Envious One

[Envy's feed opens to show him sitting on a bench in front of the Poke Center. There's a Zoroark's head in the bottom half of the frame, and she's looking very happy with the ear-scratches Envy's absently giving her. He's looking pretty pleased with himself too, and takes a break from giving his Pokemon attention to hold his new badge up to the camera with a grin.]



Easy enough to win this one. I heard that if I can get the rest of the badges from Johto then the teams here will actually be a challenge, so I guess there's a reason to after all.

[Doing things in order? Psshh, who needs order. But in the background of the video, completely unnoticed by Envy, there seems to be a bucket floating in midair and coming closer and closer.]

[And by the time the bucket is almost above Envy's head, it is far too late to notice anything. The only warning is a loud, gleeful cry of 'Haaaaaunt!' before the bucket is upended, drenching both him and his Zoroark. Lilith leaps to her feet with a sound as close to an indignant screech as she can make and gives chase to the now cackling Haunter. Envy doesn't move at first, although what can be seen of his expression through his plastered-down hair morphs from shock to anger to 'I am going to pretend that didn't just happen while internally counting to ten so I don't flip this bench over right now while I am still on camera'. Yeah, this definitely isn't the first time since he got this particular Haunter that he's been pranked.]

Oh yeah. [through slightly gritted teeth, while the Haunter leads Lilith on a merry and very noisy chase in circles in the background.] Anybody know a good way of dealing with Haunters?

[Said ghost passes close to Envy again, and to add insult to injury, slams the empty bucket upside-down over Envy's head. Which is exactly when Envy decides fuck self-control. He jumps to his feet, making a noise that can only be described as a wordless keysmash of rage, and manages to switch the feed off just as he joins his Zoroark in the chase.]

[The 'Gear feed comes on to show a Poke-center bed. A bed with what appears to be just a large pile of blankets in the middle, along with the odd edge of pillow…and a foot. And some long strands of green hair poking out the other end of the pile.]

Ursa!

[The 'Gear bounces up onto the bed, clearly being held by a Pokemon that was sitting on the nightstand, and moves around to where that hair is. Oh look, a face to go with it! Well, a face that's pressed into the blankets still, but it clearly belongs to Envy.]

Little Bear, if you have the 'Gear I'll turn you into a damn hat.

[This threat is lost on Little Bear. Envy lifts his head up to look at the screen, eyes narrowing blearily. His face is flushed and utterly miserable, and he's very clearly sick. This is actually Day Two of 'Envy has the flu for the first time in his life'. One arm shoots out of the blanket nest in an attempt to snatch the 'Gear back, but Little Bear is having none of that and flees back to the nightstand, laughing and turning the camera back on his trainer once he's out of reaching distance. And Envy is just too weak and sluggish to do much else about it. With a heavy, frustrated sigh, Envy rolls over to glare at the ceiling instead, still partially curled up and wrapped in blanket. And for a long moment, it seems like nothing else is going to happen, what with him refusing to play any more chase…at least, until his eyes go wide, staring up at something that isn't there.]

Teddi?

[There's no response, no indication that Envy even heard his Pokemon. And then, abruptly, he comes back to himself, scowling as he jerks up into a half sitting position and puts a hand up to grip the side of his head. What comes next is a very under-his-breath mutter.]

--out of my head!

[…yeah, he may have just forgotten that he's being filmed. He shoves the rest of the blankets off and stumbles out of bed and out of the room as quickly as he can manage to. He's wearing shorts and a loose shirt, but observant people might catch sight of part of the red ouroboros mark on his leg as he's leaving. Little Bear, now more confused and concerned than anything, turns off the feed to go follow.]

[Action for Pokemon Center]

[Envy doesn't get too far once he's left the room, and has sunk down to the floor, with his back against the wall and his knees up. He's looking both even more ill-tempered than he has been for the past couple days, and also disturbed by something. Either way, he should really not be out of bed in the hall and is probably in the way.]


[ooc: Video responses will come after he's been dragged/convinced back into the bed!]