Iris at Pokestar Studios

Iris at Pokestar Studios

Iris looked in awe at the large bronze statue at the studio’s gate. She looked down at her Axew standing next to her.

“Pokestar Studios at Virbank City” She read aloud, smiling.
She gave Axew a soft cuddle.
“See that, Axew? We’re finally here! Now we can be stars!” She said.
Axew growled with delight. He jumped into Iris’ bushy hair. The girl ran as fast as she could toward the casting center. A man in sunglasses and a suit stopped her.
“Whoah there, girly. Where you going?” He asked.
“I wanna be in a movie and be a star!” Iris said.
The man nodded.
“Well, we’re shooting one movie this week. I think they still need actors for crowd scenes and bit-parts. Try-outs are in stage 4-A.” The man said.
Iris was overjoyed.
“Thanks, mister!” She said.

Iris got into line. There were mostly adults waiting to get in on the bit-parts, although there were a couple other kids around. Iris dug through her hair and pulled out Axew.
“Isn’t this so exciting, Axew? Our first try-out! It might just be for a bit part, but we have to start somewhere!” She said excitedly.
Axew made a joyful grunting sound.

The two of them stood in line for a long time. Eventually they got inside where they met the director, a bearded man named Dan Stubrick.

“Ah, nice, a kid. We still have some parts for kids. What’s your name?” Mr. Stubrick said.
“I’m Iris! I’m here because I wanna be a star!” Iris said.
Mr. Stubrick let out a light laugh.
“Great. Do you know what movie you’re trying out for?” He said.
“…No.” Iris said, nervously.
“That’s okay. We’re making ‘Horrors of War’ this week. It’s a war drama. You’re trying out for the part of ‘Frightened Child #2’. Think you can handle that?” Mr. Stubrick said.
“Yeah, I can act frightened!” Iris said.
She squatted down and cowered in fear.
Mr. Stubrick smiled.
“Very good. Now take your clothes off.” He said.
Iris was shocked.
“Wha… What! Why?” She said.
Mr. Stubrick shook his head.
“Maybe I should put this in a little bit of context. In the movie, your character is taking a bath. Then, big men with guns come in and start shooting people. You run for your life as they massacre your village. Think you can handle it?” Mr. Stubrick said.
Iris looked at the floor.
“Bu… But I don’t wanna take off my clothes. People will see me.” She said.
“What, you said you wanted to be a star, didn’t you? Well, stars do what they have to do to make the movie.” Mr. Stubrick said. His voice was sounding sleazy now.

Reluctantly, Iris took off her shoes and pulled down her pants, revealing her cotton panties.
“Good. Good. But people don’t take baths like that. You have to take it all off.” Mr. Stubrick said.
“Do… Do I really have to?” Iris whimpered.
Mr. Stubrick nodded.
“Yeah, you do.”
Iris removed her shirt. She stood in nothing but her panties now. Nervously, she covered her undeveloped chest. She could feel Mr. Stubrick’s gaze piercing her. She was starting to have second thoughts about this whole acting thing.
“Very good. Very good. But the panties need to go too. Come on. I haven’t got all day.” Mr. Stubrick said.
Iris started crying a little now. She really didn’t want to let this man, almost a total stranger, see her most private of parts. But she also really wanted to be in a movie.
“F… Fine. I’ll do it.” She said.
Mr. Stubrick smiled.
“The tears are a nice touch, by the way. Keep at it and we might find more parts for you.” He said.
Of course, both of them knew the tears weren’t acting. Iris’ tears were real.
“Axew… Please look away.” Iris whispered to her pokemon.

Slowly, Iris removed her white panties and stood totally nude before the director. She quivered and cried a little. She was exactly what she was supposed to be playing in the movie now, a frightened naked girl.
“Good! Good! You got the part. Iris, you’re our new ‘Frightened Child #2!” Mr. Stubrick said.
He stood up from his chair and went to go shake Iris’ hand.
“I… I got the part?” Iris said.
“You sure did! Those tears were perfect! So scared, so helpless! I love it!” Mr. Stubrick said
“I… I got the part?” Iris said, still in some disbelief.
Mr. Stubrick got out some money.
“We shoot your scene tonight. Here’s your pay for the day. Go get yourself some lunch and be back by five o’clock.” Mr. Stubrick said.
Iris smiled and took the money.
“Thanks, Mr. Stubrick!” She said.
She turned and went to hug Axew, almost unaware that she was still completely naked.
“You hear that, Axew? We did it!” She said.
Axew struggled awkwardly as Iris hugged him against her bare chest. He thought of Iris as a mother figure, so this was extra gross for him. He grunted and squirmed and eventually broke free. Iris excitedly got dressed and went to go grab some lunch. Axew followed behind, although he wasn’t particularly hungry now.

