Three Zombies; Video

[thisonetime_withkeith]

[The feed clicks on, and Ellis is holding up his Zephyr badge proudly, a doofy grin on his face as the light hits it with a dramatic glare.]

Looky what I got. Man, y'all would never believe it, but that was the best battle of my life. And I've had lots of 'em since gettin' here, but hoo boy, that was just intense as hell. It was fun though, don't get me wrong! Suee fought so good though, oh my god. You ain't ever seen a piggy fight like her, let me tell you! And then the last one... Bird versus Bird. My Pidgeot against Falkner's. Hahaha, that was amazing. We whooped his ass GOOD.

Let me tell ya though, bein' surrounded by birds? It reminded me of this one time with my and my buddy Keith back home. We went to an aviary, which is this place where birds and shit just fly free, right? Well, Keith decided to practice his bird calls. Hahahahaha, oh man. Apparently there's this call that makes birds angry or somethin'. Turns out, he used that one instead of somethin' friendly, so suddenly all them birds? They attacked. Keith couldn't get outta there fast enough!

And I mean that literally! By the time he actually got out, he had claw marks and they'd pecked him to hell and back. What was worse? They plucked out like 90% of his hair, so he was bald. He had tufts of hair stickin' up everywhere and he looked like an old man with his bald head. It was insane! He gave up bird callin' after that, unfortunately. Me? I think he could've gotten good at it, but... I guess there's somethin' about gettin' attacked by birds that just kinda turns you off the idea...

Haha, luckily nothin' like that happened to me at the gym, so it's all good!

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[Video]

[francia]

Con -

[Wait, is it? Yes, there was a story and then there was another story. Yes.]

Congratulations on your badge.

[Beat.]

I'm very relieved that you didn't attempt to command your pokemon with bird calls.

[Video]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Hey, thanks, man!

[He lets out a laugh.]

Don't worry about that, I learnt my lesson from Keith! You ain't gonna be hearin' no bird calls from me any time soon. I like havin' hair.

[video]

[thevveribest]

Wow, what a interestin' fuckin' story.

[Can you hear the unamusement in his voice?]

And by interestin', I mean utterly fuckin' stupid. Honestly, I doubt anyone giwes a bloody fuck about your idiot friend, or your gym battle.

I know I sure as fuck don't. What're you ewen lookin' for? Pats on your spinal crewice for a job well done?

[Eridan get the stick outta your ass pls]

[video]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Whoa, are you related to anybody named Nick? You his brother or somethin'? 'cuz you sound grumpy just like him. Though, you kinda sound a lot different. No offense, but you got a pretty funny way of speakin'...

That side though, y'all could totally be brothers!

[Video]

[francia]

[France laughs a little nervously. He has to resist the urge to pat at his own hair]

I very much do, too.

[He clears his throat.]

I'm actually quite good with birds, especially homing pigeons. You can make whistles that'll make the proper calls for you to avoid, uh, accidents.

[Video]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Well on the bright side, it grew back! It just... took a while...And he refused to get a haircut 'cuz he didn't want the birds to win and get all of his hair, so he never shaved off the bits they didn't get. Man, he sure did look weird...

[He lets and shakes his head. Keith, what a guy.]

Really now, though? That sounds awesome! Too bad Keith didn't have you, I bet he never would've had his accident if ya had been.

[Video]

[francia]

[Oh, dear, France can totally imagine what that must have looked like and it's not pretty.]

I... suppose if keeping the hair kept his spirits up...?

[Everytime he talks to you, France ends up being baffled. He clears his throat, going back to something he does understand.]

If you're interested, I could make a whistle for you. I don't know if the call would be familiar to your Pidgeot, but it might be interesting to try.

[Video]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

It might've, but mostly he's just stubborn, I think.

[Poor France. He doesn't mean to baffle you! He's just being Ellis.]

Mmm... That'd be cool! But are ya sure it won't make birds attack me or nothin'? I mean, I trust ya! I just... don't wanna get attacked by no birds, y'know?

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[ghostytrainer]

Congrats, man! One down, fifteen to go.

[He can't help but chuckle a little. Terrible as it is for Keith, it was actually a pretty funny story.]

Keith's hair grew back eventually though, right?

[video]

[rocketralph]

_{[Oh, man, it was one of those badge things Kimblee showed him.]}

Way to go! That's a nice medal you got there.

[brokethecycle]

I dunno Ellis, I don't think you sounded nearly excited enough.

[Teasing is basically how Norman says hello.]

I think I might challenge him soon, too.

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[thisonetime_withkeith]

[Fifteen... Holy shit that's a lot! He didn't realize there was so many of them.]

That's gon' take forever!

[He can't help blurting it out, but then he just shrugs. If all battles are like that, he guesses he doesn't mind as long as Suee and his other Pokemon are up for it!]

