prank #51 | video

[ghostytrainer]

[Judging by the dim light, it's well into sunset by now and John's laying on a lounge chair on what can only be the deck of the S.S. Anne. On his chest lays a small Dunsparce, wearing a tiny and absolutely adorable light blue party hat. John's idly petting its back, eliciting a few content sighs from the little snake every now and again.]

I know we have a starter appreciation day, but there's nothing quite like the anniversary of your arrival to get you thinking about the Pokémon that started it all. Like really think about them, I mean. Not just kind of acknowledging that they were your first Pokémon.

Or maybe I am just sentimental, who knows. But I really think there's something kind of special about starters. Even if there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why you were paired up together. Either way, Colonel Sassacre here and I have been together three years as of today. [The Dunsparce flitters his wings a little, maybe giving the camera the smallest of smiles.] Though it feels like it's been way longer than that, honestly. Time flies when you're having fun, right?

[He beams at the camera.]

So tell me about your starters. What was yours? What sort of things have you done together? I dunno, just brag about them if you want. Or we can just talk about whatever, you know I am honestly not too picky. There's just only so long I can appreciate complete silence, personally. But this chair is way too comfy and the breeze feels way too nice to go back inside.

[He's feeling chatty again, apparently. And also lazy. Though what else is new on either of those fronts, really?]

On that note, if you haven't done the elite battle with Blue or Claire to get your S.S. Anne pass, I highly recommend doing so. Just saying. Totally worth it.

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[believeit]

[Naruto brings up the video, Gama-chan the Politoed bouncing beside him on the grass.]

My starter's really cool y'know! He's a toad-- I guess I got given it since I could summon ninja toads at home! And not just that, he's got these swirly markings on him and hey sorta look like the ones on our clothes? That's the symbol of Whirlpool, that's where my Mom comes from!

Anyway, he's really strong. At first he was sorta stupid, and wasn't very good, but it's all changed now! And all my other toads like to follow him around and listen to him, my Dad's too, he's really great!

[ghostytrainer]

Hehe, so he was a perfect match then? [A beat as it sinks in that that could have been a backhanded insult.] I mean aesthetically not...er. Look I wasn't trying to imply that you're stupid or anything with that. It was more the swirly frog thing. But it's good that he grew up!

A-Anyway, what's his name?

[believeit]

[The implied insult just flies right over his head. Kind of validated it in a way.]

Uh. Okay?

[Anyway.]

Gama-chan! Gama just means toad, so I guess it isn't like a proper name or anything, but when I found him that first day he was tiny and sorta reminded me of Gama-chan my frog wallet. Y'see?

What's your starter, anyway?

[ghostytrainer]

Ohhh, gotcha.

[He points to the party-hat wearing Dunsparce still laying on his chest.]

Colonel Sassacre. Hence the party hat. The day we met is the closest thing I can really celebrate to a birthday for him since I didn't actually hatch him myself. And Pokémon don't really have a calendar so it's not like he knows his own birthday.

[believeit]

Oh, right. [Makes sense it's the one with the hat since he was just talking about it.]

I guess the days you get them count as a birthday if you weren't there when they hatched. Not that they seem to really care about stuff like that, but I still think its nice. When you end up spending a long time with 'em they end up kinda like friends anyway!

[ghostytrainer]

Hehe, yeah. Most of mine don't really seem to care either but I still try to do something special for them anyway.

[believeit]

I guess that means it's Gama-chan's birthday soon too! In about... a month and a half.

[ghostytrainer]

Really? That's...what, a year for you both? Or is it two?

[believeit]

One year, yeah. It's really strange to think I've been here a year.

[ghostytrainer]

Strange because that seems too long or strange because it doesn't seem long enough?

[believeit]

Seems a long time to be here training Pokemon when you've got a war to win at home..

[ghostytrainer]

Oh right...yeah. Tenten's mentioned that a few times.

[Err...what do you even say to that...]

[believeit]

Yeah. So it's just weird yeah? Sakura-chan and Shino already went back to it.