High above him there's a swallow, winging swiftly through the sky.

[shuttermouse]

Who: Chie Hori & YOU! (plus one private prompt)
Where: Goldenrod City
When: January 8-10, depending on the prompt
Summary: Psych Up Friday and some other things happen.
Rating: PG? Potential talk of cannibalism in castmate threads.
Log:



( A - FRIDAY )
[ Now that the festive season is over, life returns to a familiar hum of normality. Well, as normal as a world full of Pokémon can possibly get, anyway. Chie's been spending most of the new year outside, putting both her camera and the boots Tsukiyama gave her to good use. It's nice, though she's starting to contemplate hopping on the train to Kanto because there are things to see and photograph there. Maybe when winter turns to spring...?

Today, Chie's feeling more upbeat than usual and she isn't sure why hugging strangers suddenly seems like a good idea. She won't be doing that, however - her newfound cheer is going to be expressed through her passion for photography.

...Which is apparently why she has constructed a selfie stick and is now approaching friends and strangers in Goldenrod with a very important question: ]

Hey, wanna take a selfie with me?

( B - SATURDAY )
[ ...Why was yesterday a thing that happened, she's not even a fan of taking selfies. Oh well, she isn't too bothered about it once she gets past the initial "...but why" after she wakes up in the morning.

She decides to go to the department store in the afternoon, where she'll be spending a few hours wandering around. After she's done checking out the TM section, she can be found... staring... at the vending machine? If you take a closer look, you'll notice that she's watching a Joltik behind the glass. ]

Continue to the left, Arae. The Snickers bars are right next to the Doritos.

[ The stupid machine refused to drop her snack after she paid for it, sending in the tiny spider to get it is better than sticking her arm in and getting stuck. ]

( C - SUNDAY; LOCKED TO deaftly )
[ It's great to have a brigade of Zigzagoons around. They make good spies, and most people aren't going to think anything of seeing a common Pokémon like that around. Especially not Naki, so finding out where that man lives is super easy. So sometime in the afternoon, Chie decides to simply invite herself over.

Surely he won't mind too much if she just casually walks in carrying some Chinese takeout. ]

Comments

C of course

[deaftly]

I swear to fucking god, if you lost your keys in a lawnmower again--

[Naki pulls the door open sounding completely exasperated, but he's not greeted with his roommate, instead it's uh...]

...Hi?

[well that was a nicer greeting than it could have been??]

[shuttermouse]

Yo, Naki-san. [ She holds out one of the takeout containers. ] I brought Chinese food. Or whatever passes for Chinese here.

[ Does Pokéworld even have a China???? She has no idea. ]

[deaftly]

...Oh. Uh. Thanks? Do you want to come in, I guess?

[He steps back so Chie can enter, though he still looks super confused by this. There are a lot of squids that have crowded around the door. DEAR GOD THERE ARE SO MANY.]

[shuttermouse]

[ Chie enters, and looks at all those Inkays. Why do you have so many, Naki. ]

...Did your squid squad get bigger?

[deaftly]

Oh, yeah. I'd feel really weird selling the eggs, so I usually only give 'em away to people I really trust. But all the others I hatch on my own, so...

[So there are a fuckton of squids. They all chirp happily in greeting though, so at least they're polite!]

[shuttermouse]

How many do you have now?

[ And here she thought ten Zigzagoons was a lot... ]

[deaftly]

Uh. Two Malamars and I started with six Inkays so I think...?

[Give him a moment while he tries to math.]

Eighteen? I think?

[...yeah.]

[shuttermouse]

...That's a lot of squids... [ Can't you neuter them or something, good god. ]

Anyway, let's go sit down. There's something I wanna talk about while we eat.

[deaftly]

Oh, yeah, sure, I guess?

[Naki motions for Chie to follow him into the living room. It's remarkably well-furnished, though Naki didn't do anything but arrange the furniture to mimic something he saw in a magazine. Still, it's nice and there's a table in front of the couch for them to use.]

What do you wanna talk about?

[shuttermouse]

[ Chie places the takeout boxes on the table before moving to settle herself on the couch, legs crossed. ]

I know you're a ghoul, Naki-san. [ ...Said with all the bluntness of a club to the head. ]

But I have no interest in exposing you, just so you know.

[deaftly]

[Naki joins, her gesturing (and presumably communicating mentally) to the squids to get them to leave the room.]

...Well, that's good to hear. Tsukiyama trusts you, so clearly you're doing something right. Look just... keep it quiet, alright? I've got a roommate-- housemate? Anyway, he's living with me and he doesn't know about that shit and I'm not about to tell him. I've been here for over a fucking year and I haven't blown my cover.

[Which is really impressive when you consider it's Naki...]

[shuttermouse]

[ Naki you deserve a gold star for your efforts! Well done! ]

Yeah, sure. I won't tell anyone. I'm good at keeping secrets.

[deaftly]

[HE DID IT \o/]

Good.

...But uh, you wouldn't bring this up unless you wanted something. So what is it?

[shuttermouse]

...

I want to show you pics from Tsukiyama-kun's teenage years.

[deaftly]

[...you know, he's pretty sure blackmail doesn't work like this...]

You have pictures from when he was a teenager?

[..................]

Was he a fucking dork, oh my god, tell me he was a fucking dork.

[shuttermouse]

[ well tbh she doesn't really care about blackmailing him, so. ]

He had the worst haircut ever.

[deaftly]

Oh my fucking god. Did you bring them? I've got to see this shit.

[shuttermouse]

Of course.

[ She reaches into her shoulder bag, pulling out a photo album that's looking a little worn around the edges and flips it open to a shot of Tsukiyama about to eat a guy's legs. ]

[deaftly]

[.................................]

Holy fucking shit.

[AND THEN NAKI BURSTS OUT LAUGHING AND CAN'T STOP]

[shuttermouse]

Isn't it hideous?

[ She lets out a small laugh. ...This is a picture of Tsukiyama and a dead guy and the worst part of it is the goddamn haircut. ]

[deaftly]

That's the fucking worst, oh my fucking god. Holy shit. I'd look that fucking pissed if someone did that to my hair!

[don't worry naki your hair is pretty terrible in three years!!]

[shuttermouse]

That's from when we first met, by the way. I followed him into a park and interrupted his meal.

[deaftly]

Holy fuck, really? Why didn't he kill you immediately?

[well that was blunt]

[shuttermouse]

Well, he tried to. But I ran away and when he cornered me I told him to buy me dessert. He was so baffled that he agreed.

[deaftly]

...You know what, I think I'd do that too. Holy shit. You've got fucking balls.

[...]

Not literally.

[because that definitely needed to be clarified, thanks naki]