The 1st Roar | Accidental Video / Action for New Bark Town

[usedroar]

[It wasn't that his PokéGear was looking particularly tasty that afternoon, nor was it giving off any significantly threatening sort of air...

[No, twas curiosity that caused the cat to chomp down on his hard metal device, succeeding only in unintentionally beginning a broadcast and scaring the absolute piss out of himself.]

What the--!

[Yup. That shiny rock you just bit sure did just make a sound, and now that you've pulled it far away enough from your face to see what's going on on its screen, you...

[...yelp like a little cub and chuck it across the way!

[Goooood going.]

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[usedroar]

Huh? Oh...it's Kovu.

[Come on, come on. He wants to see what else this magic rock can do!]

[alwaysonline]

I saved your number with your name, so I can find it easier.

_{[She explains, as she then picks his contact number so it fills the screen.]}

Okay, so when I press this, your phone will probably make a sound. Don't ... freak out. I'll show you what to do.

_{[She gives him a semi cautious look and then proceeds to call his gear. :I]}

[usedroar]

[Glaring.]

I am not going to freak ou--

[He says, cutting himself off when the PokéGear sounds and startles him yet again. At least he only jumps a little this time...]

Okay, okay, it's...making the sound, what do I do?

[alwaysonline]

_{[Eyebrow-raised look in turn, dude.]}

You pick it up and you touch the symbol that looks like the one I just touched.

Then you hold it to your ear and I'll walk over ... there.

_{[She gestures to somewhere sort of behind her.]}

[usedroar]

[He looks a bit skeptical...What's the point in her walking away? He doesn't really get it, but...she's been right about pretty much everything else so far, so...he does as he's told, pressing the button and holding the Gear up to his ear.]

[alwaysonline]

_{[She signals him to wait, goes a few paces away - her Porygon absently hovering away in the background forever - and then speaks into her own gear.]}

Okay. Can you hear me?

[usedroar]

[Now that gets a jump out of him.

[He gasps, whipping around and looking for the source of her voice...]

No way...

[And...staring back at the Gear.]

Hello?

[alwaysonline]

Keep speaking into it!

_{[She calls to him, and not into the gear - they're not that far apart, after all, but just enough to show him what the phone function really is. Having said that, she keeps talking into the reciever.]}

Anyway, this works pretty much ... no matter where you are. Or where I am. Or where anyone is. So try not to forget this thing, it could help you.

1/2

[usedroar]

[More jumping. No way she is really talking to him through this thing...He can't believe it.]

You're kidding me...

2/nvm I changed my mind who knows

[usedroar]

That is awesome!

I can't wait to show Kiara, she's not gonna believe this!--

3/???

[usedroar]

[He cuts himself off, any trace of joy, surprise, excitement fading from his face...

[The hand holding his PokéGear drops to his side.]

Kiara...

4/4

[usedroar]

[That's right. You're here and she's not.

[It hits him out of nowhere.]

I have to get out of here...

[He whips around from where he'd been standing, eyes locking on Skipper a few feet away, expression shifting into one of panick, anger, fear...]

I can't stay here, I have to get back to her!

aw kovu

[alwaysonline]

<sub>[Skipper frowns and snaps her gear close, ending the call. Pockets it and takes a few steps back towards him. She hasn't really seen people look like that before and it makes her a little wary.]

[Emotions aren't that intense in Barbie-world.]</sub>

Hey, calm down ...

[usedroar]

Don't tell me to calm down.

[He snarls.

[If he could roar, he probably would.]

You know everything, right? So how do we get out of here? Huh? How do we get home?

[alwaysonline]

_{[Skipper looks hurt for a second, then she gives him a dark look right back, hands now on her hips in what looks like defiance.]}

Do you think I'd still be here if I knew that? People are telling me we can't.

[usedroar]

[Uh oh. Hurt look? Not good. Getting yelled at right back...?

[Bewildering. But also not good...

[He doesn't quite back down, having a bit too much pride for that, but does become a little quieter after her answer...It's not the one he wanted to here.]

What people?

[alwaysonline]

_{[She makes a frustrated sound, something akin to guh.]}

People who can use their phones.

[usedroar]

[Too bad he doesn't have any burn heal.

[A frustrated growl.]

What does that have to do with anything?

[Nothing! That's what! Goddammit, Skipper, this is serious.]

[alwaysonline]

_{[SHE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH ANYTHING.]}

Weren't you listening to me?

_{[Or not. :I]}

[usedroar]

[More growling.]

Grrr...will you just answer me?!

Who says we can't go home and why?

[alwaysonline]

_{[She throws a hand out.]}

People who's been here longer! No one knows why.

[usedroar]

What do you mean they don't know why, they have to--

[No...No, this cannot be happening.

[He can't pace, not on these legs; he's barely able to stand up on them at all. What he can do is sink down to the ground, fingers tangled in his hair, trying to...work this out in his head somehow.]

There has to be a way, I can't just...stay here, not after everything--

[Grrr...]

There has to be a way!

[alwaysonline]

<sub>[And ... well, that altogether paints a very distressed picture. Skipper stops what she was going to say, then stands quietly for a moment, just watching him. She's never seen this level of despair before. She's not quite sure what she's supposed to do with it.]

[But now she's more concerned than irritated again.]</sub>

What's wrong?

_{[Besides this whole world thing - she GETS that that's wrong, she's not super happy about it either right now, but ... what could make a person look so angry and scared at the same time?]}

[usedroar]

[He keeps his face in his hands, keeps growling through his teeth...but calms a little when she does, simply shaking his head in response to her question.]

I can't stay here...

[Looking up.]

I have a family back home, a...a good family...

And they need me. She needs me--

[Pause.]

...What if she thinks I ran off...

No...no, I have to get home! I have to get home now!

[alwaysonline]

_{[Skipper hesitates.]}

Well ... you can't.

But if they're family, they'll know you wouldn't leave just like that, right?