bywiseguidance | fifth [video/action for Justice Farm]

[Oh hey it's yet another new egg feed. Ziva is sitting on the floor across from a bright green and cream and a blue and black egg, both wrapped in blankets so they're sitting upright, both are starting to move. Her voice comes from off-screen, being the one holding the camera.]

I was beginning to worry. I see that was premature.

[She's speaking lowly, as if she doesn't want to wake what's inside--let both of them take their time. It's maybe a bit silly, but there you have it. She doesn't speak again until both eggs crack, the green one spilling out a tangle of limbs that proves to be a baby Scyther, which immediately and determinedly gets to its clawed feet. Ziva's sharp smile will go unnoticed.]

You will be...Tisha, I think.

[The second egg takes a bit longer, but it eventually yields a Riolu, who looks a bit more hesitant about the whole being born thing. Nervous. It's going to take some coaxing, some extra care.]

And you...hmm.

[Ziva has to think about that one. She liked the idea of a Riolu, at the time, but with a team full of confident bruisers and general forces of personality, having a shy little jackal is kind of...well, an anomaly. She's stumped.

And the video ends with that.]

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Doubtful. They all have different personalities after all.

Perhaps she will influence Ari a bit. He could use a little more restraint.

[Though if Misty isn't enough to do it, it's unlikely.]

And I'm guessing this Ari of yours is a handful.

[Because, hey, need for restraint applies to most troublemakers.]

He is protective, hardheaded, and very, very angry.

[In short: yes.]

I cannot keep him and two of my others out at the same time. He will attack one on sight and the other is so intimidated by him that it is unfair to make her deal with him.

[Ziva's life: complicated. Really, she should just take the angry one and disappear into the Viridian Forest for a week until she gets his shit straightened out.]

...he is just like his namesake.

Have you ever tried using force to curb that mean streak? Positive and negative reinforcement could work too, I guess.

[Ice punches do wonders with Quake.]

I would prefer not to.

[That kinda smacks of animal abuse to her on a level that training them to fight and stuffing them in balls and/or computers doesn't, though she is planning on giving Misty X-Scissor as a safety measure.]

Fair enough. It's not everyone's style, and I guess there are better ways.

[At least, in the most ideal circumstances. Quake isn't the sort who can be quelled in any other way besides force, but he's hoping Ziva's 'mons aren't that brutish.]