John Egbert (
ghostytrainer) wrote2013-05-11 12:06 pm
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prank #41 | video
[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.
[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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[It looked like a bug, but there was something...ghostly about it. Clearly that meant she needed it.]
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Exos is a Shedinja which is... technically an evolution of Nincada but it has probably one of the weirdest evolution methods out there, to be honest. See, when Nincada evolves into Ninjask, sometimes the shell it leaves behind reanimates itself and you wind up with a Shedinja in addition to the Ninjask. See the little wing looking things? [He taps at the protrusions from Exos's back.] They aren't really wings, they're from where the Ninjask burst out of the back of its shell when it evolved.
While Ninjask is pure bug type, Shedinja picks up ghost typing by virtue of basically being a bug-zombie. It also gains an ability that is completely unique to its species called Wonder Guard. Basically, it makes Shedinja completely invulnerable to any attack that isn't its weakness. So if someone hit it with say...Solar Beam? Absolutely nothing would happen. But a fire type move as weak as Ember would knock it out in only one shot and something like Overheat would just be flat out overkill.
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It certainly does seem like a type of Pokémon I would be interested in! Although...you mentioned something about how I should be glad I never saw one. Is there any particular reason why you said that?
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Last time they appeared in the wild, they ended up draining people's souls. Trainer-raised ones don't do it for some reason, but looking into the hole in a wild one's back is a one-way ticket to some kind of crazy fucked up dreamworld. Your body is left behind as an empty shell until somebody finds the Shedinja that took you and takes it out.
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...you can't be serious.
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I did. My fiancée and several of my friends were all drained, as well as many other people I didn't know. Why would I make this up? Why would anyone make something like this up?
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And like I said, the Pokédex can back me up on this one, as well as the people who were here in June two years ago.
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[She shrugs.]
Either way, you told me what I wanted to know, so I suppose I can answer your question. Favorite type and species, yes?
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Mmm, yeah. Or just anything about Pokémon in general that you feel like talking about. I just figured that was a good place to start.
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[Which, of course you were. It's Barby, everyone should be curious about what she likes and what she doesn't. Clearly.]
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Isn't she beautiful?
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Yes, though admittedly it's a little weird to think of a bug as beautiful. But there is an elegance to her that even somebody like me can appreciate. Though she's a lot bigger than I was expecting, holy crap.
Really glad bees never got that big on Earth except for in science fiction stories.
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Don't worry about him, dear. I doubt he meant anything by it.
[She turns back to John.]
While Victoria is indeed elegant, she also has feelings and she doesn't take kindly to someone giggling at her. I expect an apology.
[Yeah, she's completely serious right now.]
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No I wasn't...okay I guess in a way I was kind of laughing at her but it wasn't a bad thing, I swear. It was a good laugh. Just the way she posed like that it's sort of...I guess cute in a way? I don't really know how to put it. My Froslass does something similar and it just tickles me every time.
[Pokémon are weird and endearing, especially girl ones for whatever reason. Probably because John is even weirder.]
I promise I wasn't trying to offend you, Victoria, I'm sorry. You are very pretty, beautiful really. Truly a queen bee in every sense of the word.
[His Froslass gets huffy when he laughs too, but flattery is always the key to getting her to calm back down...it's kind of scary how well she's managed to train her master.]
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[While that may be so, Victoria looks a bit skeptical. Even after the apology she's still a bit huffy, but she warms up to John pretty quickly once he compliments her. Seems like this Vespiquen isn't so different from John's Froslass after all...
Barby turns her attention back to John after giving her Pokémon a small pat on the head.]
Looks like she forgave you. Isn't that right, darling?
[To confirm, Victoria nods her head before flying offscreen. Probably to go look at herself in the mirror. Again.]
Anyway, I don't believe either of us introduced ourselves. My name's Barby.
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[He chuckles.]
My bad though, I'm John Egbert. It's nice to meet you, Barby.
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[Kind of like her trainer...]
And it's nice to meet you too, John. Shame things started off a bit...rocky.
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[He's certainly no longer mad about the whole Shedinja thing. In fact he already sort of forgot that he was even irritated about that in the first place.]
So bugs...have you been to any of the forests or the National Park yet?