Dude, do it! I mean... I'm pretty sure I ain't ever gonna go to work unless I gotta, so... ain't like I'm gonna be anywhere else today.
[ he shrugs. honestly, he's dealing with his problems in pretty much direct opposition to how archie is dealing with his - rather than drown (haha) himself in work, he's keeping away from people as much as possible when he knows he's not in a place to just be overly happy and stupid. staying in the water and isolating himself from the world is better than going out and fucking up, and he doesn't really trust himself not to fuck up even something as simple as a retail job at a scuba store, so... ]
You wanna see Archie, Carvanha? You wanna see your other dad? [ he's laughin', apparently unaware of what he just said, while Carvanha splashes about, thrilled at hearing her other dad's name. ] Bro, look how hype she is. You can't let her down!
[ Matt is in the river by the time Archie arrives, submerged in the water from the nose down, and he's cuddling Carvanha who immediately starts thrashing wildly and smacking him in the face in her attempts to get out of her trainer's arms to see Archie. Matt lets it happen, but kinda scoots closer to the river when she starts trying to jump up onto land to get to Archie faster. goofball.
matt waves at archie and beckons him to come for a swim, but honestly carvanha is splashing around so loudly and grunting like such an angry happy pig-dog-fish that he isn't even gonna bother raising his voice, archie wouldn't be able to hear it. ]
[he slightly ignores matt, jumping past him and immediately twisting around to wrap carvanha up in his arms. he then swims backwards into matt as he lets carvanha rub all over his face.]
[ well. that's fine. matt's fine with being ignored for carvanha. he'd ignore archie for carvanha, too. he just kinda floats out of the way while archie and carvanha play together, idly blowing bubbles in the water and watching his dumb fish family havin' a good time together, then obediently catches archie when he swims back. ]
She loves you too, bro!! I mean-- [ carvanha leaps out of the water and just smacks archie in the face, trying to lick him like a dog but instead just sorta drooling and mashing her teeth on him. ]
She's gonna scratch your face off in a minute, but that's just 'cause of how much she loves you. SPOILERS, BRO: SHE LOVES YOU A LOT.
[ matt laughs all high-pitched and childish when sharpedo headbutts him, immediately gasping for breath right after because hey, yo, he got headbutted in the chest by a fucking shark. he doesn't care, though. just snuggles his shark boy up.
he lets his own sharpedo out, he, too, losing his shit over all this attention and swimming around as fast as he can in the depths of the river, and with one patt matt lets archie's sharpedo chase after it if he wants. while carvanha keeps jumping up at archie with all these dumb happy piranha tears flooding down her cute fat face, matt swims to the river bank and just sits down, kicking his legs in the water. ]
She'll take you seriously, bro. You remember that time she tried to eat off that grunt's arm 'cause he took away her food and I jokingly told her to punish him? That pretty face of yours is gonna be all chomped up soon.
[ he likes archie's face. he watches his boss and his pokemon play together and tries not to miss shelly. ]
... Could be seven months from now, if that happens. You went a long time without anyone from home, bro. I don't wanna get my hopes up or nothin'. I'd be fine if it was just us forever.
[ he kicks the water, splashing carvanha, who gets so excited that she bites down on archie's arm even harder. ouch. sorry. ]
hey this isnt video its been action for like 3 years
[that's... 90% the truth. he'd never stop missing shelly.
he yelps a little in pain and surprise, but whatever. like sharpedo chewing on him isn't this kind of strength all the time. he chucks her under her chin, knowing how to get her to Release.]
[ well, yeah, matt misses shelly, too, but - he can't exactly hammer in the "i don't want to think about the people who might not come here" point if he brings up the people who might not come here. and so.
matt laughs when Carvanha lets go, gently lapping at Archie with her tongue and flopping backwards and away, deciding to swim away and chase after the two sharpedo instead. matt waves her off but she immediately comes back, unable to keep up with the older boys, sadly sulking against archie's leg in her defeat. dumb. ]
Oh, uh - Waterfall an' Crunch an' Ice Fang an' Aqua Jet. You wanna see how strong she is? 'Cause she could take you out with any one of 'em.
