002 || video/action for Ruins of Alph;

[majorcrotchgrab]

[The feed starts but it just appears black aside from a pulsating red light in the upper corner. A groan can be heard and some rustling, followed by a squeak that sounds a lot like a child saying "Jolt!"]

Shit... That hurt...! Why the hell do they have this place open to the public if the floor just randomly gives away! Ugh... Katya? Katya, are you alright?

[Chirp!]

I'll take that as a yes. Nghh.. My back is killing me...

[Finally Raikov's face appears as he grabs his gear and turns on a flashlight. He looks a little worse for wear and despite how panicky he feels, he's trying not to show it. As if finding out Ocelot here wasn't bad enough, now he's injured his back and is stuck in some creepy, dark ruins.]

Has anyone ever inspected the.. er... Ruins of... Alph before? ... I think I might be trapped.

[An odd distorted sound starts playing from his radio and his faux-calmness is now gone. Katya scurries up on to his shoulder and shudders as Raikov glances around, biting his bottom lip]

And I don't think I'm alone....


... Someone help?

Comments

[video]

[majorcrotchgrab]

Then what are they?

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

...I'm not entirely sure, honestly, but I rather doubt they're aliens. More like... artificial constructs, I would assume.

[video]

[majorcrotchgrab]

Ancient magic? That would make sense in this place...

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

Precisely. It's my best guess, but I'm not entirely sure how they were made to function as, well, "normal" Pokemon. Though, they're definitely not the strangest things to exist in this place.

[video]

[majorcrotchgrab]

You've seen stranger?

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

Oh, of course. Have you been spared the living ice cream cone?

[...she has to smirk at that, because even if it's 100 percent real it still feels like he's fucking with someone.

[video]

[majorcrotchgrab]

... What.

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

Exactly.

[video]

[majorcrotchgrab]

[There is a very long pause before Raikov responds.]

.... Is it edible?

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

...

I really, really doubt it.

[majorcrotchgrab]

Has anyone tried?

[enjoymyatelier]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

I also wouldn't be surprised if they considered it an awful experience they never want to repeat because their Pokemon attempted to freeze their face off.

[majorcrotchgrab]

... Hn. Yeah. Point taken.