~05; action | video

[tinytactician]

[Action]

[Oh look, it's everyone's favorite earnest, well-meaning, kind-to-all-living-creatures blond kiddo, just chilling in the park with his Pokemon buddies...

...including the absolutely enormous Steelix who's dozing and giving out gravelly snores. In fact, Armin and his little Pokemon friends -- including Nim the Mareep baby and the just-recently-hatched Espurr baby who insists on being held at all moments -- are sitting on top of Gertrude-the-Steelix's head. So anyone trying to approach...best tread lightly.

Armin is clearly in a mood.]

[Video]

[Not so much that he doesn't turn on his Warp Band and ask, shortly, with one of the most grim expressions he's ever worn:] Is anyone signing up for this Tournament?

[...the creepycute baby Espurr sort of ruins his brooding aura, tbh.]

Comments

[ video]

[tinytactician]

[Armin brightens a bit, waving at the Machop.] Hmmm...I like her hat?

-- oh, you meant about the names, didn't you?

[ video]

[makeitquick]

Yeah, that's what I meant.

[ The Machop, meanwhile, waves back a little. Hesitantly, like it didn't know waving was a thing ]

[ video]

[tinytactician]

[The hesitant Machop wave is met with the happiest face ever.]

Hmmm...I have lots of name ideas, but all my friends say they're weird.

[ video]

[makeitquick]

Well if they're no good, I'll refuse them, and it's no harm done. Shoot.

[ video]

[tinytactician]

I've always been partial to "Hepzibah". Or "Coquette".

1/2

[makeitquick]

[ video]

[makeitquick]

Yeah, pass. On both of those.

[ video]

[tinytactician]

[HEAVIEST OF SIGHS.] See? I told you.

[ video]

[makeitquick]

[ Pfft. ] Yeah, guess you did. So it's all on me.