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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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[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.]

[...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!

_{[... 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.]}

[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.]

_{[... 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.]}

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

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?

_{[..... 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.]}

[...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.]

[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!]

[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.]

Get away from me!

_{[... He says, as Al's shifting promptly knocks the ex-homunculus flat on top of the other boy again.]

[MEANWHILE, the Trubbish is ONLY GETTING CLOSER!!]}

_{[You walked right into this one, Envy.]

[Literally.]

[UNLIKE WITH THE AL COLLISION, Wrath actually spots Envy in time to take some measure of evasive action. It's too late to change direction, though... so that leaves him only one real option.]

[What happens next is the sort of combination of spontaneous events that can really only be appreciated in slow motion.]

[Wrath dives forward, aiming to scramble between Envy's legs and escape on the other side, and at the exact same instant, the Trubbish gathers all its stumpy, physics-defying strength and leaps.]

[But since the trash-covered child has suddenly ceased being directly in the path of the jump... it is pretty much flying directly into Envy's face.]

[And also Envy is not really tall enough that even a little rugrat like Wrath can really get under his feet without getting tripped on, so yeah, enjoy that too.]}

_{[The Trubbish boggles up at the electric duo with wobbly, bewildered eyes for a long moment.]

[... AND THEN, with speed belying its squatness, it darts for Wrath again. ... This time to hide behind him. 8( THAT ZAP CANNON WAS SCARY.]

[Wrath startles, attention yanked from waving back to the Magneton.]}

Wh-- HEY!

_{[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.]}

[ 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?

_{[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.]}

... I think it likes you. That Pokemon, I mean.

[Ampere will make an inquiring buzz towards the Trubbish. Is that right? Or is his trainer being stupid again.]

[ This is some sort of strange game of ring around the rosy that said Chansey did not ask for. Her attention is on the child and the trubbish, going back and forth... before finally looking up at her trainer as if to plead for help.

Yukio meanwhile is just as confused... but before he can bark out an order, Airi decides to do the one thing that she does when Yuki's team starts to fight amongst themselves.

Airi used Sing

And all her trainer can do is attempt to cover his ears in hopes that this at least gets both boy and trubbish to settle down. ]

You're the one that ran into me!

[Al finally shoves Wrath off and gets to his feet and looks around to oh god suddenly Trubbish]

[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.]

[OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING.]

[Envy looks down to try and not trip over Wrath, and then looks up just in time for the Trubbish to crash into his face. And you know, he's got pretty good balance. But NOBODY has balance THAT good.]

[He stumbles back and trips right over Wrath at the same time, and then he's just FALLING backwards, one arm trying to get the living sack of trash off his face and the other engaged in futile pinwheeling for balance.]

_{[Wrath tumbles off, rolling a couple of feet across the sidewalk, but he's less concerned with the shove than his pursuer.]

[... Which is currently colliding headlong with Alphonse.]

[ENJOY YOUR GARBAGE. And probably also getting knocked down again.]}

_{[What a time to be alive.]

[Wrath is quick, but he doesn't make it out from underneath the older ex-homunculus before getting knocked flat on his belly to the sidewalk with Envy on top of him. A strangled wheeze ensues, because even though Envy's not exactly heavy, he landed JUST RIGHT to knock the wind out of Wrath.]

[Gasping, he kicks his legs frantically. One of the shoes has tattered, undone shoelaces that probably add insult to injury by whapping Envy. Fortunately not in the face though. Trubbish has got that covered.]

[It wraps its goopy arms around Envy's head and clings for dear life.]}

It LIKES me? Then why is it chasing me?!

_{[Wrath asks this indignantly as he does a small, helter-skelter dance right there on the spot, trying to keep the Trubbish from latching onto his leg. The Pokemon in question doesn't seem to be particularly bright, but it does kind of wobble in a vaguely nod-like motion in response to Ampere's curiosity.]}

_{[In his brief time in this world, Wrath has not actually yet encountered the wonders of status effects.]

[So he has no way of knowing that he should probably cover his ears.]

[The roundabout little chase ends VERY QUICKLY with both the Trubbish and the kid slowing down and then flopping right over onto the sidewalk.]

[It was super effective!]}

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