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Type: Video
Sender ID: tenrectricity (Surge)
To: Public
Subject: Have You Seen This Bum?
Warnings: n/a

[ immediately the viewer will see a green animal on screen, the camera angled up telling that whoever is holding the camera is shorter than her. don't mind that, because she's leaning forward into the screen with a sharktooth grin, then tapping at the recorder with the tip of her gloved finger. ]

Hey, is this working!?

[ in the background is a very low "yes ma'am!".

surge leans back, her ears twitching as she nods to herself. she shifts to the left a bit, then to the right now sure which side is her best side but... she'll figure that out later. ]

Okay, listen up! Your fellow heroes [ self-proclaimed ] are inna crisis! I got a prop...eristion for anyone willing to take on the challenge!

[ from behind the camera, another voice can be heard: ]

Proposition...

Yeah, that! The reward? We'll get to that later! A N Y way! There's this damn menace on the prowl causin' trouble as we speak, and you all need to be on the lookout. He's out there creatin' monsters and trying to put people in peril, but we know his weakness, and we'll get rid of him for ya before he tries to kill ya next.

[ hands on her hips, the tenrec nods to her own words because it makes sense, why wouldn't it? ]

Hand me the... y'know! [ she's holding out her hand towards the camera person, asking for something. ] So I know you're all curious about who this nefarious fiend is. My cool and artistic sidekick has taken it upon himself to draw this cretin.

[ a flap of a sheet of paper now means the camera screen, revealing the culprit. ]

THIS GUY. Bring him to us and we will beat the shit out of him and you never have to deal with his evil again! So, anyone up for the task?

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Woah!!

[That sudden yell makes Kieran recoil once again, almost dropping the Shellphone in the process. But hearing that distress in the green Cyndaquil’s voice, he can’t help but feel bad for her. She really must feel alone, huh..? He certainly knows what it’s like to feel like an outcast…]

It really sounds like you and your partner really had a rough time, huh?

[Maybe it’s his own experiences resonating with hers, or maybe it’s just him wanting to prove her wrong and help her out, but after a pause, he speaks up again.]

Look, I’m… sorry about what y’all went through. But I know Mr. Shadow, so I’ll talk to ‘im for ya. I’ll try to put in a good word for ya, ok? And if you need some help while yer here, I could help you out. Cause it sounds like…

[And here he kinda shifts a bit, as if hesitant to speak, before continuing.]

It uh… kinda sounds like y’all could use a friend.

[ unfortunately, surge has severe trust issues, everyone in this world is probably out to get her. it's not the world that she knows, a place where she learned she had something if small, going for her.

now to appear like someone who needs help to make amends with someone? no, she wants to beat that guy to a pulp or die trying.

that's enough to cause the tenrec to turn around, her brows furrowed with an angry glint in her eyes. ]

No. That's not what I asked. If you can't bring him to me, then don't go runnin' ya mouth about this either. [ a good word isn't what she needs, she doesn't want others speaking for her because it's already living this life when she shouldn't exist to begin with.

surge rolls her eyes, her teal gaze looking to the camera, then to who's holding the device back to the person she's speaking with. suspicious, the girl remains quiet for a moment before leaning forward with her hands on her hips. ]

Why are you wantin' to help us? Tryna be a "friend" or is there somethin' that you want?

[Kieran frowns at her response, but what more can he do? He offered to help and she said no, and if she’s anything like his older sister then he has the distinct impression she’ll threaten to clobber him if he presses too hard. Well, so much for helping someone… His shoulders slump a bit, and he’s ready to let the matter drop before he’s getting lobbed with another question.]

Well, I… I mean, I just know how much it sucks to not have any friends, or anyone you can ask for help or even rely on. I don’t really want anythin’ from ya, I just thought, well… it just feels better if you got friends with ya.

What are you frownin' about?

[ what is this, she should be the one making a face, and having the body language like everything sucks and nothing goes right in her life ever. ]

I don't need friends.

[ because what are those to her? she probably doesn't deserve them. truthfully, that means trusting people, and the people she's met in passint has made it so that the idea of making friends is the last thing she needs. ]

But if ya got intel on this place and areas that we should keep in mind. I'll take that off ya hands. No one's really showed us around so I'll make you do that. Whaddya think?

["I don't need friends"... That's a sentence if he's ever heard one. It further echoes some of the thought processes Kieran himself went through back when he was on his own power trip back home. It's a lonely feeling, and he wonders if Surge is feeling what he felt back then... but he also doesn't know how to broach that subject with a veritable stranger.]

[But regardless, it seems she's willing to accept some help from him. Kieran perks up at that, and nods.]

Sounds fair! I can help ya with some places I know. [Intel, though? Sounds kind of like a spy movie.]

Ha! Look at you!

[ that perking up, oh, where has she seen that before. surge is a mean girl, but it's funny when people act like they really want to help. does she trust him? no, she thinks he's going to do something like bring shadow to her to attack, or maybe something worse.

with a laugh, the tenrec pokes at the screen. ]

Alright. Where did'ya wanna meet? I'll let you choose.

[ she'll find her way, probably. ]

Um… hmm…

[Kieran thinks for a moment, before giving her the directions for a nearby park.]

How about there? It’s pretty easy to find if ya want? Or there’s this cafe I know of you’re hungry…

[ she pauses to take in the directions, it doesn't make much sense to her, but she can find these places withe ease. ]

Welll, if you're buyin' who am I to stop you? Breakfast, lunch and dinner is on you!

[ with a smirk, the tenrec nods. ]

See you there at the park, and we'll make our way over to foodtown.

Huh?? Uh... sure!

[Well, he did offer... Kieran nods.]

Sounds good to me! See ya there!

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