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[corporal]

( The first image on the screen when it lights up with activity is the ever-gazing, wide eyes of a relatively expressionless Espurr. It's definitely unsettling. As the frame pans out, one can see Levi in the background—seated on a couch—and it becomes obvious that the aforementioned Espurr is the one who's not only turned on Levi's PokéGear, but is moving it as well.

A beeping from the device is what gets Levi's attention; Espurr is silent, something he's thankful for, although that only gives the Pokémon more unwarranted freedom. An impatient 'tch' is heard as Levi gets up from his spot and closes in on the frame to lift the device and take it into his own hands. His brow is furrowed, and he's about to shut off the feed before he realizes 'Well, this is as good an opportunity as any to take advantage of an audience.' ) Oi.

This one's fucked up. ( He gestures to the Espurr—still endlessly gazing, although its wide eyes have now focused on Levi, who'd stolen its toy. Who even does that? How do you know Espurr didn't have important shit to say?

Levi's expression, when he turns back to the camera, is a cross between a grimace and a sneer. ) It doesn't make any noise. It doesn't fucking blink. It just looks like this, all the time. Is this shit normal?

( After a second, Levi makes a sound like a sigh. ) But then it gets up to shit like this when I'm not looking. My other one doesn't do that. Is it bored? Am I not feeding it enough? Fuck.

( Narrowing his eyes a bit, Levi glances at the Espurr once more, then back at the camera as he holds his finger on the 'END' button. )

It's creepy as hell. ( Another 'tch' sound, then the feed shuts off. )

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[bertall]

<sub>[So, guess what Bertolt wasn't expecting when he settled in with his Tyrantrum? Hearing that voice. Sure, Bertolt knew he should be lucky to find another person from his world but he didn't expect it to be him. For a minute or two all he does is stare until the Tyrantrum nudges his hands with its snout, and he finally shakes his head and looks down at the gear. Alright, Bert. Deep breath...

And turn the video function on.]</sub>

...T-They all have different personalities.

_{[Stay calm. Maybe he doesn't know about what he really is.]}

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[corporal]

[ At this point, Levi had hardly expected to encounter anyone even vaguely familiar to him--because of that, it takes him an extra moment to register Bertolt's identity. Once he does, however, his eyes narrow slightly. Is he accusing? Annoyed? Confused? Who the fuck knows!! ]

You.

[ oh. Yeah, he knows. Granted, he was only present for the aftermath, but it doesn't take him too much Sherlockian investigation to manage the process of elimination. That said, he's not angry just disappointed. Not visibly so, at the very least. This shit is complicated; more complicated than he'd like to admit, and their present arrangement and location in Poke-land is enough to momentarily halt a great deal of his displeasure. ]

--I've learned as much. Still, I thought there'd be some overlap in the same species.

[ squint. ]

Why is yours huge?

[ o-oh. ]

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[bertall]

...I haven't found anything like that and I've got three of those. A-And five Bloo--Goomy.

<sub>[That are still stashed away in his box because they keep dripping goo on everything. Including his poor Ninetales and Arcanine.

Bertolt scratches the Tyrantrum under the chin, toying with the scruffy beard that fluffs out at the end. Maybe he'll have to try grooming this guy one of these days to see if it'll always be scruffy like this... Either way, it's a really good distraction and it calms him down enough to get his voice under control. He's far, far away from Levi (or so he hopes), so he's safe.

For now.]</sub>

And, um... He's big because he evolved. A-And he's a different kind, obviously...

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[corporal]

[ Levi is just taking in these Pokemon names like they're moonspeak, with a furrowed brow and a momentarily skeptical expression. Eventually he straightens himself up and makes an irritated sound. Meanwhile, Purrloin has entered the frame, although clearly only with the intention of investigating Bertolt. LEVI SURE SEEMS WEIRD ABOUT THIS GUY, NOT LIKE THE OTHERS. WHY IS LEVI BEIN A DICK? Purrloin has many questions... ]

Evolved. The fuck does that mean, evolved?

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[bertall]

<sub>[sweats.]

...Like, um... Getting older, I guess. Sort of like tadpoles and frogs?

[LOOK that's the easiest way he can explain it! It's pretty hard to give a good definition while he's being looked at like that!]</sub>

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[nvcr]

I'd cut it some slack if I were you.

[His own Espurr is sitting on his lap as he responds from a sofa in a Pokemon center somewhere, staring intently at the screen of the Gear as all Espurrs do.]

It's seen the future, and that future is the cosmic suffering of millions.

