prぁn◙ $43 | acti♂n FORWARD-DATED TO SATURDAY 6/8

[ghostytrainer]

[Hello everyone, what are you up to this fine summer evening? Out training perhaps? Playing with your Pokémon? Sitting down to a delicious dinner? Maybe doing a little shopping before all the stores close?]

[Well whatever you're doing, no matter how much you are minding your own business, you may soon find yourself with a +1.]



[Aren't glitches fun?]

[John has no idea what's going on, one minute he was in the middle of his anniversary dinner with Rose and the next, he's lord only knows where with whoever "you" happen to be. Not that "you" aren't good company, and all! But it's kind of rude to leave your significant other in the middle of a date. But the worst part?]

[It keeps happening.]

[Whatever is doing this isn't content to let him stay in one place for very long. He keeps disappearing and reappearing with a quiet "zap!" every few of minutes, sometimes appearing back at the restaurant and other times appearing someplace else entirely. Dammit, can't a guy just eat in peace? This is terrible.]

[Why on Earth did he box that weird Pokémon he caught last night... better yet, why did he catch it at all?!]

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[usedswift]

[Probably Tenten's favorite part about Johto in general is the literal flying. Which she uses to get pretty much everywhere when she's not trying to catch Pokémon. And of course her favorite bird to fly is the giant razorbird.

Which dips suddenly with an annoyed metal-on-metal screech at the +1. There's a knife in Tenten's hand as she pivots to face the...

...intruder...?]

John?!

[ghostytrainer]

[Oh yes, what a fearsome intruder he is. Look at this face. This is the face of a boy with only the darkest of intentions.]

[A downright evil mastermind.]

[Who just dropped a fork that we're going to hope is only going to confuse some poor innocent bystander instead of spearing them through the head or something.]

[Yeah, definitely going to need a new one whenever he zaps back to dinner. That fork is definitely covered in germs after that fall.]

Please don't kill me!!! [Oh wait, he knows this vaguely threatening person! He can lower his arms from shielding his face.] Tenten?

[usedswift]

Shit!

[She slips the knife back into who-knows-where and reaches with her now free hand to grab him by the collar, yanking him in -- mostly to yell at him better, partly to keep him from toppling off.]

What the hell do you think you're doing? Where'd you jump from?

[She's sure Feng would let her know if there were any other Pokémon around.]

[ghostytrainer]

[Thank you, Tenten. Falling from a razorbird is not something John had on his list of things to do today.]

[Or ever, really.]

It wasn't me, I didn't jump from anywhere! See, I seem to be randomly teleporting everywhere? I was with Dave all up until about thirty seconds ago. [Again. For who knows what number time this evening.]

[Here's where he probably gets his gear out to send a text. Or recieve a text. Maybe both. It's kind of been a wilder evening than he intended and keeping people in the loop is beginning to be a nightmare. This probably won't be the first time he does it during the duration of his stay on Razorbird Airlines. Luckily he can socially multitask.]

So uh...yeah this was completely by accident, sorry if I scared you.

[usedswift]

What?

[She just glares at him again before letting go and turning back. She's busy, John. :T]

Fine, just grab hold of something, will you? I thought all the craziness stopped over the weekend, but apparently not. Don't fall off, and don't slice your hands. We're near Mahogany right now.

I don't suppose you've seen Yumi or Sasuke?

[ghostytrainer]

'kay. [Where do you... what do you grab on a razor bird? Um. Okay. He'll just...kinda hold onto her shoulders. Yes.]

[Perfect.]

Nope, the craziness has been going on all week! It's kind of ridiculous, I don't know what's up. This sort of thing has never happened before. Last time it was only for three days. I have seen quite a few people as I have been zapping around but I haven't seen Sasuke and I am not sure who Yumi is.

[They spoke once but he never got her name, oops...]

[usedswift]

[Pay attention, there's little less-sharp grooves you can use, John. But her shoulders work, too, probably safer that way. For sissy civilian hands, anyway.]

I have to make sure Sasuke's okay, and Yumi... last time I talked to her, something was definitely wrong.

