[Video 03/Action]

[seasaltkey]

[The blond pops up on the screen with a background that is clearly not anywhere in Kanto. Heck, to the trained eye it's clearly Goldenrod. The Goldenrod Department store roof to be exact. Of course he'd find the tallest building in the entire place before anywhere useful, like a hotel.]

I got a question!

[He adjusts the screen as something off screen gets his attention.]

We can do that later, Demyx. [Attention back to the viewer.]

Are you supposed to tell people before or the day of that it's your birthday? Because I forgot to do it before leaving! I picked today! Sorry, Naminé and Xion. I was gonna tell you! I swear!

[His gaze drifts off of the screen before flicking back to the feed.]

Oh yeah! Where's the best place to take bird Pokémon in Goldenrod?


[ACTION]

[Roxas turned off the feed and stood there watching the sky for a while. Goldenrod wasn't as nice with the circus not in full swing. That had been fun. Maybe he could find something just as fun for his self-made birthday. Rin wouldn't be here for another week at least, so Roxas will take his time exploring.

He tells his Pokémon not to fly off too much in case he needs them, heading down to the bottom floor of the store to exit. Maybe he could find that Honeyed Soul place and get something sweet for himself. You're supposed to have cake, right?]

I don't know what a Honeyed Soul is supposed to look like...

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[Video]

[wing_attack]

I - uh. Thanks?

[It's still weird to hear stuff like that.]

I just... really like birds. I was one at home... most of the time.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

[he goes quiet for a moment.]

So... you're not human, either? Or... were you just able to change?

[Video]

[wing_attack]

I was born human. But we got the power to change into animals. There was a time limit. I went over the time limit and got stuck as a hawk. ... I got the power back later, but hawk was my 'normal' form after that.

[He's got the speech down by now.]

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

Oh...

[That's different from his situation. He doesn't know if he should feel jealous or not.]

So you were born human. I guess that makes us different.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Does it? ... It doesn't really make much difference what you were born as. One of my best friends is an alien. We might come from different places, but we work together just fine.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

You know an alien?

[If that's not weird to Tobias....]

... I wasn't human till I got here.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

I know a bunch of aliens.

[... Huh. He nods at that.]

Yeah, people get turned human when they get here. ... Maybe it's so people don't mistake them for Pokemon.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

What are they like?

[He looks thoughtful for a moment.]

Maybe... I just know I like being a normal human.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Well... some of them are really advanced - they're the race that gave us the morphing technology. They have a lot of warriors as part of their culture... but the one I spent the most time with is basically just a teenager like the rest of us. He had trouble adjusting for a long time and he still had some trouble after that, but without that he's... pretty normal. He likes sweets, and terrible TV, and he likes learning, and he's loyal to his friends.

There's some aliens I know that are... big, but not usually at the same level of human intelligence. They're a little hard to deal with sometimes, but you just have to keep trying. But they're peaceful as much as possible despite looking scary, and they're generous and are good at defending people who need help.

... And then there's some other aliens I know. I guess individually they might not be so bad, and I kind of understand why they do what they do, but... they take people over. They go into their brains and you'd never even know. They try to infest more and more people so they can take over the world, and... it's... well. We won the war at home, but it was... bad. They're also more advanced, and for a long time it was just six of us fighting them.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

Whoa. I didn't know aliens could be like that. The books here only have little green guys in them with big black eyes. They don't look too scary. I don't know what probing is, but that doesn't sound fun.

So you're friends are like you, too?

[Video]

[wing_attack]

... No, I don't think it is.

And yeah, they are. Except they're human most of the time... except Ax.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

Have your friends ever shown up here?

[He's gonna keep asking questions as long as you let him.]

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Only... really briefly. There's these weekends where people show up and disappear, and people get powers back, and a lot of weird stuff happens. But they didn't stay more than that, though.

... I was asleep the last time it happened, I guess. People fall asleep for a week or so at a time sometimes, and when that happens they go home for a while before being dragged back here.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

I saw a lot of weird things happen that weekend!

... I have a friend who was asleep for a year. I think he's got you beat.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Oh, were you here? I didn't realize that.

[He laughs a little bit.]

Yeah, okay. Point.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

I got here right before it. Like a week or maybe two.

[He rubs the back of his neck, feeling awkward now.]

I wouldn't wanna sleep that long.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

I wouldn't either. The world can change a lot in a week - a year would be way too much.

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

I should ask him about it. Maybe he had weird dreams!

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Maybe. Let me know what he says?

[Video]

[seasaltkey]

I will!

Thanks.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

No problem.