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

[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]

[honokairo]

[That's not a no to Honoka so she'll take it]

Great! You can call me anytime you want to if you want to do anything! [Practice with their cute pokemon, hang out, it doesn't matter.]

We're going to have so much fun!

[nicocism]

Geez... so what are you doing all the way out here anyway?

[honokairo]

Ah! Well...

[Time to fess up huh]

When I'm not practicing, I'm training my pokémon too....

[And not for singing and dancing.]

[nicocism]

[Why's she looking so guilty]

Isn't that normal? Since they learn all sorts of moves that way.

[And as Hanayo showed her, there's so many ways to include those into a routine.]

[honokairo]

Yes! But... [She guesses it's not so bad to share with Nico.]

I've never really liked fighting much, but since things settled down in Caldera, I started training my pokémon just in case. You know, just in case there's fighting again...

[nicocism]

Hmm, that's true. I'm not really a fan of fighting myself... [Her pokemon are all fluffy and adorable... hence why she's around the Flower Grove looking for more.]

I guess it doesn't hurt to be prepared though. Especially if you're going to come out here exploring.

[Actually, being able to come out to the Flower Grove is a big part of why Nico trained]

[honokairo]

Yeah... [She doesn't look horribly excited about the thought of fighting.]

But that's why we can make people happy in other ways, and try not to focus on that, right?

[nicocism]

Mm, yeah! I mean that whole war thing was avoided, so we can leave the fighting and trail-blazing to the ones who really enjoy that sort of thing.

[honokairo]

Yeah... [She gives a little laugh, not liking to think back on the war, so she forces herself to brighten up a bit.]

Now we can focus on being idols and making other people smile, right?

[nicocism]

Yup! Let's pursue it with all we've got!

[honokairo]

Yosh! [Nico's own brightness helps a lot.]

We will! Everyone is going to love us!