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004 // Video - Action // In which Sora makes a friend

[Hey there, Vatheon! Time for a homely little broadcast of a cozy looking ... stable? Since when did Vatheon have horses? Must be new. The screen pans slowly, revealing a vast open field, bordered by a rickety white fence. Sora's voice speaks off screen:]

Hey guys- check out what showed up at Nostalgia Nook!

[And then woa! Fluffy yellow feathers invade the screen. The SFC shakes as the person holding it begins to laugh. Sora swivels the SFC on himself. His hood is caught in the beak of a rather large bird. Behind him are several more, nearly twice Sora's height and scattered throughout the field.]

They're called Chocobos. Some are pretty friendly. The guy at the stable? He says I can have one if I take good care of it! [Another Chocobo head bobs into the screen, nibbling at the end of a spike of Sora's hair. He doesn't seem to mind.] You can even ride them, but you gotta train em' first.

Oh. And when you sing, sometimes they'll dance. Watch!

[The screen swivels around, squaring on an unassuming Chocobo several yards ahead. Sora clears his throat, and begins to whistle a tune. The bird in question quirks its head at the SFC and surprise, surprise, it actually begins to dance! It bobs, sways, rolls its head, warking rather excitedly, drawing attention of other ones nearby who more or less begin to do the same.]

[Just when things start getting interesting, that's when it all stops: there's a loud, irritated wark right behind the SFC. Sora has halted his musical performance and the screen has wandered away from the dancing chocobo as if Sora has become distracted offscreen. Could be trouble...]

Uhh.... hey there... You want some greens, is that it?

I'm sure I've got some around here. Hang on a sec....H-hey!

Wait, what're you - Oh no!!

[The screen finally jerks around, catching a flash Sora being tugged backwards, his hood caught in the beak of a rather irate looking bird. The broadcast stops.]

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It's not a thing, Sora. It's a chocolatebo.

[Duh.]

And yeah! It looks like a Fred, doesn't it?

[He smiles at that.] You mean Chocobo, Raenef.

I dunno if he looks like a Fred. He looks more like... an Eclipse!

[What's Sora talking about? That bird is big and yellow. Eclipse has dark hair and dark eyes and- ]

[a dark, irritated expression just like-

HANG ON. If he tilts his head to the side just a little bit-]

[Raenef can't take it. His cheeks puff out trying to hold back the laughter, but it's not working very well. There are tears in his eyes.]

It looks just like him!

[Oh, but wait!]

My fairy's named Eclipse too! They can't both be Eclipse, can they?

[Sora just grins at the reaction. Better than expected!]

Hmmm... that would get kinda confusing. We can't have three Eclipses running around.

[And then something occurs to him.] Does he know you named the Fairy after him?

Yeah, three Eclipse's would be kind of...

[...well, would that really be so bad? Oh yes, it would. That would be three lessons a day.

Raenef blinks back into the present.]

Huh? Oh yeah, he knows! I told him after he tried to squash his own fairy. So I had to be a scary Demon Lord and tell him to stop doing that.

He tried squashing his fairy? Good luck with that. I can't even get a hold of mine.

Kinda wish I was there to see that. You don't strike me as the scary type.

...I get that a lot.

But I can be really scary when I have to be! It's part of my Demon Lord training; Eclipse shows me how!

He trains you to be scary? How's that working out?

Yeah! He just teaches me lots of different, scary words like "How dare you admonish me, vermin!" or "I shall spare you no quarter!" or "Defying me will be the last thing you ever do!"

It's okay, I guess. Sometimes, people are really terrified. But sometimes people just laugh. [To himself] I wonder why they keep doing that...

[Sora's run into a lot of villains in his day, so...]

Well, let's hear it.

[Raenef's giving Sora a skeptical look]

Are you sure? It can get pretty scary. You might not wanna be my friend anymore if I terrify you.

It's okay! I'm pretty hard to spook.

Maybe I can even give you pointers!

But Sora, you-

[How to say this gently without hurting his feelings? This was going to take some think-think-thinking here.]

Sora, um... you're not really all that scary. You're kind of, you know... a nice guy?

[He blinks. Laughs. Him? Scary? No way.]

Yeah, but I've fought a lot of bad guys who say stuff like that all the time.

You know, "Fools!" and "You'll rue the day!"

Like that.

Ohhhhhhhhhh... okay!

[So Sora had some ~~street~~ credentials. Seems like he wouldn't be too afraid if he pulled out some of his moves.

He takes a deep breath, centering himself for the dark, evil, HORRIFYING words that are about to come out of his mouth...]

[unfortunately, he looks nothing but a ridiculous, laughable shade of a true dark demon]

YOU!

[Finger point to Sora for the effect! And after a moment, he turns sideways a little. Yeah! +3 points for the angle!]

YOU DARE TO MOCK ME? YOU WILL REGRET THE DAY YOU MET LORD RAENEF V!

[And then the evil laugh. Oh yes, he's going all out on this one.]

MuahahahahahahahaahahahAHAHAHAHAHA!

[NAILED IT.

And now he's back to his cheerful self~]

So how was that? Don't cry or get mad at me or anything, okay 'cause I warned you!

[When it's all said and done, Sora doesn't respond at first. No verdict yet. Have a dramatic pause as Sora ponders over the attempt.]

Hhhmmmm....

...what is it?

[It couldn't have been bad, right? That was one of his best attempts!

...nah, he was probably just scared speechless. Awesome.]

Nice pose. Good volume. Even an evil laugh.

[He nods thoughtfully. All signs point to Sora being impressed, perhaps?]

... Maybe you oughta practice a little bit more with Eclipse.

I can do that!

[Delight spreads through Raenef. Okay, so more coaching. He could do with that. Eclispe was his mentor after all.

He beams. Another satisfied custome- BUT HEY!]

...you weren't scared at all, were you?

[Uuhhh... How to put this.] A little bit? Surprised, even!

[WOW. Either Raenef was really bad or-]

Huh! You're one of those really hard-to-scare types, aren't you? You must be pretty brave or something, Sora.

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