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004. [Video/Action for Rocket HQ]

_{[There are plenty of newborn Pokemon that enter the world squalling or cooing.]

[This one entered with a whole lot of growling and then nearly took somebody's finger off.]

[The little Deino on the screen, which happens to have a faintly-sparkling green coat rather than the customary blue, is yanking and worrying at the end of one of the scarves that its trainer had received for Christmas as well as the egg it had just hatched from. It's been in the world outside its eggshell for about five minutes and it's already filled with fury at the fact that this long soft thing exists in its general vicinity.]

[Wrath is thrilled.]

[He turns to the camera (which is presumably held by his Kangaskhan) proudly, apparently unconcerned that the tiny dino-dragon is nearly tugging the scarf right off of him.]}

The rock turned into a sparkling animal!

Her name is Mad.

Mad likes to bite.

_{[... A little like her trainer, actually. They also share the same hairdo aesthetic. This is clearly a match made in heaven.]}

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[He might want one of those...

It can be friends with Bido in the "bites everything" club.]

Of course she is.

[The smile is actually not the least bit sarcastic.]

When you say that, it means I have to know how tough you are, you know.

_{[Holding the 'Gear in one hand, Wrath flops onto his side without a care and tugs idly on the scarf as Mad growls and thrashes on the other end.]}

Oh, I'm real tough.

I fight all the time back home.

I'm pretty much the best fighter ever.

[...Wrath, you're like eight years old. He's not very threatened by you.]

Are you now? That makes you pretty clever, I'd wager.

Yup, that too. Mommy says I'm both.

_{[Sloth had also called him 'sweet' after she'd watched him literally behead somebody, so... both of those could honestly be taken with a grain of salt.]}

[There's a brief moment where Greed looks very, very unsettled. (Oh dear god, don't let him be talking about Dante.) It's gone by the time he speaks, replaced with a mild look.]

Good for you, Wrath. Where are you right now?

I have a knack for getting along Pokemon with huge teeth, you see.

_{[Don't worry, Greed. If Wrath ever tried to refer to Dante as 'Mommy', she would probably shut him down very soundly.]

[If Wrath notices Greed's unsettled expression, though, he doesn't say anything about it. Instead, he takes on an unsure look, himself.]}

Um... it's a secret.

But I could go somewhere NOT secret, and then tell you!

_{[Wrath did you learn nothing about stranger danger from the time an ambiguously-gendered person in questionable clothing handed you a bunch of rocks and told you to eat them]}

[...Wrath, honey.

There are so many ways this was a wrong response.]

Sure, let's meet somewhere not secret. That's for the best, right?

Are you in Goldenrod?

_{[H-he's trying, okay?]

[Team Rocket gives way more liberties than serving Master had, and Wrath is still sort of navigating how to handle those.]}

Ahuh.

I go out sometimes and the buildings are all yellow, so that's a pretty good name.

Should I bring Mad?

[Greed will just go on pretending to be rock stupid, then! He's not about to out Wrath. Maybe he'll eventually tell him not to talk about things in such a way, but Greed also doesn't want to forbid Wrath from doing anything.]

Sure, bring Mad. I'll bring someone interesting, too. How's that?

Okay!

Mad's never been outside before! I bet she'll be so excited.

Where should we meet?

How about outside of the Pokemon Center?

[He has no idea where Team Rocket's HQ is located, so hopefully it's not anywhere near the Center!]

Okay!

_{[He's VERY SUNNY about the prospect of a friend! Asking him to meet them somewhere! Humans do this stuff all the time.]

[He's finally starting to fit in!]}

See you, byyyye!

_{[And then he disappears. He didn't ask WHEN they should meet, so he's apparently just... going over there immediately.]}

[Wh...

You know what, that's probably a good sign, all things considered.

So off he goes to look for Wrath since the kid doesn't really have a concept of stranger danger, and he doesn't want the kid hurt.]

_{[When he gets there, he'll probably be relieved to see that Wrath doesn't seem to be any form of hurt, outside of the bandage around one hand where the little Deino apparently bit him.]

[He does, however, happen to be hanging upside-down from his knees from the nearest lamp-post, idly swinging the baby Deino 'over' his head, where it is snapping ineffectively at the hats of passersby.]

[Beside Wrath, his Zubat is also hanging from the post.]

[Both look happy as clams.]}

[It's a damn good thing the kid hasn't gotten into any trouble. Not real trouble, anyway. Swinging from the lamp post might get him yelled at by someone who isn't Greed, but as Greed is the one to find him, he approaches Wrath like this is perfectly normal behavior.]

Having fun, kiddo?

_{[He beams down at Greed happily, swaying from his perch.]}

Ahuh!

So is Mad!

_{[Mad does not look like she's having fun. Mad kind of looks like she wants to savagely dismember something. Fortunately, she's only Level 1.]}

[He'll be avoiding those jaws, thanks.]

How about you come down from there? I'll buy you a bagel or something.

[And he sort of... reaches out as if to catch Wrath without really being conscious of it.]

Okay.

_{[Perhaps fortunately, he either didn't notice Greed's outstretched hands or just.... doesn't know what it's like to have someone catch him in midair, because he swings his legs off the pole, twists like a cat, and lands on his feet with a thump.]

[Then immediately bounces back upright, swinging the Deino into the air as she makes a grumpy croaking noise.]}

What's a bagel?

[Honestly, it's for the best. That way, Greed doesn't get surprised and neither does Wrath! At the question he smirks, like seeing a little boy twist around in the air like a cat is perfectly normal.

...actually it probably is to him.]

You've never had a bagel? They're these round, chewy bread things. They're great as sandwiches.

Oh!

I don't eat bread.

It's full of snakes, you know!

_{[... Yeah, you can thank Cecil Palmer for telling Wrath that consuming wheat products would turn him into a malevolent spirit.[}

...eh? Who the hell told you that? They were lying to you.

[Seriously. Who the would tell a kid something like that?]

It was a man with glasses and dark hair! He wasn't too short or tall or too fat or too skinny and he was handing out colorful bits of paper.

Bread turns you into a malevolent spirit and makes plasma come out of your nose.

_{[A pause.]}

... Well. That's what he said.

[It's fortunate that Greed has no idea who Wrath is referring to, because it keeps a certain radio announcer from having his face punched in.]

That wasn't very nice of him.

You're not going to turn into an evil spirit, okay? Your friend Darius will show you.

Hm...

_{[Wrath squints up at Greed briefly, scrunching his nose thoughtfully.]}

... I guess I'll try it.

But if there's any snakes in there, you can keep the bay-gle.

[Greed tries very hard not to laugh, because the idea of there being snakes in bagels is absurd. But Wrath is the poor kid who doesn't have a clue how the world works, and it's entirely not his fault.

He moves to pat the kid on the shoulder right-handedly.]

Come on, it's not too far from here.

[If Wrath looks like he's going to follow, Greed will lead the way.]

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