Function (4) - Text/Video

[ladywithnovoice]

Some Pokemon can be really hard to find, can't they? I spent all day yesterday hoping that one in particular would let me find them, but it's harder than it looks.

I guess they can't all be eager.

Since I've been performing to an empty set for so long, maybe I'll let this performance be a bit more public.

Take 53.

[The post suddenly changes to video as Red sets it up against her backpack. Anyone looking past her might be able to recognize the dim layout of Union Cave at one of the many pools about. This one seems to be one of the largest, water disappearing into the darkness ahead past the little camp Red has set up.]

[There's a Chatot perched on her should as she goes to sit by the water's edge. After a few moments, some humming starts to echo throughout the cavern. It's a duet, the Chatot seeming to 'hum' along with.]

[Off in the darkness, something seems to shift it and makes the water ripple towards the shoreline.]

[Red's reply might come a bit late.]

Comments

[berkthorn]

HELLO RED !
PRETTY NAME
PRETTY VOICE
IF IT WERE EVE
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND

UNLESS YOU ARE PLAYING
HIDE AND SEEK ?

[ladywithnovoice]

I'm glad you liked it, Eve.

We haven't been playing hide and seek. It looks like the Pokemon I'm trying to find is really shy.

[berkthorn]

OH NO !
THAT IS
TOO BAD

MAKE SURE
ALL THE OTHERS
DO NOT THINK
THAT THE POKEMON IS
MEAN !

BIG SIS ADDER
IS SHY
BUT NOT EVERYONE
REALIZES IT

IT IS
VERY
SAD

[ladywithnovoice]

Don't worry. I know what it's like to be shy sometimes.

What's Big Sis Adder like?

[berkthorn]

THAT IS GOOD
THEN THE POKEMON
WILL BE LUCKY !

BIG SIS ADDER
IS BIG
AND STRONG

DADDY IS REALLY
PROUD
OF HER

[ladywithnovoice]

That's good to hear. Do you have a lot of fun being with her?

[berkthorn]

EVE WISHES
THAT SHE COULD
BUT
BIG SIS ADDER
IS SO SHY
THAT SHE IS NOT VERY FUN

SHE DOES NOT EVEN
TALK TO EVE
VERY MUCH

BUT IT IS OKAY
EVE STILL
THINKS SHE IS
VERY COOL

[ladywithnovoice]

That's good of you, Eve.

So what have you and your daddy been doing lately?

[berkthorn]

YES
IT IS !

[...And she was so very modest about it.]

EVE HAS BEEN
LAUGHING
AT DADDY
BECAUSE
HE TRIED TO CUT
HIS HAIR !

IT WAS
VERY BAD
UNTIL MISS CARMEN
FIXED IT

NOW WE WILL
GO TO THE PLACE
WITH ICE AND DRAGONS

[ladywithnovoice]

It's a good thing you have Miss Carmen, isn't it?

Where's the place with ice and dragons?

[berkthorn]

YES
BUT IT IS EVEN BETTER
FOR DADDY

ICE PATH
AND
BLACKTHORN CITY !

[ladywithnovoice]

Sounds like it's a ways off from where I am. What are you going to do over there?

[berkthorn]

THAT IS OKAY
IT IS A WAYS OFF
FROM US TOO !
DADDY AND MISS CARMEN
ARE VERY GOOD AT FLYING
THOUGH

IDK !
PROBABLY
RIDE DRAGONS
AND
MAKE FUNNY FACES AT CLAIRE
UNLESS
DADDY DOES NOT THINK
SHE IS PRETTY
ANYMORE

[ladywithnovoice]

Oh? So your daddy has a crush? What kind of person is Claire?

[berkthorn]

HE SAYS
HE DOES NOT
BUT EVERYONE ELSE
SAYS HE DOES
SO
EVE DOES NOT KNOW

CLAIR
IS
. . .





BLUE DRAGON LADY

[ladywithnovoice]

Blue dragon lady?

[berkthorn]

YES
THAT IS CORRECT

[And then, after a short pause:]

EVE THINKS
SHE DOES NOT
REALLY KNOW
ABOUT BLUE DRAGON LADY CLAIR
EXCEPT
SHE IS
A LITTLE SCARY ?

. . .

SHE LIKES DRAGONS

[ladywithnovoice]

Does your daddy like dragons too?

[berkthorn]

YES !
THAT IS WHY HE
LOVES
BIG SIS ADDER
SO MUCH !

[ladywithnovoice]

Has your daddy tried to talk with Clair about dragons? Maybe a shared interest could help them get closer.

[berkthorn]

YES !
BUT THAT WAS
A LONG TIME AGO

EVE THINKS
SHE WILL TELL HIM !

[It isn't long before Red will get a text not only from Eve, but also from a different account -- this one belonging to Hiccup himself.]

DADDY DID NOT LIKE
THE SUGGESTION

OOPS !
HEE HEE

Thanks for the tip, but it's been a long time since I thought about Clair like that. I don't think my girlfriend would approve, either.

[ladywithnovoice]

Oops! Heh.

Well, that's good to hear. Does your girlfriend like dragons too, then?

[berkthorn]

[If he weren't so into dragons, he'd probably be embarrassed that this was the line of questioning.]

She does! She's one of the best dragon riders we've got, back where we come from.

[ladywithnovoice]

So they have dragons back where you're from too? That's amazing. There's nothing like them in Cloudbanks except in movies and things like that.

[berkthorn]

I hear that's a common problem with a lot of other worlds. At least there are dragons here for everyone. They're different, but still good.