Balloon Battle

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A story?
Well, lets see... (Flicks through script)
"*Ahem* There was once a Snivy & a Fennekin, two Pokémon who knew each other since birth, they both shared a close friendship that lasted.
Now, the Fennekin was cool, collected & nothing if not a bit brave, with a hint for kindness to boot; the Snivy was a bit gutsy and a bit naive when it came to the worst of times.
Of course, this is one of those day where Snivy's personality trails will come back to bite it as it managed to get it's... Hands? claws? Leaf- whatever; on a tank of helium.
It showed this curious device to its fellow Fennekin, unable to find out what its purpose was.
The Fennekin claimed that the humans used it to make little things become big floating balls that fly into the sky.
Snivy's eyes twinkled at the very thought of the idea, and told it's friend it was going to attempt it.
The Fennekin shook its head and was about to talk Snivy out of it, that was until it saw two tubes come out of where the helium was expelled; both Snivy & Fennekin were competitive in nature, trying to outdo each other in just about anything.

Fennekin said that it could become bigger in size.
Snivy claimed it could do better.
They both grabbed a different end of tube & stared each other down, ready to put their money where their mouths were.
I know this a 'friendly' competition and all, but who's going to help them get down?
What's anchoring them?
And the most important question, How far are they going to go before they-
I'm not reading the rest of this, I sat through the subject 654 juice extracting process for goodness sake!"


So... the narrator just left...
OK.
Awkward.

I apologize for both requests taking so long; I had to do a part-time job this week which involved labour (moving heavy stuff), and it made my back & arms sore, so drawing was difficult (Also, Dark Souls 2 had my attention, I'm sorry).
So backgrounds... are still not a thing I'm trying to improve on apparently, but it looks like paper sort of.
Experimentation, Ohhhh.
Now 'back' to being busy, get it? Back! Puns!