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

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[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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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!

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<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?]}

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[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!

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_{[Skipper hesitates.]}

Well ... you can't.

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

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[It's a little reassuring, that logic, but...Kovu still has his doubts. And can you really blame him? After all, family should mean all of those things, but...in his experience, it hasn't always...

[But deep down, he knows that Simba, Nala, Kiara-- especially Kiara...They know he wouldn't just run off, that he wouldn't just abandon them after all that they'd been through...

[...right?]

You don't understand...

[You don't sound angry anymore. Just...defeated.]

I had just earned my place with them...and now this...

Who knows what they're thinking?

[It wouldn't be the first time he was deemed untrustworthy...]

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I think they're wondering where you are.

_{[And that, in itself, is neither good nor bad. There's a hint of a sigh in Skipper's voice, though. Her family is far from what Kovu's is and she has none of the worry he has, as a result, but she's so used to being around her sisters that she's not sure what to do now.]}

That's what I'd do.

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Exactly...

[He sighs.]