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[stillsmiling]

 [Shi looks exhausted. It's hot out and he is clearly not handling the heat wave well!

... Or intelligently, as he makes the video call from the Genessia Shrine rather than an A/C filled room.]

It's so hot oooout. I'm going to start decomposing at this rate... What should I do?

[Dead Boy Concerns: Zombie Body vs Heat.

Good news: He is overreacting.]

[Action]

[You may just find Shi collapsed around Genessia! In various places throughout the week, he just... can't. And flops over on benches or in the grass. Good news: Not decomposing, yay!]

Nnngh... I can do this... I can pay rent too..!

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[Action]

[aurabble]

Shi, whatareyoudoing!?!

[After seeing Shi's video, Jaune had panicked, but now that he had run into him that panic had amplified. Clutching his face, he remembers that he has water dust, and without asking sprays it at Shi's sprawled form.]

[stillsmiling]

Hauu!

[Shi rolls over, surprised by the water. It’s better than nothing! Startled, he sits up and shakes his head.

Then flops back again, dizzy.]

J-Jaune... nngh. It’s so hot...!

[aurabble]

Yeah, I know!

[He starts panicking over his form again...then sprays Shi again, this time encasing his entire body from the neck down in a literal bubble of water, while still spraying water at his face.]

We need to get you inside. And then ice cream. And shaved ice and...what do you think you're doing?!

[stillsmiling]

[For Shi, this is very embarrassing. He wanted help not losing his cute face, but he didn't want to worry anyone..!]

I-I'm making rent. I want to help pay rent. [Clearly, he isn't getting any work done in this state.]

[aurabble]

[He would never let Shi lose his cute face.]

Where do you work? You can't take a day off?

[stillsmiling]

The shrine... It needs to be cleaned. The spirits live there.

[Clearly he can't take a day off!]

[aurabble]

Does it have to be now? How do you clean it?

[stillsmiling]

It always h-has to be! It's my job! I use a cloth a-and water... auu...! [Just talking about it is making him dizzy, though.]

[aurabble]

[He splashes him again.] Would it help if I cleaned too? Or would that be offensive to the...spirits? At least take a break for a few minutes inside.

Please.

[stillsmiling]

But it's my job--- blrgh. [Getting splashed is okay! It keeps him cool? He thinks?]

If I take a break, someone else has to do my work. Isn't that selfish?

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[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia was getting out of school and hasn't seen the video in question yet.

Instead, she was passing by a flopped Shiro looking like a fish out of water when she noticed him. Did this heatwave get him? She can relate. Without her circlet, she'd be dead by now, and that's not an exaggeration.]

Shiro? Do you need help?

[stillsmiling]

[Already Dead Shi can barely hear her voice. He's so tired and ready to pass out.]

Ana... nnngh. I-I'm okay. [With some visible struggle, he sits himself up,] It's so hot.

[innocent_royal]

I do believe I have something that can help.

[Nurse Anastasia is on the case! And no, she's not going to obliterate him with Ice or Water magic. Very similar, actually.

Anastasia reaches into her school bag and takes out a pokeball with a snowflake sticker on it. She takes these with her for her own protection. Then, she releases what sleeps inside.

It was her Glaceon! The Fresh Snow Pokemon glanced around with waking eyes, but immediately groaned. It dematerialized and retreated back into the pokeball.]

Okay, must be too hot for an Ice type... How about this one...?

[A second pokeball has bubbles around a seashell sticker. Upon release, it was Primarina. It too wasn't happy to be brought into the heat, but it wasn't retreating like Radeon did.]

Primarina? Shiro here is dried and withered. Will you refresh him with Sparkling Aria?

[The Soloist Pokemon nodded and prepared to sing. When it does so, Anastasia stepped back while Primarina sang an opera that generated a head-sized bubble, which it tossed out, popped and rained more water-filled bubbles on Shiro.

How dead are you now, boy?]

[stillsmiling]

Ah--

[At first, Shi is nervous. He doesn't know much about Pokemon attacks and is afraid this will hurt!

But when it doesn't, he sighs in relief.]

Th-Thank you... That's better... ugh. If only the spirits would answer my prayers for rain...

[innocent_royal]

Ah... Indeed. If I was anything another than a weapon, my Goddesses may help.

[The only thing she can rain right is death and destruction. She'd rther not do that.]

Are you going to be okay? I'm afraid I won't be able to look after you today.

[stillsmiling]

Auu... N-No one has to look after me. I'm an adult. [You are not.

But he does wish that he was more reliable.]

I'll be okay... I can't feel heat. Just its effects.

[innocent_royal]

[That's okay, neither is Ana. She's too young to mom you, Shi.

But she does quietly think. Her fingers rise and gently touch her ciclet. Without it, she will surely die in minutes. However, there may be something.]

...Shi...

Do you think you can make it to my apartment?

[stillsmiling]

Apartment? I-I can try...

Why? I don't want to bring a corpse into your living space if I can help it.

