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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.))
i really had no icon for this at all.
[To have Bro suddenly be taking a parental stance goes against every thing John had ever thought of him. It's jarring, to say the least and he's reacting to it badly. Later, he'll think back on this and realize that he was being dumb but future John is not who he is right now. Right now he's present John, working on his way towards becoming a particularly stupid past John.]
[Dear god, no wonder Karkat is perpetually pissed off. This line of thinking can drive a person nuts.]
[Anyway, since his particular John doesn't yet have the hindsight of Future John, he's having to really bite his tongue to keep himself from making a comment about respect needing to be earned. But this conversation has already gone as south as he dares to take it so instead he's going with the 'grin and bear it' method. Though he's gritting his teeth harder than is strictly necessary.]
I will keep that in mind.
I have plenty of angry ones to make up for it
He's sorry for not being the kind of father who bakes every goddamn day and dotes lovingly.
Except not really.
Bro may not be the epitome of good parenting, and he may have made a lot of mistakes and he may have plenty of regrets, but if there's one thing he could never see himself being, it's anything like the kind of parent John might approve of. He is not an Egbert, and he's not the kind of fatherly material that John is used to. So if that's what it takes to get respect, then John is just out of fucking luck and is going to have to learn how to respect Bro for who he is.]
I'm sure you will. I think this conversation is done for now. So why don't you run along and win that beauty pageant now, Miss Johto.
[Because he's tired of this. He's got a headache, he's angry, and if he doesn't calm down, he's going to say something that might alienate Rose- if he hasn't somehow already. He knows she's probably been listening this entire goddamn time. Bro doesn't trust his mouth not to say something that'll dig his own hole deeper.]
it's a good thing one of us does.
[Perhaps even more luckily, he's not the type to hold a grudge over something like this. Bro may have offended him, but it's not the end of the world and he offended Bro right back so he guesses they're kind of even. Sort of.]
[He'll come around eventually. Once he's had a chance to calm down some.]
Oh don't worry, I plan to. Anything less than a blue ribbon is absolutely unacceptable, and that's not just because blue is my favorite color. Just think how well it will go with this dress!
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[He isn't in the mood to play along, and he figures they're finished here. So you know what? He's just going to flick the video off now and probably just... toss his gear aside.]