*Heiji Hattori*

[The Gear comes on to show rolling hills and blue skies, as Heiji’s stopped for a rest; he doesn’t even seem to be paying attention to the heat. You’d almost think this kind of weather was normal for him!]

[ There’s occasional loud “THWOOM”’s that scatter blades of grass as Kaguya is zipping around like a lunatic, demonstrating her “bastard offspring of a dragonfly and a jet engine” status. The Jynx seems to be fussing over repacking the backpack and organizing it. Baskerville is flopped out chewing on a piece of dried meat the size of someone’s head, with Sojobo the Murkrow sleeping perched on his back. Meanwhile, Momo the Pachirisu is perched on Heiji’s shoulder, happily wrapped around an Ultra Ball. Noticeably absent is the Skorupi.]

Turned Victor loose; saw some Skorupi tracks around here, an’ it seemed like a pretty nice area, so I asked’im if he still didn’t want t’be around humans an’told’im he was free t’go, and t’just not stay too close t’the road an’ avoid people so he didn’t end up caught again… figure I can always ask Kaguya if she recognizes someone as a person involved in what got done to’em. We’re gonna head back toward Azalea, an’ see about gettin’ the rest of th’badges an’ catching up t’people.

…In th’meantime… [He looks sideways at Momo, going from pensive to somewhere between grumpy and highly confused disbelief.] Anybody ELSE have a Pokémon that likes t’find shiny things who could tell me where in th’blasted six realms he found THAT?! [He jabs a finger at the ball, which Momo holds up for the camera proudly.] It WASN’T in my bag earlier, I haven’t seen anybody around since I started out this morning, an’ stuff like that doesn’t just … appear outta thin air, does it? [This is Heiji begging for his sanity and some kind of normal-logic explanation that he knows he’ll never get, but it’s worth a try, right? D:]