ghostytrainer: (sigh. really? really now?)
John Egbert ([personal profile] ghostytrainer) wrote2013-11-10 01:21 pm

prank #48 | video

[John seems somehow distracted when he turns on the video today. He's sitting at the kitchen table in his house, chin propped in his hand and eyes on a Pokéball he's rolling idly on the table in front of him.]

You ever wonder what it is that determines what happens to a Pokémon after its trainer goes back home? I mean, I've thought about it before but never really thought about it if that makes any sense? This is really the first time I've inherited one that wasn't from a friend so it just got me thinking.

Granted, it originally belonged to someone who was... [He pauses, seeming almost hesitant to finish that sentence. Or perhaps unsure of how he wants to end it.] ...a friend. At...one point in time... [He trails off, brow furrowing as he stops rolling the ball around.] So maybe it has less to do with Eridan and more to do with her.

[He leans his chair back on two legs, picking the ball up and passing it back and forth between his hands, finally looking at the camera.]

So yeah. Anybody have any good conspiracy theories on the matter? I'm curious.
quickattackjack: (makes my skull itch)

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[personal profile] quickattackjack 2013-11-10 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a very good question...I once received a pokemon from someone I had met all of twice perhaps...
freshprints: (PONDER ❈ so she'd been eating tex-mex)

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[personal profile] freshprints 2013-11-10 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I've received more than one from people I've never met.

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We also received a house from an unknown benefactor.
freshprints: (ASIDE ❈ ishimaru's tripping balls again)

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[personal profile] freshprints 2013-11-10 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The house was originally given to one of my classmates; it's possible there was an existing relationship there that the rest of us weren't aware of. We only inherited it after she disappeared.

From what I've seen, no one seems to have an explanation for the "orphaned Pokemon" phenomenon, though.
quickattackjack: (pixelated)

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[personal profile] quickattackjack 2013-11-10 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish I understood it. Perhaps if someone hasn't made many close friends, it's randomized. Some go to the wild, some go to us. I certainly didn't choose my first pokemon, though I'm glad I received her.
soundmind: (Surprise ► Why am I in a dress tho)

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[personal profile] soundmind 2013-11-10 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Conspiracy theories?

[John you say weird things sometimes.]

I haven't inherited anybody's Pokemon yet...I mean, unless you count Pokemon from when I was here before coming back to me. So I don't know if I can really comment on that or make, um..."conspiracy theories." Maybe whoever runs the PC system picks someone that associated with the person that left?
capax_infiniti: (check out these sweet ears)

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[personal profile] capax_infiniti 2013-11-11 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
It may be simply chance meeting in many cases as the monsters wander to make their own way, or perhaps they seek out others that their trainer had a connection with.

Or perhaps there's a random distribution system set up to ensure that not all homeless monsters stay so.

Those who have left and returned have started with a new set of pokemon, so it is curious to see if they will run into their old ones at some point.
tentacletrainer: (Pokemon)

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[personal profile] tentacletrainer 2013-11-11 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
[[It's not Rose who shows up in the kitchen to bother him. No, instead of a tap on his shoulder or her saying his name, he gets a gentle bump from behind. When he turns around, there's Yidhra floating there. The Musharna makes a little noise before bumping him again.

Though she's not the only one there. A Mienfoo and a Quagsire follow. The latter should be very familiar, but the Mienfoo doesn't make many appearances.

Those two are just staring up at John while Yidhra continues to gently bump against him.]]
tentacletrainer: (Pokemon)

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[personal profile] tentacletrainer 2013-11-11 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
[[Yidhra is obviously pleased as she sort of...floats "on" his shoulder, rubbing her head against his a little. B'gnu-Thun (it's not THAT hard, John) stares at him impassively, eyes shifting as Prick steps forward to give the boy a fin bunp. After a few moments, she steps forward and thrusts her arm out, apparently wanting to take part in this bro fisting. Not that she really fully understands the meaning behind it.]]
freshprints: (CONTENT ❈ you suck and that's sad)

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[personal profile] freshprints 2013-11-11 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
...There was a will, actually. Or at least a fairly thorough set of documentation laying out what was supposed to be done with everything.

I'm surprised more people don't seem to do that, really. If it's a given that any of us might go home at any time someday, isn't it only natural to think about how you might want your belongings doled out once you're gone?
solas_ion: (shalt thou too fall by my hand)

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[personal profile] solas_ion 2013-11-11 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...huh. That's a pretty good question. I don't think I've ever thought about that before.

[Well, he certainly seems to be thinking on it now.]
ardent: (Is an art that's hard to teach)

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[personal profile] ardent 2013-11-11 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[...oh, that's...well.]

I don't know about conspiracy theories or anything, but I've gotten a few Pokémon from people I've never met before, and one from...someone I knew. I considered him a friend, but I don't know how mutual that was.

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Are you all right, John-kun?
quickattackjack: (???)

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[personal profile] quickattackjack 2013-11-11 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I also wonder if our trainer numbers could possibly have something in common. Have you found any match-ups on your Poke'Gear ID?

[NOW HE'S THINKING TOO HARD ABOUT IT.]

As briefly as I knew Donald, I'm glad to have Lily on my team. She worked fantastically in the haunted house.
usedswift: (lookdown)

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[personal profile] usedswift 2013-11-12 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I've been wondering that myself.

[Late to the party, but Tenten's sitting curled up in a literal pile of Arcanine, sandwiched between two of them with a Marill in her lap.]

Sometimes I get ones from people I didn't even think I was close to, you know? And then other times I don't get some from people I'd think I would.

[She shrugs, rubbing her fingers between the Marill's ears -- Tenten the Marill, as a matter of fact -- and sighs.]

Maybe it's a last-ditch effort to warn people? Like, maybe the Pokémon were supposed to deliver a message, when someone went home, but the message gets lost along the way.

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