islandshore | 12 - video/action for route 34;

[Today, Riku's decided to head out towards the Daycare to check up on the Charmander and Totodile eggs he's been planning to sell. Joining him is his new Riolu, who curiously looks around at all the snow while Flare, his Charmeleon, stomps around, occasionally looking up at the sky and swishing his tail.]

Oh, c'mon. We can train in a bit. I just want to fetch the eggs real--

Rrrah!

[The Riolu chimes in with some barking, looking at some nearby grass. Training!]

Don't even think about it. You're not at the right level to battle on your own. Now, c'mon.

[He continues towards the Daycare with his Riolu at his side, but Flare doesn't seem to care. Instead, he wanders off into some grass and starts spewing flames. Eventually, an angry Drowzee appears, hitting the Charmeleon with some psychic attacks. However, there's a huge level gap between the two, and Flare is barely phased by the attack. Instead, he retaliates with a slash attack and roars. Before long, he's defeated the Drowzee and starts to glow.

His roars get louder and deeper as he increases in size, eventually sounding something like this. After that, the glow fades, revealing a newly evolved Charizard, and a big one at that.]

Heh, so that's why you were in a hurry.

[A little bit later, the video feed starts up again, this time inside the Daycare.]

A while back, I mentioned breeding some Charmander eggs. Well, I've got them now. If anyone's interested, I'll be selling them for about 10,000. I've also got a few Totodile eggs to go around. Just let me know if you want one, and I can send Highwind over with the eggs--

[There's a grunt in the background.]

Or I guess Flare could handle it.

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[ ... oh, like Kairi would be a smart future sickie and stay inside when her best friend's out and holy what the dragon. Guess who'll be meeting you on the way back, Riku? ]

[Well, that dragon and Riku are heading her way, not even thinking that much about sickness themselves.]

What are you doing all the way out here?

[ surely this won't end horribly in a few more days. ]

What do you mean? I wanted to congratulate you!

Oh yeah? Well, thanks.

[He smirks... and so does his bigass dragon. He might not be as prideful as Highwind, but going from a lizard to something this intimidating is pretty awesome.]

[ ... not that Kairi's intimidated at all, but she DOES think he's pretty cool-looking. ] Do you think it's okay to pet him?

You can try. Might be hard to reach his head, though.

[...Petting, what? Petting a dragon? Flare looks absolutely baffled by this idea.]

Like you said, I can try!

[ ... though as she gazes up at Flare, she's thinking climbing probably isn't an option. ]

[Pff. Well, for now, he's just gonna stand still, looming over Riku's shoulder.]

Just be glad he's not like Highwind.

Highwind wouldn't even let me get that close?

I doubt it. He's too prideful for anything like that.

That's too bad... but getting pecked by him would probably hurt a lot. [ so she gives the FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON an affectionate pat on the side instead. Yeah, no way she's reaching his head. ]

[In return, Flare snorts. Silly, Kairi.]

Pretty sure the only person he tolerates is me. Highwind doesn't even like half of my team.

[ hey, even giant dragons need affection. ]

Maybe you should work with him on that. Ven said you guys battled together, so what if he's got to fight with someone else one day?

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