shellphones | video / it's snowing on mt. fuji

Type: Video
Sender ID: tenrectricity (Surge)
To: Public
Subject: Hikes
Warnings: Trashing Espio's room

Okaaaaay! I know what you are all here for today, a bounty? A chance to beat someone's face in!? I want that too, but I'm bringing somethin' else to the table.

[ the camera shuffles, surge can be seen relaxing on someone's bed with her legs crossed, and what seems to be a small book in hand. the background suggests she's in a very tidy room which doesn't match her personality, however... in the corner of the video, a busted down door can be seen with the hinges broken off, and then the camera's readjusted to show only surge and that mischievous smile of hers. ]

So Chick had me thinkin' you know, everyone got a lil creative side, so I thought maybe revealing these techniques would lighten everything up.

[ leaning up, surge flips through the book in hand searching for something and... ]

Aha! So I'll start with someone I know who does this almost every day. Ahem! Here we have one that happens to the best of us. I feel as if this one needs a beat... DRIPPY, HAND ME THAT GUITAR....

[ with the guitar in hand, and the questionable pick is when surge begins to strum at the strings to find a beat. she's a little taken aback on how this works because this is different from what she's seen, but her beat is off-rhythm and she gives a little screamo action on this poetic piece of literature she memorized as another piece of art slides on screen. ]

MY WALLET IS SO EMPTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I COULD USE A PENNYYYYYYYY OR TWENTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
THE STAAAAAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEEE OF MY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNKKKKKKK SO UNKEMPTLYYYYYYYYYYYY
DOO DOO DOOOOOOOOOOOOO, DEE DEEEEEEEEEEEEE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[ that one speaks for itself as surge finishes up her "technique" on the guitar, one of the strings snapping, and she throws it on the floor afterwards. with that done, surge flips to another page, squinting to look over at her camerafox picture he wants to use then down at the writing.

once found, the picture takes the entire view. ]

Bees buzzing so loud
Crocodiles full of sound
It's snowing on Mt. Fuji

[ as they prepare for the next one, surge is shuffling through pages unable to find what she wants... ] This next one gunna take a minute, Drippy do a commercial break or somethin' I need to find this one.

--COMMERCIAL BREAK STARTS--

[ kit and surge each leave from one side of the camera, going offscreen until...

a piece of paper is lifted in front of the camera, and slowly moved from one side to the other. behind it, some might recognize that they're hearing kitsunami's voice. ]

Do do do do doo, do do d-do do... Doo... Do not buy Build-A-Bot!

[ after this important message, the picture slides off camera, and now surge is somewhere else inside of the room, and there's a little quaint desk for calligraphy by her side. surge stands with sharktooth grin as another image comes from above, covering the camera. again, surge's voice can be heard as she reads off another hit. ] For the finale of Peaches' Hikes, we'll end it off on one that makes a lotta sense to me.

[ here comes the last image from below, covering the shellphone screen, and revealing... a masterpiece as surge reads off that little book she has. ]

Seashells on the sea shore
There is a very loud snore
Ignoring it is a chore
Would like to stop being poor
Waiting around is a bore

Well, there ya have it! All sorts of creative Hikes in this little book, now if anyone has any critiques or things they'd like to say. Love, love, looooooooooooooooooove to hear'em.

[ she throws the book onto the ground as she's done with it. ] Anyway, everyone say thank you to Della Duck for bringing us together as a community to showcase our talents. Remember to like and subscribe.

[ one last piece of paper comes on the screen. ]

[ then the video cuts off. ]

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It's okay.

[ kit also likes to feel included when surge is doing things, so he guesses he doesn't mind. ]

I did the pictures... Um, Espio did the poems...

No kidding?

[All right, now he's genuinely impressed. Drawing the monsters he hunts is part of his own personal project.]

You've got some talent there.

[ kit nods, rapidly and a little nervously, like he's more afraid of disagreeing than he is actively agreeing with the statement. ]

Thank you...

[ he thinks? it's hard to say, he'd never really considered drawing to be a talent of his—but at the same time, it's kind of a surprise because it isn't necessarily a talent that starline had instilled in him. it feels like... it's almost praise to kitsunami himself, and that... that is kind of scary, when he thinks about it. ]

I-I just drew what the poems wrote, so...

[ not that impressive. ]

That's not easy to do.

[It's really not. Not in his opinion, or experience.] I can draw from what I see all right, but, have to have it in front of me. Like Assan, for example. But, if you handed me a poem and said, "draw that"?

No way.

[Carving is different, but they're not talking about that. Frankly, this kid could stand to hear praise a little more, if you asked him. And... when did he start getting feelings about these kinds of things?]

[ maybe he could use a little more of that. at first, kit shrinks into himself, but then his eyes peek out through his bangs, looking at the screen. ]

I-I'll tell Surge you liked it... Maybe we'll do another one.

I think you should. Maybe I'll get used to them that way.

[Here's that WINNING WARDEN GRIN.]

In a good way.

[ well, he's smiling, so... good? maybe he has a point—if surge does more streams like this, more people will recognize her, and that'll make it easier for her to become a hero.

kit's thoughtful on that for a moment, but then he nods. ]

Okay.

[ davrin'd better show up to the next stream too, in that case! ]

Keep up the good work, kid.

And I'll keep an eye out for your stuff. Sound good?

[ man kit was already reaching for the 'end call' button, but his eyes will meet davrin's for a moment and he'll nod fervently. sure. great, actually—it means one more person with their eyes on surge. a smile creeps across his face. ]

Yes!

Deal.

[He'd shake hands here, but alas, it's video. So a nod of his head it is.]

See you around.

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