♚ eleventh step ♚

[polarization]

[ In the library, there is a sleeping boy. This boy has an egg! It is an odd, yellow egg with one pink dot on each side of it and black lightning bolt patterns along the crown. How curious.

Unbeknownst to Sefton, the egg begins to stir, rocking back and forth from its cradle of his curled up legs and arms. It's making sounds! It's about to hatch!

Crack...

Crack... crackcrack—

Congratulations! Your egg has hatched into a Pichu! And boy, is the little tyke just SO HAPPY to be alive. In fact, it's so excited, it discharges some electricity on accident. Zzzap. ]

O—ow! What—... uh. Hi.

Pi pichu!

[ WELL YOU GUYS SAID IT COULD BE A POKéMON I mean, standard Sefton disclaimer, yadda yadda. ]

Comments

[oliverplus]

You know, like Zap, or...nevermind, that's lame.

[polarization]

Very. [ He looks down to the little snoozer in his lap. He can't really think of a lot of electric terms that don't sound awkward, except... ] Static?

[ Eh. That's still pretty bad. ]

[oliverplus]

That's better. How do we make it sound cooler?

[polarization]

You're asking me?

[oliverplus]

...okay. Maybe we should come up with a name that just has something...electric in it? Like a sizzle or a zzt or something?

[polarization]

A... what?

[oliverplus]

You know, a bzzt. A zap? Bam? Pow?

Actually, that's probably a bit too Batman...

[polarization]

[ He raises a brow at that. Bit too what? ... then shakes his head. ] 'n how'd you put that in a name?

[oliverplus]

...good point.

Got a different idea?

[polarization]

Nope.

[oliverplus]

[well, that was productive] Maybe he'll help when he wakes back up...

[polarization]

Don't think it'll be much help with that.

[oliverplus]

It might do something that makes us think of something!

Maybe you could name him after a superhero with electric powers?

[polarization]

... no.

[oliverplus]

...okay, not that then. [might look a bit disappointed]

[polarization]

[ Gives him a look. He may be a bit amused here. ] What?

[oliverplus]

Nothing! It'll want you to name it.

[polarization]

'n I can't think of a name, so it doesn't matter.

[oliverplus]

You'll think of something.

[curiously] Any idea what it might eat?

[polarization]

... no. [ And he gives Oliver a slightly incredulous look, laced with apprehension over having to take care of this thing. He's still torn on whether he likes the idea of being its owner or not. ]

[oliverplus]

[back to trying really hard to sound reassuring] Well, we'll figure it out! Maybe we should get some stuff, and we can try it when it wakes up?

[polarization]

... I guess. [ He looks back down to the thing. Temptation to poke it is... incredibly high. ]

[oliverplus]

Okay! What do little animals eat? Like...milk or grass or nuts or something? Maybe...

[polarization]

I... dunno. Animals aren't really my thing.

[oliverplus]

I've only had a dog. Oh, and a goldfish. But I had this mate whose sister was raising an abandoned baby rabbit. Maybe it's something like that?