kingofthetvworld | ★002 | VIDEO

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★002 | VIDEO | VIOLET CITY

[The video that shows up on the 'gear doesn't show much of anything at first. Just a normal room by the look of things, although at an angle that's rather low. Anyone with a good eye might be able to tell that this is actually one of the inn rooms over at Violet City. But, you know, details.

There's a few grumbles coming from the background as whoever is holding the gear begins to walk over to the room's closet area. There is no longer any doubt, this recording is on purpose and whoever is shooting this little homemade video WANTS people to see this. And it's...

...just Teddie, sleeping in the closet. By the look of things, he's gathered up the blankets and a few pillows from off the bed and made a little den for himself. Curled up with him is his cubchoo, of course, as well as an adorable teddiursa. It's pretty much a bear cuddle pile going on here, but why the need to record it? Soon enough, the mysterious video shooter makes herself known as she takes the gear and turns it on herself. It's Teddie's pancham, who looks none too pleased. She stares directly into the feed, shaking her head in a manner that reads "Can you believe this shit?"

Well, not wasting anymore time, she turns the feed back onto her trainer and proceeds to do the only reasonable thing she can think of. She begins to pelt him with the remaining pillows.]

GAAAAH!! NO, STOP!!

[Obviously started, Teddie bolts up and begins to scramble out of the closet on all fours, his cubchoo following suit. It's only his teddiursa who doesn't react immediately, smacking her lips and rubbing her eyes as she sleepily watches her trainer get chased by a small pancham in their tiny inn room. By now, said pancham has left the pokegear on the floor as she's taken up the full time job of chasing her supposed "trainer." Only quick glances of her, Teddie, and his equally panicked starter can be seen running back and forth as pillows fly across the room, cries for help echoing throughout the place.

This gives ample time for the teddiursa to lazily pick up the gear herself, stare into it like nothing's wrong, and give a friendly wave to what she can only assume is an audience. She then begins to turn it off, but not before Teddie's voice can be heard, shouting something along the lines of "NO, NOT THE LAMP!"

Well...hopefully no one else was trying to sleep.]

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[...THIS DOES NOT SEEM AT ALL OKAY, UM.

Not sure what else to do, Kaneki turns his attention to the Teddiursa, taking a small step back to give her some room.]

Is...is everything okay in there?

[He cranes his neck a little to try to see if he can see past the crack in the door while Rikki does the same, snarling softly in the back of her throat. If anything unwelcome comes out of that door, she will have no problems with jumping onto its face and giving it what for.]

[The teddiursa takes a minute, tapping her chin as she thinks about it. After a good second of...that, she gives Kaneki a reassuring thumbs- erm...claw up. Yup, just business as usual. The not-so-reassuring "OW OW OW" in the background probably doesn't help, but she seems to be ignoring it, if that smile on her face is anything to go by.

If anyone does manage to see anything through that door, they might be able to see Teddie on the floor, wrestling with his pancham as he tries to hold her away from himself. Rosa has taken to flailing her arms at him at this point, her supplies of pillows finally running out. Cho can only watch helplessly as she cries out to the both of them, hoping for SOMETHING to calm them down. Oh the woes of being a trainer. ...When you're not even actually a trainer. What does this have to do with breeding?!]

[Honestly, he isn't sure what to...do. Kaneki looks up and down the hallway fretfully, lifting a hand to run his fingers through his hair. He can't quite see what's happening in there, but it doesn't sound good. It could be a couple having an argument or something, meaning it's not really his business and he shouldn't get involved...

He looks down at the Teddiursa again, clearly at a loss.]

Are you sure? It sounds like someone needs help in there...

[She looks confused for a second there, honestly not sure how her flawless reassuring didn't reassure him. But she nods again, like it's no big deal, she seriously can't stress how much no one should care about any of this.

But before anyone gets a chance to question her again, the pancham that started it all begins to march out of the door. Her breathing his hard, like she's in a constant state of HUFF, but it's probably better than a constant state of punching. Following behind her is a very defeated looking, very tired Teddie. He looks absolutely exhausted, his posture sloppy as he's practically hanging over while he walks.]

