[ Hello! You have reached: "Walter Sullivan". Unfortunately they cannot answer the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep and they will return your call. ]
Instead, when Walter answers this call, he's greeted by the sight of a Honchkrow's face very close to the screen. Snickerdoodle tilts her head slightly as she peers into the camera, the motion punctuated by a raspy caw.]
[ Walter paused when he saw the face of a Honchkrow coming from Manaka's number. Because yes, this is not Manaka. But thankfully he can hazard a guess at what was happening, given how often Assumption had called Heather's Pokemon, and calls for Darkness, leaving the Gear for him. Darkness thought it could be Lyra, but he gasped. He knew that charm bracelet! ]
[When Darkness's face appears on the screen, Snickerdoodle hops backward and spreads her wings for the camera. Puffing up to look as large and impressive as she can, she hops in a brief circle to give Darkness the full 360 view. Obviously, she's very pleased with her new appearance.]
Oh! My shooting star, you were always strong! But oh, look at you! What a beautiful, daunting darling you've become!
[ HE IS SO FULL OF PRIDE RIGHT NOW. He caws in delight! ] I do hope I get to see you in battle soon. I would love to see the fear in their eyes when they see you!
[At her father's praise, her feathers smooth some. Apparently, his words are enough that she doesn't feel as though she needs to puff up quite so large.]
Of course, you're right—I was strong even when I was small. But I feel so fearsome now! [She flaps her wings again, this time to vent her excitement rather than to show off.] I've been training hard, and I know I've gotten stronger since the last time I saw you. Even if some of the others here are too lazy to be of much help with that.
[ He chuckled, grinning. ] Ah yes, those who are too happy to simply preen themselves and parade around like noisy Chatots. Do not worry my darling; even the weak can be a source of training. Learn how to manipulate them. Taunt them into striking when their blows will merely glance off your feathers and Quash them under your talons!
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Yes, that's true... [And, of course, one Pokémon in particular comes to mind when Darkness says that. But that description isn't entirely true anymore, is it? Snicker takes a moment to mull her probably over before she answers.] But what about when one of those Chatots still has an advantage over you?
[ Darkness smiled, a gleam in his eye. ] The strong can be outdone by the cunning, my darling. My fiercest rival within my team was an electric lionness named 'Chaos'. Truly, a brute who believes in 'the strongest of the pack will lead'. [ He gave a derisive croak. ] Yet she has not dominated me. The only one to whom I will bend, aside from my trainer, is your mother and that is with my heart laid out before her!
Gather your allies, my dear. Ensure your place not only by strength, but by those you know and your standing within them. It won't be hard. You have Lyra's charismatic charm and beauty.
[Snicker replied with a low, non-verbal cluck, her feathers fluffing again. His answer had embarrassed her—and in more than one way, at that.]
I think you're the only one who would say such about me. [She hadn't inherited her father's eloquence, and she certainly wasn't a diplomat. But even putting that aside...] I don't care about my place in some hierarchy—I only want to put her in hers!
[Snicker had a level advantage, but Chiffon had type weakness and advantage on her side. It made things less cut and dry than she liked.]
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Instead, when Walter answers this call, he's greeted by the sight of a Honchkrow's face very close to the screen. Snickerdoodle tilts her head slightly as she peers into the camera, the motion punctuated by a raspy caw.]
Dad?
YEEEE
Snicker? My star, is that you?
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Look, look! Now I'm strong, like you!
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Oh! My shooting star, you were always strong! But oh, look at you! What a beautiful, daunting darling you've become!
[ HE IS SO FULL OF PRIDE RIGHT NOW. He caws in delight! ] I do hope I get to see you in battle soon. I would love to see the fear in their eyes when they see you!
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Of course, you're right—I was strong even when I was small. But I feel so fearsome now! [She flaps her wings again, this time to vent her excitement rather than to show off.] I've been training hard, and I know I've gotten stronger since the last time I saw you. Even if some of the others here are too lazy to be of much help with that.
[That last bit is more of a harrumph.]
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[She will put you in your place yet, Chiffon.]
IT'S OK!
Gather your allies, my dear. Ensure your place not only by strength, but by those you know and your standing within them. It won't be hard. You have Lyra's charismatic charm and beauty.
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I think you're the only one who would say such about me. [She hadn't inherited her father's eloquence, and she certainly wasn't a diplomat. But even putting that aside...] I don't care about my place in some hierarchy—I only want to put her in hers!
[Snicker had a level advantage, but Chiffon had type weakness and advantage on her side. It made things less cut and dry than she liked.]