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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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_{[The Trubbish seems to have finished gathering itself back up, and it pinches its plastic skin shut over the 'wound', sealing it up. It doesn't particularly look any worse for the wear.]}

... Well... no, but he grabbed my face and I couldn't breathe!

He...grabbed your face?

[...]

What were you doing when he grabbed you?

_{[Wrath's running too fast and hard to answer-- given that he's human now and has to BREATHE, he's not so great at talking while he runs.]

[But sure enough, eventually he comes to a place where a somewhat wide canal cuts through part of the city, leading out to sea. He skitters right up to the edge of it and starts to run alongside it, looking for a good place to cross...]

[... But oh man, between the iciness of the ground and the fact that he's awkwardly running with only one shoe... there is no way this is going to end well.]

[The camera lurches violently several times as the ice makes him skid. He catches himself, but oh man is it close.]}

W-WHOA!

Hey, careful!

[Okay, that's a bit more water than Jimmy was thinking. A canal's a little different. Maybe this wasn't the best plan, but Wrath is already at the water so maybe they can still work with this.]

You don't wanna fall in, it's freezing! There any trees around?

_{[HOPEFULLY. Wrath probably hasn't had an actual honest-to-goodness bath that didn't involve someone aiming one of the showerheads at him and turning it on as he passed since arriving.]}

But germs are INVISIBLE, how can they help with something invisible?!

_{[You can thank Wreck-It Ralph for leaving Wrath with the impression that germs are invisible bugs.]}

I already have too many to raise. Wouldn't want to... neglect any of them, no...

[Okay uh]

[this]

[this did not go according to plan]

Off, off! Try, like, a street lamp or something! Hide in a Pokecenter!

[ Have a sigh of relief for that... and the rest of the cookie offered to you along with an explanation. ]

My Chansey went a little overboard when she saw you being chased by that trubbish... so she thought about taking matters into her own hands. Sorry about that.

[ Said Chansey is watching the trubbish in question though, ready to attack if it wakes up and tries again. ]

Is that yours, by the way?

[Eugh. Even Yusuke has to cringe at that. There is nothing that is not disgusting about the idea of the contents of somebody's dumpster trying to get friendly with you.]

Okay, screw that then! Zig-zag! Put as much stuff between you and the trash monster as you can and see if you can lose it that way!

[...Oh lord.]

Germs can be cleaned away. The nurses will be able to take care of that. Try to calm down.

[HOW DOES HE EVEN TALK TO A CHILD, MUCH LESS CALM ONE DOWN???]

[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.]

[.....Bwuh?

Stares at the Trubbish.

Stares at each other.

Stares at Wrath.]

...Umm, so, why are you running from this... wild Pokemon?

WRATH!

[Goddamnit, he's off like a shot and not coming back. Al gets himself up to a sitting position and grimaces down at the grossness he's holding onto.]

Ah, what do I do with you now...?

Nothing!

_{[No, Wrath, you were trying to pull your bagged lunch back out of its mouth, where it had gotten sucked in one big GLORPlike motion.]

[That's justified, but it's still not nothing.]

[But any further explanation ceases as the Trubbish starts to waddle towards Wrath (who ducks behind Kaneki) again.]}

Trees? TREES-- trees trees trees--

_{[NO. No trees. There's a lamp post, but-- uh oh.]

[The camera tumbles. And there's a yelp, followed by a great SPLASH.]

[You had to have seen this coming, Jimmy.]}

_{[Well now Wrath's glaring up at him in that special, incredibly sour way that only young children can.]}

You humans are all the same!

You tell everybody to take care of each other but YOU don't wanna do it!

_{[It's like he's forgotten that he doesn't want the Trubbish either. Evidently Royce's reluctance hit a hot-spot.]}

_{[Wrath heard 'street lamp', and 'Pokecenter'.]

[You climb UP street lamps.]

[So his immediate response is to launch at the nearest light post-- ... and then onto the little canvas umbrella shielding the entranceway of the Center.]

[He missed the 'in' part. He's going UP the Pokecenter.]}

_{[Wrath shakes his head vehemently.]}

N-no!

He ate my lunch, and then he started chasing me!

_{[That's when he notices the cookie being handed to him... and snatches it like he hasn't eaten all day. Which probably has something to do with his lunch getting eaten by a living trash bag.]}

_{[Wrath needs no further urging than that, and he starts to zig and zag like a pro-- nearly knocking over several passersby.]

[He even goes on all fours and does a few somersaults. KID'S GOOD.]

[... But that Trubbish just keeps on truckin'.]}

I CAN'T, if I calm down it'll GET ME!

_{[Despite the fact that both phrases are frequently used to get people to stop freaking out long enough to make sense, 'calm down' and 'slow down' have slightly different meanings. Wrath apparently hasn't caught on to the distinction.]}

It'll probably eat me like it ate the oranges!

It swallowed them WHOLE!

[ There's a look of disbelief from Airi to the trubbish. Well that explains every--

Wow, this kid's hungry. Ah well. At least he didn't try to eat your fingers too, Yuki. ]

So... it'd probably be okay if Airi and I tried to catch it just to take it off your hands?

[Whyyy does he have to deal with a child he doesn't like children at all...]

... It's... ah. Well, I suppose I could, for a time, but I don't want to take permanent ownership of it. It's... not a type I work with well. And... besides. It seems to like... well. You.

_{[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.]}

It ate my lunch and now it wants to eat ME.

_{[The Trubbish is now sucking on the tip of one of its gross, goopy arms. Its eyes are pointing in different directions.]}

_{[Oh, Al...]

[The Trubbish makes a whining sound and stretches its goopy arms forlornly in the direction that Wrath had taken off in. :c]}

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