It has seen these things, but it cannot tell you anything that could lessen its burden. For to do so would be to plague you with something so great and terrible that to hear a single breath, a mere suggestion, of its screaming will toss you with leaden weights into a roiling sea of despair.

And so it stares. Waiting for something beautiful enough to make it forget.

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[corporal]

[ ooc: lmafljsdlkfj im still not over this tag it's so good ]

[ Levi seems momentarily intrigued, at least, in that someone else has the same species of creature. Good. Maybe.

Cecil's words, though, make Levi frown immensely. He narrows his eyes with conviction. ]

That seems pretty elaborate for what's essentially a terrifying house cat. [ levi u dont know shit stop pretending ]

[nvcr]

Hey, we're just sacks of blood and bone and meat, right?

[corporal]

I'd wager that our conscious thought gives us a bit of difference from sacks alone.

video; omg i forgot we have Levi, but I've only adored snk for 2 weeks now...

[goestoextremes]

They're all different. Maybe it wanted to have a staring contest with the network or something, who knows.

[Korra, you're not very helpful.]

video; aww YEAAHH omg i'm still relatively new so at least there's that!! snk<3

[corporal]

[ Hm. Hmm. He watches her for a few seconds, skeptical, before before responding. ]

You think it did this deliberately? It wasn't just fucking around?

[ oh god what if it does more shit deliberately

what if it watches levi while he sleeps...... ]

video; let me belatedly welcome you and ahh, snk is amazing!! i love just about everyone from it

[goestoextremes]

[Korra shrugs.]

It's possible. Sometimes they open a video on purpose, sometimes it's.... proooobably accidental.

[Wow, did you want a clear answer to that? Who even knows about how pokemon think.

Levi, it probably stares at you while you sleep!!]

video; ahh thank you!! and omg so do i ;-; sighs wistfullyyy r u readin it or watching?? :D

[corporal]

[ DISPLEASED and SUSPICIOUS ]

That was hardly helpful.

Or reassuring.

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[sharkfinned]

.... Yeah, this is pretty par for the course regarding Espurr's. It probably just wanted attention but the usual kind of creepy staring forever didn't get anything, so this is about as much acting up as it wanted.

That's just my guess though.

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[corporal]

[ Levi frowns intensely at that. ]

So it's like a child.

video; so sorry for the late

[sharkfinned]

Kind of, I'm not sure I'd go so far as a child verses a pet. Doing something it shouldn't for attention and just staring is also a cat thing, and they're cat-like enough.

video; that's okay!!

[corporal]

[ that gets a little smirk out of his frown. but only a little because he can't actually smile, fuck that ]

I guess you're right with that. As long as it isn't in my head, anyway.

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[red_roses]

[So many swears! But, she's uncannily good with Espurrs so...] U-Uhm...m-most Espurr are like that. Y-You have to be very patient with them..b-because they scare very easily....

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[corporal]

[ his frown lessens when he notes whom he's speaking to, although he still looks annoyed -- an unfortunate side-effect of his being levi. yeah, okay, he's not going to be an enormous asshole to someone who seems nervous. just his standard asshole-ishness in place

his eyes might even soften just slightly. he actually seems somewhat surprised at the information, then. ]

Do they? [ then he's glancing over at his Espurr; his eyes are still narrowed with skepticism, but his brow is furrowed in thought when he turns back to the screen. ] I'll keep that in mind.

Do you have a lot of experience with this... species? [ he still has no idea if that's the right word, welp. ]

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[red_roses]

I, um...I suppose I do....

I caught mine when he fell out of the sky. It's always been easy for me to tell what he's been feeling....but Garry has trouble.

[corporal]

Hm. [ thoughtful, levi glances at his espurr once more and then back the camera. ]

Do you have to be next to it? Can you tell what mine wants?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah, they're all like that.

Spooky.

[Video]

[corporal]

Hm. At least it's unique, I guess.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Well, 'unique' is one way of putting it.

Unique in that there is literally no other Pokemon that I WOULDN'T prefer to wake up and find perched at the end of my bed, definitely.

_{[Seriously put a fucking Tyranitar in her room to wake up to and she'd still be happier to see it than one of those things.]}

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[corporal]

[ LMFAO dude basically. i can barely look at espurrs. i wanted to acquire one in ORAS for funzies but i changed my mind....... ]

We've established that it's probably watching me in my fucking sleep. [ is he making a joke... it's not easy to tell... ]

Now that's a bold statement. Some of them seem huge--and ugly.