4th Sapphire Cupcake: [Video / Action for Cianwood] - Backdated to 27 April, early morning

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[The feed suddenly clicks on at an ungodly hour of the morning, on a weird angle which shows that it's obviously sitting on the floor and has been accidentally turned on. There are crashes as growling Trapinch dashes past, followed by an annoyed looking Pineco.

The feed shows the two attempting to tackle each other and dodging, hitting furniture and slamming into the walls.

At this point, if anyone is wondering where the heck their owner is, he's dead to the world, snoring on the bed. You can just hear him in the background over the noise these two pokemon are making.

The pair become tangled up in a corner of the blanket which is draped on the floor. Struggling to both get loose, they pull the entire blanket off the bed, dragging three eggs with it.

They hit the ground with a crack and the feed blinds everyone watching with a series brilliant white lights.]

Karp...karp...karp...karp.

Reeeeep, Mareep?

Hor...seaaaaaa.

[The light fades and Spike's three newest pokemon are revealed (well, at least two of them...the Magikarp egg rolled off screen). Spike's Trapinch and Pineco, obviously surprised by this development, immediately start arguing, each blaming the other for what happened.]

What? Who's there?

[Cue their bleary owner, who has finally woken up.]

What the!?! YOU GUYS HATCHED?

[You can see Spike's feet as he hops off the bed, and starts frantically running around the room]

Oh Celestia, whatdoIdowhatdoIdowhatdoIdo???

Okay, stay cool Spike...you can handle this....

Wait, YOU'RE A FISH?!?

[A beat]

Water! I need water!

[Spike's legs race past into the bathroom, and you can hear the water being turned on in the bathtub as he dumps his Magikarp into it.]

Comments

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[griptape]

Isn't your other Pokemon a sea horse? Shouldn't you put that one in water as well? Or maybe the best idea would be to put them in the balls seeing as it seems to be an universal container for all Pokemon types... but wouldn't that mean there has to be water in them and how would the fire types react to it...

[Shinji's muttering becomes less and less audible as he pretty much forgets he was talking to the Pokegear and moves away to discuss the innards of a Pokeball with himself]

Voice

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Shinji will probably hear Twilight come busting into the room in the background. Spike hears Shinji on the Pokegear, which he didn't even realise was on until then and belts back into the room.]

OH CELESTIA! MY HORSEA!

[The feed will show him screeching over to her, hauling her up and running back into the bathroom to drop Horsea into the tub]

[A short time later, after leaving Shinji to discuss pokeballs to himself, Spike comes back to the gear.]

Ahaha thanks for that. Sorry if that woke you up. I don't know how this turned on, although I have a pretty good idea. [He turns to glare at Acorn and Pinchy, who are all of a sudden looking extremely innocent.]

I don't know...I mean, I know you're supposed to keep them in pokeballs, but that seems kind of mean.

Voice

[griptape]

[Seriously, it's like everyone just had to be noisy today.]

I don't know, I keep the furball out whenever I can [and there's a swii in the background] but he doesn't seem to dislike the Pokeball and in the case of your Pokemon... well, I bet they would prefer being put into Pokeballs over slow and painful death of dehydration... I wonder how long would they be able to survive without water.

Voice

[rather_eat_turquoise]

Death? [Spike looks alarmed.]

Well...uh...I mean, they're both in water now...so they'll be fine, right?

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[justanexpression]

[Oh, look, Dingle, you can have another derpy friend!

Jack's Magikarp has learned to mostly keep itself upright at least part of the time, so the feed manages to catch both of them and Patch the Pachirisu.]

Whoa, whoa, calm down. It's not the end of the world. See? [Look, fish, out of water. Not dead. (No matter what his flopping tends to look like.)]

[video]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[He just hears Jack on the feed as he's running his Horsea to the tub]

Oh...thank Celestia for that...[Spike breathes a sigh of relief and slows down a little]

Still, better to be on the safe side...[Jack will probably hear him put his horsea in the tub as well. A short while later, he comes back to the feed.]

Thanks for that. Sorry if I woke you. Somepony turned on my gear. [Spike glares at his two oh-so-innocent pokemon playing nicely now in the corner.]

So you have a Magic Carp too? Is it easy to look after?

[video]

[justanexpression]

[Better safe than sorry is a pretty good mantra to live by, yeah. Not that Jack does, but for other people.]

Somepony? ...I think I met some of your friends already.

Anyway, yeah. His name's Dingle. And, uh... well, I guess he's easy enough. He doesn't do much.

[Allow Dingle to demonstrate. Flop.]

[video]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike isn't so surprised - everypony seems to have met one of his friends! It was definitely a sign of how long some of them had been stuck here.]

Oh yeah? Who have you met? Almost the whole gang is here, except Fluttershy. But Twilight said she was here for ages, but then she went home before I saw her...

[He examines Dingle with interest]

He looks almost the exact same as mine. Complete with the flopping about.

So, he's okay without water?

