7th rebuttal; video/action for goldenrod

[superordinary]

(VIDEO)
[ For once, Naegi's trademark hoodie is nowhere to be seen. This is worth mentioning because he is a person who is willing to lie about the hoodie doubling as a safety helmet just to keep Ishimaru from taking it. But there are days when it's too hot to be wearing a hoodie and today is one of those days.

...Which is why he's wearing an abomination of a short-sleeved hoodie instead. Because that's how this protagonist rolls. Judging from the background of the video, he's somewhere in a park and the BGM is a giveaway that said park is in Goldenrod. ]

...You know, there's one thing I've been wondering for a while. I've never been to the cave since it's over in Kanto and I haven't even seen one for myself, so...

[ Pause. ]

What does the rest of a Diglett's body look like? You only ever see the head, but there has to be something hidden beneath the ground.

[ Naegi asks the most important questions, apparently. It's one of those things that suddenly occurred to him and it refused to leave him alone, hence why he's asking the network. ]

(ACTION)
[ Anyone who happens to be out and about in Goldenrod might find him in the aforementioned park, where he's currently training his Scolipede to catch a frisbee. So don't be surprised if you see a giant murderbug go after a flying disc at speeds you wouldn't expect from something so bulky. Sometimes she misses her target but when she does manage to catch it... well, she basically does this (pretend it's not a shiny, okay) and looks pleased as hell.

If you need some sort of hook, maybe said frisbee is about to hit your character in the head. c: ]

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[nostabbing]

Cool!

[But then she remembers.]

Just don't train her with food, though. We don't train with food. Ever.

[superordinary]

...Why not?

[nostabbing]

Oh, I...um. I kinda...trained the Eevees with food once and accidentally taught them to steal it.

So then Ishimaru said I had to un-train them back out of it again.

[superordinary]

...Oh. [ Alice-san, why. ]

Was it difficult?

[nostabbing]

No, I think I fixed it. They don't do it anymore, anyway.

[She fidgets a little bit.]

Can I throw the thing?

[superordinary]

Sure thing, Alice-san.

[ The Scolipede just returned with the frisbee, which she once again drops on the ground near Naegi. ]

Did you know that Scolipede's the largest known Bug-type Pokémon?

[nostabbing]

[A little tentative, she picks it up and regards it before giving it a toss; her stance is pretty poor, like she's never really tried throwing one before, but it sails a short way with a small modicum of success.]

Uh-uh. I mean, I can see why, though, it's huge. You could probably joust a guy on that thing, you know?

[superordinary]

[ Once again, Tomoyo runs off after it but doesn't manage to catch it this time. Close, but no cigar. ]

Yeah, you could do that...

[ ... ]

...You know, it's a good thing this world doesn't have Pokémon mosquitoes.

[nostabbing]

[She frowns, figuring the lack of a catch was probably her fault, and not the Scolipede's.]

They'd probably drain you dry from all the bloodsucking, right?

[...]

They have vampire bat Pokemon, though. Maybe they have mosquitoes and we've just never seen them yet.

[superordinary]

[ Tomoyo's antennae droop in disappointment as she picks up the frisbee and returns it, while somehow managing to look like a kicked puppy. ]

At least the vampire bats tend to stay in the caves most of the time... Maybe mosquitoes will show up one day like the Bloobers did?

[nostabbing]

[Oh nooooo and now she feels super bad.]

That would be terrible. We'd need industrial strength bug spray. — Mosquito spray! Not for bugs. Just mosquitoes.

[She casts Naegi a semi-desperate look, and whispers urgently:]

Did I make your mammoth bug feel bad?

[superordinary]

N-No, you didn't! ...Right, Tomoyo-chan?

[ Yep, we're breaking out the cute honorifics here. The Scolipede just looks at the two, not entirely sure how to respond to that, its antennae perking back up again. ]

[nostabbing]

...What's "chan"? Is that like Jackie Chan?

[Presumably Parker has never heard that particular honorific before, or if she has she never really paid attention to it.]

[superordinary]

[ Parker, as a honorary Dangan you should know this already. ]

...No, it's an honorific. You use it to express endearment.

[nostabbing]

[HONORIFICS! Yes, okay. Not ritual suicide. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT RITUAL SUICIDE. Okay. Okay.]

Oh. Oh.

[You can almost see the recognition snap into place, as the statement "Tomoyo Chan" abruptly gains a hyphen and a lowercase letter in her mind's eye.]

So..."san" is respect and "kun" is...I guess like "friend", sorta. And then "chan" is..."I like you"?

[superordinary]

Kinda! Generally, you use it for girls, animals and young children.

[ Okay, honorifics are more complicated than that but since she's American she gets the short version. ]

[nostabbing]

[...At least he just saved Ishimaru from being "Ishimaru-chan" the next time Parker saw him.]

...What about the one that Hagakure calls me? Alice-chi. What does that one mean?

[superordinary]

Ah, that one's used to give somebody a nickname. It's pretty informal.

[ THAT'S WHAT GOOGLE TELLS ME, ANYWAY. ]

[nostabbing]

Oh. Cool.

[ c: ]

You're really smart, Makoto.

[superordinary]

...Huh? W-What makes you say that?

[nostabbing]

Well...you know a bunch of stuff that I don't know. And you're good at teaching it.

[superordinary]

U-um... I don't think knowing about honorifics makes me smart. I'm Japanese, remember?

[nostabbing]

Oh. Well, yeah, I mean. Yeah. Obviously.

[She kind of stops a minute, mentally regrouping; evidently there's something she's trying really hard at here, even if she's not giving up what it is.

But alas, in the end it doesn't take.]

So. Mosquitoes. Sure am glad we don't have any of those around here, yeah.

[superordinary]

[ Naegi probably noticed that, but he doesn't comment on it. ]

Can you imagine one the size of a Beedrill? A Pokémon mosquito would be completely terrifying. And you wouldn't even be able to swat it.

[nostabbing]

Yeah, and with that big old proboscis. Eugh.