cookiecats | ☆ 001 [video/action for New Bark Town]

[Steven seems to be enjoying himself. He has the camera angled down towards his Cleffa, who's rubbing up against his leg, ears twitching.] W-Whoa, now, stay still, okay? I wanna take a picture to send back to the Gems. You're pretty photogenic! You should be a model. I could be your agent!

Okay now, c'mere -- oof! [Steven reaches down to try and scoop the Cleffa up in one hand, jiggling the camera as the Pokemon wriggles in his hold. He flips the view around so that Steven's face is in shot, and he's grinning wide over the big brown ears of his Pokemon.] Whooaa. Heh heh. I'm on camera!

Ok, Steven, you gotta play it cool. You're practically in a movie.

AHEM.

[Steven grins.] Hi! I'm Steven Universe! I don't know where I am! [Nailed it.] I mean, I AM a Crystal Gem, so I can DEFINITELY take care of myself, buuuut.

[Steven frowns a little, glances around him.] Theeeere's not a single thing here that seems familiar! It's like I'm on a whole different planet! And the Gems are going to get pretty worried if I don't come back soon.

...but at least I've got this little guy here to keep me company! Isn't that right? [Steven turns to the Cleffa, gives her a little poke.] Do YOU know where we are?

[She makes a few noncommittal noises, nuzzles up again his chin. Steven beams.] She loves me.

[The camera jiggles again as Steven flops down on the grass, plops the Cleffa in his lap.] Hehe. You can be my second best friend. That way Lion won't get jealous.

But maybe we should get back to the temple first. Right? [Steven nods, off camera, mostly to himself.] Right.

Anyway, I guess I should stop recording now. I hope the Gems can see this so that they can come here and have fun with me, too! Okay, bye.

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[There are a lot of things Riku could comment on. A lot, but one thing sticks out above all the rest, earning Steven a puzzled look.]

Wait, you're friends with a lion?

[Okay, so maybe it's not the weirdest thing he's experienced, but the kid's definitely got his attention.]

Yeah! His name is Lion. He's my best friend.

Dang.

[Well, then again, there are lion Pokémon. Riku's got one himself. It's not the strangest thing out there.]

So he's tame? Or do they domesticate lions where you're from?

Kind of! He likes to do his own thing. [So basically, no.]

Lion is a magical lion. He used to belong to my mom.

Magic how, though? Does he shoot lasers from his eyes? Breathe fire? There's actually two kinds of lion Pokémon here, but I'm not sure how they'd compare.

[In fact, he's slipping into the other room now, trying to find one of the Luxrays hanging around.]

...kind of, yeah.

Except I don't think he breathes fire.

But he can shoot lasers and make cool portals and walk on water, though! [Which is pretty cool, even if Lion can't breathe fire.] There are lion Pokemon? [LOOK AT THOSE EYES SPARKLE.]

Edited 2015-05-27 22:51 (UTC)

...Okay, that is pretty cool. Those portals probably come in handy, too.

[Ah, right, but since he seems so excited, he'll tilt the camera to show a Luxray currently huffing at a skarmory with a ball in his beak.]

And here's one of the lion Pokémon I talked about. There's another kind that was just discovered a few months back, and they've got manes made of fire.