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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[garbagechild]

<sub>[GOODNESS, Veronica. Don't you know it's mean to laugh at children?]

[... No, you're totally justified actually, laugh all you want. Wrath is being legitimately ridiculous.]

[The Trubbish turns on the spot (its upper body going a little bit faster than its feet) and waves its free tentacle at Veronica. YES, HELLO!]

[Wrath just squints downward judgmentally.]</sub>

Oh YEAH? Then why'd he LICK me?

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[She doesn't mean to! It was just really funny and she was weak okay.

She watched the Trubbish wave its tentacle at her. It looked pretty darn silly doing so.

Seeing as how she'd come this far, she couldn't turn back and leave now.]

...I think he likes you. Animals do that sometimes. It's how they say that they like you, and stuff.

[she had a dog, she's gotten kisses before.]

[garbagechild]

WHAT? That doesn't make sense. You lick FOOD because it tastes good and you want to eat it. Why would you lick someone you liked?

<sub>[Although then again, Lust's circular blue animal had licked him, and he hadn't thought much of it. Maybe because it had been so cute and round.]

[Wrath frowns down at the Trubbish, the gears in his brain turning like crazy.]</sub>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Uh... That's, uh, right- people do that...

[Wow, this is tougher then she expected.]

You gotta trust me on this. He's not trying to eat me, is he?

[garbagechild]

_{[He pauses to consider the legitimacy of these words.]}

.... No, but...

You are bigger than me.

You'd probably be pretty hard to eat.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[...Huh. Not many people have told her that, considering she was 5'2". It's actually a bit of a shock.]

That's true, too. But... bigger things have tried to eat me, too.

[And succeeded, but that was one time and she got better.]

So, don't worry about this. I'll, uh, protect you from this Pokemon. Right, Babu...ru.

[Yes, she has just noticed that her Pokemon bailed. jerk]

[garbagechild]

_{[In all fairness, it's not exactly hard to be bigger than Wrath. He's pretty small even by little kid standards.]}

Be careful not to get eaten.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Uh... Right.

[Right. Okay. She had to show this kid that it was safe to come down. And that would require dealing with this other little guy.

So... huh.

She's just going to.

Push the Trubbish over now.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[AND OVER IT GOES.]

[It just... flops onto its side with a squelch.]

[And lies there.]</sub>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[....

VERONICA has won the battle! VERONICA gained 16 experience points!]

...Uhh, you can come down now! It's okay.