[innocent_royal]

I have something that I hope can help. It's a ruby pendant, it's supposed to repel heat. Works similarly to my circlet. I figure if Soma doesn't mind, I can give you that pendant.

[Video]

[micancion]

Shi!

[He grabs at his hair.]

Chamaco! What are you doing?!

[stillsmiling]

Making reeeent-- hau. [And then, dizzily, almost falling off camera.]

[micancion]

Kid. You look like you're about to die again.

[stillsmiling]

Nnnn... I feel like I'm going to die again. But I'll be fine! I need to do my job... I'm just a bit dizzy.

[micancion]

[He leaned forward.]

Si, annnnd how well are you doing at that job right now?

[Video]

[k2so]

Hello, Shi.

We have a Vanillite pokemon who can blow cool air and create snow. Do you want to stay with her for a while? And wouldn't you feel better if you were indoors?

[Video]

[stillsmiling]

Nnnn... I don't want to trouble Ms Vanillite. It's hot. Isn't Vanillite hot and miserable too?

[Video]

[k2so]

She doesn't mind, in fact she loves freezing things at the first opportunity.

No, Hoth is a giant ice cream cone, she's never hot.

[stillsmiling]

... Huh?

[A giant ice cream cone? He's having a hard time visualizing that without getting hungry, and doesn't want to think about eating Pokemon friends!]

Don't you need her? She must want to help her family first...

[k2so]

[ Kay shrugs his shoulders. ] Pokemon come in all sort of weird shapes.

It looks like you need her more at the moment and we have AC at home.

[stillsmiling]

If you're sure... I don't want to cause you trouble.

Also, um. What's "AC?" Is that a Pokemon?

[k2so]

It's no problem at all, Shi.

AC means 'air conditioner' and most houses have it. It keep rooms cold so you can handle the hot weather.

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[youfool]

Eheh, see if any butcher's backrooms will have you?

[He has no idea of the legality or health of that course of action, but if nothing else a joke would ligthen the mood (???)]

[stillsmiling]

Wh-What if they cut me up on accident, though?!

[youfool]

I'm afraid that's an incredible risk you'll just have to take, haha. Do butchers go after you often?

[stillsmiling]

N-No... I'm really good about not provoking them, or confusing them by walking into the backrooms.

Is that really my only option? It sounds kind of scary.

[youfool]

[Ted sometimes reads moods poorly, and thus continues the joke.]

No, but it's an option worth considering. Just mind that you don't walk into a group of mafia or other criminal breeds playing cards or something; unless, of course, you've a mind to apprehend them.

[Video]

[storiesofmyown]

[Decomposing? Oh dear. Martha's already on her spiffy new motorbike (thanks, Rose!) when she pops up on video.

Her voice and expression are both calm and kind]

Can you get yourself to somewhere cool? Even a patch of shade will help.

[stillsmiling]

I think that I can..? I'm so dizzy. My eyes keep not working.

[Shi is toddling towards a tree anyway.]

It doesn't get this hot back home. I wonder how other dead body Kami handle it..?

[storiesofmyown]

Dead body kami? Kami means something like spirit, she remembers from Japan, and wonders...hm.

Can you tell me where you are? I'll come help you.

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[unbridledtiger]

You okay kid?

[Seth is laying across the couch of their apartment with most of his clothes already off. He has to find a new job soon, the election kind of made him jobless, but he's taking his time since they have enough money saved up from the long hours he had put in before.]

[stillsmiling]

[Fortunately, he can rely on a bit of Shi's money too. Kid doesn't just volunteer at the shrine, though he would.

Taking off his shirt isn't really any option with that gross stab wound, but dang. He has considered it.]

It's so hooot. Why is the sun so mean? I thought it helped people, not baked theeem.

[unbridledtiger]

Sometimes it does both.

The sun doesn't discriminate.

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[hotheadwarmheart]

[Guess who Lea should happen to spot while out on patrol. He can't recall the boy's name off the top of his head, but he does recall what he is.]

Well it looks like you're sticking true to your nature as far as luck goes.

[Lea bends down and holds out a hand to help Shi up off the grass.]

C'mon kid; let's get you inside somewhere air conditioned and get you a cold drink.

[stillsmiling]

Nngh...

[Shi looks up with blurry vision, too hot and dizzy to see properly. At least he recognizes Lea's voice and hair.]

I'm... okay. [And keeps missing each time to tries to take Lea's hand. Very not okay. It's hard to move a dead body that's overheated.] I'm sorry. I'm just so dizzy...

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea frowns when he sees that. The kid was worse off than he thought.]

Yeah, you look really OK.

[Sarcasm, thy name is Lea.

He crouched down and carefully slipped his arms under the kid's shoulders and knees.]

Alright, sorry in advance if this is a bit embarrassing, but it's the fastest way to get you somewhere cool. Ready? One, two, three... hup we go!

[With an effort, he stood and lifted the boy into a bridal carry, glancing around for the nearest air conditioned building or shady spot.]