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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Fahrenheit. It's funny you should say that though. Washington was a northern state and there is a mountain range that basically cuts it in half. Though, where I lived was more the valley region, not the mountainous part. [I know it's shocking to learn that he is not a rugged Washingtonian mountain man. I was surprised to learn this as well. WE all were. Everyone.]

I...guess? Though "big fuzzy goofball" is still the first thing that's going to come to my mind always with Pho-Goth.

Err...what? [He seems genuinely confused by this. This is not at all what he was referring to. Dave trained a Woobat to go for John's face and smother him with love and heart stamps at every possible opportunity.] Programmed?

Well like I said, it's mostly nostalgia. Pokémon was a video game in my world, but there were only 150 species in the game. And the Gastly line was the only ghost type and ghosts are pretty cool. I have always had a soft spot for the paranormal so I guess it was kind of natural for me to take a shining to the ghost type.

I will admit, I was very happy to learn that there were more species here. But for that reason, the Gastly line has always held a special place in my heart. Haunter especially because I really like its design. And I never could get a Gengar in my game since you have to trade to evolve it.

I...you know I never really thought about it? It's just one of those things that you don't think about until moments like these where somebody points it out.

Most definitely. That's just wrong on so many levels that I'm not even sure where to begin. I would say it's inhumane but since Bowser isn't human that seems a little pointless to comment on. That's probably why he can do it so easily and not even give a shit.

Yeah, I would. It's much nicer here and to be honest, I don't have a whole lot to look forward to if I go home. All of my friends are from the future and from everything they have said, shit really starts going south pretty quickly and doesn't really stop.

Even if everything does end up working out okay in the end, which none of us are sure if it will, most of us are already here. So it's kinda like...why bother going back, you know?

Something important you left at home? A sense of unfulfilled obligation? A strong desire to make sure everything works out in the end? Greater calamity caused by your absence?

There's plenty of reasons. Of course, nothing says they need to matter to you.

Ah, I see. My apologies. The coldest it gets in summer, depending on my location, is fifty degrees. The warmest is one-hundred twenty-two. [ What a range, John! Feel free to ask her for tips. ]

I see. I did not take you for one from the valley. Our valleys are slightly primitive, and are somewhat of a place for washed up veterans to go after their service. It's where they get artificial metallic limbs to replace their fallen ones. As a result, it has a blue-collar industrial element to itself too. [ it's still a dnw-totally gross place in Lust's opinion. So gross it remains standing to this very day! ]

Self-expression and warmth creates grace. If it's confident in itself, it's exuding grace. [ ~~not really. this sentence is as real as john's mountain man skills.~~ ]

Yeah... you see. I, am, unfortunately, in team rocket and, fortunately, I'm staying to spy on them. [ She looks kinda unsure as she pours her heart out. ] My Woobat is a tracker for Team Rocket and is so team oriented, he'll attack at anything that's not for the team. He gets really hard to deal with sometimes so I've been looking up how to find and destroy the chip that I was told about... [ Some tears start to well in the corner of her eyes as she reflects on Woobat's condition. ]

I think it's really great, too. It's strange, sure, but I don't mind being here.

[ He definitely prefers Johto's weirdness to the hellhole of despair that is Hope's Peak. ]

It's nice to meet you, Egbert-kun. I'm Makoto Naegi.

Even non-humans can easily have a moral compass that does not lead them to theft, mind control and assault. I've met plenty of beings with the same interests, and all would have been just as nasty if they were human.

Yeah, I remember me and my brother had a hard time beating Sabrina. I can tell they fixed it! I kinda like the dark-types - I've met two kinds of them and they're pretty cool.

Man, you have a whole lotta Pokemon, huh? Do you have one of all of them?

[He might sound a bit awed.]

[John laughs a little at that.]

No not one of all of them. Not even close, really since there are over six hundred of them now or something like that. I love Pokémon and all but even I wouldn't want that many. I do have at least one of every ghost line though, like I said.

Which dark types have you seen so far?

Oh. Over six hundred? Really? That seems like a whole lot. Does that count like evolutions and stuff?

Oh- I have a Mightyena, and Norman has a Houndour.

Oh, no, I wasn't being very clear! And I agree! I love those socks you got me. [ The Omanyte ones from Christmas, that is. ] Hm...well, I'll keep an eye out for them. I can't be a proper archaeologist without all the fossils, right?

I'm really looking forward to it! Almost as much as all the towers!

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