Third Sting [video/action for those outside the hotel]

[alwaysfaithful]

[The feed on Chris' communicator shows the Toximander Veno loafing around near Chris' feet with a bored and indifferent look. Chris didn't have the same mood however. He looked vaguely annoyed. Len just chattered above the pair so that he could potenitally play a game with those two.]

Come on, Veno. A little training won't kill you. Just do a little bit and maybe we'll get some ice cream afterwards?

[While the prospect of food was inticing to the Toximander, she didn't do... work.]

Ugh. Does anyone else have this problem with a Spirit? Veno is a little bit... lazy, to put it mildly.

[Veno seemed proud of this fact.]

I don't think that's anything to be proud of, Veno.

Comments

[lessabrasive]

[ Some are certainly more sassy than others, aren't they? ]

You could try those training toys that the moogles sell.

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

Thank you for the advice, miss. I'll give it a shot to see if it helps any.

[video]

[lessabrasive]

Just Beifong is fine. ['Miss' might be correct, but she feels too old for it.]

Encouragement through fun tends to appeal to them more than 'work'.

[Not that hers needs encouragement, unlike Chris'. it's a bit of a fanboy.]

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

All right.

I'll give it a try, at least it's something new.

[video]

[lessabrasive]

Good luck. It looks like that one may need it.

[Heh.] You could consider a second companion - that might also add some motivation.

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

She actually is the second Spirit. My other is a Komory Bat named Len who is a bit of kleptomaniac.

[video]

[lessabrasive]

Watch that one doesn't make a point to steal the toys, then.

[salvagedlight]

[Ven's spirits are anything but lazy, but that's not what catches his attention.]

You named him Veno?

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

He's a she actually. Why?

Re: [video]

[salvagedlight]

Really? Did you figure out how to tell? The rest of us have just been guessing.

[Ven's starting to think that the spirits aren't really boys or girls, but some third, non-sex-specific gender. But it still feels right to call them "he" or "she."]

Never thought I'd hear something so close to my own name. I'm Ventus, but everyone just calls me Ven.

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

I'm just guessing, but the way that Len the Komory Bat acts around Veno I'm assuming she's a she.

Nice to meet you. I'm Chris.

[wavesinherheart]

Most of them seem to have their own personalities.

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

That's certainly true enough. Between Veno and Len, I've been having difficulty training them.

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

Is it both of them?

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

Yes. Len is a Komoury Bat and a bit of a kleptomaniac. Vano is a Toximander and is very lazy.

[Vano, would grin at that comment but it was too mcuh effort.]

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

Oh. Maybe you'd have better luck if you made another one?

[video]

[alwaysfaithful]

It's possible, but the way my luck has been lately it might make things worse somehow.

Anyway, I'm Chris. Chris Ramirez.

[video]

[wavesinherheart]

I'm Aqua.