Envious One

[The feed comes on to show Envy's face, and he looks like he's in a remarkably good mood today. He also looks like he's standing about thirty feet up in a tree and attached to a climbing harness. All around him are other trees with rope bridges and platforms and fun stuff like that.]

I didn't know there was some sort of tree-climbing adventure park out here, it sure wasn't here the last time I came to Azalea.

[You know where else doesn't have tree-climbing adventure parks or ziplines? Amestris. So now ziplining is going under "surprisingly good ideas modern humans have", right up there with paintball. Not even it being pretty chilly could stop him once he found out it was here; he's just wearing layers and a jacket. And earmuffs. He doesn't like being cold, okay? But there's another reason for this video. He reaches down into his pocket and pulls out a Hive Badge, showing it off to the camera.]

Got this this morning, though. It was an easy win, but now I've got all eight of the Johto badges. Now maybe when I fight the ones in Kanto they'll let me have battles that are actually challenging.

[Offscreen and down below on the ground, there's a faint shout for him to put his 'Gear away while on the ropes course. He frowns and looks like he's about to make some sarcastic comment back, but then the person shouts again that if he doesn't comply with the rules he'll be removed from the park. So he sighs, shrugs, and shuts off the feed for now. He'll just have to respond to any replies when there's nobody watching.]

[It's early morning when the feed opens on a Gym battle already in progress; and it's being filmed by something standing next to Envy's legs. He doesn't actually know this is being filmed. In the arena, there's a Skarmory engulfed in fire from a Flamethrower attack coming from Envy's Houndoom. It goes down in one hit, unsurprisingly. Looks like someone's finally taking on Jasmine.]

( [Video] Gym battle )

[A short while later, Envy turns the video on himself, as he's standing outside the gym holding up his prize. He's actually looking fairly pleased now, in contrast to how he sounded before.]



And that's five of these things.

[He'll be hanging around outside the gym for a little while longer before heading back to the inn. He didn't actually tell anyone in his group that he was going, aside from a scrawled note saying he was at the gym and would be back. Even he recognizes that vanishing when nobody's awake right now would be bad. But early morning restlessness equals 'time to fight the gym right this second' apparently.]

[ooc: Badge is mod-approved!]

[It's sunset when the video feed comes on, so there's enough light left to see Envy holding this up to the camera with a grin.]



Almost forgot, but that's two. I grabbed it before we left. It was too easy, Chimera crushed those ghosts.

[Behind Envy stretch the flat farmlands of the road to Olivine. The group's made camp for the night near a field of tall, fenced in grass that looks like some sort of pasture. Of course, any tall grass in Johto is also the perfect place for there to be a ton of wild Pokemon. And since his back is to the grass, he doesn't see the Murkrow sneaking up behind him, its red eyes focused on his open bag. And the shiny gold chain that's peeking out and glinting in the last of the sunlight.]

Anyway, we should be almost there. You've got to have beaten us by now Tulio--

KROW!

[The Murkrow had finally gotten close enough to dive at the bag and come away carrying the gold chain with it, startling Envy enough that he doesn't quite manage to catch it before it's already flapping away into the field. He saw what was taken. And he while there is an oddly genuine upset note to his expression, mostly he looks furious.]

You can't have that! Give it back!

[And off he goes, just taking off running after the thieving Pokemon. Wow, that necklace must be important to him judging by how fast he's going. Good thing he's wearing real shoes and pants for traveling, and won't be sprinting through a field in a miniskirt. As he enters the grass, he seems to realize that he's still carrying the 'Gear, and just tosses it back over his shoulder, where it cuts out as it hits the ground.]


((ooc: Badge is mod-approved! Video responses will be delayed until he gets back to the camp after catching the Murkrow!))