Archer's not sure Wrath has been training his Pokémon, so...]

Quick! Climb up something!

Oh shit!

[Okay, sticky thing can climb.]

Throw something at it!

[--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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