Authority issues + tentacles = always a laugh

[villainousvirus]

[Heatram's volcano lair has no merit whatsoever with little to provide but stifling heat and rocks. As an alien— no, legendary Pokemon, temperature doesn't usually mean much of anything to him, but Deoxys is at least familiar enough with rocks to know there's absolutely nothing good about them. He did crash to Earth in one, after all, torn out of his beautiful spacial backdrop of stars by Earth's gravitational pull.

Not that he ever saw the rest of space from within the cold hard innards of the meteorite that incubated him until then, but within the mountain you can't even see the sky. Heatran's lair is fairly spacious but to Deoxys it's cramped and oppressive, feeling the heavy ache in his chest and uncertain for a moment if it's home sickness for a place he never really knew, or the pain mirrored in this form from where the gem in his true body's chest is cracked to the centre.

For the umpteenth time, the boulder he's been focused on all day (night? He can't tell from in here) rattles and shakes, banging against the cave floor. Deoxys braces his hands against the wall he's slumped against, teeth clenched and sweating from the effort and the heat as he wills the giant rock into the air. He feels its oppressive weight in his head and then his chest is hit with a crushing pain. The boulder strikes the floor as Deoxys slides down to the floor gasping, one hand at his heart as he mutters curses between jagged breaths.]

Comments

[crosscrawl]

I told you to stop! You'll hurt yourself if you keep doing stupid things like that!

[ there... wasn't much to do here. it was why Heatran was never home, usually - but she had a mission today: to watch Deoxys. it was nice to have someone to talk to, but when the words all ran out, he'd resort to things like this. it scared her to think he'd hurt himself even further - not that she could ever word it properly.

she goes over to his side and bops his forehead. ]

[villainousvirus]

[Deoxys lifts disoriented gaze to Heatran's face, locks of dishevelled orange hair falling in front of his face as he scowls at her.]

Does it really matter?

[He closes his eyes, letting his head drop, the irregular rise and fall of his chest still noticeable but beginning to settle back into normal paced breathing/]

If you have any better ideas how to spend my time here, let's hear it.

[crosscrawl]

[ oh no, he's hot. ]

You should be happy with my company! [ I'm here with you. ] I'm watching you out of the goodness of my heart, so the least you could do is behave yourself. [ I don't want to see you hurt. ]

[ she'll move to sit in front of him, tucking her knees under herself daintily and haughtily pouting at him. she feels more like crying. ]

You look horrible. Let me fix your hair. [ hastily sitting up to scrape it back into itself and out of his face before she sits back. ]

I've talked about everything under the rainbow and you're not satisfied? Why not make your own fun that doesn't involve hurting yourself?

[villainousvirus]

[Deoxys swats blearily at Heatran's hand as she brushes back his hair, missing his target completely and letting his arm fall like a dead weight into his lap.]

Fun? I don't know, how do Pokemon make their own fun? The last time I tried anything fun I got banished down here.

[Yeah, you know, that...fun, city destroying thing where hundreds of people and pokemon died? Yeah that.]

I don't know what fun I can possibly have down here. Hey, how do you stand it in this stupid cave? It's cramped, you can't even see the outside. Why do you like to live like this?

[crosscrawl]

They talk and play and spend time together and don't go destroying things like children! Have some respect for things other than you!

[ that last comment - resonates a bit too well with her. she doesn't like it much, down here, aside from the heat. its lonely, and reminds her a bit too much of how she hates her pokeform. it doesn't suit her much at all. ]

I... [ her words catch in her throat. ]