[ Archie hasn't even finished asking the question when-- ]
Yeah. [ he has to repeat himself. ] Yes! [ wait, isn't this how archie reacted when matt asked him to be boyfriends? matt's that excited to battle, apparently. R E G A R D L E S S he calls carvanha over and she nips at his ankles as they dangle in the water, and he laughs. silly girl. ]
She's not really the best at battling, but-- [ but the word battle has her in an excited frenzy, swimming back and forth through the water like she knows what's coming. matt coughs into his fist. ]
Go a little easy on her, okay, bro? Strong lil badass she might be, but she won't be able to hold up if you go full force.
Yeah, but-- but she ain't a grunt! You don't gotta go as hard on her as we did on them! She ain't meant for big serious battles against big hot dudes like you, bro! She's my cute sweet and precious Carvanha princess who I'm gonna enter in a bunch of contests so everyone can see how tough she is!
[ matt's tough princess snorts in the water and continues splashing around, excited for a big serious battle against a big hot dude like archie. matt sighs. ]
I mean, okay. Two insteada one sounds good. [ he jumps to his feet, flexing his arms, hitting his Battle Pose. ] Let's-- let's do it, bro! Carvanha, you ready?! BATTLE POSITIONS, CARVANHA.
[ carvanha gets in her battle position. if she had large biceps she would flex them, but instead she just snorts some more and ruffles herself up at the bank by matt's feet, swimming from side to side ready to eat some shark. ]
[archie's sharpedo shows up a couple of seconds later, matt's in tow. it swims in front of him as it realises there's a battle - though not after bomping into archie for a pat - and rolls a few times in excitement.]
Okay, here we go. Sharpedo, use Screech on her! But take it easy, yeah?
[the sharpedo grunts in acknowledgment, then opens its mouth and lets out an ungodly noise.
[ Matt laughs like this is the funniest thing he's ever heard in his entire life, which isn't actually a new reaction for him. He loves when Sharpedo does his silly bird voice.
carvanha doesn't? she flaps a bit in the water and swims in circles, clearly not enjoying the noise. matt stops laughing and feels a little bad for her, but once she's adjusted to it she's just splashing around magikarp-style, waiting for her orders and hyped for them. well, okay. ]
Yo, okay! [ sharpedo resists literally all of carvanha's moves, but he's not gonna break that to her. ] Hit 'im with a Waterfall, bro!!!
[ and she does! she shakes off the last remnants of the noise and just freakin' charges sharpedo, smackin' him in the face, water going everywhere. she looks INCREDIBLY excited to have made contact. ]
[archie claps, cheering her on, despite the fact she's attacking his pokémon. sharpedo flings itself backwards, acting more hurt than it is. she does actually get it to flinch, though, which is lucky.]
Oh, shit! He flinched! That's another opening, Carvanha!
[ Matt just dances in place, punching the air and hollering wordlessly to the sky, cheering Carvanha on. He points at Sharpedo, getting ready to pick Carvanha up and dive into the fray with her if he has to. bad. Bad ]
Carvanha! CARVANHAAAA.
[ ... ??? carvanha just takes that as another Waterfall command and charges into Sharpedo again. Matt laughs in he background, still just causing a scene. Bad Trainer ]
[the waterfall hits again, as moves tend to when a pokémon flinch. the second time knocks sharpedo back further, into archie. he puts his hands on it, giving it a pat.]
S-So scary! [ matt puts his hands over his eyes, trying to act terrified but smiling too much to actually do it. carvanha, though, slows down in the water, gruffling unhappily and warily swimming in place. ]
Don't look, sis-bro! Use yourself a freakin' Crunch!
[ and she does, unhinging her fucking god damn jaw and just sinking down on sharpedo's skin. she snuffles a little at the rough skin hitting her, but she's a boss and ain't giving up. ]
[it's a crit! sharpedo yelps and rolls, trying to get the poor carvanha off its side. archie watches this, trying to resist the urge to mega evolve sharpedo, to do anything that would actually be his usual tactics.
[ Matt shakes his fist at Archie's Sharpedo, who probably doesn't give a shit? Then he's back to stomping around on the grass with his hands over his eyes and just Too Much Energy. he's too excited, even as Carvanha is blown off Sharpedo and lands on the grass. Matt yelps and delicately picks her up and puts her back in the water. there u go sweetheart ]
HYPER BEAM!!!!!!!!
