prank #46 | video

[ghostytrainer]

[The feed opens up to what is presumably a hotel room, but it's really kind of hard to tell with how much the camera is jostling around. Is that a person? Yeah that's a person, but they don't seem to be paying attention to the camera. There's a static-y sort of giggle and a Rotom's face flashes briefly across the screen. Well that explains that.]

Tron! Come on now, dude, I know you're excited but nobody can see anything if you keep moving around like that. [The figure turns out to be John, who has moved across the room to grab hold of the whirring and giggling device. For a moment, he fixes the screen with a relatively stern look (for John, anyway). It's clearly meant for the Pokémon inside the device, not any of the viewers.]

Caaaalllmmmm. Brrrrzapp!! Good.

[John smiles and lets the device go once more. This time, the image stays still. Yup, that's a hotel room alright. Scattered about the room are a ridiculous number of brightly colored plush toys, one of which is currently having its tentacles chewed on by an Omanyte. Remember that guy? The one from the toilet? Yeah, he's still around apparently. A Lopunny, Lampent, and a Froslass are also visible; the former two chittering happily over a couple of the magnetic plush cephalopods, while the latter drifts lazily around the room, almost seeming bored.]

[But more importantly, there's also a fair-sized pile of eggs next to the couch.]

So I told myself I was only going to breed a couple of my ghosts this time but I may have ended up getting just a little overzealous in the end. [He laughs and shrugs.] Anyway, I need to start putting a little extra money away so I'm selling all of them for P3000 each. Except for the Snorunts, Goletts, and Rotoms, which are only 2000 since they have little to no egg moves. I will be sending out the full list of what I have as well as egg moves in a minute because I will be here all day if I try to verbally list off some of these. If you have any questions about the species themselves or parental temperament or anything like that, I will of course be happy to answer.

I think that about cov-- oh wait! One more thing real quick. Kind of sort of related, but I was talking with my friend Aradia the other day and we were thinking about maybe putting together some kind of ghost club. You know like... maybe get together every once in a while and go check out haunted houses or something. Just a thought, figured I would throw it out there to see if anybody would be interested in that sort of thing.

[He beams and flashes a thumbs up to the camera.]

Tron, if you would please!

Rrrzzzttt!!

[The feed clicks off and a few moments later, a text is sent out with the full list of eggs and egg moves.]

((ooc: There are still plenty of eggs left to be claimed, so have at them if you want.))

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[believeit]

[Hold on John, hold on. Did you just say Golett?]

You have ghost robot eggs??

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[ghostytrainer]

[Tron's still operating the camera because apparently John just can't be bothered not to be hands-free today. Especially since trying to tug this squiddle away from Davy Jones is turning out to be a two-handed job. He momentarily gives up upon hearing Naruto's voice, however, and looks up to the 'gear.]

You mean Golett? Yeah, three to be exact! [He grins.] I take it you're interested?

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[believeit]

Yeah, that's the one! I've been looking for 'em, can I have one?

[Please say you have one for him! He has money!]

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[quickattackjack]

_{[HAUNTED HOUSES U SAY]}

Investigating eledgedly haunted places would be interesting! So long as we watch our backs around staircases.

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[ghostytrainer]

Hehe, trust me: there will be no falling down stairs as long as I am around. I would never hear the end of it, otherwise.

[Constantly warned on the matter of stairs is basically the default state of all of the Homestuck kids.]

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[quickattackjack]

I don't have to tell you how malicious ghosts can be. Count me in!

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[enjoymyatelier]

[OH MAN... can he really spare the funds for this egg

...it's ghost/dark and has a shitton of egg moves yes he can]

Ah, I've been looking for a Spiritomb for quite some time, so if you're not out of them I'd definitely like one of those.

As for your proposal... well, that seems interesting enough. I'd be happy to accompany you if you find anything promising.

[...though he does hope some other adults hop on because otherwise he'll feel like a chaperone or something]

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[ghostytrainer]

[Jack and Kayneth can be the kid herders. It'll be great, best adult supervision.]

I am not! Actually, you are the first to even want one. So I can definitely send one your way, no problem. I will probably head over to the center here in a bit and just do a whole bunch of PC transfers at once. If that's alright with you, I can send one of my flyers your way if you wold prefer. Whatever's easiest.

But alright, Aradia or I can definitely keep you in the loop. I'm not sure if this will even happen or not. It really depends on how many people are interested, you know?

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[enjoymyatelier]

[field trip to the spooky haunted houses everybody]

Ah, good. I'll thank you in advance-I'd prefer the transfers, though I'd also be perfectly fine with the old-fashioned version.

No, I understand. Granted, I'm sure it could be arranged either way-it's just that if there wasn't that much interest, it would be better to wait until interested parties are in roughly the same location rather than organizing a meetup.

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[ardent]

[Oh, well, that's...

...that's most certainly a thing, goodness lord. He hesitates for a second, taking a moment once the feed is turned on to work out what to address John as once he realized that he's not usually the one initiating the conversation and as such he usually doesn't call the guy anything - but generally, Americans around his age prefer first name, from what he's seen, and Celes seemed to prefer being called...well, Celes, as opposed to by last name. So...]

