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

[cutiepanther]

I-I am not.

[ Just going to stry and pretend that Nico isn't right. ]

[nicocism]

Then what's this about knights then? Or are you still caught up in that dream?

[cutiepanther]

It's nothing, it doesn't have anything to do with you!

[nicocism]

See what I mean? You're so weird.

[cutiepanther]

I-I am not! It's just...there's someone already who calls me Princess..

[ And from the way it sounds, Maki doesn't really hate it. ]

[nicocism]

[Nico just... makes a face.]

Ew.

[SO MATURE.]

[cutiepanther]

I'm sorry that you're too immature to be able to understand!

[nicocism]

Is it your dad? It is, isn't it?

You're so weird.

[cutiepanther]

Clearly I can't be that weird, you still married me, didn't you?

[ Somehow Maki thinks this is a good way to come back at Nico, bringing up that memory. ]

[nicocism]

Th-that! I had no choice, okay!?

[wow and look what you married maki]

[cutiepanther]

You're the one who said we had to play along! And you didn't seem like you minded all that much being in front of the crowd.

[nicocism]

Yes, because it would make us both look stupid if we started fighting about it in front of everyone! That's what I mean about having to.

And of course I didn't - that was the whole point of getting up there! You didn't think I went on stage to get married to you, did you?

[cutiepanther]

That doesn't mean you didn't get into it..

[ And yet the same could be said for Maki too. ]

I-I don't know!

[nicocism]

Well, enthusiasm is the best way to sell it, right?

[YES, IT WAS ALL AN ACT... CLEARLY...]

Geez, what are you thinking! Grrr, that stupid Nozomi... [SHE SET THIS UP. HER AND HER STUPID STRINGS.]

[cutiepanther]

If you really need the crowd's approval that much.

[ As if Maki wasn't trying her best to please them too. ]

Well, you saw it too, didn't you? When you were in her body? You saw something connecting us didn't you?

[nicocism]

Hey, cheers from her fans are an idol's lifeblood!

[SHE NEEDS ATTENTION.... SO BAD...]

N, no I didn't! Who told you that?!

[cutiepanther]

I think it's a little too early to be calling them your fans..

[ Maki actually...grins a little but tries to hide it. ]

You did. You pretended like you didn't see anything though.

[nicocism]

They will be, just you wait!

[HEY, ARE YOU LAUGHING AT HER, HUH, ARE YOU?!]

Th, th, there wasn't anything to see! There wasn't any stupid red string of fate between us at all! Nozomi's just making things up!

[cutiepanther]

That's pretty presumptuous.

[ MAYBE A LITTLE. ]

You saw it! I know you did! You can't lie about it now!

[nicocism]

It's called confidence!

[The word you're looking for is "arrogance"]

You can't prove anything! Why are you so onto it anyway!? Do you want some kind of fated connection between us!?

[cutiepanther]

Confidence isn't something you can just fake.

[ Maki tries to show off her own confident side, flipping her hair with her hand, looking away from the screen. ]

I never said that! But you can't just lie and pretend you didn't see anything either! There has to be some kind of explanation!

[nicocism]

Sure it is!

[And Nico ends up unintentionally mirroring her]

No, there doesn't! Why do you care so much if I saw a red string between us?

[cutiepanther]

[ Okay, maybe Maki has heard before that you should "fake it until you make it" or some such, but she doesn't believe in it! ]

B-Because if it was really there, then we should at least try to figure out why! I-I'm not saying I hope there was or anything like that! D-Don't get the wrong idea!

[ Lot's of stammering there.. ]

[nicocism]

Well, there's nothing to figure out because nothing was there! So you can rest easy!

[DENIAL IS THE BEST RESPONSE]

I mean, getting married to you in front of everyone was bad enough!

[cutiepanther]

You're a bad liar.

[ Maki sighs, trying to decide not to push things any further. Nico obviously is hiding something from her, but it's not like she cares or anything! ]

W-What do you have to be so embarrassed about it for?! You're the one who wanted to be married in front of everyone in the first place!