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Feb. 5th, 2011 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tangorines[The feed begins with a normal sight: a pokémon tinkering with the pokégear. It's a ledyba, which is strange considering how cold the weather has been these last few weeks days. Stranger still are its surroundings. No warm rooms for this little buggy, it's exploring the great outdoors! ...A bug-type? Wandering in the snowy outdoors? Without its trainer? From the lopsided view of the camera, the ledyba seems only steps outside of Cherrygrove City. It continues wandering until it comes towards the city's entrance.]
Ledyba. [The small pokémon hurries towards the voice and calls back with its own name. From its position on the ground, only so much of the world around it can be seen. The lower half of a young boy approaches it, his steps lithe even in thick snow. From the waist up he cannot be seen but a smile can still be heard in his voice.] Ledyba. What are you doing here?
[The pokémon and its camera hobble towards the boy, only to meet with a swift kick of his boot. The camera spirals backward and the ledyba with it.] I said go back to the old man! Get out of here, stupid!
[The boy doesn't kick it again. He kneels down beside it, his face easily seen now. He seems almost remorseful, as he reaches down to touch the ledyba. He picks up the pokémon by two of its limbs and stands up.] You know I don't like doing things like this, ledyba, but if you don't become stronger how am I supposed to have you follow me? You couldn't even fight against that rat. Maybe you're no better than bait. Is that it, ladybird?
[Ledyba shakes its head which entices a laugh from its trainer. Satisfied, Alois starts to walk back towards the city only to stop in his tracks. The pokégear was directly underfoot. With a smile, he picks it up and shuts off the feed.]
Ledyba. [The small pokémon hurries towards the voice and calls back with its own name. From its position on the ground, only so much of the world around it can be seen. The lower half of a young boy approaches it, his steps lithe even in thick snow. From the waist up he cannot be seen but a smile can still be heard in his voice.] Ledyba. What are you doing here?
[The pokémon and its camera hobble towards the boy, only to meet with a swift kick of his boot. The camera spirals backward and the ledyba with it.] I said go back to the old man! Get out of here, stupid!
[The boy doesn't kick it again. He kneels down beside it, his face easily seen now. He seems almost remorseful, as he reaches down to touch the ledyba. He picks up the pokémon by two of its limbs and stands up.] You know I don't like doing things like this, ledyba, but if you don't become stronger how am I supposed to have you follow me? You couldn't even fight against that rat. Maybe you're no better than bait. Is that it, ladybird?
[Ledyba shakes its head which entices a laugh from its trainer. Satisfied, Alois starts to walk back towards the city only to stop in his tracks. The pokégear was directly underfoot. With a smile, he picks it up and shuts off the feed.]
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Date: 2011-02-05 10:57 pm (UTC)[video]
Date: 2011-02-06 03:18 am (UTC)Next time, I'll be sure to try a different strategy. [Which may or may not involve tossing ledyba into a lake.] It's too bad that its best may as well have been its worst.
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Date: 2011-02-06 03:37 am (UTC)Well that's not true! I'm sure your Ledyba will get much stronger in time. All Pokemon do!
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Date: 2011-02-06 06:47 pm (UTC)How long does that usually take, hm? [She seems entertaining enough.]
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Date: 2011-02-06 06:57 pm (UTC)Well, it depends on the Pokemon, but bug types like your Ledyba tend to grow the fastest! I'm sure she'll be stronger in no time!
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Date: 2011-02-06 07:45 pm (UTC)So there are more than one "type" of these things. And bug types like ladybird here grow fast, you say? ...She? [He wasn't aware the ledyba had a gender to begin with. He looks it over, trying to find some sort of indicator to its sex.]
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Date: 2011-02-08 01:26 am (UTC)That's right! Each Pokemon has it's own strengths and abilities. [She turns the camera towards her recently evolved Bayleef, who pleased with the attention, shows off her razor leaf for the camera.] They're all sweet things, and they can be quite useful for protection.
[Iris nods.] That's right. Out of all the Pokemon I've seen, bugs grow the quickest. ...Well, I suppose it could be a little boy, but she seemed like a little girl to me. Am I wrong? Ladybird does seem like a little girl's name...
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Date: 2011-02-08 07:19 am (UTC)Oh? Ledyba had shown how powerful it was when it confused those other pokémon. [This woman seemed so meek and motherly. It annoyed him, just enough.]
The one you have is also impressive. I'll keep what you've said about bugs in mind, Sister Iris. ...I'm sure it's a girl. [He shrugged.] I'm only calling it by what it is. It is a ladybird. A very big one, but a ladybird nonetheless.
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Date: 2011-02-09 05:09 pm (UTC)Thank you! She just recently evolved. [Iris smiles.] I see. It does make a very good name though.
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Date: 2011-02-09 10:05 pm (UTC)"Evolved"? I'm sorry miss, but I don't know what you mean by that. ...I suppose that could be its name. You'd like that, ladybird? [Ledyba seems pleased and it cuddles close to Alois. He doesn't mind as he pulls her closer. It was nice to have something near him, especially in the cold.]
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Date: 2011-02-10 02:39 am (UTC)Oh, I'm sorry. I've forgotten you're new here. Evolution occurs when a Pokemon becomes stronger. They change in shape, gain new abilities, and usually increase in size.
It's a very sweet name. How did you think of it? [She smiles at the adorable scene.] See, you too are getting along well already!
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Date: 2011-02-12 02:25 am (UTC)[Maybe Ledyba will become some amazing creature that could defy the very laws of the world! ...Or it may become sweeter. Either option worked.]
Where I'm from, that's what insects like her are called. There's even a nursery rhyme that goes with it. [He chuckles as he remembers it.] Would you like to hear it?
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Date: 2011-02-13 08:00 pm (UTC)A nursery rhyme? Oh yes, I'd love to hear it!
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Date: 2011-02-28 02:04 am (UTC)If you insist, Sister Iris~. [With a smile, he began the short rhyme in a pseudo-lilting voice.]
Ladybird ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire
Your children shall burn.
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Date: 2011-03-18 03:03 am (UTC)H-How terrible! Why would they sing something like that as a nursery rhyme?
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Date: 2011-03-20 08:17 pm (UTC)Because nursery rhymes weren't meant to be kind or friendly in the least. They're awful things told to children to keep them quiet at night.
[And yet he believed in them, clung to them with the stubbornness of a child scorned.] They are quite true, you know~.
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Date: 2011-03-22 10:35 pm (UTC)A-Are you sure? I thought nursery rhymes were supposed to be soothing for the child...
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Date: 2011-03-24 03:52 am (UTC)Really now? They've always seemed rather morbid to me.
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Date: 2011-03-30 04:46 am (UTC)Well, I suppose some of them are. But others are really quite nice!
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Date: 2011-03-31 06:15 am (UTC)Tell me one.
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Date: 2011-03-31 10:37 pm (UTC)[Iris thinks for a second, before reciting "Ba Ba Black Sheep."] That one is rather kind.
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Date: 2011-04-09 03:55 am (UTC)[He's humoring her. He didn't want to think too much about Claude. The wounds were still too fresh. He listens to "Ba Ba Black Sheep" with a smile.] It is kind. May you recite it again?