garbagechild | 003. [Video/Action for Goldenrod, midday]

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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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[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?!

[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!

_{[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!]}

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

Ha! Perfect!

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

_{[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!

Oh shit!

[Okay, sticky thing can climb.]

Throw something at it!

_{[Sticky thing can't climb EVERYTHING, but brick? No problem.]

[The screen jostles again as Wrath flings himself onto the roof with a scrape of fabric on rough stone, and then rolls over onto his back to yank off one of his far-too-big shoes.]

[Which he then hurls over the edge of the building at the Trubbish.]}

UMPH!

_{[It hits the thing in the 'shoulder' with a squelch... and stays there.]

[.... D:]}

... Now it has my shoe!

Jesus!

[It really is like something out of a monster movie.]

Okay, bad plan, bad plan! Uh... oh! What about a river? Is there a river anywhere close by? I bet it can't cross water!

[Okay, so that was for vampires, but he figures anything made of sticky goop probably couldn't go in water without dissolving. Ignoring the fact that there aren't very many handy rivers in big cities, but Jimmy's trying...]

_{[IT CAME FROM THE GOLDENROD MUNICIPAL DUMP.]}

A-- a river?! I know where there's a river!

_{[He scrambles upright again-- now with only ONE shoe-- and starts to run across the roof towards where he knows there's a fire escape. If nothing else, he seems to have a fairly good mental map of the city. You have to when you spend so much time practicing your pickpocketing!]

[The fire escape rattles and clatters as he monkeys his way down it, then takes off running down the alley.]

[The Trubbish definitely isn't as FAST as he is, but it sure is relentless!]}

Ring a ding ding!

[Considering the kid can scale buildings, Jimmy's pretty sure he can get across a river.]

I'll bet ya dollars to donuts you'll lose that creep at the river!

_{[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?

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.]}

Oh shit, Wrath!

Are you okay?!?!

[Shit shit shit, that was not what Jimmy had intended! Whoops.]

_{[What follows is probably a few HEART-STOPPING MINUTES in which all that can be seen and heard is a lot of dark, rushing water.]

[But right when Jimmy has probably started considering whether or not his long-distance involvement in this incident is enough to sentence his soul to eternal damnation, the water falls away as Wrath and his PokeGear are hauled upwards, sopping, from the canal.]

[The camera's view tumbles as the kid flops back onto the safety of the bank, gasping and coughing.]}

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