First Vaccine; Video/Action

[puppetnurse]

[Today on the network is a video of a Rattata chasing its tail. Aside from the sounds of the little Pokemon scurrying in circles on the ground as well as the bustling sounds of the town of Violet, the video is silent. There's no trainer talking about said Pokemon on the screen, nor is there any Pokemon talking either. Not for a good couple of minutes anyway.

If you stick it out long enough, eventually a meek sounding girl speaks up.]

...h-hello everyone. I...I think I have this...filtered correctly.

[Quite obviously she doesn't, considering this is broadcasting to anyone who decides to look at their gear. Where did she learn to even attempt to filter posts? Who knows.]

Nanami-san...we're in Violet now! K-Kuzuryuu-san and I are waiting by the Pokemon Center. I-I wanted to introduce you and Hinata-san to my Rattata!

[Because apparently catching Pokemon is Important plus she thinks the little rat is very cute.]

Th-this is Verapamil. Kuzuryuu-san helped me catch her. Sh-she doesn't look like it but she is very strong! Um...I-I guess that's all I had to say...

Th-this was a pointless video, I-I'm sorry for wasting your time!

[Hastily the video is shut off. Someone needs to teach this girl how to properly filter her messages.]

[Anyone interested in visiting these two can find them by the Pokemon Center, like she stated. Tsumiki now playing with her Rattata while her Audino stands nearby. Kuzuryuu stands a few feet away, accompanied by his Pawniard as usual and looking a little surly. Well...surlier than usual. That might have something to do with the Spinarak sitting on his head but really, it could be anything.]

Comments

action response, possible shsl spoilers

[konpeitoqueen]

[When she gets to Violet- a mite later than Nanami and Shaun, but still just in time for the broadcast. She immediately slams the PokéGear shut, and hopes to whatever deity out there that Kuzuryuu was telling the truth.

...In any case. She takes a deep breath, brings out her Mawile Ayani and Ampharos Farron intimidatingly, and straightens her back, just like when she's preparing to walk on stage. Walking with purpose, with grace, but with her head up instead of down.]

Heh, of course I couldn't go on without seeing your ugly face. Fate is just too cruel! [And there she is, staring at Tsumiki with a rehearsed smug grin.]

action;

[puppetnurse]

...eh? E-eh?! [Guess who she wasn't expecting to sneak up on her, despite knowing the girl was here?]

U-ugly?

[konpeitoqueen]

Yeah! Wow, it looks like you got even uglier, too... did you track your face in the mud or something? I bet you were so pathetic you couldn't go two steps without tripping head-over-heels and crying!

[Really, Saionji's trying to play it cool, but she's staying a fair distance from Tsumiki. Just... in case.]

[puppetnurse]

[Well, Saionji, it's a really good act if this is an act. Because by the end of the girl's string of insults, the nurse is wailing.

What a familiar song and dance, right?]

H-how can you say s-such cruel things...?!

[konpeitoqueen]

[AW YEAH.

STILL GOT IT.]

Jeez, it's about time you came here, too! Big Sis Nanami and Big Bro Shaun were waiting a whole day! [Note she didn't say herself. But eh.]

Too busy showing your filthy panties to the whole world to hurry up, huh? Gross!

[puppetnurse]

[You are an awful little girl.]

I-I'm s-sorry! W-we were going as f-fast as we could!

[Nah, not the whole world. Just poor Kuzuryuu.]

I-I'm sorryyyyyy!

[konpeitoqueen]

Then even at your best, you're completely useless! Just like a slow hog trudging along a dirt path! That's a sad existence I wouldn't wish upon anyone- you're not even good as a slave!

[Terrible and proud.] So, what Pokémon do you have? I bet they're as horrible as you, dumb pig!

[puppetnurse]

Th-they're...[God she can't even argue with the girl she's crying so much.] Th-they're n-not...!

[Actually, let her Audino introduce herself. Just like with Kuzuryuu, she's not going to stand by and let people abuse her trainer, and certainly not when they are insulting her on top of it. Hell no.

So hello, her name is Amitriptyline and you are getting a good, hard smack in the leg Saionji.]

[konpeitoqueen]

Yeah, ri- OW!

[FUCK, THAT ACTUALLY HURT A DECENT BIT. Is Pokémon battling allowed in the Pokécenter? Because she's tempted to tell her Mawile to just tear that little shit to pieces.]

Control your stupid... pink thing before I have to step in myself! I'll make sure its remains won't be enough to fill a matchbox!

[puppetnurse]

[...is battling allowed in the Pokecenter? Who can say. She honestly doesn't know, but what she does know is that she's not going to let it get that far. Standing up to Saionji is terrifying, but allowing her to harm her Pokemon is a worse thought.

She fumbles with her Pokeball, quickly recalling the Audino. And then she takes a deep breath...and turns around and walks right out of that Pokemon center. There's a hurried and mumbled apology and 'goodbye' to any friends who may be there as she starts making a b-line for the Inn.

Protecting her Pokemon takes precedence over taking abuse from anyone. They depend on her to do that, right...?]

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[konpeitoqueen]

[...DID SHE JUST WALK OUT ON HER]

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[konpeitoqueen]

[Holy shit. Holy shit okay that's not normal oh crap she has to remember doesn't she?! Yeah that must be it- she's just hiding it, but she's braver and it's all an act, always was, oh god oh god oh crap-

-and Tsumiki may or may not like to know that she's reduced Saionji into a flailing mess seconds after she leaves the Pokécenter. She's just. Sitting on the floor, staring at the door minutes after Tsumiki left. Anyone want to intercept...?]

