DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT (for Team Rocket's glory)

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[VIDEO]

[toothaches]

So uh, hey dudes. Question.

_{[Maurice is sitting in a field propped against his sleepy Ryhorn and holding the Poke'Gear as carefully as he can. He's never used a phone this fancy before and he's afraid he might break it. It seems expensive. His worried face aside, it seems to be a positively peaceful scene out here on the route! It's evening. The sky is turning purple.]}

What do you do when it's night time and you're worried something might possibly eat you in your sleep? I mean...I saw a squirrel shoot a lightning bolt today. I don't think a bug tent is gonna do it. And Meatloaf here's just a baby.

[gainedlove]

[Frisk comes onto the feed apparently laying back against a bush, a little sleepy-eyed but not terribly so given the time of day. They aren't little, but a whole day of tromping through the woods is tiring even if you are used to it.]

I think it'll be okay. Y' jus' gotta make friends with 'em an' then they're real nice.

[toothaches]

I can't make friends while I'm asleep!

[gainedlove]

[Frown...processing...]

Um...maybe if y' make a lotta friends, then they can tell th' rest you're okay?

[toothaches]

I guess that could work in the future.

_{[Maurice cranes his neck back to look over Meatloaf's shoulder at the tall grass.]}

Maybe I could build a wall outta rats and birds.

[gainedlove]

I r'member seein' some little kitties, too!

[The bush Frisk is laying on suddenly makes a lout bleat, and a black nose pushes on-screen to nuzzle at Frisk with a worried look.]

I AM THREADJACKING YOU AND YOU CAN'T STOP IT

[coolskeleton_95]

[From somewhere in the distance, there is unbridled....screaming. and Bonetroussle]

NYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[PAPYRUS approaches!!!]

oh god

[gainedlove]

[BONETROUSLE INTENSIFIES]

Huh?

[Wait, they recognize that yell! Frisk sits up abruptly, and Buddy lets out a startled and worried bleat.]

Papyrus?

NO ESCAPE

[coolskeleton_95]

[Non-skeletal missile incoming! THERE ARE ALSO SO MANY TEARS]

FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

[You are now being tackle hugged.]

[gainedlove]

[THIS IS MUCH MORE MASS THAN FRISK WAS EXPECTING INCOMING, OH GOODNESS. Buddy lets out one of those horrible goat screams and goes diving to hide in a bush, and Frisk is rather flattened on the ground.]

[They are hugging back, though!!]

Papyrus?! You got stuff all over you!

[4leafhair]

A tent? Are you camping?

[The pokegear fizzles a bit before resolving into the face of a little girl. See icon above. She's holding a pokemon that looks a bit like some kind of bug except it's huge. When the picture is clear, she grins hugely at the older man.]

Yotsuba is camping too! With Cicada-chan!

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice has to take a moment to blink. Okay. This kid has bright green hair. She must have awesome parents.]}

That's what it's shapin' up to be! Me and Meatloaf walked all day but didn't find another town.

_{[It's only then that he notices the HUGE ASS BUG she's carrying like it's a puppy or something not disgusting. He makes a face.]}

[4leafhair]

[Huge-ass bug indeed. It wiggles slightly and she sets it down.]

What's a meetloaf? Is it something you can eat?

[She tilts her head until it's almost sideways.]

Do you have food, mister?

[Almost on cue, her stomach rumbles, loudly enough that the mic pics it up.]

[toothaches]

_{[Her antics get a chuckle out of him. She reminds him of one of his nieces.]}

It is, technically, but my Meatloaf is named after a singer. Who is named after the food. What's your uh...buddy's...name, there?

[4leafhair]

Cicada-chan is Cicada-chan!

[She pics up her bug again, and kinda hefts it up like a heavy bag of groceries.]

She's a ninja cicada!

[A nincada, but close enough.]

[dragnerd]

Meatloaf?

[ Natsu is trying not to laugh, but let's be honest, he's never been good at stopping this kind of thing. His charmander, Rascal, is peeking over his shoulder, sound asleep for once. ]

Sorry, man, that thing really doesn't look like a meatloaf. But anyway, you should be alright? I mean, there's a lotta people around who don't mind letting people stay the night. Meatloaf or whatever looks a lot scarier than this guy and I've never had any trouble.

[toothaches]

_{[He's not sure if this guy is laughing with him (at the circumstances of it all) or at him. Still, he forces a smile.]}

Yeah, well...no. But Meatloaf is the name of a singer back home.

_{[It's then that he notices Rascal who is VERY CLEARLY some sort of baby dinosaur. Maurice's face lights up.]}

Woah! What's that little dude? And how long have you been here?

[dragnerd]

[ Guess that answers that, then. ]

Oh, this guy? The dude who gave him to me called him a charmander, I think. Believe me, though, he ain't usually this peaceful.

[ Natsu can't keep the excited shine from his eye. For all the headache this little thing gives him, he can't help but feel like they have a lot in common, though it's not like he'd ever admit that outright. ]

He looks kinda like a dragon, right? Breathes fire and everything!

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice nods enthusiastically. The only thing cooler than a dinosaur was a dragon! Oh man!]}

That makes sense! I mean, look at 'em, he's orange! Looks like a lot of these guys are color-coded.

[dragnerd]

[ Natsu just nods right back, grinning from ear to ear. ]

Right? I just hope he gets more cooperative before he gets too big. I can hardly rein him in when he's little!

[ He cranes his neck a little bit, as if changing his angle would let him get a better view of Maurice's surroundings. No luck, of course. ]

So what about Meatloaf? Is he some kinda dragon too?

[monge]

[Haha, oh boy, does he know that feeling. No amount of free bento or underwear... or baby monsters can prepare you for the struggle.]

You don't sleep, zura...

[toothaches]

Oh...I was afraid of that.

_{[Well this wouldn't be the first all-nighter he's pulled.]}

[monge]

[Nothing like sitting in the dark and waiting for the end to come— WAIT, no. Suddenly, an idea.]

Oh, h-hold on, zura! Maybe your Pokemon knows a move that can put you to sleep, zura!

[He can't even begin to count how many times he's struggled with Hypnosis Rhyhorns. ...Because it's never happened.]

It's easy, all you have to do is— [As if on cue, the Dunsparce that rests in the bag on his back pokes her little head out and lets out a nice, long yawn, spawning what can only be described as a horrible sleep bubble. It smacks right into Komasan's face, popping before he even gets a chance to notice it.] —yeah...just like that...z-zu— [He yawns himself and promptly passes out, smacking into the desk he's apparently sitting at before sliding out of his chair. The Dunsparce manages to slip out before she gets dragged along with him, hovering just above her fallen trainer.]

[toothaches]

<sub>[Maurice opens his mouth...and then he closes it.]

[What the heck had he just watched?]

[He stares at the slumbering duo in the tiny glow of his Poke'Gear screen. With a sigh, Maurice leans back against Meatloaf. Night wasn't that long--not nearly as long as it used to be when he was dead. And he'd get to see that beautiful sunrise again.]</sub>

[acornbatic]

If you happen to be anywhere nearby, that might've been Jupiter! No worries, though, she's totally harmless.

[Who's Jupiter, you ask? Hearing her name, a Pachirisu pops up right next to Makoto's face on the screen, peeking at the device curiously.]

Bu~t if you're still worried about getting eaten, how about you climb a tree and sleep there? I mean, some kinda Pokémon can probably still get you up there, but you're increasing your chances of survival!

[That's... probably not very comforting.]