[07] [Video - Action for Ecruteak]

[k9tantei]

The feed shows a lovely evening in Ecruteak, with (1) teenage detective wandering out to the park to flop bonelessly in the grass; Baskerville is carrying what looks to be a brand-new saddle sized and designed for a Houndoom, while Heiji’s dropping a shinai and set of kendo pads next to him. Of course, anyone who’s gotten to deal with riding – be it horses back home or Pokémon here – would probably recognize the uneven “Oh god I didn’t even know I had those muscles” stagger of someone who has never ridden before, yet has gotten the brilliant idea to go on an extended ride – it’s hard to tell what’s from the five day long trip from Olivine, and what’s from doing so bareback on a giant dog with bony ridges on its back.]

Saaaaaaa….. ‘m never gonna have kids… [It’s a tiny, despairing whimper.]

[At which point he slowly shifts the arm he’d thrown over his face to look over at the camera… and the Jynx who’s holding it…]

Achfpfh- YUKI! Y’DON’T NEED T’RECORD EVERYTHING! That’d better not be broadcasting! [He sits upright sharply, grabbing at the gear, and is answered with some very happy-sounding gibberish before the Gear is turned off and handed over.]

[HIS MOTHER WOULD BE PROUD. Now she just needs to find a way to send the videos to Osaka…]

Comments

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

I propose a moment of silence for your lost future children.

[SILENCE...]

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha. [] You try ridin' five days on somethin' covered in bone.

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[bakaitoukid]

Hehehe.

The saddle sounds like it'll come in more useful than you thought at first.

[video]

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

Hadn't seen any in Olivine, an' I didn't think about it too much 'till I was two days out. []

I wish I'd looked more before I left.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

'S okay, I'm sure your future children will forgive you.

[Video]

[usedwaterpulse]

... Ouch. I'm not even a guy and that doesn't sound like it was much fun. [Sympathetic, rather than empathetic, wince.]

[Video]

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

[]

Say, if y'ever get around t'riding one of your pokémon?

Get a saddle or somethin' first. []

[Video]

[usedwaterpulse]

[Okay, make that empathy, but she doesn't think she had it as bad as he did. BONEY STUFF. :|]

Too late for that advice. I used Jet about a month and a half to go to get from Violet to Cherrygrove and cut the travel time. [Needless to say she was actually grateful for having no recollection of the pain after the fourth wall time skip.]

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

[] Ow.

You'd think that'd be one of th'things they put in th'manual so people know before they learn th'hard way...

Up there with "don't eat th'berries". One day I'm gonna find th'guy who accidentally broadcast that an'thank him for th'warning.

[Video]

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

[Ritz is trying not to snicker. It's not working.] What'd you do to yourself?

[Video]

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

Rode five days on a Houndoom. Ridin' bareback on bone ridges kinda hurts. []

[Video]

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning! [Ritz is turning her Gear to show Mathis, who lets out a short bark. Ritz, y you show me off on camera.]

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

If you get some use out of th'warning, then at least some good came out of this.

[voice]

[usedfakestache.livejournal.com]

[Yeowtch. On both accounts.]

You doin' alright there, buddy?

[voice]

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

I think I'll live... Just ... tell me never t'try an'ride somethin' with bone all over it bareback again.

An' yeah. Don't try this at home.

[voice]

[usedfakestache.livejournal.com]

Duly noted. I'm almost afraid to ask but how long did you last?

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

[]

Five days, from Olivine t'Ecruteak. []

[souljudgment.livejournal.com]

Woe to all future Heijis, none of which will come to fruition.

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

[]

At least his back's not on fire. []

[souljudgment.livejournal.com]

... Would you even be able to ride him if it was?

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha no.

I've seen some horses around with th'manes on fire, an' I've been wonderin' how people manage t'ride them.

[video]

[justicereigns]

Maybe you should really consider a different way of riding.

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

That's... what th'plan is. An' why th'four thousand for th'saddle an'gear's gonna be worth it.

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[justicereigns]

Check the bike shops.

Yeah for that amount of pain... 4000 is definitely cheap.

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[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

No bike shops in Olivine, an' I wasn't lookin' forward t'walking for two weeks... an' at least Bas won't get tripped up by tree roots or rocky terrain; gettin' thrown off a bike movin' at a good clip kinda hurts even if you're lucky enough t'not break your neck.

[] Really cheap.