Let's just get this over with already. I'm- [yaaaaaawn] runnin' on empty here!

[He doesn't even notice anyone's in the hall, probably because his eyes are barely open. Sleepy bear is sleepy.]

[A...Pokemon? He looks down as the Pancham suddenly walks out, hearing a faint yawn in his ear as Hide finally starts to wake up a little, though he's still sitting on Kaneki's shoulder with his paws buried in his trainer's hair.

And then he sees Teddie. It doesn't...look like he's hurt or anything, just tired. It's clearer now that the ruckus must have been mostly the Pokemon, but he doesn't have much chance to feel embarrassed about it, not with a very angry bear tromping near his feet.]

Ah, um...hello?

GAH!!

[Not expecting to hear a voice, Teddie jumps, almost tripping over his own pokemon. Thankfully for everyone, he manages to catch himself before any damage takes place, staring at Kaneki like he's some sort of ghost. Well, that's one way to wake yourself up.]

I mean...GAH-llo! Hehe...

[Nailed it.]

Boy, this is embearassing...

[...okay, now this is just awkward for everyone involved. Kaneki's concerned expression shifts to something a bit more sheepish as his hand wanders to his chin, nervously touching his face.]

I'm sorry...I heard shouting, so I thought something was happening. ...Are you alright?

Huh? Don't be silly, everything's fiiiine! I don't think I've ever been finer, nothing like a well deserved wake-up call, r-right?

[Teddie was never good at lying, but he tries his best as he forces himself to laugh. Why would anyone ever think that anything was the matter~? Of course, laughing isn't training and Rosa begins to grow impatient, punching her trainer right in the leg.

This is enough to cause Teddie to collapse, as he continues to force himself to laugh. If...not a bit weaker. He really liked that leg, thanks.]

I-I could do this for hours...haha...ow...

[NOTHING MORE FUN THAN BEING A POKEMON TRAINER.]

Wh- hey...

[Kaneki's attention shifts suddenly from Teddie to the Pancham who just punched him in the leg. He has...some experience with his Pokemon beating up on him a little, unintentional or otherwise. It doesn't happen too often, but Angmar bites everything, Rikki doesn't know her own strength, and...okay maybe it does happen a bit more than he realizes.

Either way, he crouches down slightly to look at the bear, resting one arm on his knee.]

Why are you hitting him?

[Rosa seems far too eager to explain just why she hit him, spouting a rant in the usual poke-speak everyone has become accustomed to, waving her arms in the air wildly. Her outburst, however, is interrupted when Cho finally steps in, placing her paw over Rosa's mouth. Shhh, it's quiet time now.

Teddie gets back up, understandably wobbly, and gives an annoyed sigh. Despite everything, he acts like this is just one huge inconvenience, rather than the spectacle he and his pokemon made it be.]

She's just all mad 'cause I said we'd do more training today. It's not my fault I got tired and wanted to take a nap first, yeesh!

[A nap. At night. Nope, that sounds reasonable. There's no way Teddie was trying to weasel his way out of his training obligations.]

...Oh.

[Now he gets why that aggression is so familiar, because his reminder of that is currently huffing a little in his ear, still agitated about being woken up.]

Rikki likes to train too. I have a few Pokemon who do, actually...but maybe that could wait for the morning? It's pretty late.

[That last bit is said more to Rosa than to Teddie because girl people were trying to sleep.]

[Rosa's jaw drops at the dismissal of her VERY IMPORTANT needs. How dare some...random nobody just tell her to wait until morning. She waited all day, what makes him think Teddie won't leave her hanging again?!]

Boy, I wish!

[As much as Teddie would love to sleep right now, he's not sure that's a possibility. Not at the moment, at least.]

But there's no way she's gonna let me sleep, not with all that energy.

[What even is a pokeball?]

[That's the problem- Kaneki doesn't realize that Teddie blew her off. He just thinks she's a little over excited and forgot that nighttime is usually for sleeping.]

Mm...are you going to really train now, then?

I don't wanna, but I don't have much of a choice here. She's only happy if she gets to beat up other pojomon.

[Which he still doesn't understand, but oh well.]

