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pokespe2020-10-21 12:34 am
infiltrationtools) wrote in pokespe2020-10-21 12:34 am
*propane nightmares synth in the BG because I don't want to think of a title*
Who: Akira and YOU
Where: Places around Mango City
When: After October 16, but before the event
What: Various prompts, mostly involving bodyswaps or the return of Raoul! Literally this is just a post-regain pre-Halloween toplevel, that I put on a new entry because the Part 2 log is all spooky and the Part 1 log is fucking huge.
I. EARTH WITHOUT ART…
[On display now, says the poster. Regionally renowned artist Ken Sugimori’s latest exhibit, CHALLENGER!! Celebrating the trials and tribulations of Cassava’s Gym Challenge! Prominently featured on the advertising plastered all over the Mango City Art Museum is Sugimori’s lovingly rendered painting of Gym Leader Mari, standing alone on a mountain peak with her arms spread wide, Skarmory feathers falling all around her.]
[Akira frowns at the poster, and shakes his head. ‘There’s no point,’ he thinks.]
[’Think for a moment,’ someone else thinks. ’How many of the relics in this building were stolen from the desert, I wonder?’]
[‘You’re just bored.’]
[’And so are you.’]
[‘I’d rather just go beat Mari myself.’]
[’Which you haven’t done yet. I would have thought you’d have taken her down by now!’]
[Akira scoffs out loud, well aware of why he hasn’t tried to face Mari yet.]
It’s not happening.
[To any normal observer, he’s having an unusually strong negative reaction to this poster. To anyone with an ability to read minds or see souls, something much stranger is happening — he’s having an internal conversation with another entity, a peculiar and not-quite-human thing named Raoul.]
II. …IS JUST AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[There is literally no reason for anyone to be at the graveyard this late at night. In a world where ghosts are not only a real thing but also a common phenomenon, basic sense tells you to maybe stay away from anywhere the veil between life and death is weakest.]
[Unless you’re looking for Pokémon. Which Akira is. This time though, he’s not alone! A strange… man? is sitting cross-legged on top of a mausoleum, kicking his spiked stiletto heel uncomfortably widely. This man looks like he’s ten feet tall, because he is, and looks like he has mechanical wings and no face, because he does. He’s also smoking a cigar, in a graveyard, like an asshole.]
’I should like to see what these Pokémon of yours can do. The ones you have right now, they’re… how do I put this? They’re young.’
[Akira pops his head up out of the grass.]
There are more Pokémon here than just mine, obviously. You haven’t met Gyarados.
[They go on like this for a while, Akira abruptly shutting up whenever he hears a noise. Maybe that noise is a Pokémon, maybe it's not.]
III. BAD BODY DOUBLE/WILDCARD
[One of Akira’s bonuses this month is to swap bodies with another person for a week! If you’d like that person to be your character for shenanigans, or you want to do something specific with Akira and/or Raoul and/or the Pokémon, let me know on Plurk at skysplitter or via Discord!]
Where: Places around Mango City
When: After October 16, but before the event
What: Various prompts, mostly involving bodyswaps or the return of Raoul! Literally this is just a post-regain pre-Halloween toplevel, that I put on a new entry because the Part 2 log is all spooky and the Part 1 log is fucking huge.
I. EARTH WITHOUT ART…
[On display now, says the poster. Regionally renowned artist Ken Sugimori’s latest exhibit, CHALLENGER!! Celebrating the trials and tribulations of Cassava’s Gym Challenge! Prominently featured on the advertising plastered all over the Mango City Art Museum is Sugimori’s lovingly rendered painting of Gym Leader Mari, standing alone on a mountain peak with her arms spread wide, Skarmory feathers falling all around her.]
[Akira frowns at the poster, and shakes his head. ‘There’s no point,’ he thinks.]
[’Think for a moment,’ someone else thinks. ’How many of the relics in this building were stolen from the desert, I wonder?’]
[‘You’re just bored.’]
[’And so are you.’]
[‘I’d rather just go beat Mari myself.’]
[’Which you haven’t done yet. I would have thought you’d have taken her down by now!’]
[Akira scoffs out loud, well aware of why he hasn’t tried to face Mari yet.]
It’s not happening.
