Seventeenth Flight. [Video/action for travel party.]

[newberktown]

[Have you ever seen a giant plant swinging from the ceiling, Route? Well, if not, you have now. Hiccup's got a new baby in the family, and she's got her vines wrapped around the hotel fan--something that's been running at full blast the past few days, and continues to now despite its passenger. For anyone not familiar with a Carnivine's laughter, her raspy 'roars' probably don't quite indicate the fun she's having. He keeps the camera on the pokemon, happily spinning around and around, as he speaks.]

Anyone know how to get her to stop doing this? Without turning off the fan?

[He needs the fan, guys. Even with a surprise actual igloo at the start of the weekend, Hiccup sounds drained and irritable from the weather.]

She just keeps going up whenever I start it again anyway...

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[easy_as_cake]

[Trance laughs and claps her hands.]

Oh! But she looks like she's having so much fun! Why would you want to stop her?

[No, she's never met a Carnivine before. No, she doesn't know how she knows, either. Call it a hunch.]

[newberktown]

She could trash the room or hurt herself. There are better ways to have fun than this.

[And then, in a tone more muttered and...well, whiny:]

Besides, she's slowing down the fan.

[usedlaserbeam]

...And somehow I can only find myself relieved that mine isn't the only one who misbehaves that way.

[newberktown]

[Oh, a spark of hope.]

Your Carnivine acts like this? Do you know how I can get Dragonthorn to stop?

[usedlaserbeam]

She enjoys misbehaving, though I can't say I've ever specifically seen her dangling from a ceiling fan before. They're unusually fond of manipulating their vines, I think, even as far as Grass-types are concerned.

Also, they levitate. Though I presume you've discovered that for yourself by now.

[newberktown]

Yes... Yes, I've discovered that.

[Hiccup sighs and glances off to the side, apparently watching his gleeful Carnivine again.]

I like flying, but just going around in circles? You'd think she'd get bored.

[digitalorunknown]

[....giggle. That looks so ridiculous! (And also kind of fun.)]

Why do you want her to stop?

[usedlaserbeam]

One would think. Though I suppose there's something to be said for simple amusements.

[For simple people, anyway, but he's not going to say that.]

If you're eager to dissuade her, perhaps there's some alternative to play on that you can offer her?

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Maybe get a second fan?! One for her to cling to, and one for your own personal use! [ Momo's solution: just buy more! ]

[newberktown]

Like what, my Salamence? I don't think Adder would appreciate that too much.

[usedlaserbeam]

I would've suggested the eaves of a building, personally. Or a high branch, an awning, a street lamp, or some other equivalent structure to swing on.

[newberktown]

[...Don't go swinging from the ceiling, Dorumon.]

What if she breaks something? She could get injured and make the inn staff mad at us.

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[newberktown]

...I don't think there's the ceiling space for that.

Besides, the staff probably wouldn't allow it.

[newberktown]

[...Oh. Yeah, that made sense, too.]

I'm in Blackthorn right now. There's not as much available space to swing from as Goldenrod. Mostly mountains, and I'm not sure how she'd be able to swing.

[usedlaserbeam]

That's up in the mountains, isn't it? I've been up there once, but it was quite some time ago.

Being a Grass-type, I suppose simply putting her to sleep is relatively out of the question, as well.

[easy_as_cake]

Hm. That would be bad. It is awfully hot here.

[Trance considers the problem, probably forward, backward, and perhaps sideways.]

Have you tried bribing her?

[newberktown]

[Oh good, someone understands the heat problem.]

Not really... What do you think you bribe a carnivorous plant with?

[easy_as_cake]

[Well, yeah. If it got this hot on a spaceship, something was really going wrong.]

Ummmm... Well... Does she like to eat things? They make candy and stuff, don't they?

Ooh, or maybe some pretty jewelry? A lot of girls like pretty jewelry, and that's true for a whole bunch of different species, so why not for plants, too?

[newberktown]

Yyyyes, that's out of the question.

[Plus...aiming a Sleep Powder at the fan...

Lily might be able to do it, except getting a direct shot for Hypnosis would be pretty difficult, too.]

I can't even recall her. I'm pretty sure she's holding her pokeball captive in that giant, deathly mouth of hers.

[newberktown]

[Excuse the silence--if his expression is anything to go by, he's wondering if this is a legitimate suggestion. There are a few people who he'd expect this from, but most of them were...younger...]

[digitalorunknown]

[Ooh. He keeps forgetting that everything here belongs to somebody or another. Nod.]

You tried asking, right?

[alonelyworld]

Maybe you could find something else for her to hang from?

[usedlaserbeam]

It swings open a hundred and eighty degrees wide, you know.

[YAGYUU, WHY DO YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THIS.]

I suppose it's likewise out of the question to have another member of your roster attack her?

[newberktown]

Of course. Wouldn't make sense to go to anyone else, if I hadn't done that...

[Sigh.]

She just got louder.

[newberktown]

There isn't that much to hang from, in Blackthorn... Except for inside public buildings, but I think we'd just get into more trouble if I let her do that.