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

[garbagechild]

_{[Al would be correct on that one.]}

I think she's just upset because she hates me for no reason.

_{[OR MAYBE SHE HATES YOU BECAUSE YOU STOLE HER, WRATH.]}

[armoredsoul]

No one hates someone else for no reason. Even Envy has a reason for hating me, even if it's a dumb one.

[garbagechild]

Well, everything about Envy is dumb.

[armoredsoul]

[PFF]

Well, yeah, but that's not the point. There's a reason for everything we do, it's just a matter of understanding what it is.

[garbagechild]

I don't know.

Sometimes when I'm sitting, I just get up and run around and flail my arms a lot and I don't really have a reason for it.

[armoredsoul]

[Pff. Wrath, u silly.]

You do that because you have way too much energy; and you hate being still, anyway.

[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.]}

[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.

[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.]}