[ carvanha looks confused. matt laughs. carvanha laughs, too, in her fishy way, when she realizes she's been punked.
they both just laugh and forget about the battle for a second. ]
[ Matt fucking dives into the river, getting smacked in the side by one of Sharpedo's aqua jets and not even giving a fuck. He just wraps Carvanha in his arms and holds her tight while she sneffles and snorfs in his arm, still itching for a battle. she's splashing in place looking like she's about to dive after sharpedo, but he just hugs her until she's distracted and starts plantin' bitey love kisses all over him. ]
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[ he shrugs. honestly, he's dealing with his problems in pretty much direct opposition to how archie is dealing with his - rather than drown (haha) himself in work, he's keeping away from people as much as possible when he knows he's not in a place to just be overly happy and stupid. staying in the water and isolating himself from the world is better than going out and fucking up, and he doesn't really trust himself not to fuck up even something as simple as a retail job at a scuba store, so... ]
You wanna see Archie, Carvanha? You wanna see your other dad? [ he's laughin', apparently unaware of what he just said, while Carvanha splashes about, thrilled at hearing her other dad's name. ] Bro, look how hype she is. You can't let her down!
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I'M ON MY WAY BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[and about twenty minutes later archie is barelling through their back door and skidding down to the river bank while screaming]
CARVANHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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matt waves at archie and beckons him to come for a swim, but honestly carvanha is splashing around so loudly and grunting like such an angry happy pig-dog-fish that he isn't even gonna bother raising his voice, archie wouldn't be able to hear it. ]
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[he slightly ignores matt, jumping past him and immediately twisting around to wrap carvanha up in his arms. he then swims backwards into matt as he lets carvanha rub all over his face.]
I love her! I LOVE HER!!!
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She loves you too, bro!! I mean-- [ carvanha leaps out of the water and just smacks archie in the face, trying to lick him like a dog but instead just sorta drooling and mashing her teeth on him. ]
She's gonna scratch your face off in a minute, but that's just 'cause of how much she loves you. SPOILERS, BRO: SHE LOVES YOU A LOT.
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[he releases his own sharpedo, just to give it a chance to socialise.
...it immediately Headbutts matt. right in the chest.]
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he lets his own sharpedo out, he, too, losing his shit over all this attention and swimming around as fast as he can in the depths of the river, and with one patt matt lets archie's sharpedo chase after it if he wants. while carvanha keeps jumping up at archie with all these dumb happy piranha tears flooding down her cute fat face, matt swims to the river bank and just sits down, kicking his legs in the water. ]
She'll take you seriously, bro. You remember that time she tried to eat off that grunt's arm 'cause he took away her food and I jokingly told her to punish him? That pretty face of yours is gonna be all chomped up soon.
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Got it. I do actually care if she eats my beautiful face.
[he idly scritches behind her flapping fins while she chews on his arm.]
...It's possible some grunts could show up here, you know.
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[ he likes archie's face. he watches his boss and his pokemon play together and tries not to miss shelly. ]
... Could be seven months from now, if that happens. You went a long time without anyone from home, bro. I don't wanna get my hopes up or nothin'. I'd be fine if it was just us forever.
[ he kicks the water, splashing carvanha, who gets so excited that she bites down on archie's arm even harder. ouch. sorry. ]
hey this isnt video its been action for like 3 years
[that's... 90% the truth. he'd never stop missing shelly.
he yelps a little in pain and surprise, but whatever. like sharpedo chewing on him isn't this kind of strength all the time. he chucks her under her chin, knowing how to get her to Release.]
...What moves does she know?
calling me out like this
matt laughs when Carvanha lets go, gently lapping at Archie with her tongue and flopping backwards and away, deciding to swim away and chase after the two sharpedo instead. matt waves her off but she immediately comes back, unable to keep up with the older boys, sadly sulking against archie's leg in her defeat. dumb. ]
Oh, uh - Waterfall an' Crunch an' Ice Fang an' Aqua Jet. You wanna see how strong she is? 'Cause she could take you out with any one of 'em.
hoh o
Shit, that's a nice set up, bro. We can battle if you want! Can we battle??
