14 Butterflies | Video

[strengthinkindness]

[Choco's grinning face could be seen as soon as the screen lights up.]

Hi everyone! I'm back! It's been a long time, huh? Things have been really crazy...

Oh, but I wanna show you guys something. It's really important...

[He digs around off to the side for a moment before pulling back up, holding a golden tag with a pink crest.]

Tadah! Fluttershy finally got her crest! Isn't it neat? Kindness really does suit her the best...



Choco, what are you doing?

[He pouts at the Floramon.] I'm just showing everyone Fluttershy's new crest...

[She rolls her eyes.] Would you stop goofing around? Gimme that...

[She starts to take the D-Terminal from him, but Choco holds on, and there's a shaky view of the ceiling as the two start tugging at the device.]

No, leggo! This is what I do - !

[Please excuse as the feed cuts out.]

Comments

[strengthinkindness]

That's good. I didn't think so, since you don't seem afraid of anything.

[beingthecreature]

[Chris is silent for a few moments, longer than you might expect, before he smiles slightly.]

Thanks but, everyone's afraid of something. Even me.

[strengthinkindness]

[Floramon smirks, puffing her chest out.] Not me. I'm not afraid of anything.

[Choco rolls his eyes at her for a moment, then turns back to Chris. He seems about to ask something, and Fluttershy seems to anticipate what it is because she's tries reaching for him, as if to quiet him down.

She doesn't quite make it, though, as Choco still manages to get the question out.]

So what are you afraid of?

[beingthecreature]

[He was almost expecting the question, but even so he didn't really have a way to answer it.]

What am I afraid of?...

[A soft sigh through his nose.]

Losing someone.

[strengthinkindness]

Wh-

[Fluttershy grabs Choco before he can finish, silencing him with a bit of an embarrassed smile as she looks at Chris.]

Th...Th-That's understandable...

[beingthecreature]

[He smiles in reply to Fluttershy, before looking at Choco with a strange expression.]

...You really have to ask?

[strengthinkindness]

[He seems to think about it for a moment, before Floramon finally leans over, lifting one of his floppy ears and whispering.]

...Oh.

[beingthecreature]

[Little throat clearing.]

Yeah. That's my biggest fear, maybe even my only real fear.

[strengthinkindness]

I-It's okay to be afraid of things like that...especially of something like that.

B-But that's when you can use the fear for something good...to prevent anything like that from happening.

[She certainly would know.]

[beingthecreature]

I know, and yeah. I try to do that, when I can. [It hasn't worked every time, which might show on his face, but he tries.]

[strengthinkindness]

As long as you do your best...that's all anyone can ask for.

[beingthecreature]

Exactly.