rather_eat_turquoise | 4th Sapphire Cupcake: [Video / Action for Cianwood]

[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.]

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[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.)]

[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?

[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.]

[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?

I think her name's Pinkie? [Just cause he's met her doesn't mean he KNOWS her, but he seems to recall that being her name. Maybe.

He moves the gear to showcase Dingle a little better. It's not like he moves around a lot or anything.]

Oh, yeah, flopping is... pretty much all he does. He likes water, a lot, but he's okay without it for a while. I keep him in his ball most of the time, but... [He gestures at the Magikarp. He was going to say 'but being out doesn't kill him' but now that he's thinking about it, he can't really say that with complete certainty, considering Dingle's tendency to look half-dead at the best of times.]

[Spike laughs]

Yeah it's hard to forget Pinkie Pie! She'll make sure you remember her.

[Spike looks over his shoulder towards the bathroom, where he can hear his Horsea and Magikarp splashing]

So they don't...really do anything else then?

[Spike sighed.]

Well, at least they're okay out of water, for a while anyway. I guess when we leave Cianwood I'll have to put him in a fishbowl or a pokeball...

[He shakes his head and shrugs, because what else can you really do when discussing the relative usefulness of a Magikarp?]

Not really, no. But it'll be worth it when it grows up.

Definitely don't leave it out when you're traveling, unless you wait for it to flop fast enough to catch up.

I heard they're a dragon when they grow up! [He pauses and looks back towards the bathroom.]

Although how a fish turns into a dragon, I have no idea. How does that even work?

[Spike blinks]

Flops...to...

[He starts laughing at the image in his mind]

That would be HILARIOUS! I'd have to call him Magi-CAN'T.

[Okay, yeah, now he's thinking about it, that totally is a hilarious mental image. Jack starts laughing, too.]

Anyway, yeah, a fishdragon. So careful you don't make it too mad when it's still small.

[Okay, so he's not sure that matters, but the other kid with the Magikarp had said it, and Jack's enough of a brat to repeat it just for fun.]

[Spike is still laughing, and he covers his mouth, trying to muffle it while he talks]

Yeah...yeah I'll be careful...wouldn't want it...to flop me to death...

...Fishdragon...

[Spike collapses back into laughter. After a few moments, he's able to pull himself back together.]

At least he seems pretty happy at the moment. I'll have to think of a name for him.

Speaking of names, I'm Spike!

[In all the confusion, he forgot to introduce himself]

I don't think they're too picky about names. [Honestly, most of the pokemon seemed pretty okay with whatever people came up with to call them.]

But I'm Jack. Nice to meet you, Spike.

I guess. I'm sure I'll figure out a name for each of them.

Nice to meet you too Jack! Have you been here a long time? I only got here a couple weeks ago. Are any of your friends here?

I think it's been about a month. Not that long, huh?

A couple of my friends from back home are here, yeah, but I don't think they're nearly as outgoing as your friends. They're back in Cherrygrove.

I guess not. But Twilight said she's been here for years. I kinda hope that doesn't happen...I mean, it's fun and all...but I like Equestria...

Oh well that's good that they're here too! It wouldn't be very fun coming here by yourself. Where did you come from?

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

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