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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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[Rikudee chirrups in agreement.]
But we should try it. We'll do what we can to help!
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[Let's see what other spooky scary Pokémon are in that tower! Raoul gets off the mausoleum and to his feet, fully ready to walk in there despite the fact that the tower's entrance is not as tall as he is.]
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Um. If it isn't too impolite to ask, if he's not a Pokemon, then what is he...?
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'Forgive me for not introducing myself sooner, madamoiselle. My name is Raoul d'Apignac; it is a pleasure to meet you.'
[And Raoul bows to her and Rikudee. This does not answer Naminé's question at all.]
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And you as well! I'm Naminé.
[She shoots a glance to the other stranger to her, smiling curiously.]
And your name is?
i just realized that i misspelled mademoiselle and my shame is IMMENSE. oops.
[She's rather too young for Raoul's tastes, but that doesn't stop him from being a gentleman anyhow. The other stranger is watching this interaction with his hands in his pockets and an unreadable expression on his face.]
Akira Kurusu. Good to meet you.
[He's attentive, but not expressive in the slightest.]
ajfdks i honestly didn't even notice
Shall we, then?
[Rikudee, for one, is ready to go, fluttering and chirping impatiently at Raoul and Akira. As for Naminé, she strolls into the dreary looking tower, her white dress making her look a little bit like a ghost herself.]
I used to live in an abandoned house. This isn't so far off from that place.
[Maybe this is an interesting conversation topic for someone she's just met? Who knows.]
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[Akira is looking up at the tower's peak, following along with Naminé's lead, but he seems intrigued in her conversational topic.]
I used to live in the attic above a coffee shop. Felt like home after awhile.