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John Egbert ([personal profile] ghostytrainer) wrote2013-02-04 05:50 pm

prank #38 | video/action for goldenrod

A: Video/Action for Goldenrod Hospital
[The Rotom’s face that appears when the feed flicks on isn’t so much IN the screen as it just plain IS the screen. Seems the little booger thought it would be funny to possess a Pokegear. The ghost laughs, sending a jumbled string of letters, 1s, and 0s across the screen because apparently the thing couldn't decide if it was speaking English or binary. A moment later, the face blips off the screen and turns to a view of a hospital room.]

[On the bed sits John, glasses-less and looking only half awake (at best) and more out of it than usual. But what’s really strange is the fact that instead of wearing a hospital gown or even one of his silly Pokemon shirts, he’s wearing this little number, complete with white tights and a matching hair bow stuck in his messier-than-usual hair. In a chair next to the bed sits Rose, wearing what is quite possibly the biggest shit-eating grin in the universe. Despite this, she somehow manages to keep her voice completely level and normal.]


Good morning, sweetheart. I see you are finally awake. How are you feeling, beautiful?

[John gives a sleepy grunt and rubs at his eyes.] Mmm...like death warmed over? Holy shit, I'm hungry...

Well, luckily for you the nurses want you to eat before we go anywhere, though that doesn't mean I can’t take you out later if you'd like, darling.

I would like that, yeah. But before anything, I need my glasses and also my legs feel weir-- are these tights? [Still mostly blind, his hands trail up his own legs, eventually reaching the edge of the dress, at which his expression deadpans and his voice goes flat.] I am wearing an absolutely ridiculous frilly dress right now, aren't I?

And if you are? [Where before her voice was pretty even, she can’t keep the hint of mischief and amusement from it now.]

You're broadcasting this, aren't you?

And if I am?

[At that, John turns to where he thinks Rose, and therefore the camera, is (really, he’s a little off, but the CameRotom moves a little to adjust for this error). Using both hands, he forms identical "v-for-victory" signs to frame his face, pulling the biggest, dorkiest, most painfully cheesy grin he can muster. He is pretty much straight from the mangas right now and his Prankster’s Gambit is plummeting.]

[...yet somehow, it seems impossible to read anything other than murderous intent from John right now.]

[The Rotom cackles and the feed ends for now. Though Tron's work is far from done here, he still has a few tricks up his non-existent sleeves.]


B: Action for Goldenrod City
[Much later in the afternoon, John and Rose can be found around Goldenrod. John’s still wearing the dress though now the ensemble is truly complete thanks to Rose’s makeup job. Rose herself has changed to "match" and is now sporting some swanky duds of her own (complete with thick black tights because damn it’s cold).Though John is clearly none too happy about this arrangement, he’s attempting to hold onto as much of his dignity as he can. He’s barely even scowling half the time!]

[First on their list is, predictably, to get John something to eat beyond hospital food. And Rose knows just the place for this: a cutesy, adorable little Pokemon-themed cafe. After that, they can be found wandering the city itself, inside the Department Store, or even in the Game Corner. Apparently, Rose intends to milk this punishment-prank for all it’s worth.]

((ooc: John's back from hiatus coma-land, responses may come from both.))
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...pfffffffffffft. Give her a second.

...Okay good. ]


John, you're up! Do you remember more things now? Oh, but you don't have to answer before you get something to eat. You should do that first!
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...John, you are the only person in the world who would slip into an ordinary coma, given that everyone else informed her it would bring magical memories. ]

...So you really just slipped, hit your head, and were knocked out for a month?

[ granted you're the kid who has gotten stabbed multiple times and died even more multiple times but honestly.

Aradia seriously doesn't seem to mind the dress, she's more confused about how the memory coma thing isn't a thing when she was given expectations for it to be a thing. ]
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Whoops. She hadn't intended to be the first to tell him, since she'd assumed Rose already had. ]

It's February 4th. So pretty much exactly a month. You had everyone really worried!!
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
...Do you need to rest some more?

[ how does one interpret that response, Aradia is Not Sure. ]
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the obvious answer to that is to make the most of the time you have now!! Rose said we might get to do something as a group on Valentine's. I mean, I assume you two would split off at some point, but that could be fun!!
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ well to be fair he had like an ENTIRE MONTH change into ten days. ...Good luck with that bro. ]

Yep!! I've been making Valentines and everything.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
I wish! [ That's actually said with a lot more force than normal, but. Details. ] No, we're still timeless. It's silly!

But if you need help, I think you have a lot of people who are willing to offer it.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Although you know if we did that for you, we'd be dooming ourselves and the residents of one timeline!

[ Time powers. ]

Well, Terezi is here! And Sollux started a Fight Club. Jake fainted when the latest batch of eggs was laid...Oh! I picked a birthday!! And so did a lot of the others. I'm on the twenty-fifth of March, Eridan's on the fourteenth this month, and Sollux is the twenty-second this month. Those are the nearest, I think.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Dave and Jane picked her up. And no one so far, although I think we're in the middle of a new arrival wave. It does happen in a pattern, you know.

I'll just text you the list later!

[ This list, which he can view whenever his pokemon unlocks his text function, welp. ]
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Did John say something?

It's really hard to pay attention as she's trying to sort of keep on track but is losing. What is even happening?

She's not sure, but Aradia just lost her battle and burst out laughing, sorry John. ]
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
You - [ pffffft still funny. ] I think you're having continued gear trouble, to say the very least.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-05 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
He's...drawing things? [ Aradia has zero idea how he manages. Computer pokemon, man. ] You're very decorative right now. Swirly eyes, fangs, eyebrows...
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-02-06 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not conspiring against you!

Not that I know of, anyway.

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