53 - video/action for Cerulean;

[islandshore]

[The video clicks on, giving a view of Cerulean's water park in the distance, complete with towering water slides, wave pools, and other aquatic attractions. For a few seconds, Riku gazes at the park before giving a light shrug and facing the camera.]

You know, it's too bad summer's almost over. Cerulean's water park's gotta be one of the best attractions I've seen in Johto or Kanto. If you haven't seen them yet, you should really check out their water shows. Think there's only a week or two left before they shut down for the season. Come to think of it, the bug catching contest's over too, isn't it? Seems like all the fun stuff happens over just a few months.

[It's been a solid enough distraction after everything that's happened. Scooping up Kairi, his stubborn fixation on honing his own strength (and getting a few scrapes and bruises in the process). At least staying on the move satiates his wanderlust.

Ah well. After shaking his head and chuckling softly, Riku props one hand on his hip and continues.]

Anyway, you'd be surprised what happens when you've got hours of free time and nothing else to do. I talked to John about this a while back, but... Dodrios. You'd think that without wings they'd be grounded like ostriches, but they're not. So, I decided to teach one Fly and... well, just see for yourself.

[The tilts the camera up, giving a fine view of, well... this, just with a single Dodrio. There's nothing remarkable about it beyond its disregard to physics, but at least it'll make a good present for Sora. And now that he's shown off that little oddity, he'll turn the camera back on himself.]

But that's nothing new, right? Gastlies can learn punches somehow and Cubones hatch with their skulls. Now that I think about, do Farfetch'd start out with those leeks? I don't know. I'm sure there are stranger Pokémon attack combos out there, so if anyone's got any, I'd be happy to hear. Not like I've got any plans right now.

['til then, the feed clicks off.]

Comments

[video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

'Mind-bending'? 'Head-twisting'? 'Scientist-breaking'?

[Okay, he cheated a little, but really. If there were more weird things like this and the cliffs, they'd likely need more than just a blanket term.]

[video]

[islandshore]

You could throw them all together. Mind-bending, head-twisting, scientist-breaking madness. Kind of a mouthful, though.

[But hey, it's still fun to think about from time to time.]

[video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

Still better than not having anything to describe that. ...Or the little cliffs.

[He can't be the only one scratching his head over those, can he?]

[video]

[islandshore]

Man, the ledges are in a league of their own. They break physics and cause headaches nine out of ten times.

[Seriously, how do they even work? It's been three years, and he still doesn't get it.]

[video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

No kidding. You'd think it'd be easy to climb up, but...

[Can he join the club of extremely confused people?]

[video]

[islandshore]

[He leans closer to the camera, grinning.]

It's like there's an invisible wall. Some external force waiting for you to try and then crush your hopes into dust.

[video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

[Souji makes a thoughtful noise as he puts his hand to his chin.]

...It's probably more like a 'selective' invisible wall. It does only let us go one way...

[video]

[islandshore]

Nailed it. And what's funny is, none of the locals seem bothered by it. They just deal the way they do with the music.

[video]

[the_tv_is_a_lie]

So I've noticed...

Speaking of which, where is that music coming from, anyway?

[video]

[islandshore]

Nobody knows, and I'm saying that as someone who's been here from the start. At this rate, it might be better to think of it as a mutual hallucination.