4th Act

[pipers_son]

Who: Everyone involved in Joker's circus!
Where: Goldenrod
When: Throughout March 16th
Summary: Time for some good ol' fashion practice! And perhaps the first time plenty of folks will meet their coworkers.
Rating: PG at worst
Log:

A lot of work has been put into this day. Warning's been given, transportation has been worked out, and a space has been found! All of those who've been roped into Joker's circus one way or another have been sent directions and an address to a very large warehouse in the city. Inside?

A circus performer's paradise.

There's some acrobatic things way high up and a tightrope all prepared. (A safety net should assuage anyone's worries, hopefully.) Plenty of weights in all sizes are in one corner. Another has some hoops and balls. Basically if you can imagine it, then it's probably around here somewhere and there's enough space for all sorts of people and Pokemon to practice together.

Since the ringleader of the circus is also fairly considerate, there's a table set up close to the entrance people will be going through. It's a pretty long one, every inch of it covered in various fruits, snacks, and sandwiches. There are some large tubs filled with ice cold water bottles too.

So get to practicing, everyone! And don't be afraid to go check out your coworkers or their Pokemon, either. Your ringleader can't be the only one getting in everyone's business.

Comments

[crackpotcrocker]

[Crud! No wonder Crocker is falling so much today between ladders and now cats. Fiddle sticking felines. Needless to say past the pain of having just fell however the insanity from Shou wasn't what was bothersome. What was bothersome where those teeth that look like VAMPIRE FANGS! As soon as that dawns on Crocker the man is shaking in spot, frozen and unable to move between the vampire and the Pokemon cats. Any color has been drained due to fear and Crocker's eyes are as wide as plates.]

...The ...first... couple... of .... times?

I'm - technical - support.

[Crocker just barely begins to shudder out before whiplashing his mood as he sees the Purrloin give the medicine to Sho.]

...What just happened?

[yoctogram]

[Eventually Sho gave up; as long as he was stuck human he could not out-stare two cats and two foxes. He looks over at Denzel again and shrugged] I was a Reaper. Died once to go from human to Reaper, and I'm not entirely sure how many times after that. At least once.

[He holds up his black hand; matte black everywhere including the nails, swirling up to near his elbow, and gestures at the delicate 'whiskers' of black on his face] When I was Taboo Noise this corruption spread, but it's pretty much back to where it was before I died to become Taboo. Mu name is Minimimoto Sho, Leo Cantus, [A name of irony; just because his name was 'singing lion' did not mean he could sing. He did used to have a half-lion, half you-really-have-to-see-it body, though.] one time a Game Master in Shibuya's Reaper Game.

[Then, with a last baleful glare for the unimpressed Pokemon] Now Trainer to a bunch of Pokemon who are in full agreement with my... [travelling partner? Obsessively stalked companion? Girlfriend? Sex partner? Friend? Some of all of the above?] with Bell that I need to be medicated for. Things.

[crackpotcrocker]

[Was that all? Denzel appears to relax and as he does relax distresses by laughing like a manic briefly. Oh, so Sho's just a reaper. That helps better than a vampire, right? Botan's a reaper so... Crocker makes his way back to his feet and still eyes the cat Pokemon rather nervously, wait Leo?]

So, what are you? Part lion?

[There's just something inhuman about those fangs after all. As for the crazy, there is nothing wrong with that. Crocker himself doesn't have all his screws tighen in either.]

[yoctogram]

[Hey, briefly is better than Sho usually manages. The Eevees did, however, give Denzel a look that said they were contemplating if he needed to be medicated too.]

Not here.

[Sho is SO reassuring.]

Also not in this vibe, even back in Shibuya. Unless you're the right kind of dead you won't see it.

[crackpotcrocker]

[Crocker catches the looks of the Eevees and turns nervous because he'd much rather not. The man rubs his rear as he thinks about the needles poked there.]


Makes PERFECT SENSE!.. Considering the others who I've spoken too lost their non-human form when arriving here.

[The end part is so reassuring! In which the man turns paler again.] I see...

[Before offering a hand for a shake.]

Denzel Crocker. I'll be your tech man.

[Isn't it the strangest thing? Crocker came in looking horrible but now he looks - just fine.]

[yoctogram]

[They don't do needles. Just pills.]
Vee eee eeeveee vee?
Eeevee eeeee veeeee eee?

