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]

What?

No...

No, you're lying! There has to be a way home, I can't stay here!

[foolishwren]

Look, I may not be the nicest person ever, but what reason would I have to lie to some poor dude who just showed up?

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[usedroar]

I don't--

I don't know why, I just--

[A frustrated growl.]

There has to be a way! They can't just...keep us here, they didn't even--

[What? Ask? He doesn't even know who "they" are, but if they could knock him out, turn him human, and take him to a world with magic animals and talking rocks...]

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[usedroar]

[He clenches his jaw for a moment, so tightly that his teeth squeak beneath the pressure...

[Went it relaxes, his frustration is replaced with...defeat.]

There has to be a way...

She'll think I've abandoned her...

[foolishwren]

_{[Man. Poor guy.]}

... Look, not that it'll make you feel any better, but I'm not sure there IS a 'they'.

It's just the way things are, here.

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[usedroar]

[He stays quiet for a moment, head hung, eyes closed and facing the ground, expression bearing no sign of hope.

[It's not fair.

[He'd only just managed to find fulfillment in his life, to find peace...to find her. And now he's supposed to just sit here and accept that it's all over? That there's nothing he can do to get back to her? That all of his struggle was in vain?]

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[usedroar]

No...

[He raises his head, eyes blazing as he locks his gaze with Heather's.]

I will not abandon them.

I will return to Pride Rock.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... Waaaait a second. Pride ROCK? Who was this guy, Simba?]

[... Nah, doesn't sound enough like Matthew Broderick.]</sub>

Okay. That's fair.

Look, I'm not the one keeping you here.

The GOOD news is, not many people stay here for long.

They come and go. And when they go... all evidence points to them going home.