ghostytrainer | prank #46

[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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I have also have two pokemon that never stay in their pokeballs – those guys always break out. So I always have to keep them with me. At least your Haunter only does it sometimes.

[Spike’s having trouble picturing ghosts as ‘goofballs’ or ‘sweethearts’. But John is so adamant about ghost pokemon. Spike’s wondering if maybe they weren’t so bad...until John tells him about Halloween.]

Oh, we have something like that! But we call it Nightmare Night! You get to dress up, and get loads of candy which is totally the best part, and there are lots of pran...

...wait....

POSSESSED?

[Spike starts wildly looking around at people near him, just in case.]

Are they still here? Who got possessed?? How can you tell which ones??

[Okay, he’s a bit panicky now. What with already dealing with long dead pokemon coming to life and all...]

Woah hey, calm down dude, it's okay. Breaaaattthhheee, relax. [He inhales deeply, trying to get Spike to mirror him.] No, the Swarm only lasted for a few days around Halloween and nobody's been possessed since then. At least that I have heard.

You could tell only when people started acting...off. But it was really okay. Nobody was seriously injured or anything like that.

[Spike breathes an audible sigh of relief. Dealing with possessed people would not have been fun. Not that Spike would know what to even do. But he was thankful that it all seemed to have been sorted out a while ago. Although…]

Er…what about the next Halloween? I mean, it must be coming up soon right? Is there some kind of cure for not getting possessed?

[Because that would be bad…]

Yeah, it's about two months away, actually. October 31st. But a way to prevent possession...hmm. [John scratches his chin] Perhaps have a ghost of your own with you? Or a dark type. Something that would be willing to protect you from wild, malicious spirits. You know what they say: fight fire with fire.

[Spike blinks. That's...pretty close...maybe he'll stay inside then.

You mean catch a ghost? But...how do you even know if it's friendly? I mean, what if it attacks me in my sleep or something? And where do you even go to get a ghost pokemon??

[He wants to know so he knows where not to go, not so he can get one.]

Catch one, buy one, whichever you prefer. [Shrug.] You find them mostly at night or in towers. Ghosts love towers.

But you know...the list of Pokémon that could attack you in your sleep extends beyond ghosts. Just think about it for a second. How many big, giant Pokémon with sharp teeth and fangs are there out there? Or Pokémon made entirely out of blades?

[He folds his arms over his chest.]

A Pokémon's type only means so much when it comes to their disposition. Individual personality and how they're raised have a much bigger impact. Like, here, take Chandel for instance. [He beckons the Lampent over, scooping her up into his arms once she close enough and eliciting a happy coo from the lamp in doing so.] She's a ghost, right? But she's also one of the sweetest Pokémon you will ever meet. And a big part of that, I think, is because she spent a lot of time with my Lopunny after she hatched.

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