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[niepokonany]

[Feliks turns on the feed with a cheerful wave and an adjustment of his hair. From inside his coat, where she seems to have made her home, his baby Dratini gives a happy little peep of greeting.]

Hey! So like, I just wanted to let everyone know I'm totally gonna join this tournament thing, and I'm gonna rock it. My Pokémon friends and I are working on some sweet new moves this week, check us out!

[He angles the camera towards the clearing in the woods where he's set up camp. His Houndour, Emilia, is perhaps a little over-enthusiastically savaging a practice dummy, while Jadwiga the Ralts sits in a meditative stance, juggling rocks with her mind, and Krystyna the Vulpix works on her flames. He turns the camera back at himself.]

They're all pretty badass, so like, whoever's up against us should be ready!

[Something tugs at his sleeve, and when he turns to look at her, the camera gets bumped down enough to show Danuta the Mienfoo, looking unamused. Any Kindred Souls out there will hear her scolding Feliks for slacking off talking to his human friends; he doesn't speak Pokémon himself, but he laughs, scratching her ears.]

Okay, looks like I should get back to work, too! Ancient gods, you're so serious...

[He and his team are doing intensive training this week, but he'll get back to his replies when he can, or anyone passing through the woods can feel free to stumble in on them!]

Comments

[comparative_insanity]

[He's being incredibly dumb. He knows he is. It's just that handling stressful situations by smiling and pretending to thrive is so instinctive to him, he's not quite sure how to stop.]

[And, well... while his brain is screaming at him to stop and that this is a really bad idea, the rest of him is unfortunately ganging up on it and trying to metaphorically shove a rag in its mouth. The rest of him wants very much to be this close to Feliks, to lower his voice just a little bit, to brush his thumb against Feliks' cheek.]

Am I talking too much? Or are you just bored with this particular conversation, hmm~? [Someone, please stop him.]

[niepokonany]

[He's going to kiss him.]

[No! No kissing the friend! Bad boy, down!]

[Okay, what if he... Panics, instead? Because he can't breathe, and self-denial is hard, and everything is confusing him?]

[Ugh, no, panicking sucks! He forces a smile, trying very much to seem normal.]

Ahaha, no way! I just, like--I think I laced something a little too tight, it's kinda hard to breathe down here...

[comparative_insanity]

[Well, even in the middle of his own panic, it's not like Fai can't read the signs when they're that obvious. Ancient Gods, he totally overdid it, and now Feliks is uncomfortable and probably thinks he's really creepy and sleazy, right?]

[Now he leans away a bit and makes a little bit of distance between them, even if he's dying a bit inside at having to do it. But he's not going to stay when Feliks clearly finds it skeevy, because that's just wrong.]

Sorry, I- I must've been a bit heavy, huh? Are you feeling better?

[niepokonany]

[Fai, thinking you are creepy and skeezy is absolutely not the problem here.]

I--yeah, I'm totally fine anyway! But I can breathe a little more, thanks.

[He takes the opportunity to curl against Fai's leg, to show he doesn't want to chase him away or anything. It's just that his face is really nice, and it was too close to deal with!]