[digitalorunknown]

[Eggs...Dorumon watches the video with mild wonder that fades to bewilderment when noise explodes from the Gear.

He watches for a moment, blinking.]

They look fine to me.

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[There's a bit of a break before Spike answers as he runs around frantically, before finally calming down and picking up the gear.]

Thanks. I think they're okay. [After dumping both his Magikarp and Horsea in the tub, Spike really hasn't had a chance to inspect his Mareep, and holds a hand out toward it cautiously. She sniffs his hand experimentally.]

Sorry for waking you. I didn't expect them to hatch all at the same time, and I didn't expect my pokegear to be on. [Spike glares at Acorn and Pinchy.]

[digitalorunknown]

I wasn't sleeping. [Bagon was, though. He glances over...looks like he still is.] Does this machine do that a lot?

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike makes a face]

Nah, my other two pokemon somehow turned it on. [Spike looks around the room, which is looking pretty trashed right about now. He addresses his Trapinch and Pineco who are in the background.]

Don’t tell me you guys were fighting again? [Trapinch just snorts at him. Spike rolls his eyes and mutters under his breath.]

Great. Another mess to clean up. Like I don’t have enough to do already.

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[togetherforever]

[From her time of owning a Magikarp, she knows they wouldn't necessary die from lack of water but she still found the boy's reaction to the fish's hatching reasonable.]

Your Magikarp'll be fine. You should put him and your seahorse in their balls until you find a proper source of water.

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[rather_eat_turquoise]

[There's a break before Spike has a chance to answer, after also dropping his Horsea in the tub.]

Sorry for waking you. Someponies were messing about. [Spike shoots a look over to his two 'innocent' pokemon.]

So Magic Carp can live out of water? That's impressive! I thought all fish needed to live in water.

I guess I could, but it just doesn't seem right to keep them all cooped up in there...

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[togetherforever]

it's alright, you didn't wake me up. Even if you did, I understand that your pokemon were being troublesome so I wouldn't blame you.

[Always finding some way to not get overly angry at people, Mayu.]

Some people keep their pokemon in computers too but they don't seem to complain. Maybe the pokeballs were built so the pokemon could feel comfortable inside?

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[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike looks hopeful.]

So...other people have troublesome pokemon too?

[That would make Spike happy to hear - he was feeling like he was the only one!]

Well...maybe. But if they don't like it, I wont keep them in there. Pinchy definitely doesn't like it...why am I not surprised...

[A beat]

What's a computer?

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

[Hearing Spike's panicking from her room in the inn, Twilight immediately leaps up to rush to his aid.

And so winds up bursting into the bathroom as he's dropping his new Magikarp into the tub, peering at him curiously.]

Spike? What's going- Oh, your Magikarp hatched! Congratulations!

[Action]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike looks up, startled, as Twilight busts into the bathroom.]

Oh Twilight! Yeah...he did...tha...

[Spike pauses as he hears a voice on his pokegear suggest that he put his Horsea in the tub as well, and panics, dashing out of the bathroom].

MY HORSEA!

[He comes running back in, dropping his Horsea into the tub...where she splashes about happily. His Magikarp just sort of...flops about a bit. Spike sinks down to sit on the floor in relief, disaster seemingly averted.]

Sorry you woke up. I didn't expect them all to hatch at the same time!

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

[She just chuckles a bit as she watches him run around.]

Hey, it happens. Don't worry about it. Did you have Pyrolepi looking after them? She's really good at helping eggs to hatch, especially since she evolved.

And you don't need to worry so much. Pokemon can be surprisingly resilient. I've seen a Magikarp flop around on land for quite some time and be no worse for the wear. That said, I'm pleased you're taking your responsibilities so seriously, not that I'd expect anything less from my number one assistant.

[Action]

[brbmakingfriends]

[Cue the Jigglypuff back kicking in the tub water. She's floating happily.]

[Action]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

Wait...where did you come from?!?

[Spike could have sworn the tub was Jigglypuff free when he dropped Magikarp and Horsea in. Now it was looking a little crowded.]

Wait a sec...is Pinkie around here somewhere?

[Spike cautiously looks around. You never knew with Pinkie Pie.]

[Action]

[brbmakingfriends]

[No Pinkie around, just a very calm Jigglypuff. Watch her as she rolls above water like a beach ball. Weeee~ Come on new Pokemons, roll her around.]

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[artofthestress]

Spike? I recommend --

[ A splash interrupts her from Spike's end. ]

Yes, I was going to say the tub.

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[rather_eat_turquoise]

[It takes a few moments before Spike can get back to Rarity, and she can probably hear him thumping back and forth between the bedroom and the bathroom (likely through both the inn wall AND over the feed. He's looking a little wet and bedraggled.]

Oh Rarity! Sorry you woke up.

Yeah, he's in the tub now with Horsea. [Spike breathes a sigh of relief.]

They seem to be getting on okay.

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[artofthestress]

[ A long yawn comes from her end. ] Never mind, I'm sure I'll make up the sleep somehow. Is there anything I can do?