exeggutorhead | Twenty-first Transformation [video/action for Ecruteak]

[It's been a while since the network last got any broadcasts from Envy's 'Gear; just a day shy of a month since he woke back up in Johto kicking and screaming. He's spent that time getting re-used to the world, getting used to being human and to everything that comes with it all over again. It was easier to manage this time, even after being gone a year, and he's not sure if he likes thinking about that.]

[But when the 'Gear turns on, it's not pointed at Envy's face, but up at the sky and the treetops. From the lack of buildings and the forest, it looks like he's out walking just outside of Ecruteak. The camera's following the flying form of a smaller-than-average Tropius as she wheels and skims along the treetops as fast as her leafy wings can propel her and actually looking oddly graceful for such an un-aerodynamic creature. She backwings right in the sight of the camera, neck arched like a question mark, and peers down at her trainer before she's off in another direction again. But she did stop long enough for viewers to catch sight of the little blue Riolu perched on the top of her head, looking perfectly secure in her footing. Apparently this is far from the first time the two Pokemon have done this.]

I still don't know how something looking like that can even fly at all.

[And there's Envy. The camera lingers on the flying pair for a moment longer before he turns the camera to himself. He's sitting on the back of his Tyranitar while Chimera lays out and enjoys the sun, so he's looking a bit farther off the ground than usual. Envy looks a far cry from the raging, wild-eyed person who woke up a month ago; he's back to looking composed and neat and just a little smirkish. Adjusted back into Johto? Mostly. Forgotten the reason why he was so angry? Hell no.]

There's something I've been wondering about, and I figured I might as well try the network. Does anyone happen to come from a world with a place called…'London', I think it was? I don't know anything more than the name, but--

[He's interrupted by a pair of loud, startled cries from up in the air, and the video tilts and wobbles crazily as Envy jumps up and off Chimera's back and lets the arm holding it fall to his side.] Damn it, Izumi--!

Watchers might be able to catch the remnants of a bright glow coming from somewhere above the screen before they'll see that Tropius make an extremely ungraceful, skidding landing in the dirt, along with a newly evolved and newly very dusty Lucario. Turns out that suddenly carrying a much bigger passenger while in the middle of some fancy flying trick does terrible things for your balance. Envy's already walking over to the pair of them, but they're getting to their feet and look like their only injury was to their pride. The now-Lucario barely even looks like that's the case, more concerned with looking over her evolved form with a mix of wonder and smugness.]

Heh, I was wondering when you'd evolve, Samus. [Envy sounds almost proud of her, and gives the fur on her head a ruffle with his free hand. Izumi makes an indignant noise and butts her head against his side to demand attention too. Envy sighs and relents, ending the feed to free up his hand before he winds up getting knocked over by a flying bananasaur.]

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{Nanao looks.... wistful, and almost sad.}

Yeah, I know London.

{Question your brosis y?}

[Very much y. Brosis why do you look sad about this?]

Is there something wrong with it?

...it's where I lived when I was human.

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[Envy leans forward, interested. Although not as much in London as in something else.]

You remember?

{Nodding slowly.}

Mm. Although... I wish I didn't.

[That definitely gets a response out of him, in the form of a tightened jaw and briefly clenched fists. But when he responds his voice is measured, but there's a hint of understanding in it.]

Yeah...that I understand well enough.

[He hesitates, just a little, before continuing. But she might be more like him than he'd thought before.] You never did tell me much about what you were exactly, other than in charge of spirits and that you're dead too.

{Ah. She looks away for a moment.}

It's not a story with a happy ending.

You don't have to share it, if you don't want.

I don't much like talking about mine either.

I know, and yet...

I've not even told it to any of my comrades from back home. I suppose I didn't want them to pity me, since what is in the past cannot be changed, and yet it still weighs heavy on me.

[Envy just nods.]

Pity's no good. [He's trying to say that it's not something she'd deal with from him, and an invitation to tell him if she'd like. But he doesn't want to pry too much, not when he has so many secrets himself.]

...do the memories come like normal ones, or are they...different? [He wants to know if they're similar in another way.]

They're more like flashbacks than anything else - usually triggered by silly little things like the weather or a particular type of fabric.

{She stops for a moment, ~~and hopefully she's been told about Father/Hohenheim or else I screwed up~~ and exhales.}

I... wasn't exactly normal as a human. The very fact that I have purple eyes should indicate that - they're from my mother, and they're an indicator of having what was called 'The Gift'. Except for me, in Victorian London, it was a curse, and an irredeemable fault in the eyes of my father.

I guess we have that in common, at least. Horrible fathers.

That's...it sounds similar to what happens with us. ['Us' being homunculi. It's almost a comfort, to know that he's not the only one here who would understand.]

[He listens to her story, his expression darkening at the end.] I guess we do. Bastards.

Well, that's a relief. I'm not alone - but then, I kind of knew that already. {She can speak for other Shinigami who died as humans and were reborn. Those who were born in Soul Society... she has no idea about.}

{She shrugs, but her expression is slightly pained.} I've heard that not all of them are bad. I guess we just got the two worst of them.

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