prank #41 | video

[ghostytrainer]

[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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[ghostytrainer]

[John's eyes widen as he just...stares at the feed and all those bats. That is an absolutely PREPOSTEROUS number of bats, he's having flashbacks to Mt. Moon.]

That is...a lot of bats, holy shit. Do you run some kind of courier service or just have a million penpals or what? Or are you secretly training to become the next Batgirl, like is this all for your eventual Batcave?

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Yeah! I deliver messages for people that want to communicate through authentic letters, or they just want to communicate secretly without any chance of failure. [ She can also use her bats to spy, but that's for another time. ]

I think they're really cute, too! [ Enjoy being uncomfortable John. Enjoy it. ]

[ghostytrainer]

Huh. Neat.

I guess you kind of have a point with Woobat. They are pretty cute when they aren't attacking your face. [A beat.] Errr...if any of yours do that, I mean. I think that might not actually be a Woobat thing so much as it is a "my best friend is a troll" thing.

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Mine does that, but only because um... it's programmed that way. [ Yeah. She's a part of Team Rocket. It creates frustration with her Woobat and she wishes that she could just remove the chip regularly but she can't. ] If I don't train or do exactly as ordered, it just seems to nibble on my bun. [ Sigh. ]

[ghostytrainer]

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?

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[tendered]

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. ]