007. [Video]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[It's not uncommon for Wrath to be sharing screentime with his Pokemon, but in this case, he looks distinctly irritated about it.]

[Behind him is a Lopunny that's a good foot or so taller than him, clad in a dress that is... DAMN FANCY-LOOKING, ACTUALLY. There's like... frills and ribbons and junk.]

[Wrath glares directly into the camera, appealing to the hypothetical audience to side with him.]</sub>

She wasn't gonna be happy until Mama and I bought her a DRESS.

And she's still not happy!

Why does she like clothes so much?

Pokemon don't even need to wear clothes like people and things that look like people do.

I wish I was a Pokemon, because then I wouldn't need to wear clothes.



<sub>[The Lopunny-- a recent acquisition from the raid he'd performed with Ralph of a wealthy socialite's all-night dinner party, aka Wrath's first Real Mission (tm)-- lets out a huff and taps her long, curved claws impatiently on her arm. She clearly is about as pleased to be paired with Wrath as he is with her.]

[He responds with a huff of his own.]</sub>

Hmph.

Anyway, she's brown.

So her name is Dirty.

_{[The rabbit Pokemon's head whips around, outraged, but Wrath yells right over her angry growl.]}

I DON'T CARE, DIRTY!

Comments

[video]

[garbagechild]

--well who's gonna eat all the food in there if I don't?!

I saw someone drop an entire hamburgerer in there yesterday! They didn't even bite it!

[garbagechild]

That's true.

Being still is kind of like being dead, and I don't want to ever be dead.

_{[Oh how things change.]}

video

[garbagechild]

Oh, well that won't be a problem.

Nobody can catch me.

[garbagechild]

Bathe?

_{[What is this foreign concept?]}

People squirt me with a hose sometimes.

video;

[garbagechild]

_{[JOKER KNOWS WRATH WELL.]}

Ohhhhh.

_{[Wrath nods, seriously. That makes a lot more sense than what he was thinking originally.]}

[video]

[rocketralph]

That's it! I'm done here! Done! This is impossible!

_{[RAGE QUIT.]}

video;

[pipers_son]

[He has much experience with tiny trash children.]

Anyway, like I was sayin', just tell me when yer comin' ta visit. We'll look forward to meetin' yer new, ah... friend, suppose ya could call her.

video

[failnought]

[ this child ]

But what if they did?

video

[garbagechild]

... I'd bite them!

video

[failnought]

That's definitely not manners.

[islandshore]

Well, water's a start, but you need to do more than that. You need to use soap, scrub off all the dead skin and the dirt... Helps if you wash your hair, too, otherwise it'll get all oily.

[It's complicated, and he's not sure Wrath'll understand it all, but hey. It never hurts to try.]

[armoredsoul]

[For a moment, Al goes quiet, memories of his last day in Amestris bubbling back up to the surface, of just how different Wrath had been then.]

["I want to go to the place Mommy is."]

[Al bites his lip, and his lips pull into a very sad sort of smile.]

Well, I don't want you to be dead, either.

video

[garbagechild]

Maybe not, but it works!

You should try it.

[garbagechild]

_{[For a moment, Wrath's expression shifts, like he's gone somewhere very far away in his own head.]}

Oh... oh yeah.

I did that once.

I don't like to think about it.

_{[That had been before he'd known what he was.]}

[garbagechild]

<sub>[It's a good thing Wrath can't really read the subtleties of expressions yet.]

[He sees a smile, so he smiles back.]</sub>

I'm glad you changed your mind to agree with me!

_{[8) HE REMEMBERS WHEN YOU TRIED TO KILL HIM.]}

[islandshore]

[That's... odd. So odd that Riku squints, placing a finger over his chin while his brows knit.]

Did something happen? Bad experience?

[Or maybe he's like dogs and just doesn't like getting clean.]

video

[failnought]

I am not going to start biting strangers. And you shouldn't, either.

[garbagechild]

The people who gave me one turned out to be enemies.

_{[Another flat statement, although this time he actually does look a little bit upset about it.]}

video

[garbagechild]

How ELSE am I supposed to get people not to touch me when I don't wanna be touched?

video

[failnought]

You could ask politely.

video

[garbagechild]

What?

When has that ever worked?

_{[... The answer is never, in Wrath's case. UNFORTUNATELY FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH HIM NOW.]}

[audio]

[stonebones]

...Mmn.

Um, well... Good luck, okay? I'm sorry that I can't do more for you. If you think of a way you think I can help though, just let me know, okay? I'm Emil.

[islandshore]

...I see. Did they force you into it?

[He's hesitating. This clearly is dipping into personal territory. What if he doesn't want to talk about it?]

[audio]

[garbagechild]

It's okay. I'm good at doing things by myself.

_{[HE'S A BIG BOY.]}

And I'm Wrath.

[garbagechild]

<sub>[YEP. Fortunately, Wrath... hasn't really developed the same level of secrecy regarding personal traumas that older, more-human people might have.]

[He answers the question matter-of-factly.]</sub>

No, but one of them attacked me right after and chased me all through the town.

He was gonna rip off my limbs.