Ninth Flight. [mid-day video/action for goldenrod city.]

[newberktown]

[Anyone familiar with the gym in Goldenrod will know what's up. Because that sure is wailing going on in the background.

...Oddly enough, though, there are also the sounds of:
1 Charmander snoring,
1 Swablu chirping, and
1 tiny viking arguing with a giant dragon.]

What do you mean you can fly?

[Sorry, Whitney, but your blubbering is being ignored in favor of dealing with the most exasperated Salamence ever. This was so much more important than badges.]

Yeah, okay, I get that you can 'fly' fly, but you're telling me that you have the ability to use the move Fly. As in 'carry me through the skies' Fly. Why didn't you tell me?

[Adder huffs noisily before flapping her wings to shoot a hard gust of air at him. HICCUP, SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOR TWO WEEKS. You've just been focusing on ~alternative flight methods~ with Carmen Sandiego. Really, though, she wouldn't be annoyed if you weren't making such a big deal out of it. Just be happy already.]

Yeah, yeah... [Hiccup sighs, apparently giving in for now, before wandering over to slide the gear out from under the drowsy Charmander's claws.] Just would have been nice to know... Wait. Stormfly, didn't you just turn this off?

[...So it wasn't the battle he wanted recorded that was broadcast. Great.]

[ooc: cr is welcome to have witnessed the battle! curious people studying up for whitney's gym are also welcome.]

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[doitrockapella]

[Speaking of watching gym battles, guess who was hanging out up in the bleachers with her Spinarak and her Ivysaur while all this was going on? That's right. Whitney, she is not impressed with your tears.

She'll just leave him to his post-battle victory shenanigans and be waiting for him outside the gym doors.]

Congratulations.

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[newberktown]

[It takes a while. Even if he's done trying to argue with Adder, Hiccup still has no idea how to interact with emotional girls has to wait out the tears.

But he did notice Carmen in the stands during the battle, and that fact made winning all the better--even if she didn't see him as a disappointment or a failure, Hiccup still wanted to impress her with whatever skill possible. Which is why he's grinning like a fool when she congratulates him.]

Thanks!

[Pause. H-HE FEELS A BIT SILLY ASKING THIS.]

Did you know that Salamence learned Fly on its own?

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[doitrockapella]

[In fairness, in all the red she wears, she's not precisely difficult to notice. And she certainly is impressed, both with his team and with his battlefield skills — she always takes a sort of personal pride in the activities of the kids she finds interesting.

But his enthusiasm makes her smile in return, albeit not quite as hugely and foolishly as his is.]

I do have one of my own. It's a fascinating story, though, isn't it? The flightless dragon so desperate to take to the skies that it simply sprouts wings of its own.

[video]

[lol_less]

She's been trying so hard!

[Sorry, Hiccup. He's siding with Whitney.]

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[newberktown]

[Oh hey, it's hero!kid.]

To...turn the gear off?

[HERP DERP, you're totally talking about Stormfly, right? He's...focused on other things.]

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[lol_less]

[and HERP DERP him, who is he to know all these names.]

She's still learning, right?

[su6tlecoruscate]

[She would have commented on the actual conversation....but really not a fan of the wailing]

...so this is Whitney. [First time witnessing her tears]

[newberktown]

[--Hmn? Oh right, there was a girl crying here, wasn't there.]

Yeah... She does this a lot, I guess.

[Every time he's seen her lose, anyway.]

[Video] <-- Forgot this ;;

[subtlecoruscate]

So I've heard. [This is one badge Rima definitely won't bother getting...]

...at least you don't have to travel to Cianwood now.

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[torrentofbits]

Er... What's with the crying?

[Because he's totally clueless on the matters of Gym Leaders.]

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[newberktown]

[Huh... Guess knowledge of Whitney's antics isn't worldwide, yet.]

Whitney'll cry whenever she loses... I guess I would feel bad, too, if I lost to trainers so much.

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[torrentofbits]

[3 or so weeks counts as being somewhat of a newbie still, right?]

Every time? Really?

... Aye, I suppose. But that still sounds pretty annoying. [Seems ill-fitting for a gym leader too.]

[Video] awww Adder

[foolishwren]

_{[... Okay, Heather can't help it. The way he's just totally IGNORING Whitney despite her best efforts is hilarious. She's snickering when she hits 'Video'.]}

Did you beat her with that dragon? If so, nice.

Wish we could've seen it.

[Video] SHE IS ALL GROWN UP

[newberktown]

She wasn't alone, but Adder finished off the battle.

[He really is appreciative of the dragon, despite their little spat, and the gleam of pride in his eyes that appears at the mention of her should show it.

Then Hiccup gives the Charmander a Look, because really, Musphel, you had one job. ONE.]

Me, too.

[Video] TOOTHLESS WOULD BE PROUD okay actually he wouldn't BUT.

[foolishwren]

Maybe have one of your other guys hold it for the fight next time.

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[shadowdive]

[SO WHY IS THAT SWABLU CHIRPING 8|]

She still cries when she loses battles, huh. [Hi Whitney.]

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[newberktown]

[BECAUSE SHE IS A GOOD KID WHO DOES HER JOB, BUT MUSPHEL ISN'T.]

I don't really think it's something that she's going to stop doing, anytime soon...

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[He's there with Carmen, naturally, and politely approaches post battle to do the WELL DONE SON thing, but anyone could tell he's a little distracted by the huge dragon too. In a gleeful sort of way. Because hee.]

[Lookng pretty happy, this guy.]</sub>

That wasn't a bad battle. Congratulations.

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[newberktown]

Thanks! I thought it went well.

[Hiccup still hasn't developed quite the same fascination for Coop that he has for Carmen, but anyone who smooches her on dragons knows her has to be cool.

...Plus he notices the way you're staring at Adder.]

...Do you like dragons?

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[usedshooshpap]

That's just too fucking funny.

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[newberktown]

I'm sure I'll find it funny later.

[Right now though, he is still stuck in ANNOYED DISBELIEF mode. He's been wanting to fly for so long and he could have been doing just that.]

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[comeatmibro]

Yeah, Salamence learns Fly on its own. My friend has one. Pretty cool, right?

I think it might be the only Pokémon that does that. It's the only one I've ever heard of, anyway.

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[newberktown]

[sob, does everyone know this but him...?]

I didn't think it was possible, even with the legend about it...

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[He's a little confused. Crying in the background what?]

Ah....is everything all right there?

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[newberktown]

Hmn? Oh, yeah... She's right and I should just be happy that I can fly, now.

[He's...still more focused on Adder than the sobbing gym leader.]