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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Captain, huh? What kind of captain, that can be sort of a vague title!

[He grins.]

Friends tend to do that though, you know what I mean? There are things you expect out of them, right? Even if it's not the same standards they hold you to. It's different for everybody.

Spaceship captain. I don't think anyone would or should trust me with a sea boat.

Hey, I'm willing to accept them for what they are, no expectations required. You'd think that would be mutual.

[...Only because expecting them to not be genocidal and/or insane didn't work out.]

Woah, really? [Suddenly he's meeting all these spaceship/giant robot pilots and it's basically the coolest thing.] That's awesome!! Clarify though like...what kind of spaceship? Because when you say "spaceship captain" it brings to mind something way more advanced than the spacecraft of my time.

But that in and of itself is an expectation, isn't it? You expect them to be themselves, and honestly they are probably thinking along the same lines. They just see you as the common sense guy, so when you act differently it's surprising. If that makes any sense. Psychobabblery has never really been my strong suit, hehehe. [But with as much time as he spends around Rose, it's pretty much impossible not to pick up on some.]

Our ship mostly travels through Earth Sphere territory, docking at friendly colonies as needed. The furthest we went was the Mars Sphere, and we didn't stay there very long.

[Mostly because of the whole 'pirate on a rescue mission' thing.]

...I don't think they expect me to be myself. It's more like they expect me not to have changed at all over time, that's the annoying part.

Yeeaaaaahhhh, if you have space colonies already, your Earth is way ahead of mine. What are they like? Do humans live on the moon and such?

That's...an entirely different matter then. I can see how that would be annoying and also unfair. But...I dunno maybe I should just stop guessing and trying to understand since I don't actually know your friends. But I like to think that people cherish their friends and even if they can be insensitive dumbasses sometimes, there is actually some good to everything they think and do when it comes to one another.

They don't, but that's because the only thing there is a military base. Most colonies are just floating around the Earth.

...I know. I just wish they understood more quickly that I don't regret how I've changed.

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