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hophophopper"Steamliner, come on out!"
[Video focuses on a narrow space under what's probably a dresser.]
"I promise, I won't laugh... I'm sorry, okay? You look great!"
[A faint "Steeeam..." is heard. An angled shape gleams in the dark.]
"Come on... Hopper-1 is out here too!"
[A longer pause, and then something emerges. It looks very much like a toy train, but with to-scale cat ears attached.]
"See? Nothing's wrong, Steamliner!"
[The person speaking is definitely amused, but not actually laughing. Like a cat, the train is nervous, ready to dart back under the dresser.]
"Awww. It's okay, buddy."
[The person holding the phone leans down to pet the train. The train doesn't flee, but nor does it look very happy!
Then the person whips the camera around; a grasshopper wearing a cat tailpiece falls from a windowsill to just out of frame when the camera stops moving.]
"Hopper-1! I said be careful-!"
[Video ends.]
[The entire video is a three-second clip of Gekiocopter trying to lift Skebows, while Golddash cheers both Vehicle Chemies on.]
[Caption: Okay, this time, I've set up a camera to find out where my hot cocoa packets are going.]
[Video has no audio. In black-and-white images, a Unicorn and several small spheres stack themselves to reach a kitchen counter, select one packet of hot cocoa mix, and retreat.
Another sphere rolls over to the camera, knocking it over.]
[Final Caption: In retrospect, I should have seen that coming.]
[Minato has his webcam on, while he is working overnight at the Academy. He plays some music in the background...
And as the song goes on, various Chemies dance their way past the doorway. For the final tone, Steamliner skids past the door, a split-second's look of panic indicating a belated realization that this was a bad idea.
Loud smashing sounds ensue, and Minato FINALLY looks up from his work, darting outside to see what has happened.
The last few seconds of the video take place at Kyoka's desk, where she is headbanging to the bass line after starting the song over.]
[The camera starts at a low angle, a bit of red exoskeleton in the shot. There is some half-minute of running across halls, until it turns into a room and sees a very busy X Wizard.
What is the Level 10 Chemy doing? Cleaning! All sorts of supplies, a cabinet has been moved- and then the Chemy turns and stares at the camera.
For a full twenty seconds, no words are exchanged. Then there are subtitles on the video (underlying Chemy-speak):
'This is an intervention.'
Video ends.]
[Title Card - Gokigenmeteon Summon Ritual]
[The actual video is an arrangement of colored spheres - each one emits a specific note - following the pattern in this video.
The initial chicken sound comes from offscreen, and when all the chickens are supposed to pile into the room, Inphoenix appears instead.
Video ends.]
["Every so often I catch them doing this..."]
[The video, in portrait format, is of the grasshopper and toy steam train... grooming each other??
It's hard to make out exactly how they're doing it, but they seem to be well-used to the practice.]
["Aren't they cute?!"]
[Video compilation: Hopper1 leaping straight into various glass surfaces. The Chemy is fine; the humor comes from how many times it's apparently had this trouble.
Title? "It's a hard-hop life"]
[Camera is held in place by someone walking down a hallway. Faint clacking noises can be heard.]
"Hopper1?"
[Finally the user turns a corner, revealing the grasshopper Chemy... tapping away at a typewriter?!?]
"What did I say about pacing yourself? You've been on that thing for four hours!"
[There's even reams of paper placed around the typewriter, all filled with text. It's hard to see from the camera angle, but some of the papers have... math equations?]
"You're going to have to stop for today, okay? Make whatever notes you need to keep your place, but then we're getting ready for bed, got it?"
[The Chemy seems somewhat dazed, but it at least understands the person's words enough to be disappointed, then nod.]
"Okay! Should I help pick these up, or...?"
[Hopper1 darts into action, its furtive movements implying the answer is 'no'.
The video ends.]
[The entire video is ten seconds of Madwheel staring at the camera... with a 'sparkly-eyes' filter applied.
Caption: "Is this working?"]
[Antrooper is on-screen, using multiple instances to point and balance the phone camera.]
'So, am I going to be... an aunt ant?'
[Antrooper's eyes go sparkly, and then the video abruptly ends.]
[A time-lapse night video of a grasshopper and toy steam train snuggling each other. Occasionally one or the other wakes up, looks around hurriedly, then calms down, repositions itself, and goes back to sleep.
Caption: 'They've been doing this every night since they reunited.']