4:50 PM

Iris walked onto the set of “Horrors of War”, a violent drama about atrocities committed during a horrible war. The set looked like a small rustic town, but indoors with a painted backdrop to look like a rolling countryside. Men in soldier uniforms with guns were everywhere, as well as people dressed like impoverished villagers. Some people had torn up costumes covered in fake blood. Iris reached into her hair and pulled out Axew.
“Look, Axew! We’re on a real movie set! Isn’t this exciting?” Iris said.
Axew grunted happily. Iris set him down off to the side where he could watch. She then ran over to Mr. Stubrick.
“Hi Mr. Stubrick! I’m back! Where do you need me?” Iris said, cheerfully.
Mr. Stubrick looked back at her.
“Uh, what part were you playing again?” He said.
He’d been managing the set all afternoon and couldn’t be bothered to remember all the extras and bit players.
“I’m Frightened Child #2.” Iris said.
“Ah. All right then. Strip naked and get in the wooden tub over there.” Mr. Stubrick said, pointing to a large wooden tub partially filled with water near the exterior of a fake building.

Iris still wasn’t too keen on being naked in front of so many people. She shuddered as she took off her shoes and pants. She could barely bring herself to take off her shirt. When she was down to just her panties, she could practically feel the other actors’ gazes resting on her exposed body. It took all the willpower she had to remove her panties and make a dash for the bathtub. Quickly, Iris got inside and found that it was nowhere near full. The cold water only barely went over her butt. It was very uncomfortable.

A woman dressed as a raggedy villager came over next to Iris. The young girl instinctively moved her arms to cover herself.
“Hi. You look new. This your first acting job?” The woman asked.
“Y… Yeah.” Iris said.
The woman lightly laughed.
“I can tell. You look so nervous. Hey, listen, it’s not so bad being naked on camera, all right? Trust me, by the second take you won’t even notice your clothes are gone.” She said.
Iris felt a little bit better hearing this.
“So, I’m Frightened Child #2. Who are you playing?” Iris asked.
“Villager #6. I get to have an exploding packet of fake blood and ground meat for when the soldiers shoot me in the stomach.” The woman said, pointing to a lumpy spot on her dress.
“Pretty cool, eh?” The woman added.
Iris nervously laughed. This was clearly a gruesome film.
“What have I gotten myself into?” She whispered under her breath.
There were a couple other kids on the set, but unlike Iris, they were wearing costumes.

Everyone got into place now.
“Everyone ready? Ready for Take-1?” Mr. Stubrick said.
The set grew quiet.
“Great. Action!” Mr. Stubrick said.
Instantly, the men in soldier uniforms charged around the set. They fired blanks all around as chunks of ground meat exploded from people’s torsos. Iris was completely overwhelmed by it all. She wasn’t used to guns going off all around her. They were so loud and scary. She screamed and peed a little in the tub of water she was in, and jumped out. A man playing a soldier chased her across the set. She cried a little. Soon enough, the take was over.

“Great! That was great! Everyone did fantastic!”Mr. Stubrick said, clapping his hands.
“Now get back into place, everyone. Get those meat charges back on. We’re doing Take-2!” He added.
“What? I thought we did good enough the first time?” Iris said.
Mr. Stubrick laughed at the naked girl.
“Yes, but now we’re shooting it again from several different angles! I want shots of this glorious scene in every angle we can get so I can decide which ones work best!” Mr. Stubrick said.
Iris looked back in the tub. The water was slightly yellowed.
“Mr. Stubrick, I don’t want to sit in the tub again.” Iris said.
“What? Why?” He said, growing annoyed with the girl.
“I peed a little in it.” Iris whispered in his ear, too embarrassed to say it out loud.
“Well too bad! It’s your fault isn’t it? You’re the one who peed in there. Now go sit in your puddle of pee. Now!” Mr. Stubrick said.
“I… I don’t think I want to be in this movie…” Iris said.
“Fine. Give me back the money I gave you earlier.” Mr. Stubrick snapped.
Iris whimpered.
“But I spent it all on lunch.” She said.
Mr. Stubrick glared at her.
“Then if you can’t pay it back, you do the shot! Get your little butt back into that tub now! We’re shooting Take-2!” He growled.
Iris was fighting to hold back her tears now. She whimpered again and slunk back to the wooden tub. She curled in a little ball and cried naked in a puddle of her own pee. Some of the pee-water even got in her hair. It was one of the lowest points of her life.

