islandshore | 27 - video/action for Goldenrod;

[The video begins with a shot of a drooling Aerodactyl with bloodshot eyes and a bit of raw meat hanging out of her mouth. She's right in the corner of the room, hissing and growling. Fortunately, she isn't rushing forward to attack just yet. Instead, he's tearing through her meat like a wild animal, baring her fangs every once in a while... at least until a little puffball of a Swablu gets too close.

At that moment, there's a terrifying GYAAAAAAAAAR! She leaps forward and thrashes about, knocking over some furniture in pursuit of the frantic little bird. Luckily, a ThunderPunch from Flare sends her back into the corner, moaning in agony.

Sighing, Riku picks up his PokéGear. Those watching may notice that there's a Swablu preening his hair, much to his dismay.]

It's a wonder I still put up with her.

[He shakes his head.]

Anyway, looks like I ended up with a Swablu. Not sure what to do with her, but I'll... figure something out.

[When he's not trying to feed his horrifying monsterbeast, anyway.]

Halloween's coming up, so I'll probably be hanging around Goldenrod for the next few weeks. Still gotta pick out a costume-- and that's if I even dress up this year. I still get the feeling there's some kind of catch. Remember the MISSINGNO.'s from last year?

But who knows? Maybe we'll get off easy this time.

[He shrugs. And after giving Terror one more glance, he adds--]

Hey, anyone else have an Aerodactyl?

[With that, he'll be heading out to explore the town. Buy some TMs, get some more meat for his army of monsterbeasts, and maybe do some training. He can be found just about anywhere in Goldenrod with his team close by. Yes, that means a very large Charizard, Blastoise, Haunter, Umbreon and Tyranitar are all out of their balls. Beware?]

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Why was Terror out in public in the first place? You know she isn't good with people.

I was planning on training her up a bit.

[He neglects to mention that he was going to buy some new TMs for her.]

Af if she needs more training.

Better for her to maul wild Pokémon than attack me. And I had some new TMs to try out, anyway.

There are other ways of containing her, besides having her attack things. That isn't behaviour you should be reinforcing.

[Guh. Scolding... his weakness.

But then, Leon did have Terror for a week. After a moment, he sighs.]

Then what is?

[ A moment's pause, as he tries to remember all the things he used to keep Terror on the path of least violence while she was in his care... ]

She likes to fly, she likes food, and she may not be affectionate, but she does like to play with objects and other pokemon. Those are all things you can use to keep her calm and reward her when she's being quiet on her own.

Yeah, if by playing you mean tear their heads off.

[He can't see it, really. Not when Terror gets all vicious around his team.]

So, what? I just let her fly around wherever she wants?

Of course not. I usually gave Skarmory a ball or a ribbon and had them chase each other around. If were mid-flight, I'd have her do something more acrobatic to keep her focused and get her mind off it.

And she didn't tear your team apart?

[Or at least try. Whaaaat?]

No? She had no reason to.

... huh.

[That's... odd.]

She always tries to maul my team.

Well, how does your team act around her?

She attacks Jaws, and he doesn't even try to start fights.

And you saw what she did to that Swablu.

Edited 2011-10-19 01:23 (UTC)

Mine seem to have a different effect on her.

[ Or maybe it's just you, Riku. >c ]

I just don't understand why she'd treat them differently in the first place.

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