[The camera starts by focusing on a single electric flyswatter that has (presumably) fallen on the floor. One by one, the animal-category Chemies surround the tool, a few of them (Yamibat, Catchula, Bountybunny) touching the swatter and jumping back when it shocks them.
Ganvhale and Gorillasensei remain in their cards, appearing exasperated by the antics of their fellow Chemies.
Once all the others have formed a circle, Lixion abruptly crosses into frame, picking up the flyswatter in its mouth.
Electricity flies around harmlessly, and all the other Chemies fall back.
Lixion, realizing that perhaps this was not food, sighs, the stick still poking out of its mouth. The video ends.]
[Video is set in the Alchemy Academy. Fifteen Chemies - mostly Job category, though some of the Fantastical Chemies are there as well, and JungleJan - are all holding markers.
Hopper1 stands at a whiteboard.
Over the next three minutes, a game of Pictionary unfolds. The images are all but incomprehensible, but it appears the Chemies are better at understanding each other than humans understand them.]
[Video focuses on a narrow space under what's probably a dresser.]
"I promise, I won't laugh... I'm sorry, okay? You look great!"
[A faint "Steeeam..." is heard. An angled shape gleams in the dark.]
"Come on... Hopper-1 is out here too!"
[A longer pause, and then something emerges. It looks very much like a toy train, but with to-scale cat ears attached.]
"See? Nothing's wrong, Steamliner!"
[The person speaking is definitely amused, but not actually laughing. Like a cat, the train is nervous, ready to dart back under the dresser.]
"Awww. It's okay, buddy."
[The person holding the phone leans down to pet the train. The train doesn't flee, but nor does it look very happy!
Then the person whips the camera around; a grasshopper wearing a cat tailpiece falls from a windowsill to just out of frame when the camera stops moving.]
"Hopper-1! I said be careful-!"
[Video ends.]
[The entire video is a three-second clip of Gekiocopter trying to lift Skebows, while Golddash cheers both Vehicle Chemies on.]
[Caption: Okay, this time, I've set up a camera to find out where my hot cocoa packets are going.]
[Video has no audio. In black-and-white images, a Unicorn and several small spheres stack themselves to reach a kitchen counter, select one packet of hot cocoa mix, and retreat.
Another sphere rolls over to the camera, knocking it over.]
[Final Caption: In retrospect, I should have seen that coming.]
[Minato has his webcam on, while he is working overnight at the Academy. He plays some music in the background...
And as the song goes on, various Chemies dance their way past the doorway. For the final tone, Steamliner skids past the door, a split-second's look of panic indicating a belated realization that this was a bad idea.
Loud smashing sounds ensue, and Minato FINALLY looks up from his work, darting outside to see what has happened.
The last few seconds of the video take place at Kyoka's desk, where she is headbanging to the bass line after starting the song over.]
[The camera starts at a low angle, a bit of red exoskeleton in the shot. There is some half-minute of running across halls, until it turns into a room and sees a very busy X Wizard.
What is the Level 10 Chemy doing? Cleaning! All sorts of supplies, a cabinet has been moved- and then the Chemy turns and stares at the camera.
For a full twenty seconds, no words are exchanged. Then there are subtitles on the video (underlying Chemy-speak):
'This is an intervention.'
Video ends.]
[Title Card - Gokigenmeteon Summon Ritual]
[The actual video is an arrangement of colored spheres - each one emits a specific note - following the pattern in this video.
The initial chicken sound comes from offscreen, and when all the chickens are supposed to pile into the room, Inphoenix appears instead.
Video ends.]
["Every so often I catch them doing this..."]
[The video, in portrait format, is of the grasshopper and toy steam train... grooming each other??
It's hard to make out exactly how they're doing it, but they seem to be well-used to the practice.]
["Aren't they cute?!"]
[Video compilation: Hopper1 leaping straight into various glass surfaces. The Chemy is fine; the humor comes from how many times it's apparently had this trouble.
Title? "It's a hard-hop life"]
[Camera is held in place by someone walking down a hallway. Faint clacking noises can be heard.]
"Hopper1?"
[Finally the user turns a corner, revealing the grasshopper Chemy... tapping away at a typewriter?!?]
"What did I say about pacing yourself? You've been on that thing for four hours!"
[There's even reams of paper placed around the typewriter, all filled with text. It's hard to see from the camera angle, but some of the papers have... math equations?]