[For all that Sho wore a coat without a shirt, his hand felt a little over-warm. No fever, he just ran hot.]

Minamimoto Sho. Written... [he draws the kanji in the air. If Denzel reads air-Japanese, Sho's name is apparently south expert orang-outang.] ...Minamimoto is my family name. [He doesn't let many people call him Sho.]

I am running numbers. If you need any mathematics done, rates negotiable.

[...Doesn't even hit top twenty in Sho's line of work, really. It's interesting, but not enough for Sho to want to investigate it. Which is all to the best, because things that interesting call for the scientific approach, in this case "how much damage can I do before he stops going back to pretty much okay?"]

[crackpotcrocker]

[Either or Crocker isn't fond of the idea or how those Pokemon are eyeing him.]

Oh no. [Don't get any ideas Eevees or he may just Poke-nap you. The man states to the Eevee's before looking back over at Sho and very apparently not following the kanji as he stares blankly at the air-drawing.]

I can't say I know anything about contracts outside of one's for teachers but that's besides the point!

[If anything Crocker does want all the jibberish told to him, just to find loopholes.]

I think I can handle numbers. [Sounding a bit annoyed. He is taking care and wiring all of the circularity so one does need to know math and continies on rather unenthusiastic.]

If you need something fixed... I suppose let me know - FAIRIES!

[What even with that body twitch?]

[yoctogram]

[Sho stepped between Denzel and the Eevees with an expression of mild homicide. No toucha the Eevees.]

I am learning contracts. Plugging the holes is moderately amusing. [Get people into horribly binding things with their only hope being Joker's mercy? Hell yes.]

I, [This is not an ego. This is a full-on, has it's own weather system, egosphere] am a genius, and maths are are my focus. You might be able to handle numbers, but I handle mathematics. I do, in my head and for fun, what most graduate students use calculators and sobbing to get through.

[crackpotcrocker]

[Denzel chuckles nervously and slowly backs off and stomps his feet in rage.] FIDDLE STICKS!

[That is just too much of an ego and Denzel isn't going to fight with someone who could probably break him and there's also the fact he just doesn't have the self confidence anymore he once had. So, he's just going to glare very intensely and bitterly like he does with Stephen Hawking but it is true that Crocker needs to write down the math and just doesn't calculate everything in his head and continues to slouch over a bit more than usual.]

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I don't sober though it anymore.
[At one point he did though but that was many years ago.]

...Are you needing me to do anything here?

[Like hook in a light in the room?]

[yoctogram]

[Not fighting with Sho is a good idea. He'd enjoy it.]

Good for you. [It was dry as dust] If I'd lived long enough I'd've gotten a job as a mathematician.

[crackpotcrocker]

[Denzel gives the other a quite maniacal laugh because that was a good one.]

Like anyone ever gets what they actually want out of life.

[yoctogram]

True. [He admitted, reaching down to pick up Nand and give her a quick scratch between the ears.] I didn't get what I wanted...I got something over-all better. Sure, I'm an accountant instead of a mathematician...but I've got a friend, and my team. Never expected that.

Veee!

Yes, you.

[crackpotcrocker]

Wait! You're agreeing with me?! Mmmmm. That's a first. [However Denzel is quiet as Minamimoto continues and that's when it hits Crocker like a hammer on a nail. The same was true for him as well.]

I never looked at it like that before... [However, thinking positive like that is just something he doesn't do and Crocker does a few weak, 'ha ha's'.] I never expected that either. No.

...I take it you didn't have any so-called friends from where you're from either?

[yoctogram]

Just subordinates. [Sho agrees. Not superiors; he doesn't think anyone is superior to him. He had subordinates and obstacles.]

[crackpotcrocker]

[The subordinate is eyeing at you Sho, maybe because Crocker was employed under someone back home and still is and actually double a subordinate here between Joker and Team Rocket.]

...I take it you never wanted any either. You don't know what you're missing...

[Where Denzel differs he has always wanted someone to be his friend and here he has had that chance.]

[yoctogram]

I've got a friend now.

[Sho says, with a smile]

Bell. She's put up with me from the beginning, and she's why I'm properly medicated now.

[crackpotcrocker]

They're nice to have, yes.

[There's a slight grin on Crocker's face.]

Well I should be going lot of work to do before opening day.