Nico Nico Yon [Video/Action]

[nicocism]

[Video]

[The video on the warp band turns on with a bit of pecking and feathers, showing Nico, lined up with several of her pokemon - a Marill and Jigglypuff to each side, then outside of them her Skiploom and Shroomish. The location? The Flower Grove, which is despite the season, still enjoying full bloom, all pink and green just like her pokemon. Clearly, this was staged, and the reason why becomes clear]

Music... start!

[Some pre-recorded music starts and soon enough, Nico is singing and dancing to a (less electric guitar-heavy version of) this (click under Audio to listen). Her dancing and singing is light and energetic, but obviously she's been practicing it for a while. Her pokemon... well, Shroomish is doing well, but Skiploom and Marill seem to get distracted every now and then before remembering to dance along - and Jigglypuff seems to keep tripping over itself in nervousness. Still, they make it through the entire song without any major disasters and at the end they all pose.

Once the music fades out, Nico turns to her pokemon with a smile.]

See? You all did great!

[She kneels down to pet and praise them a bit before remembering the warp band, which she hurries over to.]

Hi~! Is this reaching all the way to everyone in Union? It's everyone's favorite Nico-ni~ I hope you liked my song, and now that I have your attention, I have an important question to ask...

[Reaching behind the camera she pulls out... what's clearly a masterpiece of crayon on construction paper.]

Has anyone seen one of these? Nico-ni's been searching for weeks now after hearing a rumor there was one here, but there hasn't been a single sign of it! You'd think it'd be easy to spot when everything else here is so pink...

[Action]

[And if anyone's visiting out by the Flower Grove, they might run into Nico - alternately taking snack breaks with her pokemon, practicing singing and dancing or, y'know, actually searching for pokemon like she came here to do - sneaking through the underbrush, crawling through the grass, climbing trees, all that stuff. And probably looking pretty silly doing it.]

Comments

[nicocism]

[Ahh yes the applause of adoring fans WAIT WHAT]

Who's th- Honoka!?

[Yeah she. Didn't expect to run into her all the way out here.]

[honokairo]

That was great Nico!

[She comes running over.]

I didn't know you were that good!

[nicocism]

Oh, well... [YOU DONE GONE DID IT NOW] Of course I am! I'm an idol after all!

[honokairo]

How long did it take you to become so good?!

[Yeeeeep gunna feed that ego]

[nicocism]

Well, I've been practicing for years but it's only been this past year that I've freed up time to really concentrate on it! [Being able to get around school and jobs a bit by being an Enlightened helps] It's important to practice every day though.

[honokairo]

Yosh! [She agrees, that's why she does the same!] Your pokemon were so wonderful too, did you train them too?

[nicocism]

Yup! I mean, that's a big part of my practicing, not just by myself. Trainers and pokemon being able to work together in perfect harmony on stage... that's why I love pokemon contests!

[honokairo]

Contests???

You can participate in contests too!??????

[nicocism]

[WOAH GIRL, you gonna scare all the lovely fairy and flower pokemon away]

Um, yeah? I mean, I'm not just a singing idol by myself. I want to shine with my pokemon as an idol of the contests!

[honokairo]

Being on stage, in a contest! Everyone would see us, it would be like being a star-!

[That sounds so cool]

Nico, can anyone enter the contests?! Do you win them?!

[nicocism]

Right, right? The center of attention, shining for all to see!

[They're... not quite saying the same things, are they?]

Well, yeah. And that's the plan!

[Translation: she... hasn't gotten a chance to be in a big contest yet so not really.]

[honokairo]

I'm going to enter these contests! [NICO WHAT A GREAT IDEA THANKS]

Just like you, Nico! We can go together!

[nicocism]

We'll be rivals then, you realize?

[NICO, WHY IS THAT A FORGONE CONCLUSION]

[honokairo]

Rivals? You mean I can't enter with you?

[Nico is her friend not her rival noooo]

[nicocism]

Well, I mean... not unless we formed a team... [Like... THE ONE SHE INVITED YOU TO MAYBE, NICO?]

[honokairo]

Let's do that! [To be honest she's not even thinking about the same group, as if this is two completely different things.]

What do you say, Nico? Want to team up with me?

[nicocism]

T, team up with you? Do you think you can keep up?

[DON'T STEAL HER SPOTLIGHT]

[honokairo]

[SHE WOULD NEVER]

Mmmhm! I can keep up! I wouldn't hold you back!

[Well, she might.]

[nicocism]

Hmmm, I dunno... have you gotten any better since that singing practice? What about dancing?

[honokairo]

I really worked hard on the parts I was messing up on, and I think I got a lot better since then. I even went on a diet...

[She makes it sound like the diet is the worst thing ever, too.]

[nicocism]

You have to coordinate with your pokemon too - how are they doing?

[Like... dat swellow.]

[honokairo]

Ehhhh... [Welp] They've been going running with me sometimes! And a few of them have tried singing besides Pas (the awful, awful swellow), but I can't tell how well they're doing. I think they sound great!

[They probably aren't great. In fact, Jigglypuff might be the only one worthy at this point.]

[nicocism]

...right, I guess you would.

[How... how did she not notice her swellow was so terrible it literally made small children cry.]

[honokairo]

[She nods. Yes, she would. She doesn't see the massive problem in this. Even though the problem is really, really massive.]

What do you think, Nico? Do you want to team up?

[nicocism]

Uhhhh, I'll... think about it...

[Re: she hopes this never comes up again]