*Heiji Hattori*

[The scene is an inn room in Olivine. Once again, Heiji is actually posting intentionally; he's sitting on his bed, and toying with a Fog Badge and a Mineral Badge with one hand. (Both were mod-approved!) He seems oddly - put out for someone who's over halfway through his Gym Challenge, though...]

So I've got somethin' I should've seen comin' t'deal with...

[And he turns the camera, to where Baskerville and Fusuhime are taking up half of his inn room; the Mightyena's curled around five eggs protectively.]

On doin' some research into how this works, these're gonna be little facemelters - since Bas's th'father, they're gonna hatch knowin' Fire Fang and Thunder Fang, as well as what I've taught'em, which adds Dig, Headbutt, Strength, Rock Smash, an' Sunny Day. Last one's good if you've got some fire types on your team, or if y'really need a break from rain for a few minutes. I'm sellin' them for 3k, but if you're a new arrival an'haven't made it to Violet yet, or haven't been here longer'n a couple weeks, lemme know; I'm willin' to give'em to new arrivals, an' knowin' Thunder Fang means that once they get some levels on'em, they should be able t'rip through th'first gym.

I'm in Olivine right now, but if you're out of town, I can send a 'mon to fly'em out to ya. Just uh - don't mind Sojobo, he's harmless, he's just a bit of a creep. [There's a derisive noise from teh Honchkrow, perched in the window behind him.]

[OOC: The eggs are all claimed here, but feel free to poke for other things!]

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…]

[The video is, once again, provided courtesy of one camera-Smoochum, only this time the Gear is being held out around the corner to show her trainer as if it were some kind of insistent push.]

[Heiji is sitting out on the edge of town, leaning back against the wall of a building, idly flipping a coin with one hand and staring off into space in what appears to be a mope; Baskerville, the Houndour, is flopped out on one leg, chin up on his knee, whining at him occasionally, while Momotaro the Pachirisu is on his shoulder, occasionally trying to get his attention with a shinier loose coin he'd found somewhere in consolation and failing. One corner of the feed is briefly obscured by a Smoochum-face leaning in over the camera, one little arm already pointing in preparation of a pokémon tangent/plea for help-]

[Except she's interrupted when he abruptly catches the coin, takes off his hat, and scrubs his face with his hands with a frustrated growl.]

Damn-it-all, this isn't gonna get us anywhere! [He replaces his hat, picking Bas up to look nose to nose with the Houndour.] Th'Hell's wrong with me - sure, it was nice havin' Kudou around an'all, but I was the Great Detective of the West 'fore I ever went lookin' t'challenge him, an' I'd have t'be a dumbass t'let not havin' people right here get t'me - I got most'f where I am on m'own! I'm gonna do somethin' so we're not moochin' off the Centers, we're gonna get you guys t'where we can start gettin' past the gyms an' figure this place out whether there's anybody helpin' or not!

[The Houndour's ears perk up at that, the whole mope vanishing.] Dour!

[He sets Bas down - and then spots the camera and the pokémon behind it.] ...You were worried an' tryin' t'get help.

Smooch?

...Well, th'thought's nice, but it's gonna take more than this t'keep me down. [He retrieves the gear, holding up the camera as Momo stuffs the coin in his mouth and scrambles up to a higher perch on top of Heiji's hat.]

Y'hear that Johto? It's gonna take more'n just ditchin' me out like this t'get the better of Heiji Hattori!

[He kills the feed there - and is going to be setting off around Violet to ... find a job and take back to training and putting his nose into things with a vengeance.]