codeforhope | 004

[Appearing on the network this morning is a video live from the Dangan House, where things have...certainly happened. Chihiro stands in the center of his bedroom facing the camera with three eggs cradled in his arms of different colors. He seems to be alright, though rather flustered...and it's easy to see why. A Flareon lies on the bed next to a Persian with several eggs between them. Across the room, a Meganium has the edge of a towel in her mouth, fussing over getting it draped over one of the eggs.

Standing next to Chihiro is a Leavanny with an egg held carefully in her arms, watching the screen with a happy smile. All in all, if someone cares to count the eggs filling the room, they will find twenty in all.]

U-um....good morning.

[MISTAKES WERE MADE.]

Would...would anyone be interested in taking care of an egg? I can send a list of what I have, and their moves...

[The Leavanny gently places the egg in her arms on the bed between the Flareon's paws before stepping back over to Chihiro, relieving him of one of the eggs with a cheerful, "Lea! Leavanny!"]

They won't cost much...I-I trust that whoever gets one would take good care of them.

I just...have too many. I hope I can find them all good homes..

[He frets to himself as he looks down at the two eggs in his arms, one tawny and brown, the other plain white. The feed cuts as the Leavanny takes another egg from Chihiro before taking him by the hand, leading him back over to the bedside to check on the rest of the eggs.]

((OOC: There are still some eggs available HERE if anyone's interested!))

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Of course. I will have the egg sent right away.

[As soon as he gets a little more....organized. There are literally eggs everywhere.]

Awesome. [And then, because she remembers that she probably should -- ] Hey, I'm Vanellope, by the way. What's your name?

Oh- I'm sorry. My name is Chihiro Fujisaki.

It's nice to meet you, Vanellope-san.

Nice t'meet you, too!

[Been a while since she's thought about honorifics. Translation and dubbing was fun.]

Sooooo... Were you trying to get a lot of eggs, or did they all just decide to spring this on you for fun? My pokemon've never made eggs before.

Well I....I was trying to get some eggs, just not...so many of them.

[He expected maybe two or three at best per 'mon, not like FIVE OR SIX.]

[She shrugs cheerfully.]

Least you know now, huh? You can be more prepared for the future. Y'think this is gonna be a regular thing you'll do?

Oh yes. I want to continue breeding as much as I can.

[He glances over at a cluster of white eggs sitting on his bed.]

Porygon, if nothing else. They're...very interesting Pokemon.

Are they?

[Admittedly, she hadn't looked too closely at the blocky pokemon, especially after inspecting Meowth.]

Like, more interesting than electric moneycats? What do they do?

Well, um...they are man-made, for one thing. They can enter electronic devices, like PokeGears.

[She straightens a tiny bit, losing a little of that easy lilt in her voice.]

Man-made, like...coded? [Ralph had been sucked into the network, during those strange glitch days...] So are they like game characters, or something?

Mmm...I'm not sure if that's quite the right word for it....but in a way, I suppose they can be. Though they have the ability to influence whatever they are in, and actually use it.

My..my Porygon sends text messages sometimes.

[Most of the time when they aren't wanted, mind.]

[Right. She reminds herself again that everyone else thought of game characters differently, having forgot that they were some themselves. They weren't supposed to have minds of their own, as...weird as that was to try and wrap her head around.]

Really? That's pretty cool. And the texts are in people-words, instead of how pokemon talk?

[He nods.]

They are a bit stilted and simple at times, but they are highly intelligent and seem to learn very rapidly.

Huh.

[There's a thoughtful pause as she scratches behind Taffy's ear. They certainly did seem interesting, as promised...]

Y'think next time you get some of those eggs, I could buy one?

Of course. I'll remember to save you one of them, next time.

[And hopefully he'll be trying again soon...with a bit less of an egg explosion.]

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