[impheired]

[Well this jackass is still kind of just standing a few feet away and has been the whole time. Just watching, not saying anything because frankly there was nothing he could really say to this. He DID tell Saionji that she didn't have to be nice to Tsumiki.]

[But he'd kept his eye on the situation all the same, just in case, arms folded over his chest and that damn spider still on his head. Interestingly enough the poor arachnid looked downright terrified for most of the exchange. Still does, really, not that Kuzuryuu gives two shits because fuck this particular spider.]

She's more protective than that Audino than the damn thing is of her, by the way.

[SO MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU SHOULD KEEP THE THREATS FOCUSED ON TSUMIKI HERSELF.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[WHOA WHERE DID YOU COME FROM it's not like Saionji was completely focused on Tsumiki or anything!

...But she calms down for a moment, trying to process that sentence. So... Tsumiki is just protective of her pink blob? And... not actually remembering her Despair Fever?]

Ugh. She's so stupidly unpredictable.

[impheired]

[Kuzuryuu is actually part daisy he literally just popped up out of the ground over here. It's okay you missed him, Saionji.]

Tch, you're telling me that? [Who just had to travel with her for a week and a half. This guy. And after all that time he's fairly certain he can confirm that Tsumiki is, in fact, a fucking unpredictable weirdo sometimes.]

You can get up off the ground, you know, she's not going to come back for you.

[No, he won't help you up. What do you take him for, a gentleman?]

[konpeitoqueen]

[...Honestly, that mental image is slightly terrifying.

In any case, she scrambles off the ground immediately.] How did you even bear looking at her face? I would've rather gouged my eyes out that deal traveling with her... actually, no. I'd much rather just cripple her and let nature take its course.

And what is that spider on your head doing there for? You look ridiculous!

[impheired]

[Okay if she'd saved the spider comment for a little later on in the conversation, it probably could have continued on with the tone of seriousness it's had all up until this point. But instead she mentioned the spider so now we have to get that out of the way first.]

I've been trying to get rid of the damn thing for days! The little parasite won't leave me al-- wait. [Realization: get.] You like bugs, right?

[Yes. Yes he is making an attempt to pawn this spider off on you, Saionji. WE;ll get back on topic here in a minute.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[DOES SHE WANT THE SPIDER... DOES SHE REALLY...]

Wow, are you serious? You can't even get rid of a bug? Did you become even more useless in the time I haven't been there?

[...Even if she did like bugs, this is too amusing to take away.] I only like antsies and spideys if I can squish them! The Pokémon here would be nice to squash, but they're too tough... I could feed it to my Mawile, though.

[impheired]

Like you're one to talk about useless, midget! At least I can fucking dress myself!

[And, you know, he didn't die. There's that too. Suck it.]

[The spider, meanwhile, seems to be taking this threat of being fed to a Mawile very seriously. It squeaks fearfully, curling in on itself a little and trembling.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[OW]

At least I didn't rush into someone's execution! [ARE WE GOING THERE?! YES WE ARE

In any case, said Mawile is staring at the Spinarak expectantly. Her Ampharos looks concerned.]

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[impheired]

[Well that escalated quickly.]

[Kuzuryuu freezes, going rigid and fixing Saionji with a livid stare. For a moment, it almost seems as though all the air has been sucked from the room. Or at least the air in directly around themselves. Even the Spinarak seems to sense something is up, launching a web to the ceiling and pulling itself up out of reach just in case shit hits the fan. And also to put more distance between itself and that Mawile.]

[Kuzuryuu doesn't even remotely have a comeback for this. She's absolutely right. That attempt had been useless. Koizumi and Peko died, it was all his fault, and all his attempt to save Peko had done was nearly get him killed too.]

[But he'd learned from that, hadn't he? After all, he'd made it to the end. And if they hadn't all been miraculously brought here, right now he'd be working with the other survivors to try and bring all the "dead" kids back.]

[He could bring this up. Take it one step further and tell her that at least he didn't get himself killed and wind up literally braindead. But he's not going to. That would mean spilling the truth to Saionji and he's still not keen on doing that just yet...if ever.]

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[impheired]

[That livid, slightly murderous look fades from his eyes and his expression relaxes somewhat.]

Yeah, and I fuckin' paid for that, didn't I?

[konpeitoqueen]

[...The lack of any distinct, emotional reaction other than a temporary glare... it's just like that time. When he was kneeling over, and there was suddenly even more blood on the floor. Saionji tries to act, instead of react; unfortunately, she never got very good at it. He did something terrible, unforgivable, disgusting- who cares if it was Pekoyama who acted out? She could call their truce off, too- she was unceremoniously deceased, and they were off the damned island. They was nothing stopping her from just yelling and yelling until he bows over again, because he deserves it, and he will do it because he knows that he deserves it and that's just a fraction of the justice that needs to be served but it makes her feel-

-scratch that. There is one thing holding her back. Just like in the nightclub, and standing front of the memorial, blood still trickling on the tiles.

What would Big Sis Koizumi say?]

Yeah, you did.

[Forced silence.] ...I shouldn't have said that. Sorry.

[impheired]

Feh, it's not like it isn't true.

[Even more forced silence before Kuzuryuu finally speaks up again.]

...but thanks.

[What were they talking about again? Before they got distracted by spiders and useless arguments?]

[konpeitoqueen]

Yeah, should've said something about your dumb baby face instead.

[...Small steps, Saionji. Small steps.]

So can I feed it to Ayani or not?