Anyway, yeah. His hair grew back! Even if he didn't shave off the bits that weren't plucked out. He didn't want the birds to win, y'see... So he kinda had longer parts mixed in with the shorter ones...

It wasn't purtty.

[Audio]

[melodicnocturne]

That's...man, you're full'a weird stories, huh? I'll admit, that must've been pretty funny. Wonder if I could get some other flying types to pull off a prank like that...

[He's seriously considering this, Ellis. Do it with him and film it for fun

Also.]

So, how many of 'em does that make? He your first, big guy?

[Audio]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Ya think my stories are weird? They ain't weird! They're all true. Y'know how on TV shows they have 'inspired by real life events'? Well all these stories are like that! Inspired by real shit!

I ain't sure prankin' people with birds is all that good of an idea. What if somebody gets hurt?

[He nods though.]

Yup! First one down, apparently 15 more to go accordin' to John.

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Aw really? Well maybe I should redo it and sound even more excited!

[Hehe he knows you're kidding. Mostly. Though he does wonder if that's a thing he ought to do...]

You should! And I'll be there rootin' for ya the entire time! I bet you could kick his ass from here to next Sunday without even TRYIN'. It's gonna be the best battle ever, I just know it.

[video]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Hey, thanks man! It's called a gym badge and you get it from fightin' gym leaders! They're like... bosses or somethin'. It's awesome! You should try it and get one of your own!

[Audio]

[melodicnocturne]

Not bad weird, man. Cool weird. Weird like findin' 1000 munny under a rock somewhere...

[Wait for it. Wait for it...]

1000 P! Sorry. Forgot for a sec. And anyway, man. That's the point of a prank, it ain't about hurtin' anyone. You're in it for a laugh. Everybody has a laugh an' nothin' bad happens. Perfect prank.

[Unless your name is Roxas and you are the butt of everybody's pranks.]

No kiddin'? Well, good man. You're on the road to bein' a proper trainer now!

[Audio]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Oh... Aww, man, that's one of the nicest things anybody's ever said to me!

[Can you hear how flattered he sounds? Nobody ever compliments his stories, it's such a nice thing to hear. You're such a nice guy, Demyx. He's lucky to have you.]

And I guess you're right, huh? Well if you're sure, we should totally do it! I'm not sure how, but I think we can figure it out eventually, right?

You mean I ain't a proper trainer yet? How many badges do I need to be?

[Audio]

[melodicnocturne]

C'mon, man, it's nothing but the truth!

[Ellis you are adorable sometimes and Demyx is so amused right now because of it.]

We'll have to plan somethin' big so I can show you what a good prank's supposed to go down like. In the meantime all you gotta do is keep goin' after badges and trainin'. That's all it takes to be a trainer as far as I know. Once you and I nab all the badges in the world we'll be on top!

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[ghostytrainer]

Hehe, yeah it can take a while! Especially if you end up going for the elite challenge once you get to Kanto. But it doesn't have to take forever. I mean if you don't get stuck in one place for too long you can actually collect them pretty quick.

[Oh Ellis...]

Your friend Keith sounds like a real character. He's your best friend, isn't he? Probably a stupid question but...

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[thisonetime_withkeith]

Elite challenges? What are those?

And yeah, he sure is! You ain't seen anybody tighter 'n us! We're like two peas in the same pod, but the pod's only big enough for one pea! That's how close we are!

[...Wait...]

Uh, I don't mean like, in a weird way or nothin', I just mean he's my best friend!

[Audio]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

[Shucks man, he doesn't even know how to handle you. YOU'RE TOO NICE.]

You're too nice man, really. And yeah! I can't wait. Me and Keith used to prank people sometimes, but I mean, we never did it with birds on account of the fact he was kinda too scared of 'em after that little accident. But it'd be fun! So let's do it.

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[ghostytrainer]

Gym leaders have more than one team at their disposal! Or...at least the ones in Kanto do. You know, I never stopped to see if the same is true of Johto. In any case, if you take the elite challenge they use a full team of level 100s. You still get the badge, same as if you went against their regular team but the battle is more of a challenge.

[Luckily or you, Ellis, John understands this feel of male best friendship. It's okay, broseph.]

Hehe, you're fine. Sure, it did sound a little gay but what bromance doesn't? Comes with the territory.

[brokethecycle]

Nope- no redos. That's cheating. However, you can make it up in the next video.

[He's so straight faced when he says this.]

Hahaha, um. You really think so? We've been training really hard so maybe...

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Well shucks. I guess I'll just eat a bag full of sugar so I'm all hyped up next time I try'n make another video!

[He laughs at that, though. He's actually serious. This is a thing he fully intends to do, probably.]

'course I think so! You're a tough cookie, even if ya might be a bit little. Whatcha lack in size, ya make up for in spirit! Hell, I think ya might be taller than me in spirit. You're like a giant!