Ah, John-kun! I wouldn't have taken you to be one so fond of the occult!

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[ghostytrainer]

[He honestly would have been okay with either. His friends use John and Egbert interchangeably enough that doesn't bother him in the slightest one way or the other.]

[The term "occult" however...]

Err... well I don't know if I would say occult, really. That word always just seems a little too dark and heavy for my tastes. [He's hardly offended. It's just that, to him, there's a distinction between the two terms that's really only a matter of semantics, when you get right down to it.]

But I am quite a fan of the paranormal, yes! Anything to do with ghosts and aliens, especially. The other stuff is okay, I guess, I mean cryptids are... kinda interesting? But really, nothing compares to some good ghost lore or supposed alien sightings.

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[ardent]

I...see...

[boy he thought you were more rational than this]

But you do acknowledge that it's just lore, correct?

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[usedfeatherdance]

Are there actually that many haunted houses around here?

[ Josh ask that question again once you've made it to Lavender... ]

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[ghostytrainer]

Only one way to find out! I mean there are of course the towers in Ecruteak and Violet. But I sincerely doubt that they stay confined to just those particular buildings.

[That just seems silly.]

Especially given how supposedly pissed off the ghostly population of Lavender is, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them have taken up haunting houses.

If nothing else, I have enough ghosts at this point that I could probably start my own haunted house if I wanted to.

[John, you honestly could have done that about ten ghosts ago and been fine. You can probably haunt several houses at this point.]

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[usedfeatherdance]

Well, there's certainly ghost Pokemon, yes, but at this point those seem so... ordinary. What I'd like to know is if this place has any ghosts which are simply ghosts.

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[threeweeksago]

[Most of that talk about egg moves and shit just flew right over Ellie's head, but one thing did stick with her...]

... Ghosts can lay eggs here?

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[ghostytrainer]

Yup! All Pokémon do, actually. Ghosts, mammals... okay, well fish and birds normally lay eggs so that's much didn't change at least.

[John smiles widely.]

It's weird, I know, but ghost types are kind of special! They aren't like normal ghosts.

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[silentscales]

[Snake really has nothing to say about John's antics at all and has no interest in ghost pokèmon, so instead he just holds up his new friend, another Dunsparce, this one a girl. She flaps her wings happily as she says "Hello!" though Snake doesn't bother to translate what he sees as a rather obvious sentiment.]

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[ghostytrainer]

[It's not John who first notices that he has a new message, but rather Tron the Rotom. John's a little too busy with trying to keep Davy Jones from slobbering all over Rose's squiddle dolls. Fortunately, Tron decides not to leave Snake hanging. After about a minute of his master failing to notice the other boy, the little electric ghost starts bumping the gear against the side of John's head, buzzing loudly.]

Ow, hey! Tron quit i-- oh! Snake! [John lets go of the bright yellow squid, which DJ immediately resumes his gleeful nomming on, and lightly rubs the side of his head.] Hey, man it's nice to hear from yo-- oh! [And that's when he notices the Dunsparce.]

You found one! Sweet! Hi there! [He wiggles his fingers at the snake in greeting.]

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[melodicnocturne]

[Oooh, ghost eggs. Demyx browses the list for a few minutes to see what might be a good choice, then flicks the feed on.]

Heya, John. Demyx here. Would ya mind sellin' that shuppet egg this-a-way?

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[ghostytrainer]

'Sup, Demyx? I wouldn't mind at all, nope! Would you prefer that I do a PC transfer or are you more of an air mail kind of guy?

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[punches]

Please tell me you didn't sell one of those to Naruto. [ Groaning. ]

But wait--why would you go and disturb resting spirits? Isn't that frowned upon in your culture?

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[ghostytrainer]

Uh... no comment.

[In other words... yes, Sakura. He did. He totally sold Naruto a ghost.]

Well yeah, hence why I said haunted houses, not graveyards! Spirits in houses are typically not resting so much as they are up to something. I mean, if Pokémon Tower were around I wouldn't say "hey, let's head over there and cause a ruckus!" No it would be more of a "let's go over there and pay our respects and also maybe do some casual observing if we are lucky."

Plus Pokémon ghosts are kind of different from regular ghosts, you know?

[video] sorry, late dragon is laaaate!

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike can't help it, not after the conversation he and John have had about ghosts beforehand. The feed clicks on to Spike with a hand on his hip]

Wait a second...you mean you actually breed ghost pokemon?? I thought you just liked them.

Seriously? How is that even possible??

That's not like...Zecora-style magic or anything is it?

[video] psshhh, not even a little. :3

[ghostytrainer]

Well I do like them! But occasionally I also breed them too. I mean I have a lot of ghost types of both genders and a lot of them are really fond of each other so... [He shrugs.] Who am I to stand in the way of ghostly love?

But I am not sure what you mean by Zecora-style magic. There's no magic involved in breeding ghost types, I mean it's the same as any other type. You just kinda... leave them alone for a while. Then suddenly: eggs.