garbagechild | 007. [Video]

_{[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.]}

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.

_{[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.]}

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!

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_{[Yes. Yes she does.]

[He is used to his authority figures being far more terrifying than someone like Serah.]t

[But hey-- gotta start somewhere.]}

Well, she scratched me.

That hurt too.

[ ... Serah's getting an idea of their relationship just from this small exchange. Welp. ]

That's not nice, either. But if you keep hurting each other, that's far from a good relationship, and you might end up causing some serious damage to yourselves or even other people.

_{[S-SORRY SERAH]}

I don't want a good relationship! I want her to take her dress and be quiet and not scratch me.

[ demon hellchild, who has been raising you ]

Maybe not calling her mean names will help with her not scratching you.

_{[UNSURPRISINGLY, NO ONE.]}

What's mean about it? It's just honest.

I thought telling the truth was a GOOD thing.

[ he better be glad she doesn't know where he is or she'd pay him a visit RIGHT NOW. ]

It is a good thing, for the most part, but it's not nice if you're hurting someone's feelings. Didn't anyone teach you about manners?

_{[NEENER NEENER HE LIVES IN A SPECIAL SECRET PLACE with a bunch of criminals who really have no idea what to do with him but he pretty much singlehandedly took care of the Rattata infestation in the kitchen so he gets to stay or something. Even if he chews on the furniture sometimes.]}

What's manners?

_{[He's not being sarcastic. No one taught him. Except maybe in ironic villainous one-liners like "And if someone stabs you, you should regenerate and sneer and go 'Now THAT wasn't very polite!'"]}

[ SHE WILL FIND YOU SMALL CHILD because Johto and Kanto's guardianship laws are clearly too relaxed and you need to learn some damn lessons.

but now how is she supposed to explain manners to a child who has never even heard of them. why. ]

It's a way of behaving in social situations--so like with other people, people you know or don't know. Basic manners are things like saying "please" if you're asking a favor or for something from someone else and "thank you" after you receive something--a gift, for example, or after someone has done a favor for you. Manners are also things like not chewing with your mouth open, washing your hands after the bathroom and before a meal. And stopping yourself from doing something someone else finds rude or mean--like name calling--is manners, too.

_{[It's true. He has a lot of lessons he needs to learn. BUT SHE'LL HAVE TO CATCH HIM FIRST.]}

... OH.

I say 'please'.

So I have a manner.

_{[You only need one, right?]}

Well... that's a start, but it's good to have more manners than just that. Why not try with saying "thank you" when someone does something nice for you or gives you something?

[ patience is a virtue. ]

Really? Thank you?

I think I already say that sometimes.

That means I have TWO manners!

_{[THIS DISCUSSION IS GOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN WRATH HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD! Clearly he's got PLENTY of manners.]}

[ Serah, however, thinks the exact opposite. ]

Only sometimes?

Do you ever say "excuse me" when you're about to run into someone, or when someone's in your way?

What?

No.

I usually don't say anything.

If someone gets right in front of me when I'm running, it's their fault.

What if you're in a building, and you run into someone?

[ He really shouldn't be running in buildings, but... ]

I keep running, because that way they can't yell at me.

But if they catch you or see you again, that'll just end up making things worse.

Oh, well that won't be a problem.

Nobody can catch me.

[ this child ]

But what if they did?

... I'd bite them!

That's definitely not manners.

Maybe not, but it works!

You should try it.

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

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

You could ask politely.

What?

When has that ever worked?

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

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