[Had her hands all over Sasuke, which was Problem #1. Problem #2 was where she electrocuted them both.]

She wears a lot of black. I thought she was my best female friend here, but apparently I was wrong.

...Nice bow tie, by the way.

[ghostytrainer]

Oh, thanks. [It is the most neon one he owns and he is rather fond of it too.]

Does she have a kind of...bob-cut, almost? [He removes a sissy, civilian hand to approximate the cut of Yumi's hair.] Kind of a big forehead?

[Rude, John.]

Well if I happen so see either of them at any point after I leave, because that will probably happen here in a few minutes if the trend holds true, I will shoot you a text and let you know.

[usedswift]

Yeah, that's what she looks like. Especially the forehead.

[Whoops someone's still pissed.]

Let me know, because I need to talk to her about what happened over the weekend. Did anything weird happen to you?

[ghostytrainer]

Ohhh. Okay I know who you're talking about now but I still haven't seen her. She seemed like a nice girl to me though, what happened?

Nothing really weird happened to me though. Not until now, at least.

[Just ran into some babies and some vampires, no biggie.]

[usedswift]

What happened? What happened?

[Sorry John, you won lost by being the first person she's really gotten to talk to about this.]

Try pretending to be my best friend for months, attempting to seduce Sasuke right in front of me, and then using some kind of lightning technique on both of us. That's what happened.

[ghostytrainer]

Errr... wow, really? Um... I mean I don't know her very well so I guess that is always possible. But there were a lot of weird things happening last weekend. Lots of parallel universe selves running around. Hell apparently there was a troll version of me and I met a girl version of Dave.

[It wasn't just him in drag, she had real boobs and everything! And He's kind of bummed he didn't get to meet his troll self.]

So maybe it wasn't actually her? Have you tried talking to her about it?

[usedswift]

I met the troll version of you. Was pretty touchy-feely until I told him I'd stab him in the... what'd he call them? Ganderbulbs.

[That's about you though John, that is not important right now.]

I thought of that, but I mean, she knew who I was. Knew that we were friends, and about Sasuke. And she hasn't answered. It's been almost a week now.

[ghostytrainer]

Oh you met him too, huh? I mean I didn't meet him but apparently he was bothering a lot of my friends, not just you. But anyway,

[But yes,not important. Even John realizes this.]

With how weird things have been it's possible she hasn't been able to respond? I guess what I'm saying is, try not to be too angry about it until you get the whole story. Because if a friend pulls a dramatic 180 reveal like that out of nowhere? Chances are something is up.

[usedswift]

I thought so at the time, but now...?

[She just shakes her head sharply and clutches more tightly to her razorbird.]

I'm not so sure. Not to mention I haven't been able to find her, and Sasuke's 'gear keeps giving me a weird 'cannot be reached' message.

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[ghostytrainer]

[John sighs quietly, shifting his hands from Tenten's shoulders to give her a quick hug which he's really hoping isn't going to freak her out and make them crash and die or something.]

It will all sort itself out in the end, just you wait. Everything will be ok-- fuck.

[By now he's gotten pretty good at realizing when he's about to glitch out. He can feel it coming and thinking that Tenten probably doesn't want to come along for the ride, John quickly lets go of her before, sure enough...]

[ZAP!]

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[ghostytrainer]

[Aaaaand a few minutes later...]

sorry.
i told you, it keeps happening!

anyway, like i said i bet it will all work out okay in the end.
i'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of what's happening with you and yumi and sasuke.
if you need to talk about it more though, don't hesitate to call alright? :)

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[usedswift]

[She goes still at the hug, half-thinking that he's holding on more tightly because he has to so he won't fall off. By the time she realizes what he's doing and starts to relax into it, he's already letting go.]

Wha--?!

[Zap, and there he goes. It's suddenly a lot quieter (and lonelier) than before.]

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[usedswift]

Not your fault.

I'll find out if either of them ever answer me, I guess.

I will though, if I have to. Good luck with your teleporting problem. ;)

[ghostytrainer]

keep my updated.
thanks, hopefully this bullshit will stop soon.
ttyl.