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[asmywitness]

[[Tyler screens his calls - anyone who tries to actually call him, he'll text back in reply.]]

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[fingersandteeth]

Oh Jesus, yeah, you would be. Shit.

[There's about half-a-minute's pause before Steven types,]

So. How do you feel about going down to Azalea by way of Violet with me? I talked with the higher-ups about a project I wanted to do there and they agreed I could, so I'll be going to interview Old Kurt about the whole Slowpoke Well Incident from some years before we came here and when I get back I'll edit them into a segment the Tower is going to air. You could get your warp there--hell, you could even challenge Bugsy if you wanted, since I probably will--and I can fill you in on more details on the way down.

And, you know, that way you can get used to me when I'm *not* in the middle of a four month internal scream.

[asmywitness]

You know what, sure. All the paperwork's done on my end for the bar, I could use a break from Goldenrod for a bit.

You haven't been to Violet yet though, have you? Do you need me to help lead the way?

[fingersandteeth]

That would be nice, actually. It would certainly cut flying time in half--it seems to take me twice as long whenever it's not anywhere I've been before.

I figure we can leave early on Saturday? Or even Friday, I guess, since it's for a job for the newsroom.

Oh and I'll have a surprise for you too.

[asmywitness]

Friday sounds good. I'll make sure my apartment's set up for the time being. [He likes his Pokemon being out and having their space, okay.]

I worry for your surprises. I haven't got space for more Pokemon.

[fingersandteeth]

It's not a Pokemon.

[Somebody's getting sign language dumped into his head!]

[asmywitness]

Cool, consider me tentatively excited then.

do you want to do a switch to brief action for the sake of tyler reacting to this?

[fingersandteeth]

Great.

Let's meet in front of Fight Club before we head out.

yesss

[asmywitness]

Sure thing.

That's right in front of his apartment, after all, it means he can be outside in the mid-afternoon sun with Ox already saddled up by the time Steven gets there. Isis's crest feather flicks up when he does, and she peeps at him happily, making Ox rumble as well and finally drawing Tyler's own attention from double-checking the straps.

Tyler himself just smiles and waves.

Excellent

[fingersandteeth]

Steven waves back and then his hands start moving in very familiar ways.

So should I ride pinion or have El Diablo (he uses the sign for 'devil' + 'green' in this case) carry me while following you?

He's grinning so damn widely.

Also surprise! Lydia was in a good enough temper after we talked about the stairs and Changeling bullshit that she and Allure helped stuff this in my head. Psychic Pokemon are great.

[asmywitness]

Tyler's eyes light up, and Isis actually turns to look at him with how suddenly there's a huge grin on his face too.

It's not riding El Diablo, (and he mimics Steven's sign perfectly) it's letting yourself get thrown around like a ragdoll. You can ride pinion.

Wow he is... unexpectedly touched by this. Holy shit. They're pretty amazing.

[fingersandteeth]

Not all of us have fucking huge dinosaurs, Steven signs back amiably. I work with who I've got. But yeah. I've wanted to learn but you weren't kidding about how long it takes normally. So I'm glad they could help.

[asmywitness]

I should know, it's only my native language. There's no spite though, he's still too happy about Steven actually learning it just for him. Maybe you should get yourself a fucking huge dinosaur, you know you love him.

Ox, whose head alone is nearly as tall as Steven, plods sedately forward to nuzzle the other Changeling's torso with an affectionate rumble.

[fingersandteeth]

Steven pets his head, before pulling his hands back to say, What I really want is a Golurk. You can teach them fly and how cool would it be to be carried around by a nine foot tall robot ghost?

[asmywitness]

Gundam is super not my thing, but I can see why you're into it. Ox moves back towards him, and it's Tyler's turn to pat the giant dinosaur's head for a good few seconds. Where do you even catch those, anyway?

[fingersandteeth]

Ruins of Alph, Steven replies right away, fingerspelling the second half of the name. Among other places. Or, well, their pre-evolution at least. At some point when we don't have other priorities, we really should just all three spend the day there, you and me and Lydia. That's where they've got Sigilyphs too, I think. I definitely want one of those.

And also we should visit Dr Pines' museum-gym, even if we don't challenge it.