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Parker ([personal profile] nostabbing) wrote2013-04-13 06:29 pm

003 | Goldenrod City | Video;

[Behold, Johto! A new video on your Gear network, consisting of...well, a small vertical sliver of visible light, and then two big hazy lumps on either side, bookending it with the blurry obstruction they create. Apparently someone hasn't quite grasped the concept of not putting your finger over the camera lens yet. And the way the feed is kind of wavering around probably only serves to reinforce the fact that it's a novice operating the thing at the moment.

Still, there is that visible sliver still, and after a few moments of drifting, it settles on the backs of two figures — one with blonde hair caught up in an inelegant ponytail, and the other in a fedora with two shaggy ears poking up from the ready-made slits in the brim. Any watchers in the know might recognize this pair as Parker and her Poochyena, side by side and apparently staked out behind what might just be the stone railing surrounding a low rooftop, watching something that as yet can't be seen by the camera.]


Okay. Here comes one.

[Her voice is an audible whisper, conspiratorial. And apparently directed toward the Poochyena at her side.]

Now we just have to get him to show us where the money comes from. [A few seconds pass; she peers intently over the edge.] ...Go.

[For about fifteen seconds, nothing happens. Then, suddenly, there is an audible THWACK, followed by some enraged cat screeching, followed in turn by some crashing and clattering, a bit of breaking glass, and finally, a set of rapidly scampering footsteps beating against the ground.

In reaction to the abrupt cacophony, the video jumps around a bit, as though even the cameraman's been startled; when the angle finally comes back around to Parker, the Poochyena now appears to be deadeyeing her expectantly.]


...What? [She protests with whispered indignation.] What am I supposed to do? I don't know how to grift a cat!

[The Poochyena continues to eye her, unfazed. She makes a face right back, but it ends up being a war of attrition that she ultimately loses, and the face shifts into a vaguely sullen pout.]

I still think my way's faster.

[The Poochyena never flinches, cocking his head in an eerily humanlike gesture.]

...Okay! Fine. [She sighs.] You know, you should just be in charge all the time anyway, you're the — hey! Gummy, don't play with that!

[UH-OH. SPOTTED. And abruptly, the video goes black.]

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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-14 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aradia wouldn't have minded, but she also doesn't mind bookkeepers! ]

With accounts and things?

And it does! Actually, I think Purrloin and Liepard are sort of prettier. More darkly colored?
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[personal profile] cakelover 2013-04-14 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...I think people should just enjoy what they enjoy. That's a sort of strength, don't you think?

[ And yes, he's repeating something someone told him, once. ]

Pink and green do go well together~! So, is green your favorite color then, Alice-chan?
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-14 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Like a librarian?

[ She's not 100% sure what they're talking about now. IF YOU SAY SO, THOUGH. ]

Yes! Exactly. I think they're sort of sneaky and classy looking, if that makes sense?
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[personal profile] cakelover 2013-04-14 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm! In that case, the next time we're in the same place, we should go for cakes! And we'll get one green, one pink. Wouldn't that be fun~?

[ Luckily for her, Honey doesn't need much to go off of - and he's not too pushy about people being wrapped up in their thoughts. The joys of having a cousin who speaks very little. ]

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[personal profile] angerpoints 2013-04-14 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[... uh, did Yusuke seriously just watch a video of some lady trying to mug a stray cat for cash? Because he's pretty sure that's what just happened. He spends another minute peering at the screen of his PokeGear and trying to make sense of what he'd just seen, then finally decides to give up after that, huffing out a bewildered chuckle. Man, talk about desperate--

--wait.

Wait.

Was that... what's-her-name?

... oh man, it totally was!

Yusuke grins. Okay, this is too good. Like, yeah, it's also too bad about the cat, he guesses, but on the bright side, Yusuke totally just caught What's-Her-Name and her dog ambushing it, which means Yusuke can totally use this to mess with her. Don't ask him what he thinks she thought she would be accomplishing, jumping a cat for money like that: he's not yet been acclimated to Johto enough to know what Pay Day is, so he's assuming - for now, anyway - that she's either really, really bored, or just flat out balls-to-the-wall crazy. Either way, Yusuke's not letting it ruin his day any, and is, in fact, thinking it might actually end up improving it. And so, he switches his 'Gear onto video, pitches his voice about an octave higher than it is naturally, and emphatically cries out:]


Hey!

[Have a most impressively exaggerated Stank Face to accompany the jeering, painfully annoying voice the teenage boy on your 'Gear is so obviously putting on for you, Parker.]



Punch something other than that stray cat!

[If anyone out there is thinking they might've heard this before, fear not, for you are most certainly correct. OHHH, WHAT NOW, WHAT'S-HER-NAME. What. Now.]
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[personal profile] captainash 2013-04-14 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
And now I'll be trying to figure it out for a whole other week. To think I imagined I'd finally accepted this world makes no sense...
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[personal profile] captainash 2013-04-14 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
People can earn it, people can spend it. Isn't that better than nothing, as far as sense goes?
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-14 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure! If it's something you enjoy, it's probably fun, right?

And that sounds great! I do like Ninetales. My friend has a shiny one, actually - all silver, it's...really gorgeous.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-14 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Breeding. It's something that happens, sometimes. Ah...hang on.

[ She'll just go for her pokeballs, before finding...yes, here. Milonite, shiny eevee extraordinaire. ]

This is probably the closest in terms of looks, for that, although I don't doubt Kanaya wouldn't mind showing you her pokemon. It doesn't seem to be a surefire thing for breeding, but it's happened on occasion - at least, I know people who have had it happen, and I've hatched at least one myself.
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-14 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's something they're born with. And you can't tell from the eggs if someone is going to be shiny, either. So it's more just a fun surprise, I guess!
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[personal profile] cakelover 2013-04-14 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, who doesn't~? Cake is really hard to dislike! What kind is your favorite, though, Alice-chan?
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[personal profile] captainash 2013-04-15 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm pretty sure we weren't fighting in the first place, you know.
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[personal profile] captainash 2013-04-15 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Now we're definitely just pondering that fact. Not fighting.

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