[video - SMASH, MEET SILVER.]

[genderbentmario]

[The camera flicks on to show a familiar view of Lyra's big dumb grin, though from what's visible of the background behind her, this is somebody else's room. ...Mac's? Huh. WEIRD.]

Guys! You're never gonna guess who I found! C'mon, Silv-- Rui, he's heading for the door again! Uh, hold on.

[Lyra ducks out of frame. There's some scuffling and some hard-to-make-out grumbling, followed by a few eager remarks from Lyra:]

No, c'mon, it'll be fun! How are you gonna make friends if you don't say hi? Oh man, Gold's gonna be so surprised!

[Finally, with another thump or thud or two, Lyra manages to drag her poor, poor victim lucky friend in front of the computer. Who's that surly-looking redhead? Care to enlighten us, Lyra?]

This is Silver, you guys! We're pretty much best friends. Right, Silver?

[Grumbled:] In your dreams, maybe.

He's a Pokemon trainer from Johto, like me, and he's really strong too. I know he looks grumpy, but don't let that Granbull pout scare you away, 'cause he's great. Dunno how he got here, but I'm pretty sure it's probably because he missed me that much. Oh, but don't let me do all the talking. Silver, here! Say hi to everybody!

[There's just a sigh from the red-head as he realized that with things as they are right now, the only thing possible for him to do is:]

Name's Silver, as she just said, and I'm sorry if my friends made your life a mess, those are things they commonly do, I guess.

[Yes, awkward is his middle name too apparently.]

Comments

[revivepartner]

...Sorry she dragged you into this mess.

[Yeah no he's p much rude tbh]

[deathboss]

[It really is like looking at Lisa and Tatsuya...]

Dragged? Nah! Ain't nothing wrong with friendship!

[genderbentmario]

See, he gets it! Silver, maybe you should be taking a page from his book. It's not so hard to appreciate your pals, is it?

[revivepartner]

Kinda hard to do that when they have no sense of space at all.

[And he's already shooting proverbial arrows at Lyra.

Great.]

[deathboss]

...At least she's not trying to punch you.

[He would. Know. About. Those. Things.]

[genderbentmario]

Whoa, hey! Punching people seems like a bit much, don't you think?

[She just... casually mushes herself in riiight next to Silver. I'm talking obnoxiously cheek-to-cheek. Who needs punches when you have your own refined book of ways to make Silver's life suffering?]

I mean, I'm way too busy having no sense of space at all to waste any time on punches.

1/2

[revivepartner]

[INTERNALLY:]

--!?

[TOO CLOSE, TOO CLOSE...!

2/2

[revivepartner]

...

I think punching might be a better alternative.

[deathboss]

[Eikichi stares at them for a while...internally wondering if he should push this question. Being a teenager wins out in the end.]

So...you two dating? You sound like an old married couple.

[Cruel question to ask? Maybe. But Eikichi isn't one to spin things around. Besides, he can tell if their lying so hitting them with the hard question and watching their reaction should work out for the best.

And more importantly, if he nothing but a replacement while this guy arrived.]

[genderbentmario]

Dating?

[Okay, she wasn't expecting that question. It did get her to stop the cheek-smushing, though, so there's a (ha ha) silver lining, at least.]

What? Oh, no, nothing like that! We're just rivals!

[revivepartner]

LIKE HELL WE ARE!

[Yeah that's a reaction alright.]

[deathboss]

...

[Congratulations. You've rendered Eikichi speechless.

For all of two seconds.]

Tachan and I didn't do that kinda stuff as rivals! You're supposed to ask people who's better and fight off to know who's better!

[genderbentmario]

"That" kinda stuff...? What do you mean by that? Because we did that fighting stuff a bunch already, but I kinda think I like the friend stuff better.

[revivepartner]

[...SIGH.]

No, I'm pretty sure battling is something I prefer doing.

[THING IS...]

She just wouldn't listen.

[deathboss]

[Harsh....but then...]

So...who's better?

[Because that might be the best way to deal with the both of them right now.]

[genderbentmario]

Oh, Silver's definitely better.

[She leans in and stage-whispers:]

Better at losing.

[revivepartner]

[And there's the sound of someone gritting his teeth, as if restricting his impulse to shake this girl in front of him then and there.]

Say that again and I will not be responsible to what happens in our next match.

FLYNN OUTTA NOWHERE

[bigclaws]

Scizor.

[ hello, remember that Scizor in the room, Silver. Better watch what you say. okay continue your regular posting schedule sorry ]