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silentscales) wrote2014-09-22 09:24 pm
silentscales) wrote2014-09-22 09:24 pm
Act 9
[Snake seems to be setting the camera up to record in the main tent of the Circus, even though there are no shows set for this time slot. His Onix, Quincy, is the only pokèmon out at the time, and is waiting patiently in the ring.
Once the video is angled correctly Snake walks away from the camera. He has five pokèballs on his belt now, but it seems for once most of his pokèmon are inside their pokèballs.
He jumps onto Quincy's tail, and Quincy immediately rises and turns, seeming to be trying to attack Snake, but snake doges by jumping over to the next boulder that forms this snake's body, timed just as Quincy raises his tail to try to get Snake.
The pair repeats this, moving up along Quincy's body until Quincy can't make a sharp enough turn to get his head to bite at Snake. It creates a fluid wave along the massive snake, and once the wave cannot continue, snake releases his two Sevipers, dancing away as they strike at his feet. Meanwhile Quincy raises and lowers his head, seeming to try to shake Snake off as his entire body keeps up the wave now.
He moves up two more boulders on Quincy's body and then releases his Ekans onto his shoulders, winding his arms so the Ekans cannot get a good angle to strike from. This twisting dance lasts until he makes it to Quincy's head, where Snake releases a Dratini, Zola, that immediately uses Double Team just before moving into using Dragon Dance around Snake and his other pokèmon.
The little dragon flies around them as she dances, and with her dance the whole group keeps turning to watch her. Quincy slowly lowers his head more and more, making the waving motion less and less extreme as Zola keeps up her own hypnotic dance. At first it is chaos as they all seem to counter each other's movements, but the other pokèmon begin to sway and move with Zola's dance more, and Snake fits his movements so that he becomes an extension of the snakes around him.
Finally Quincy rests his head on the floor, and Snake jumps off with a spin. He then throws his pokèballs into the air to recall each pokemon in a simplified juggle. At the pokèball's highest point one pokèmon is returned, and the next pokèball is tossed into the air as the prior is shifted to his other hand and put back onto his belt. First the Ekans, then the Sevipers, then Quincy, and finally Zola. The dance was fairly smooth, but a trained eye could notice some imperfections along the way, but most of them minor details.
He takes a deep breath and then releases all of them again. They all move in around him. nuzzling themselves against their trainer. Quincy knocks over Snake, and his sevipers take the chance to get on top of him so he could no longer escape the cuddle attack.
Snake finally manages to escape and walks over to his 'gear and turns off the video, apparently not realizing he had broadcast the video, not just record it for the sake of more practice.
Once the video is angled correctly Snake walks away from the camera. He has five pokèballs on his belt now, but it seems for once most of his pokèmon are inside their pokèballs.
He jumps onto Quincy's tail, and Quincy immediately rises and turns, seeming to be trying to attack Snake, but snake doges by jumping over to the next boulder that forms this snake's body, timed just as Quincy raises his tail to try to get Snake.
The pair repeats this, moving up along Quincy's body until Quincy can't make a sharp enough turn to get his head to bite at Snake. It creates a fluid wave along the massive snake, and once the wave cannot continue, snake releases his two Sevipers, dancing away as they strike at his feet. Meanwhile Quincy raises and lowers his head, seeming to try to shake Snake off as his entire body keeps up the wave now.
He moves up two more boulders on Quincy's body and then releases his Ekans onto his shoulders, winding his arms so the Ekans cannot get a good angle to strike from. This twisting dance lasts until he makes it to Quincy's head, where Snake releases a Dratini, Zola, that immediately uses Double Team just before moving into using Dragon Dance around Snake and his other pokèmon.
The little dragon flies around them as she dances, and with her dance the whole group keeps turning to watch her. Quincy slowly lowers his head more and more, making the waving motion less and less extreme as Zola keeps up her own hypnotic dance. At first it is chaos as they all seem to counter each other's movements, but the other pokèmon begin to sway and move with Zola's dance more, and Snake fits his movements so that he becomes an extension of the snakes around him.
Finally Quincy rests his head on the floor, and Snake jumps off with a spin. He then throws his pokèballs into the air to recall each pokemon in a simplified juggle. At the pokèball's highest point one pokèmon is returned, and the next pokèball is tossed into the air as the prior is shifted to his other hand and put back onto his belt. First the Ekans, then the Sevipers, then Quincy, and finally Zola. The dance was fairly smooth, but a trained eye could notice some imperfections along the way, but most of them minor details.
He takes a deep breath and then releases all of them again. They all move in around him. nuzzling themselves against their trainer. Quincy knocks over Snake, and his sevipers take the chance to get on top of him so he could no longer escape the cuddle attack.
Snake finally manages to escape and walks over to his 'gear and turns off the video, apparently not realizing he had broadcast the video, not just record it for the sake of more practice.
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[ holy clowns what an act— gamzee is too easily amazed, so he stares into the screen with glazed eyes and an expression that's nearly far away with how much he's been blown away.
there's a little guy in his lap, though— a scraggy with a painted face, who's trying his best to hide the awe in his glistening eyes. as an aspiring (break)dancer, the dragon dance was . . . wow, it was something. something that he liked so much, he wanted to learn a dance like that. it technically wasn't possible, but— he blurts out, then: ]
What kind of dance was that?! Tell me!!
[ he needed to know! ]
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Instead Quincy replies in pokèspeech,] We don't have a name for it yet! You can see it again when we start using it in the Circus!
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Where— When?!
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[ pb no . . . ]
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Very impressive! Never seen anyone able to do that.
And hey! You got a Dratini, huh?
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Her name is Zola, [and returns to his own voice,] says Quincy.
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I've never heard of these authors. What sort of books did they write?
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The authors write all kinds of things. A lot of them like to write about the supernatural and horror. I wish I could find some of their books here, says Gaskell.
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WHOOPS.] I-I see. I'm not exactly the same, but... I think I understand where you're coming from.
[...]
Ssssooooo... If you don't mind me asking, is that actually Gaskell, or do you kind of just... You know, sneak some of your thoughts in, too?
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The question caught Snake off guard. He actually looks surprised for a moment before turning away from the camera with an awkward blush. Nope, he's not answering that. At least not verbally.]
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Hey, it's okay. I just...you know, noticed you didn't, er, talk very much. Except to translate. But then, I guess if I could actually understand what dragons could say instead of just guessing, I'd talk for them a lot, too.
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[But maybe that was just because his own words had been ignored so much, when he was young.]
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After a few agonizing seconds Snake finally says something for himself, but it is quiet and restrained,] You should join Eve's Garden Circus.
... says Ruskin. [This time there's no voice that he put on the way he usually does.]
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[He doesn't believe it's Ruskin's thoughts, not even for a second. Which was nice! Just...awkward, because he wasn't really sure how to deal with this, now. Hiccup still wasn't comfortable with taking responsibilities onto himself, especially for things as unfamiliar to him as circus matters.]
Oh, trust me. I join the circus and suddenly the property damage bill doubles. I don't even know what I'd...do. [Other than fly dragons, but even the airshows back home were more Astrid's thing.] Tell you what, though. As long as things aren't as crazy next month? I'll come down for the show. I've been meaning to see what all goes on there, anyway.
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[Snake makes the tone teasing for the last point Ruskin makes,] If you have a talent, then you can be in the circus. Just don't do beast taming, or Beast might get upset, says Ruskin.