"You're going to have to stop for today, okay? Make whatever notes you need to keep your place, but then we're getting ready for bed, got it?"
[The Chemy seems somewhat dazed, but it at least understands the person's words enough to be disappointed, then nod.]
"Okay! Should I help pick these up, or...?"
[Hopper1 darts into action, its furtive movements implying the answer is 'no'.
The video ends.]
[The entire video is ten seconds of Madwheel staring at the camera... with a 'sparkly-eyes' filter applied.
Caption: "Is this working?"]
[Antrooper is on-screen, using multiple instances to point and balance the phone camera.]
'So, am I going to be... an aunt ant?'
[Antrooper's eyes go sparkly, and then the video abruptly ends.]
[A time-lapse night video of a grasshopper and toy steam train snuggling each other. Occasionally one or the other wakes up, looks around hurriedly, then calms down, repositions itself, and goes back to sleep.
Caption: 'They've been doing this every night since they reunited.']
[The camera starts by focusing on a single electric flyswatter that has (presumably) fallen on the floor. One by one, the animal-category Chemies surround the tool, a few of them (Yamibat, Catchula, Bountybunny) touching the swatter and jumping back when it shocks them.
Ganvhale and Gorillasensei remain in their cards, appearing exasperated by the antics of their fellow Chemies.
Once all the others have formed a circle, Lixion abruptly crosses into frame, picking up the flyswatter in its mouth.
Electricity flies around harmlessly, and all the other Chemies fall back.
Lixion, realizing that perhaps this was not food, sighs, the stick still poking out of its mouth. The video ends.]
[Video is set in the Alchemy Academy. Fifteen Chemies - mostly Job category, though some of the Fantastical Chemies are there as well, and JungleJan - are all holding markers.
Hopper1 stands at a whiteboard.
Over the next three minutes, a game of Pictionary unfolds. The images are all but incomprehensible, but it appears the Chemies are better at understanding each other than humans understand them.]
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25/6/24 21:15 (UTC)[Golddash rolls around in front of the interviewer, pacing, eyes alight.
Subtitles read: Yes! oh you want to hear one... OH! Why did the spanner turn the bolt? To get to the other side! was that okay??]
"Aww, thank you! Hahaha! I like that one."
[Golddash runs around in a tight circle, pleased, before dashing away again.]
"See you later!"
"How do you like your accommodations?"
[The Cosmic Chemies are again all present, and after some concentrated huddling Gokigenmeteon produces a sign that they then attempt to hold up:]
The cards are acceptable, as we are still mobile through them. We used to live entirely separate from the rest of the Chemies, and our original would come to visit and check how we were doing. This was early in the last century; naturally the World Wars changed how we had to do things.
"... Oh. Thank you for telling me!"
[Firemars rolls over to the snacks.... and accidentally sets them on fire. Panic ensues.]
"What do you like to read for fun?"
[Kesuzo looks up at the camera, which is fortunately already pointed at them.
Subtitles read: Data security mags! Only, don't tell the other alchemists, okay? It'd probably just stress them out more...]
"Ohhh, a secret! No problem!"
And thanks for the food!
[Following that, Kesuzo ollies off in their usual fashion.]
[Video begins with a nighttime view of someone's pool.
Timelapse kicks in for the course of an hour; right at the end of the hour, twenty Chemies sneak their way into the pool and throw themselves a party.
The house lights come on, and immediately all Chemies involved start rolling in place. Some of them chew the pool toys they've brought.]
"Hopperperper! Hop!!"
[Video fades in on Hopper1 and Steamliner following... a little red dot. Steamliner seems somewhat less enthusiastic than its partner, but it is still following along.
Laughter from the cameraperson begins.]
"Are you guys cats? Are you all secretly cats?"
[Title card fades in: Cat Chemies, Revealed!
The video is a 20-25 minute long compilation of, in twos and threes, the videoperson catching all Chemies responding to laser pointers. Whether it's Cosmic Chemies zipping around like it's laser tag, Lixion running in circles, or every single Artifact Chemy trying to tackle the device producing the laser, slowly the videoperson catches them all.
In the last clip, at a meeting of all the Chemies, footage is captured of X Wizard whipping their head around to follow one such light, same as all the others... and then he realizes what happened, and visibly gets annoyed.
The last few seconds are of the camera (and presumably the videomaker) falling towards the ground, having abruptly been transported outside. Ending card reads, "WORTH IT."]