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5th Joke - Video/Action for Goldenrod

[Your view of Goldenrod today is partially obscured by foliage, Johto. Someone is in, or hiding behind, some kind of shrub looking out on a large open part of the city; currently playing host to a truly massive number of Pidove.]

Arright everyone, you know the drill.

[The whisper is met with a variety of soft Pokemon vocalizations, all roughly translating to some kind of affirmative.]

Three... two... go!

[In an explosion of noise and falling leaves, Harley's entire team of Pokemon shoot out of the bushes and past the camera, laying into the flock of Pidove with enthusiastic gusto. A large portion of the birds scatter into the air, but some try to fight their assailants. Still others try to flee but are brought down by one of Harley's Pokemon.]

[As the brawl continues, the camera swings around to Harley, with a big grin on her face.]

This is a lot easier'n goin' outta the city and huntin' them down one at a time. The babies're having fun, too. I think this is bein' a real bondin' experience for 'em.

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*HI HARLEY. It's that guy you scrapped with in the blizzard of legendary.*

... That's sure one way to scare off all the birds. Though it looks like all of them aren't exactly skittish...

*Annnnnnd he doesn't seem to realize at all it's you.*

They're not tryin' to scare 'em, they're tryin' to beat 'em up so they can go all glowy and get bigger like Stanny did.

[Harley does recognize Hayate, but doesn't care. Because that was then, and this is now. And that's how Harley Quinn rolls.]

G... Glowy and bigger? That's... definitely one way to word evolution. Still, I suppose if I've learned anything taking out big swarms all at once does pay off with more experience...

*ffff Harley you are such a free spirit...*

[Despite the ~~best~~ efforts of the staff at Arkham.]

Yeah, Stanny evolved after beatin' up a whole bunch of those bird things that're usually around here. Pidgey, I think they're called? So I figured takin' on a WHOLE BUNCH of them at once'd make it happen faster!

[Duck just sort of stares slack-jawed, when her Pidove hops up onto her shoulder. She looks at it for a second.]

Oh noo, don't look, Gurren! [She tries to catch it, but it flutters away.]

[There is a Pidove fluttering around nearby. The presence of a young girl is noted, and disregarded. Because BIRD.]

[So have a young Meowth jumping at Gurren with a Scratch attack, Duck.]

[Duck fumbles with a pokeball.] Umm, uh... [What was it you were supposed to say? Did it matter?] Return! [Yeah, that's it. In a flash of red light, her Pidove returns to its ball.]

Hey, get away from that! This is mommy's toy, Selena!

[Harley bats her Meowth out of the Gear's camera after her not-at-all-retconned attack at the screen, shooing the Pokemon back out into the square with her teammates.]

Hiya! An' don't worry, none a' the birdy-things out there got owners. They're all wild. ...Pretty sure, anyway.

I-is that really what we're supposed to do?

We're supposed to tell our pokemon to attack the wild ones? [Yeah Duck looks mildly horrified. That same scene might have played out with her and a handful of hunting dogs back home, if it hadn't been for Fakir looking after her.]

Yeah, it's fun!

[Harley understands that Duck is clearly frightened. Obviously, she just needs to be ENCOURAGED.]

This way they get stronger an' if you do it enough, they get all glowy an' go 'poof' and get bigger!

But what about the wild pokemon?

Oh, they'll be fine.

[Followed shortly by the sound of a Mightyena's howl and the distressed cries of several Pidove.]

Pretty sure this is how they play. Y'know, learnin' to defend themselves an' stuff.

Well, I guess... Maybe if he gets bigger and scarier the other pokemon won't want to attack him at all.

Nah, the wild one's don't seem t'be intimidated when yours're all big and strong. It just makes it easier t'beat 'em up when they attack.

[Harley's a helper.]

[Wow Duck sure is glad she's not an actual duck in this place. Geez.]

Why do they do that?

I think it's a self-confidence thing. Like if they get lucky an' actually beat ya, all the other birds'll respect 'em.

[Yup, it's that kid again, watching from the privacy of his cell.]

If they're anything like Bitey used to be, it probably is. Most all of the ones I got love fightin' stuff.

Heck, they'd probably start tearin' into each other if I wasn't around to stop 'em.

Oh, I make sure they don't fight each other. Fightin's what you do to th' OTHER guys, not your family.

[Harley enforces this quite seriously. With rope, if necessary. Clearly the Poke-mom of the year.]

Tch, tell that to mine. Havin' a record in a family o' cops doesn't exactly make for a quiet evening at home. At least Fang and Arbok only fight with me when I want 'em to.

[The family, not the Pokémon. Despite being kind of a huge jerk, Duncan actually treats his pretty well. He even wrestles with the ones that like fighting! ~~Arbok is currently undefeated~~]

Aw, that's too bad. Cops got no sense a' humor at all.

Tell me about it.

I thought sellin' dad's stupid toupees as "exotic pets" was classic, he thought it was worth a few months for "fraud" and some other bogus charges.

Like it's my fault people were stupid enough to think they were real.

Heh, sounds like a good one. I'll have t'try rememberin' that one for back home.

Hey, if that don't work, you could always borrow my "Happy Nude Year" idea.

[Because he's a classy guy. Though to be fair he actually did this, so...it's actually a suggestion, not just him being shamelessly perverted.]

Didn't make me any money, but the police beat was fun to read.

Eh, think I'll pass on that one. 'Cept maybe for a private celebration with Mister J.

[A bit crude even for her, but the pun is enough to spare Duncan from rocket-launcher type wrath. Plus the distance between them. And the lack of a rocket-launcher.]

Gotham gets pretty cold in th' winter. Not a place I'd wanna be outside starkers in.

Never said it had to be outside.

[And even if it was, he's probably felt colder. Thanks to that stupid reality show, he once got air dropped into Sweden in the middle of winter with nothing but his normal day clothes on. All thanks to McLean's sick sense of humor. He knows what cold is.

Though he doesn't know why "Gotham" sounds so familiar.]

Me, I picked the courthouse. Judge Martin's still carryin' a grudge over it.

Edited 2012-06-01 22:50 (UTC)

Eh, those things always end up outside SOMEHOW. When you're runnin' from cops an' freaks in tights, y'don't usually get to stay in one building.

Suit yourself, blondie. Course, you could throw a pool party a city fountain, too. Don't know if City Hall's got one where you come from, but the one back home sure did.

Cops didn't like that either.

Hah! Nice ambush!

Thanks! They was all just sittin' there like a buncha free McNuggets... figured this'd be a good way for th' babies to get stronger.

You know, a free-for-all isn't such a bad idea. I bet it worked like charm too, didn't it?

Yeah, I don't think the wild ones're used to gettin' attacked while they're in big groups like this.

[A Mightyena's snarl and the sound of a distressed Pidove come from offscreen.]

Least they're havin' fun, looks like.

Sure sounds like they are. I'm almost jealous. It's been aaaaaaaages since I've had a good brawl.

Well, that's one way to do it.

Basic'ly the same thing as fightin' normal. Just with a buncha them at once.

[She's rather proud of this assessment.]

An' this way they get that experience stuff all at once instead of in little bits an' pieces.

Hell, makes sense to me. Why not?

And the way I figure it, these things're used to th' fights bein' all one on one. Catch 'em off-guard like this with somethin' new, and it'll make the fight easier, too.

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