The woman from before went and patted Iris on the back.
“Hey, acting isn’t easy.” She said.
Iris whimpered a little more.
“Look, in a couple hours, this’ll all be nothing but a bad memory, all right.” The woman added, stuffing another exploding charge of ground meat under her dress.
“Yeah… a bad memory…” Iris said.

“Everyone ready? Cameras in different angles? Take-2, action!” Mr. Stubrick shouted out.
Again, the men in soldier uniforms charged across the set and fired blanks into the crowd of villagers. Again, Iris was chased out of the wooden tub across the set, only this time she slipped on a piece of exploded meat and landed face first on the ground. It was all too much for her she laid there crying as gunshots rang out and people screamed. It was almost as bad as being in an actual war.

“Great! Great take, everyone! Now get into place for Take-3!” Mr. Stubrick said.
Even though he had commanded everyone to get back into place, Iris was still on the floor crying.
“Hey! You! Frightened Child #2! Get back in your tub!” Mr. Stubrick shouted.
Iris slowly started to get up, but she was not going fast enough.
“Come on! We don’t have all day!” Mr. Stubrick yelled.
He went over to Iris and grabbed her by the hair to pull her to her feet. Iris screamed out.
“Stop pulling my hair!” She screamed.
“Don’t you backtalk me, you little runt!” Mr. Stubrick yelled.
Mr. Stubrick gave Iris several whacks on her wet bare bottom. She cried and screamed as the rest of the actors stared at her. Mr. Stubrick then threw her back into the wooden tub filed with cold water and urine.
“Are you scared?” He asked.
“Y… Yeah.” Iris said, cowering in the tub.
“Good! Use that fear! Use it for your acting! No! Don’t just act! BECOME Frightened Child #2! Yes!” Mr. Stubrick said, smiling. It was clear he was really enjoying pushing the little girl around.

All in all, they did eleven shots of that scene from 33 different camera angles. It was well after midnight by the time it was done. Iris stunk of urine, sadness, and fear when everything was finished.
“All right, that’s a wrap everyone. See you tomorrow!” Mr. Stubrick called out.
Iris miserably got dressed and went to get Axew, who had fallen asleep long ago.
“Come on, Axew. Let’s get out of here. Forever.” She said with a defeated tone.
Her enthusiasm was dead. Her dreams of being a star were dead. Axew went to jump into her hair like he usually did, but stepped back when he saw how soggy with urine it had become. Instead he followed behind her on foot.

Iris and Axew went to the Virbank Pokemon Center, trying to get away from that horrible movie studio as quickly as she could. When she got there, some other trainers were in the lobby talking. They immediately smelled the urine coming off of her.
“Ha! Did you pee yourself little girly? Did the dumb baby go pee-pee?” A boy of around 14 said, taunting her.
“Oh, shut up…” Iris sighed.
The other trainers continued to point and laugh at her.
“Come on, Axew, let’s take a shower.” Iris said.
Her voice was devoid of happiness. Axew could tell his master wasn’t feeling well. He tried to cuddle her leg but it did nothing to make her feel better.

Iris washed all the bad scent off of her and changed into some clean clothes. She unrolled her sleeping bag on the Pokemon Center’s floor in a secluded corner and cried herself to sleep. Axew was distressed just as much as she was. It seemed nothing he did could make her feel better. The trauma of working on the movie would stick with them for a long time.

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Several months later…

Drayden, the mayor of Opelucid City and leader of its gym, was entertaining guests one night. He was with his buddy Marshal, a member of the Unova Region’s Elite 4.
“So, I’m feeling like a movie tonight. Haven’t caught a good movie in a while. You wanna see one?” Marshal said.
Drayden shrugged his shoulders.
“Eh, sure.” He said.
They got in Drayden’s car and went down to the Opelucid Movie Theater. They looked at the list of showtimes and what was playing.
“So, what looks good to you?” Marshal said.
“How about ‘Horrors of War’? That one starts in ten minutes.” Drayden suggested.
“Yeah, looks pretty good.”

They bought their tickets and sat down to watch the carnage and violence unfold on screen.
“Man, this is pretty brutal.” Drayden said.
That was when the scene came up: Iris’ scene. Suddenly the soldiers on the screen charged into a village and started killing everyone, including a frightened, naked child in a bathtub.
“Yo, Drayden, isn’t that your kid?” Marshal said, pointing to the screen.
Drayden took a closer look as Frightened Child #2 raced away crying and screaming.
“What the hell? Iris! That’s Iris!” Drayden shouted furiously.

The End