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Tenth Snapshot | Action;Video

[Someone has been hard at work since returning from Glacier.]

[Or at least, trying to be. Space wasn't really the issue. He'd found a small room and with permission, set it up as a temporary dark room. He really needed to just rent out a studio but for now, being as he was still settling after the Oakenshield residence went up for sale, this would work for what he needed it.]

[He had some pretty important pictures to develop. It's too bad the place covered in huge, extroverted pokemon made that really difficult.]

[About the sixth time someone tried to open the door (Three or four times with it still being locked somehow) Hayato just set out his two biggest pokemon to guard the door while he worked.]

[Feel free to still try to bug him. Nikon is kind of a pushover and Fuji is really easily distracted. He could probably use an interruption.]

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[When the video clicks on. Hayato can be seen with a bright grin. He's wearing a work apron and a pair of goggles on his head- his usual for working on photos. As such his antennae are visible for once instead of being crammed under a hat. They flick and twitch with his expressions.]

So it looks like everyone had a pretty good trip. We made out okay even if I've gotta be kind of hush hush about the details, but what about everyone else? Got anything fun to share?

[It looks like he's about to say something else when there's the distinct sound of a door opening and a creaking of hinges. He jolts, antennae flicking straight up and he turns towards the hall he was standing near.]

Oi!

[Someone tried to go in the dark room again. The feed ends as he's running towards the source.]

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...Leavanny.

[ Natto's jaw is dropped open and his eyes are sparkling. He's focused on Hayato's....forehead. This is the first human he's seen besides Trainer to wear those eye-covering apparatuses. He wonders whether he could make them....fashionable. ]

[Blink. That sure is a pokemon. He is ...not sure what to respond with besides a wave and a smile. Such ...sparkling, though. He's not sure what he said to garner that kind of reaction.]

Hey there!

[But yep he does have goggles on his head.]

[ Natto points at the goggles and nods his approval. ] Van van. Leava van.

[ Some fiddling with the Warp Band, and he's panning the video around the Theater's costume room. He hasn't been working on costumes lately - the fabric has gone towards relief efforts - but there are still plenty of outfits in here. ] Leavanny!

[ ...he's being too obtuse, isn't he. ]

[Oh. Wow. Did they do all that??? He looks impressed. And ...was that pointing at him.]

[...He points at his goggles to ask.]

Oh- do you like these? Or are you pointing at the antennae.

[Sometimes he really did wish he could speak pokemon.]

Lea. [ Natto pulls two leaves out of seemingly nowhere and holds them up on his own head to mimic Hayato's lenses. It's always fun to meet a fellow Bug-type, of course, but this is the really exciting part. ]

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It would seem Refuge is host to a number of ruins underground, in addition to their city. They've been very well preserved, it makes me wonder what else might be hidden down there.

..Is everything all right?

[It takes him a minute to reply ...are there claw marks in his shirt now?]

Oh really? Kind of like the Old City here in Union, then. Interesting. I guess It's not too surprising to find remains of what this era's built over top.

[And he gives a sheepish laugh.]

Fine! I'm in the midst of developing some photos so I have to keep light out of the closet I've set everything up. Some of the pokemon around here have taken Do Not Enter as a challenge rather than a rule.

[ ..Oh dear. At least the tears aren't too long or deep, easily fixed with a dab bit of sewing. ]

The area had recently come to light, so to speak. It was a short distance from Refuge proper, and was very well preserved. I'm not a seeker, so I wouldn't be able to compare it to other ruins, but we found both the remnants of a small town and a factory.

[ And that was just for starters. ]

Have you tried explaining to them why they can't go in? Though, I admit, I don't know much about the process of photograpy - why is light bad for development?

I've ...tried. But some of them are very- ah. Headstrong, I've noticed. And I'm not about to chastise someone else's pokemon.

[A blink- and oh! Photography question. He grins.]

To put it easy terms, light is both what makes photos and destroys them. In order to project the negatives onto the photopaper they have to be exposed to some kind of light to activate the silver salts in the paper, but if there's too much light, everything just fogs out, leaving a bleached looking photo. It's a very precarious balance.

So a small lamp with a red light would be what I would need to make photos, but say, if someone opened the closet door while I was working... [And he grimaces.]