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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Every ghost pokemon? [That's...impressive.]

[Who is this guy and why does like extremely similar to Jake, huh.]

I don't really have a specific favorite pokemon. They're kind of all the same to me. [She shrugs.]

Well not like...one of every single evolutionary stage. I don't really have enough room in my roster for that, unfortunately. And even then, it would be really unfair to catch some only to never let them evolve just so I could have one of every stage. But it helps that there really aren't a lot of ghost types to begin with. It's the smallest typing group.

Oh, and I suppose I don't have Giratina either. But... he's a legendary so there's really not much I can do about that. Those are probably better left alone in the wild so he can roam free for as long as he wants. But it would be pretty cool to at least get the chance to see him one day. Or she...I guess Giratina could technically be a girl.

[It's an uncanny resemblance, isn't it?]

Anyway, all the same to you in what sense?

The smallest huh? How many families would you say there were?

[She stops to ponder a bit but she has an idea what to say.]

Well...there's not really a specific reason but they're just...all cool you know? Like they're all special in their own way....plus, I don't really like picking favorites, you know?

[Might be an awkward way of responding but that's her response.]

There are 15 families and a grand total of 27 different species, including Giratina in both those counts.

[He smiles.]

Yeah, I get it. I think if I hadn't played the game before coming here I would have a harder time picking a favorite species. It's easier to play favoritism with pixels as opposed to living things.

Mind filling me in on who's Giratina? [Still kind of a newbie after all.]

You've played the games where you came from? Up to which ones?

Big legendary ghost dragon. Like...really big and stupidly powerful because basically all legendaries are. That's why they are legendary. I have only ever read about it in books, but supposedly it was incredibly violent so it was banished to an alternate dimension called the Distortion World. Which is probably why it's rarely ever seen.

[Maybe one day he'll get to see it though.]

Only blue version... I didn't realize there were more games after that.

Sounds like a story I've heard. [Of the Christian variety.] It does sound pretty amazing though. Like he's some kind of a god or something?

That's as far as I played too but I'm pretty sure my brother has played all the later versions. I'm not really much of a gaming fan.

Yeah! A lot of the legendaries basically sound like gods, the more you look into them. Like there are some that can control the weather and even time and space itself. Actually I think there are a few that supposedly have time powers...

Oh huh I guess I just didn't pay attention. The more you know, I guess.

prank #41 | video

[video]

[video]

[video]

[video]

[video]

[video]

[video]

[video]