prank #38 | video/action for goldenrod

[ghostytrainer]

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.))

Comments

[usedshooshpap]

[ he's laughing from this end and doing nothing to hide it. ]

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[ghostytrainer]

[Apparently the first of Tron's pranks was the prevent John from being able to access the text or audio functions. Because you had better believe he wouldn't be responding to this in person if that were the case.]

Careful now. Laugh too hard and you might start hyperventilating. We wouldn't want that!

[He's just cranky and the dress isn't helping that.]

A: Action

[tentacletrainer]

How adorable. [[Rose stifles a snicker.]] Along with your glasses you'll need a hair brushing. Can't go out with your hair looking like that. The bow only does so much for it.

[ghostytrainer]

Oh hell you put a fucking bow in my hair too? Are you still filming this?!

[FUUUUU--]

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[timelymaid]

[ ...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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[ghostytrainer]

[gdi, Tron. He just wants to be able to respond to his friends with SOME dignity. And yet here you are: refusing to let him respond with anything other than video. What a bitch.]

They're on their way with some food right now so I can talk for a bit first. At least enough to say: no, I don't remember anything new. [He pulls at the side of his face a little bit. Attractive.] So I guess I was just in a normal coma or something? Fuck if I know.

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[moveslikestrider]

Well, [He's ironically pulling a southern accent and can you feel his pranking gambit RISING?] Ain't you just the prettiest bell at the ball.

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[ghostytrainer]

[tron refuses to let him escape maximum humiliation and locks John's feed to video. John would almost be tempted to smash the device except he really doesn't want to hurt his ghost buddy...even if he's being a massive asshole right now.]

[You cool that Prankster's Gambit right now, mister. Right now.]

Oh yes, I simply...fuck, I can't do this right now. You're just going to have to take a raincheck until I can think straight again. [Do you have any idea how disorienting a month-long coma is?]

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[razputin]

[Raz happens to be around the department store - really, he's just getting Oly and Coo some prizes for winning the Goldenrod Badge. He's basically being carried around by the Nidoking, mind you. Also, he's got a Woobat nesting on his head. He thinks he looks rather silly!

But that's when.

He sees the outfit. The frilly dress.

And can't help but let out a chuckle - a full-on laugh follows. But part of that chuckle is shock - John's still here? Yay!]

btw it's going to be raz-rose-john! just a heads up

[tentacletrainer]

[[Rose tries very hard to stifle any snickering, but oops a few escape anyway. Glancing in the direction of laughter, she offers the boy a wave.]]

Ah, Raz! Good afternoon.

[matini]

[Mom needed a moment off-camera to laugh for a while there. Now she's back and she looks like a cat with a bowl of cream.]

That color becomes you, Johnny. Rose, I hope you make sure he keeps that.

[ghostytrainer]

It really brings out the color in my eyes. [Despite the fact that he's fluttering his eyelashes like a goof, he really isn't complaining about the color. Between Rose and his Haunter obsession favoritism, there's a lot of purple in his closet nowadays.]

[hoperaider]

Oh my God you--

[oh. oh John's wearing a dress, now. He was going to say "omg you're up and okay!!!" but that's being derailed completely.]

Erm, what are you wearing?

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[ghostytrainer]

[Katar is just going to assume that by now you saw some of the other tags and leave it at: Tron. Gear lock. Asshoooooooole.]

The prettiest fucking Japanese anime princess dress you ever did see. There is none more kawaii than me right now. [He holds up his hands in front of his face, still deadpan, revealing that Rose also took the liberty of painting his nails for him.] I am a total warrior of justice by night or some shit.

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[onelevelnicer]

What a pretty dress!

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[ghostytrainer]

Why thank you. That is exactly what I was aiming for here. To be the absolute prettiest princess possible.

[sarcasm.jpg]

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[And here comes Jack just poking around in the Department Store with a cart full of junk for the breeder's convention. He still works at the center so he's busy gathering supplies. Table cloths, napkins, pokemon treats...]