She'll definitely let me sleep once she does, I just don't want to go outside! It's dark.

[Suddenly, the Zangoose on Kaneki's shoulder perks, causing him to look over at her. She's staring down at the Pancham with interest now, her ears lifted and her tail flicking back and forth slightly.

...he knows that look, and it causes him to stiffen and shake his head a little. He's seen it hundreds of times by now.]

R-Rikki-? No...come on, we...we need to go back to bed...weren't you the one angry about being woken up just now?...

[Oh, she was.

Now she wants to show the little bear who woke her up why she should not have done that.]

...I don't get it.

[Is Teddie's much needed opinion on the situation, surely to stay in the minds of everyone everywhere for generations to come. That is the angriest, fattest cat he's ever seen. ...So maybe it's hungry.

Rosa, however, does not skip a beat and proceeds to crack her knuckles, a growl coming from under her breath. She doesn't care who woke up, as long as she gets what she wanted. And right now? She wants to punch something.]

She...she wants to battle.

[He sighs, running a hand down the side of his face. Can't they just go back to bed...]

Huh? Really?! ...That's so weird, usually we just go and punch the animals outside. We never fought someone else's poko bearfore...

[But his pancham seems determined and stands right in front of her trainer, a fire burning in her eyes. Level 100 vs 10, seems fair enough. No one will break any bones or anything, perfectly safe.]

[He nods, already looking defeated. Not because he thinks he might lose...but because he knows he doesn't really have much say in this. That, and Rikki isn't at all the type to hold back. Level 80 vs level 10 is just as bad...]

We really don't have to, if you don't want to. But I'm not sure if she's going to take no for an answer...

Now now, no need to be a big quitter about it. You never know 'til you try!

[Which says a lot for Teddie, he seems to be putting in a lot of effort just to get out of this. I mean, it's effort put in just so he can go back to sleep, but effort nonetheless. That's more than usual.

Walking over just a little bit closer, Teddie points at Rikki and attempts the sternest voice he can muster. Which...this being Teddie, isn't very stern at all.]

Ahem. NO!

[See? Easy.]

[The Zangoose doesn't move, her gaze narrowing. Kaneki stiffens slightly when she suddenly rises up a little, leaning forward-

...and he just barely jumps back in time before she snaps at his finger, her jaw closing audibly on thin air as he jerks her off of his shoulder and into his arms.]

Rikki!

[She lets out an angry hiss, struggling in her trainer's arms like...well, the fattest, angriest cat in the world, her tail lashing. Kaneki shoots Teddie an apologetic look, shaking his head a little.]

I-...I'm sorry, she...she really doesn't like strangers...

[Teddie's hands find themselves on his hips. More like rudest cat, am I right? At the very least, he doesn't seem too mad. Just...slightly annoyed by such poor manners.]

Oh, so now she's sayin' I'm strange, huh?

[To defend her strange trainer's honor, Rosa stands in front of him, chest puffed. Stall all you want, but now she has to make this happen. No one gets to bite him except her, understand?!]

[He doesn't really know what to say, on top of being preoccupied with keeping his starter from leaping out of his arms. Eventually, he manages to get her to stop struggling long enough to reply.]

She's just...protective.

[Hissssssss.]

...very protective.

It sounds more like she sprung a leak.

[Gross.]

If she stops being a crabby pants for two seconds, she can help me train Rosa-chan and then I can finally call it a night. But if not, I really gotta go, or else I'm never gonna get some shut eye.

[Kaneki hesitates just long enough for Rikki to start wiggling in his arms again, prompting him to finally drop her to the floor. Instead of charging for the Pancham, though, she instead turns her head up, flicks her bushy tail, and starts trotting down the hallway to the side door that leads outside. She may be eager to battle, but she knows enough not to start a fight indoors. Not after all of the property damage Kaneki has had to pay for re: his Zweilous.]

Okay. We might as well.

[He gently peels Hide from the side of his head, setting him down on the floor and whispering for him to head on back to bed. While watching Rikki battle is always fun, the Smeargle's struggling to keep his eyes open, so after offering Teddie and his Pokemon a sleepy wave goodbye, he toddles back into the hotel room.]

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