[Video/Action for Violet City]

[yoctogram]

[The video is a little shaky for a moment, then settles down. There is a small pile of clothing in the middle of the street on top of the burnt remnants of the bed that Belphe's Snorlax busted, safely away from everything else, and encircled by five out of Sho's six pokemon. Sho, himself, is also visible with his black hand counting out beats before the Flareon gets pointed at.]

[He gleefully sets the pile of clothing on fire, which leads to the rest of the team; two Eevees, a Liepard in a black hat, a pissy looking Luxray, and the Flareon hopping back into position, beginning a backwards and forwards moving circle dance around the cheerfully burning clothing.]

[Sho is cackling like the madman that he really is and calling the count of the dance. The sharp of eye may have noticed, before the clothing went up, that it was all very distressingly boring, female clothing.]

Comments

[yoctogram]

[Ya get called a lunatic often enough and it just...sort of starts to go past you.]

...I thought that was setting a house on fire.

[yoctogram]

Burning Bell's ugly clothing!

[er. duh? Yeah, not so much Sho. Not...not so much.]

[yoctogram]

Bell is a very ...

[polite word for dowdy, poliiiiiiiiiiiite word for dowdy]

practical person.

[artofthestress]

Hmm. Well, there are ponies who simply can't be bothered to habille themselves in a fashionable manner, I suppose. Applejack's on the farm so much that she hardly notices. But that doesn't excuse that sort of nonsense you've got burning there! None if it makes any sense!

[lieutenantantichrist]

It's setting anything on fire!

[Blake's eyes dart around for a fire hydrant or something, but it looks like this goddamn insane world isn't up to code- wait, this goddamn insane world has other things instead.]

[He pulls out a pokeball and calls out his Octillery]

All right, squid, make yourself useful and play firehose!

[Rachel isn't thrilled about that phrasing, but she aims a lazy stream of water at the fire anyway. Don't say she never did anything for you.]

[justanexpression]

[He doesn't even KNOW this 'Bell' and he's still pretty sure this doesn't sound like the best idea.]

So...

You've got an escape route planned, right?

[believeit]

Who's Bell?

[yoctogram]

The person who apologised when you said you didn't like maths.

[He hasn't forgiven you for that.]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry has no idea what to do with the information he's just been given.]}

...I don't know. that's why I was concerned. Uh. Carry on.

[yoctogram]

[This is not an uncommon reaction when faced with the extreme specialness that is Sho.]

Of course I will, hectopascal.

[believeit]

plenty of people don't like maths, it's boring. No need to get in a mood 'cause of it.

[yoctogram]

...

[There is a long, long look. Just. Look.]

You are too zetta stupid to be worth trying to explain to.

[believeit]

Oi, I'm not zetta-stupid! I mean stupid!! Shut up.

[Action] 1/4

[belphe]

[She'd heard the chatter regarding a fire and terrible taste over her gear for the last span of time, but largely ignored it due to work. It's not until she hears Sho mention her by name to someone else that she finally takes enough interest to investigate]

[Action] 2/4

[belphe]

[Wait a minute, is that her--]

[Action] 3/4

[belphe]

[...w-what the HELL?!]

[Action] 4/4

[belphe]

[Her work at the pokemon center forgotten, she practically blitzes outside, flat-out running across the way back to the inn at the site of the burning clothes and the spectacle the pokemon are putting on]

SHO!!!

[yoctogram]

Why would I need one?

[Total. Confusion.]

[yoctogram]

[Well. The Flareon looks miserable, the Luxray...continues to look like it wants to shank everyone repeatedly so that's pretty normal, the Liepard managed to dodge and the Eevees? They're just as happy to play in the water as they were to dance!]

[Sho, however, looks rather put out]

What was that for? The fire was under control, you zetta interfering yoctogram!

[yoctogram]

...Ponies?

[What? He missed something here...]

Bell is...Bell.

[yoctogram]

[This face? This is NOT A GUILT FACE. This is a does-not-see-why-he-should-feel-guilty-face.]

[Those Pokemon? THEY have guilt faces.]

[belphe]

[As well they should. It's a rare moment to see Belphe well-and-truly pissed, but congratulations, Sho and company, you've managed it nicely.]

What do you think you're doing?!

[yoctogram]

Encouraging you to wear better clothing.

[Because, seriously. He has bought you an entire wardrobe of awesome clothing!]

[belphe]

[Not that she can tell. From her standpoint it looks very much like he went through her luggage, grabbed up all of her clothes, and threw them on a fire. A fact that's only making her even more furious the longer she lets it sink in.

Her teeth grit as her head bows, bangs curtaining her eyes dangerously]

...kill you...

[yoctogram]

[He has a faintly baffled expression that would fit better on a dog than on, well. Sho. That okay, you're upset. I get that. You're...upset at me. Why? What did I do? expression.]