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]

[...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.

[superordinary]

They'd probably drink up all your blood in one gulp... [ He shudders at the thought. ]

...Hey, Alice-san, do you ever miss things like normal-sized bugs? I mean, not necessarily bugs, but... little things from your world that don't exist here.

[nostabbing]

...

[ :|a ]

I miss art. Like the famous kind of art, and artifacts and jewels and stuff. They don't really have those here.

[superordinary]

Ah, you mean like stuff you find at museums?

[ PARKER ARE YOU ACTUALLY A CULTURED PERSON. ]

[nostabbing]

Yeah! Sculptures and paintings and artifacts and that kind of thing. 17th century Russian icons. Egyptian statues. Stuff that was buried in caskets for a million years. All that stuff.

[...well, as cultured as it takes to steal it...]

[superordinary]

I didn't know you liked that stuff. Did you go to museums a lot?

[nostabbing]

Sometimes! Usually to look at the security systems. See, a lot of places are still using the older-model Glenn-Reider 1135 Mark I, which isn't bad as far as garden-variety intrusion protection goes, but the problem with the 1135 system is that it's a manned system so you have to rely on human error for at least some of the surveillance, which means you have minute security holes during changings of the guard, bathroom breaks, stuff like that.

The really expensive stuff, though, the museums with better funding are putting in the Glenn-Reider 1185, which can do dual manual surveillance or fully automated, and with that one you can also get the option on pressure floors which is good for a lot of the more miniature stuff that's at a higher risk for a smash and grab.

[superordinary]

[ ..................... ]

...What?

[nostabbing]

...

What?

[superordinary]

People don't visit museums to look at security systems, Alice-san.

[ He knows you're a quirky blonde foreigner but come on, what the hell is this. ]

[nostabbing]

...

You mean "normal" people don't. Right?

[superordinary]

Y-yeah-- Um, I'm not implying that you're a weirdo or anything. Just...kind of different?

[nostabbing]

How is "different" any less bad than "weirdo", though?

[superordinary]

I didn't say it's bad, though... You kind of remind me of Ishimaru-kun sometimes? I don't always understand what's going on in his head but he's a good guy, and one of my best friends.

[nostabbing]

Oh. Yeah, he's...we're like that. I dunno, I mean, I guess we're not really that much alike in what we do and stuff, but we think alike.

I mean, he's the best at high school and I never went like you guys did, so.

[superordinary]

You never went to high school, Alice-san?

[nostabbing]

...No, I had, um.

[...]

Tutors. Private...instruction. In stuff.