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ghostytrainer) wrote2013-02-04 05:50 pm
ghostytrainer) wrote2013-02-04 05:50 pm
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- &action,
- &video,
- ^aradia megido,
- ^bro strider,
- ^dave strider,
- ^jack skellington,
- ^jade harley,
- ^jake english,
- ^kanaya maryam,
- ^kaoru hitachiin,
- ^karkat vantas,
- ^luke triton,
- ^misaki suzuhara,
- ^mom lalonde,
- ^other father,
- ^raz aquato,
- ^ron stoppable,
- ^rose lalonde,
- ^sora,
- ^terezi pyrope,
- ^vanitas,
- critical hit to the prankster's gambit,
- good morning john!,
- hackin ur feed,
- he prefers to do the pranking,
- pretend you're surprised he's hungry,
- rose wears the pants,
- straight from the animes,
- this injustice will not stand,
- tron the camerotom
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.))
[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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[A few beats.]
I suppose I am rather well.
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[Wow what a talkative pair they are.]
That you're well, I mean. That's good.
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Yes. Uh. And I am glad you are...not...thinkpan damaged.
[It says a lot that she's switched back to troll words rather than the human ones she's been using the last two years.]
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[It goes right over his head. Because that's what he's used to hearing from the trolls...oops.]
[There's more awkward silence and smiles on his end before he finally sighs and lets his face slip into a more neutral, apologetic expression.]
Look, Kanaya...I'm sorry. That was a really shitty way for you to have to find out about Rose and me. But in my defense? I...didn't know that you liked her like that. To be honest, I don't think she did either but that's something you'd have to ask her so I am not even sure why I said that. Anyway...I'm sorry about that. And I'm sorry that I didn't say anything to you sooner. I just wasn't sure what to say and I was pretty sure that you didn't even want to hear from me at all soooo...
Yeah.
[Nope, okay. Right back to awkward.]
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...Given where you both seem to be on our respective timelines, I probably didn't like her. Not back then...not to any applicable degree. I do not fault either of you for what happened...precisely...
[She's quiet again, and she looks away, frowning at nothing in particular.]
Given that I have not vanished back to our sessions the way people seem to rather quickly here, that probably means I am stuck. [She looks back at the screen.] Which means I have to learn to deal with this. And hiding it is hardly conducive to that.
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[He scratches at the back of his head.]
So uh...what now?
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Well. I...
I suppose we could discuss pokemon. It is an inherent common ground we all seem to share.
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[A beat.]
But only if we've cleared the air completely on that other thing. Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but we've been through this situation once before, in reverse, and it's not any more fun the second time around. So the very last thing I want is for this to come back up later because we didn't deal with it properly now. Is there anything else you want to say to me?
Seriously, anything at all. If you want to cuss me out, go for it. Just get it out of your system now.
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I have no idea what I'm supposed to say. It isn't as though I can simply turn my feelings off and pretend they aren't there...though I suppose that is what I am trying to do. I can't make any promises about the future.
And I don't particularly want to say anything about this to anyone, if I had the choice.
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I know it's hard and...maybe I'm asking a bit much by asking you to talk to me about it, considering we aren't moirails. In retrospect, that was probably a little demanding on my part. I just really, really hate awkward situations like this and I want to move past it as quickly as possible, but not so fast that we leave unresolved issues behind us to blow up in our faces later.
[It's kind of amazing how mature he can be when he wants to.]
Because you're pretty cool, Kanaya, I would like it if we could be friends one day. And the last thing I want is for you to hate me forever because of something that makes me happy.
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[She didn't hate him. She wanted to, but he was so hard to hate!]
And moirailing has little to do with it, in this situation. I simply...mm. I think I will just have to work through this on my own.
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[Ask Karkat, he managed it once...though it didn't last so maybe he's actually not the best person to ask.]
All I meant by the moirail things was just...well, if the situation were reversed, Vriska would have been the first person I went to go talk to about it. That's all. But if it's something that you have to deal with on your own then that's fine too.
But yeah um...Pokemon. Was there anything in particular you wanted to discuss?
[Since he...guesses the other topic is done?]
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[She shrugs, and then smiles faintly.]
Nothing specific, though I suppose you would be the person to speak to about what pokemon I should be looking for to breed my Litwick.
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Anyway, there are other amorphous Pokemon like the Shellos and Ralts lines. They can technically breed with Litwick, but if you're looking to pass on decent movesets they won't be able to pass as much as another ghost would. And vice versa, a Litwick is going to pass on more moves to another ghost than to something like Shellos since it's a water type.
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So another ghost pokebeast, preferably with a series of moves compatible but not necessarily identical to mine.
So it's just a matter of finding one, really. I am attempting to make sure that each pokebeast I own has a least one compatible breeding partner in my roster.
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If you want, I can help you with that. I have a lot of Amorphous group Pokemon. And I have all the ghosts except one so... [So the offer is there. Or something.]
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[Kanaya hesitates for a moment.]
I would appreciate that. Thank you John.
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[He's kind of reached the limits of thinking right now.]
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I will see you there.