[It's not long before he turns a corner and runs into two well-dressed young ladi--that is a John. Wat.]</sub>

Er--oh! I didn't recognize you, John. It's so good to see you back in...town... _{[His attention shifts to Rose, to whom he gives a slight bow.]} And it's nice to meet you!

tagging order will be jack > john > rose

[ghostytrainer]

[The prettiest lady you ever did meet. Accompanied by the most handsome lad you ever did meet. But at least Jack isn't laughing so...that's good.]

Ahaha, yeah. I got a haircut, can't you tell? [He pretends to primp up the ends of his hair that he doesn't actually have because it's too short. Humor is the best way to deal with awkwardness, right?] Glad to see you're still around, Jack. I guess I decided to take a snooze of epic proportions last month. Oh but, introductions!

[Yes. Those things. That he should have done first.]

Jack, this is my fiancee, Rose Lalonde. Rose, this is my buddy, Jack Skellington.

[Tiny, inner moment of flailing to be able to say to that. Even if he and Jack are more like friendly acquaintances SHHH THEY'RE TOTALLY BUDDIES.]

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[eclectical]

[Try as she might, Jade can't keep herself from laughing. SORRY, JOHN.] Welcome back to the world of the living, John.

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[ghostytrainer]

[Tron is a doouuuuucccchhhhbaaaaaaaagggggggggggg.]

Glad to be back, honestly. Not...that I knew I was gone but anyway. I didn't miss too much, did I?

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[brokenmemories]

[Misaki understands she needs to let her pokemon out once in a while whenever she travels around Goldenrod, but it doesn't mean she'll enjoy it. The Banette on her shoulders hitting her head as she was walking seems to be a perfectly good reason why. Since she didn't have work or any gyms to battle, the Department Store seems to be the only interesting place to go to. ]

[Huh, looks like that's Rose over there with some pretty girl.]

[Wait, that's not a girl. That looks more like a boy in a dr- oh dear god, was that her fiance?]

[action] tagging order will be misaki-rose-john!

[tentacletrainer]

[[Rose is happily searching for cute things for her Pokemon in the store when she spots Misaki. Taking John's hand, she leads him over with a wave.]]

Misaki! Good afternoon!

[[Once she reaches the girl, she glances up at the Banette a little questioningly - why are you just letting it bop you like that gurl? - before gesturing to the boy beside her.]]

Here, I should introduce you two. This is my fiance, John. John, this is my friend Misaki.

Action A!

[otherfathering]

[He hadn't even considered a video or a voice or a text before he was calling early off work for family reasons, grabbing his coat, calling out Snapdragon and flying straight over to the hospital. John's awake, and Father's missed his son so much.

He makes his way to John's room as quick as he can, his Dragonite tredding behind him, both beaming as wide as they can; the nurses are telling him to put the large dragon away, but by the time they show their concern, the duo are already out of earshot.

He leans against the boy's doorway and looks in at the cute little couple, grinning sheepishly, backed up by his huge orange dragon.]

They do~ say sleep makes a person prettier... though I didn't think that meant you had'ta wear a dress.

omg i am psychic. also, OF > john > rose

[ghostytrainer]

[Luckily by the time OF shows up, John has his glasses back on so he can actually see and believe what he's hearing. Except...Jade already spoiled this for him. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S OKAY. Because he's still pretty damn excited, Judging by how his face lights up like the sun when he sees the human and dragon duo in the doorway.]

Dad!!!

[That's all he manages to get out. Too many feels, not enough brain power to adequately express them.]

[usedconfusion]

Dude, don't freak, we've all been there.

Pretty sure it's just you, dude.

[ghostytrainer]

[It takes John a while to get around to answering, mostly because food happened. And even though hospital food kind of sucks, when you're this hungry you will eat just about anything. Then Rose decided to complete John's ensemble by putting makeup on him. At least it's done tastefully? Though John still can't switch his possessed gear to anything other than video.]

Freak? Who's freaking? When you look this good what is there to even freak about, Am I right?