[can you say no to that face]
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Yeah. [ he has to repeat himself. ] Yes! [ wait, isn't this how archie reacted when matt asked him to be boyfriends? matt's that excited to battle, apparently. R E G A R D L E S S he calls carvanha over and she nips at his ankles as they dangle in the water, and he laughs. silly girl. ]
She's not really the best at battling, but-- [ but the word battle has her in an excited frenzy, swimming back and forth through the water like she knows what's coming. matt coughs into his fist. ]
Go a little easy on her, okay, bro? Strong lil badass she might be, but she won't be able to hold up if you go full force.
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[he whistles, calling sharpedo back.]
How about she gets two moves instead of one?
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[ matt's tough princess snorts in the water and continues splashing around, excited for a big serious battle against a big hot dude like archie. matt sighs. ]
I mean, okay. Two insteada one sounds good. [ he jumps to his feet, flexing his arms, hitting his Battle Pose. ] Let's-- let's do it, bro! Carvanha, you ready?! BATTLE POSITIONS, CARVANHA.
[ carvanha gets in her battle position. if she had large biceps she would flex them, but instead she just snorts some more and ruffles herself up at the bank by matt's feet, swimming from side to side ready to eat some shark. ]
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Okay, here we go. Sharpedo, use Screech on her! But take it easy, yeah?
[the sharpedo grunts in acknowledgment, then opens its mouth and lets out an ungodly noise.
good start.]
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carvanha doesn't? she flaps a bit in the water and swims in circles, clearly not enjoying the noise. matt stops laughing and feels a little bad for her, but once she's adjusted to it she's just splashing around magikarp-style, waiting for her orders and hyped for them. well, okay. ]
Yo, okay! [ sharpedo resists literally all of carvanha's moves, but he's not gonna break that to her. ] Hit 'im with a Waterfall, bro!!!
[ and she does! she shakes off the last remnants of the noise and just freakin' charges sharpedo, smackin' him in the face, water going everywhere. she looks INCREDIBLY excited to have made contact. ]
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Oh, shit! He flinched! That's another opening, Carvanha!
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[ Matt just dances in place, punching the air and hollering wordlessly to the sky, cheering Carvanha on. He points at Sharpedo, getting ready to pick Carvanha up and dive into the fray with her if he has to. bad. Bad ]
Carvanha! CARVANHAAAA.
[ ... ??? carvanha just takes that as another Waterfall command and charges into Sharpedo again. Matt laughs in he background, still just causing a scene. Bad Trainer ]
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Alright, Scary Face!
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Don't look, sis-bro! Use yourself a freakin' Crunch!
[ and she does, unhinging her fucking god damn jaw and just sinking down on sharpedo's skin. she snuffles a little at the rough skin hitting her, but she's a boss and ain't giving up. ]
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man, playing dumb is hard.]
Use Aqua Jet to get her off, but don't hit her!
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[ Matt shakes his fist at Archie's Sharpedo, who probably doesn't give a shit? Then he's back to stomping around on the grass with his hands over his eyes and just Too Much Energy. he's too excited, even as Carvanha is blown off Sharpedo and lands on the grass. Matt yelps and delicately picks her up and puts her back in the water. there u go sweetheart ]
HYPER BEAM!!!!!!!!
[ carvanha looks confused. matt laughs. carvanha laughs, too, in her fishy way, when she realizes she's been punked.
they both just laugh and forget about the battle for a second. ]
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She already hit me with Hyper Beam!! Right in my face!! WITH HOW CUTE SHE IS!!!!!
[archie yells, wading further into the river to get to sharpedo in the brief respite.]
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[ Matt fucking dives into the river, getting smacked in the side by one of Sharpedo's aqua jets and not even giving a fuck. He just wraps Carvanha in his arms and holds her tight while she sneffles and snorfs in his arm, still itching for a battle. she's splashing in place looking like she's about to dive after sharpedo, but he just hugs her until she's distracted and starts plantin' bitey love kisses all over him. ]
YOU BOTH WIN!!!!