ghostytrainer | prank #2 | video/action for cherrygrove

[A video feed clicks on revealing a picture of...the ground. A pair of bright red sneakers with flames on the side are also visible peeking out from under a pair of dark jeans. A Dunsparce crawls into frame and stares(?) up at the camera curiously(?).]

Okay I think this is on...uhm. Hi everyone! It's John, and I finally made it to Cherrygrove! Aradia showed me how to use the video function, so this time you can actually see me instead of me typing all this out. Isn't that great!?

[A Pidgey joins the Dunsparce on frame, also looking up at the camera with a look that can only be described as exasperated. Clearly it does not approve of this utter failure of a video.]

Yeah, this is great. Except...I don't really have much to say. The trip was pretty much uneventful. I caught a Pidgey though! I named him Tripp after Matthew McConaughey's character in Failure to Launch. You know, because he's a bird. Failure to Launch. Bird. Get it? Haha! Come over here Tripp so they can see you. Come on.

[The Pidgey gives John (who is still off-screen except for his shoes) an 'are you serious look' and doesn't move.]

Okay well it looks like he's feeling kind of camera shy right now. Same with Colonel Sassacre...what are you both doing down there anyway? Okay well whatever, that's really all I have to say at the moment. Vriska if you're still in Cherrygrove I guess I'll meet you at the inn or something. You did wait for me, right? Right?!

[The video feed clicks off.]

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[Oh god you're reading that? Video locks, how do they work?]

Oh, uh. Hey. Hey there, Dave. How's it going bro?

[~~It's too funny, I can't resist~~ He frowns and raises an eyebrow at John.]

...

Did you do something stupid that I'm going to have to make fun of you for again?

Me? Stupid? Neeevvveeerrrr! Why would you even think that? [He shakes his head vigorously and smiles nervously.]

...

Egbert. What is going on.

Nothing man, it's all cool. [He seems to weight his options for a moment.]

Actually...no. There is something. I just had a conversation with Karkat and he told me...some things. And...stuff.

[Crap. Facepalm x2 combo.]

Aw crap.

[What is tact? John knows not what this word is.]

Yeaaahhh. So how'd...how'd that happen? If you want to tell me, I mean. You don't have to or anything. It's you know, whatever.

Tch, it's not anything, Egbert. I'm bored as fuck around here and he starts talking about hatemance and I tell him how much I hate him and whoa, suddenly he's all up in my grill like "Oh man I hate you so much be my kismesis!" and I'm like wait what and it's just really weird and stupid.

So then I'm like fine I'll be your stupid kismesis and he's being all ... angry like he is but at least I get to punch him anytime I want and free food! Free food is great.

[Let's not mention his bruises though.]

I knew I shouldn't have been worried about you turning into a gush or something. Man, what was I thinking? Forgive me for ever doubting your greatness and all-around coolkid-ness, Dave.

Free food? Really? How did you manage that?

Rapped about how much I hated him in the middle of a restaurant and left him to pay.

[Smug as all hell about that. Also John, thanks for feeding his ego.]

Nice! I'll bet Karkat was pretty pissed about that. You burned him good, right?

[Feeding Dave's ego: just one of the many services John Egbert offers. Because what are friends for after all?]

Hell yeah, he tried to punch me and everything but I tripped him so he landed face first in the snow.

[Yessss. Good John, Best Friend.]

Insulted his anger and face and everything.

I'll say it again: what was I worried about?

So other than your hatedate, what else have you been up to while I was traveling?

Man, nothin'. Shit be boring around here. I arrived -- you were here too but then somewhere along the way to Cherrygrove you disappeared and went back home. So yeah, I chilled in Cherrygrove for a bit and then made my way to Violet to meet up with Soul -- he's this really cool guy, you've gotta meet him. Anyway, I made it to Violet by Christmas because I was going to piss off Karkat and then more people showed up, like Jade, so I decided to wait for her here and then she finally got here and you showed up so--

Yeah. Just been violetstuck mostly.

That sounds...really boring, actually. Sorry man, I didn't mean to disappear. Even if I still don't remember it.

Eh, now you're here so we can have--

...

[And suddenly. He grins.]

Adventures.

Really?

[He cracks a buck-toothed grin.]

What kind of adventures, Dave?

The best kind of adventures, John, ol' buddy, ol' pal.

Sweet. Can't wait.

I'm going to have to let you go now though. I need to go find Aradia and all these other crazy trolls and see what the travel plans are. Talk to you later, alright?

Later, dude.

[And with a wave, the feed shuts off.]

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