Episode Two: Christmas Special

[oxidegreen]

((OOC: Backdated to Christmas.))

[Video]

[Carona sits in front of the screen, apparently at loss for words. Like most people, she is holding an egg.]

I...

[Is that a tinge of red to her cheeks?]

...I do not know who it was who gave these to us, and I do not know what it will grow to be, but...

...Thank you. I will care for it as best as I can.

[She bows, before cutting off the feed. Unnoticed behind her, the egg trembles slightly...]

Comments

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Whoa! I don't think I've ever seen that one before!

[video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

Is it? This is my first time seeing a Pokémon egg.

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

I can't say that I saw a lot of Pokemon eggs, but I saw some of them.

It's cute!

[video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

[...Blink.]

Cute...?

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Yeah! The egg is really cute. I wonder what kind of Pokemon it would hatch into~

[video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

...Me, too.

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Maybe it'll hatch into something tiny or something big! It might be even big as a Gyarados!

[video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

A... Gyarados?

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Mine's in the PC right now, but I'll show you.

[She rummages through her bag and pulls out a Pokedex, fiddling with the buttons a bit afterward. She gets to Gyarados's entry and shoves the Pokedex to the screen.]

This one!

[video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

[She scrutinizes the image.]

I didn't know there were Pokémon that large.

[video]

[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

This is the biggest pokemon I've ever seen though.

[Video]

[savedinapinch.livejournal.com]

[She chuckles a bit.]

That's cute! It has polka dots.

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

[A nod.]

It does. And I don't think I saw anyone with an egg colored like this, even through the Gear.

[Video]

[savedinapinch.livejournal.com]

Mmm, can't say I've seen it either. Maybe it'll turn out to be a rare sort of pokémon.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

I for one am a little weirded out as to how whoever gave us these apparently got into a bunch of locked hotel rooms, but...

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, I guess...?

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

I am not in a hotel room at the moment, but I don't think it would be any easier to get in here. It's probably even less accessible.

...But I'm still... happy. To be given a gift like this...

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Really? Where are you?

And... yeah, I guess I'm pretty happy, too. _{[Normally Heather would be a little more unnerved, but she's already had a Mystery Egg left at her bedside once before (because Melfina is the Easter Bunny).]}

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

It probably isn't important.

[She's slipped up in the past, but she doesn't want to risk her fellow Rockets trying to mess with her for revealing Things.]

I have not received a present like this in a long time. I was surprised.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Heather shrugs. She's got no reason to suspect that Carona's got a reason for keeping her location secret.]}

Yeah, same. ... Well, sort of. Before I got to Johto, anyway.

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

[She nods. After the admittedly little interaction she's had with the others trapped in Johto, this doesn't seem unreasonable.]

The people here seem to be very friendly.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Surprisingly so, honestly.

I've been here in the big city for a good coupla months now and not even ONE person has tried to mug me. I'd say that's a pretty significant improvement over where I USED to be.

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

Theft was common where you come from?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Heh, well, in most big cities where I come from, that sorta thing happens a lot, so yeah.

[Video]

[oxidegreen.livejournal.com]

I see. I didn't know cities had to deal with that.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

You didn't?

Where are you from?