[Since...apparently this guy has been in the same situation before? Surely he must know what it's like to be this fab. Or at least what it's like to use self-directed humor as a defense mechanism.]

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[hintcoinplz]

John?! John, I'm so glad you've finally come to-

[wait what is he looking at here.]

Uh...

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[ghostytrainer]

[Sorry Luke, but John's response is a little late coming. Food arrived, you see. And then Rose decided to finish off his beautiful look with some makeup. Keep calm and smile on.]

Hey Luke, what's up? Sorry if I worried you. I didn't mean to take the world's longest snoozefest.

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[wontturntostone]

[At least Kanaya's laugh is more of a polite chuckle? And she is trying to play nice.]

...Welcome back.

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[ghostytrainer]

[Okay so food happened and then makeup happened and then John saw who this message was from and kind of further put off answering it. He kind of isn't exactly sure what to say...he meant to call Kanaya after the whole Christmas fiasco but never actually got around to it. Then he passed out. And from the sounds of her greeting, it seems like things are still a little tense between them.]

[Eventually though, he's left with only Kanaya to respond to ad well...guess it's time to put his big girl panties on.]

Thanks. Glad to be back, Snoresville, population one, kind of sucks.

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[searsblindly]

[Have a video of Terezi's feet.]

WAIT. What is going on. Someone explain to me why this was worth broadcasting! Did his wardrobifier put him in a dress? This sucks. I can't even make fun of him for it because I don't know what to make fun of.

[She's being denied her trolling rights. This is so suffering.]

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[ghostytrainer]

[Unfortunately, Terezi's going to have to be kept in the dark a little longer. Food and makeup take priority over responding to all these piling up messages. Okay well...food does. Makeup does only in Rose's mind.]

Nice shoes, Terezi.

[heartdive]

Riku should be happy I didn't do that to him.

[ghostytrainer]

[Especially since I think we can all agree that Sora's makeup job would not be nearly as beautiful as the Rose-given one that John is sporting by the time he gets around to answering this message.]

Oh, is Riku unconscious too?

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[plushaeusrumpified]

[Heh. Hehehe. He can't help but find this entire thing amusing as hell, and he's suddenly bursting with pride for Rose. True Strider at heart right there, oh yeah. And John is lucky, he's had time to cool off and feel better about the whole thing. He doesn't approve by any means, but he's at least not murderous like he was a few weeks ago while John was still conked the hell out.

So the feed clicks on, and when John sees him, Bro waves at him.]

Hello son.

[A beat.]

Or I guess I should say daughter, huh?

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[ghostytrainer]

[By the time John gets around to answering this, he's even more of a beautiful daughter than he already was. Rose, in her infinite wisdom, figured that putting makeup on an unconscious guy who would probably start rubbing his eyes the minute he woke up was probably not the smartest idea. That and there's just some special kind of joy one gets from doing this sort of thing while the guy is conscious.]

Haha, funny! Daughter. Funny. Ha.

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[shadowdive]

[This is endless laughter ok it is even higher pitched and oh my good god no he can't stop and occasionally, his voice even goes mute while he's laughing so hard. Tears are even streaking down his face and he is holding his side with one arm.]

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[ghostytrainer]

You gonna be okay there, dude?

[Hey look, Vanitas. Now he has makeup on too. It just gets better and better doesn't it?]

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[when_turks_fly]

[ Now that is... quite the sight, isn't it? If asked, Valeria really couldn't say she was expecting to see something like that on the network when she began looking through it today, but there it is and she can't help but chuckle a bit. Really, she can't help herself. She manages to clasp a hand over her mouth, at least, but even after she drops it, she can't help another chuckle despite the words on the tip of her tongue. ]

I'm impressed. I don't think most boys your age would be able to take something like that so well!

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[ghostytrainer]

[It takes John a while to get around to responding, what with Rose arriving with some lunch for him and then insisting upon doing his makeup, but he's still refusing to throw too big a fit about this. That would mean Rose wins, after all!]

Most boys my age wouldn't look this great in something like this. It's hard not to take to it well.