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[The feed opens on Buster, glowing. Red looks mildly annoyed, because her marvellous evolution wasn't video-taped. Buster himself is shuffling around, trying to avoid the camera.]

Come on, don't tell me you're getting shy now. I told Nanako she'd get to see.

[Hey, it's a big step in the life of a Bagon! What if his wings are too small? WHAT IF HIS TAIL IS FAT, GUYS. Red says something, probably offensive, which at least gets Buster to stop actively running away. If the bitch can do it, so can he, dammit.

Buster caves and lets the glow settle over him, hunching down as if to pounce. It's clear that under the light the great big cocoon of a shell his body has been hiding in is cracking and peeling, his form doubling, tripling in size—Nero and Red are forced to back up, and finally the wings unfurl, huge red arcs sailing overhead. Nero chuckles, a little breathless, pleased and impressed.

The glow fades, revealing...Buster, bigger, huge, badder, teeth the size of knives, yellow eyes the size of dinner plates and a great big set of horns on either side of his head. And wings. Wings more than big enough to fly on. The remains of his shell are now a hard casing that shields his underside, protecting his belly from threats below. (Also his tail is not fat. In fact, it is muscular and sexy. You know, if you like dragons in that way.)

Buster's first order of business (after checking himself out) is to roar in Red's face. FUCK YOU, BITCH!!!!!!!

Aww yeah, that felt good.]

Hey, not ba—hey!

[The 'gear goes tumbling as Buster then lunges for Nero, snagging his teeth in the young man's jacket and...yanking him up and over the Salamence's broad back. Attack his trainer? More like taking him for a test drive. Nero barely has time to regain his composure before Buster unceremoniously—kind of trips over his own wing okay, you can evolve and look badass but dignity is apparently not included in the package, and—takes off. The last sound is Nero's exhilarated whoop and Red's unhappy snort.

The 'gear lands in the grass and switches off.]

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Well, how was I suppose to know that?! You just took off into the sky, you know! Without any kind of warning too, you know! [ Yes, she's mostly nervous now as she shakes her fist, the other holding the gear tightly. ] He's the one who was throwing you around like you were a toy too! Is this kind of thing normal!?

Hey, hey, relax. Buster's harmless.

[A grunt from the Salamence says that this is a lie, but he'll go with it.]

He was just happy to evolve. [Happens aaaall the time.]

[ Yeah, she's just going to give him the kind of skeptical look that only a child could provide. ]

Harmless. Right. [ Look at all of this belief. ] Evolve? I don't really get what you mean by that. I just woke up here and got kicked out of this stupid house, you know! You could have fallen and then what would you have done, hmmm?

You just got here? Damn, kid.

[WHY DO CHILDREN TALK TO HIM. WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING.]

Evolution is when they get bigger. Lots of glowing and stuff--you saw it. Been here for a couple months know, I know what I'm doing.

Yea, that's what I said, you know!

[ Because children like big guys who are loud mouthed. ]

It didn't look like you knew what you were doing. In fact, it looks like it was bossing you around, you know.

I know, stop saying that.

[It's a verbal tic, Nero, cut her some slack.]

And Buster's never gonna be the boss of me, no matter how big he gets. [Tiny little whuff of disinterested assent from Buster. The boss is the boss, no1curr.]

[ SHE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE KNOWS GEEEEEZ. ]

H-Hey! Don't tease me! We just met and you're already picking on me! [ Yes, she comes from a village of non-stop teasing and there's no way she's allowing that trend to continue here. Nope. Not when she has a fox that can breathe fire! ] Do you think he believes that?

Then stop asking me if I know stuff. There, problem solved.

[Sorry Kushina, he's rude and also a big jerk and also really dgaf about your fire-breathing fox. SUCKS.]

And I think he doesn't have the personality to give me any trouble.

[Buster is madly in love with napping. Also eating stuff. Giant labrador with scales.]

[ Then she will just make him FEEL BAD by giving the obligatory clueless kid look. Did she just get yelled at? Sort of. That can be considered yelling in some country. ]

Isn't it your responsibility to make sure the little ones are taken care of!? [ SHRIEKING. ] Hey big demon dragon, you should beat him up to prove a point!

[Grunt from Buster. No can do, little miss. Too busy napping. Head-nomming will have to come later.]

[There's a tiny smirk playing at the corners of Nero's mouth, but the look he gives Kushina while this is happening is an even one.]

My 'responsibility'? As if.

[If he gives her pointers, will she go away?]

[ Maybe.

How good is Nero with kids?? ]

If you don't start taking responsibility, I'm going to hunt you down.

[ And then? ]

I'll make you be responsible.

05 ☣ video/action for route 7

video; look she has red hair AND LIKES PUNCHING THINGS? it's like nero and kyrie's kid okay.

video; just don't tell him that

video; he couldn't afford another lady n-e-ways

video; he wouldn't want to, kyrie is his only princess :(

video; but children are cute and have boogers

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