[To any normal observer, he’s having an unusually strong negative reaction to this poster. To anyone with an ability to read minds or see souls, something much stranger is happening — he’s having an internal conversation with another entity, a peculiar and not-quite-human thing named Raoul.]
II. …IS JUST AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[There is literally no reason for anyone to be at the graveyard this late at night. In a world where ghosts are not only a real thing but also a common phenomenon, basic sense tells you to maybe stay away from anywhere the veil between life and death is weakest.]
[Unless you’re looking for Pokémon. Which Akira is. This time though, he’s not alone! A strange… man? is sitting cross-legged on top of a mausoleum, kicking his spiked stiletto heel uncomfortably widely. This man looks like he’s ten feet tall, because he is, and looks like he has mechanical wings and no face, because he does. He’s also smoking a cigar, in a graveyard, like an asshole.]
’I should like to see what these Pokémon of yours can do. The ones you have right now, they’re… how do I put this? They’re young.’
[Akira pops his head up out of the grass.]
There are more Pokémon here than just mine, obviously. You haven’t met Gyarados.
[They go on like this for a while, Akira abruptly shutting up whenever he hears a noise. Maybe that noise is a Pokémon, maybe it's not.]
III. BAD BODY DOUBLE/WILDCARD
[One of Akira’s bonuses this month is to swap bodies with another person for a week! If you’d like that person to be your character for shenanigans, or you want to do something specific with Akira and/or Raoul and/or the Pokémon, let me know on Plurk at skysplitter or via Discord!]
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So he's kinda like your familiar? Though I'm leaning more towards a general summon...
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[Akira looks at Raoul, and Raoul looks back.]
'The two of us are under contract, you see. On one level, I am a construct formed by the belief of all mankind, given form!'
...And on another, he's a facet of my will.
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...
Wait, what? Hien looks over at Akira, then at Raoul, then back at Akira. ]
... Does he represent your bad boy side?
[ Is that how it works?? ]
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[It's too much of a mess to explain properly.]
He's me, but he's also not me — he's himself. You know?
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I get it now. That was a pretty simple explanation.
[ Maybe it's because he also indulges in some self nonsense. Anyway, he looks over at Raoul again. ]
Okay, so... you're interested in Hatenna. But she's kinda pissed off at you because you were sitting on that thing and smoking in the graveyard. No respect.
[ Hatenna growls... though it's tiny and doesn't sound threatening. ]
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Identities can get weird, sometimes. It's best to just accept the contradiction.
[Raoul looks at Hien for a few moments, and though his expression can't really change much on account of literally not having a real face, his tone of voice is different when he speaks again. More serious.]
'Oh. Is that so?'
[The Persona steps back and looks behind him at the mausoleum, apparently considering what has been said. The reason he steps back is so that he doesn't bonk anyone with his wings.]
'...Now that you mention it, yes, I do believe Hatenna is right. That was disrespectful of me... that is someone's final resting place, isn't it?'
[Raoul bows to them both. The cigar dissipates completely into smoke.]
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Hatenna too, is surprised, and then looks pretty happy because of Raoul's actions. She squirms in Hien's hold, which he takes as a sign of wanting to be put on the ground, so he does that gently. Hatenna then waddles over to Raoul and uses Aromatherapy as thanks. Smells nice! It should be pretty soothing... ]
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[Raoul kneels down, his great mechanical wings pulling tighter against his back. His expression can't change much, but he perks up a little when Hatenna's Aromatherapy hits him.]
'Well, it is a vastly superior replacement for cigar smoke, to be sure. What a delightful scent... and one you can simply conjure upon demand! Thank you very much, Hatenna.'
[He is probably thinking of at least three different ways Aromatherapy can be exploited for the purposes of thievery. Actually, Akira knows for a fact that he's doing that.]
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Is he a softie for pokemon?
[ Addressed to Akira, because he should know, right? ]
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[Raoul doesn't like or dislike Pokémon more than any other living creature. He just goes out of his way to present dashing good humour in everything he does.]
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Can I touch his wings? Can he actually fly with them?
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'I certainly can fly with them! If you would like to touch them, go right ahead; thank you for asking.'
[It's hard to tell whether this is easygoing politeness, or Raoul being obtuse about the fact that Hien could have asked him himself.]
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It feels different than I thought... flying will be really useful in this world though.