ghostytrainer | prank #41

[When the feed clicks on, it's to a close up shot of a Shedinja floating inside what appears to be a hotel room. The ghost is just staring blankly at the screen, neither moving nor giving any other sort of indication that it's alive or that it really had any reason for apparently deciding to turn the gear on.]

[Just. Staring.]

[It's probably kind of unnerving and the worst part is that this goes on for a good twenty minutes before something else finally happens.]

Ugh, Phoebe did you hide my gear somewhere again? It was cute and kind of funny like the first maybe...three times? But that's really starting to wear off, sorry to say. Jeez, where is everyone it's like a gravey--

[John's voice can be heard in the background, and just as he wonders to himself where all his Pokémon went, his feet can be seen in the background behind the Shedinja. He sighs.]

Well that explains where everyone went at least. [The neon green argyle sock-clad feet approach the bug ghost and the camera.] Exos, what are you doing over here...oh. Ugh, not you too! Jesus what does a guy have to do, I swear... [The camera jostles as John, still mumbling to himself, picks the 'gear up. He redirects the camera to his own face, looking a little exasperated.]

Sorry about that. Exos is...well okay I have no idea what the fuck he was trying to accomplish there, if anything at all. But since this is already on, may as well make some kind of point here I guess. Umm, let's see...

Tell me about your favorite type of Pokémon. Or your favorite species, anything like that. Feel free to gush about your team and the things you have accomplished together, I don't mind. It's actually kind of fun to hear what other people have to say about their companions.

Here, I will even go first. Ghost types are my favorite and thanks to Bro Strider, I recently finished my collection of grim, grinning ghosts. I now have at least one of every ghost-type evolutionary line. My favorite species is Haunter. Mostly for nostalgia reasons but Haunters have the added benefit of just being pretty awesome in general.

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Favorite type? I've found myself picking up tons of grass types actually. I didn't even realize until I took a headcount and realized I had a ton. Which is funny because my favorite breed so far is probably uh.

[He paused here, looking around carefully to make sure that a certain dragon was nowhere nearby.] I'd have to say my Emolga's breed is my favorite right now. If my Charizard comes in though it's hers alright? She's... touchy.

Pffttthehe. Sorry, somehow that just seems oddly appropriate. You know because they are grass types and it's like... when you turn your back on your lawn for a second. It's all fine and neatly groomed and it looks great but then you turn around and suddenly the grass is eight feet tall and you're pretty sure the weeds are big enough to eat a small dog because nature is just weird like that.

[Wha...]

That's what your roster is like. [A beat.] Only your Pokémon are much nicer than weeds, they are the tall grass in that analogy. Actually, I am not sure where I was going with that, the image made a lot more sense in my head.

[...yeah he totally just lost even himself with that one. What was he talking about?]

A-Anyway, moving on! Touchy as in overly attached to you?

[Funny face for your analogy there man.] I think I get you...

Oh yeah, she only evolved last month so she's been slowly detatching. She used to be one of those pokemon that would cling to me physically at all times, you know?

Ahaha, yeah definitely. My Togepi, Bulbasaur, and Zorua were both like that before they evolved. My Togepi especially, holy shit he was basically constantly underfoot or trying to get me to pick him up.

...he had the weirdest fascination with shoelaces too, for whatever reason. But yeah, give your Charizard some time and I wouldn't be surprised if she grows out of the clinginess entirely.

Oh yeah? Did any of yours learn to talk so they could order you around? Kiyo learned no first, if that tells you anything.

Hehe, no they did not. Though my Zoroark is learning to speak now. Because where is the fun in having an illusion casting fox if you don't teach at least him that much, you know?

Mine gets shifty every time I make noises about that. He's gotten REALLY good at his human transformation though.

Shifty? What do you mean? Does he not want to learn?

I dunno, I suspect he might already know, but I haven't caught him at it.

Ohhhh, that kind of shifty. Like maybe he's learning on his own and wants to surprise you?

Or play a trick on me. He's really, ah... playful.

[John chuckles.]

Somehow, that doesn't really surprise me. I think that's just something that is inherently in their nature. They may not be ghosts, but they can be just as clever of pranksters. Michael J. is the same way, and always has been.

He's a shinobi pokemon. That's all I got. But hey, at least it makes him easier to train?

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