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☄ 02 ☄ ( video / action for anyone hanging around the mausoleum )

[ the image on the video isn't very clear at first, what with the darkness of the surroundings and the black and white quality of the warp band feed, but if you squint you can make out what looks to be the Mausoleum, and in the distance, two very excited figures that appear to be chasing what looks like a misdreavus. Danny's voice sounds from behind the band: ]

So, guess whose folks dragged them down into the creepiest part of the city. Iiiif you guessed mine, then uh, you win the satisfaction of knowing you were right, I guess?

[ he twists his wrist back round so that everyone can see his partially resigned, partially irritated face. as he does so, he suddenly shivers, the feed shaking with him, as a blue mist escapes his mouth. ]

Ugh, and I've lost count of how many times that's happened since I got down here. How many ghosts are in this place anyways? [ there's a sudden loud noise from off-camera, and Danny glances over his shoulder, looking alarmed for a second. he rolls his eyes the next moment as the distant sound of "oh, darn, almost had it that time!" is heard. ] Well, at least my parents're having fun. I don't think they even noticed me and my sister both snuck off to do our own thing. Which is good for me, 'cause I wanted to show you guys something - look, check this out--

[ looking a lot more enthusiastic all of a sudden, he shifts so that everyone can see the solid-looking stone wall next to him. he puts his non-warp-band-wearing hand on it, and after a moment of concentration, looks positively giddy as his hand goes straight through the stone. ]

Did you see that? That was me! Like as in, me actually wanting it to happen instead of it all happening at random. I-I know that's kinda small, but not bad for, what, a month of this stuff. I mean any control's better than none, right?

[ there's suddenly a low growl from Danny's left; just over his shoulder, there's a houndour with his hackles raised, continuing to growl threateningly at a nearby stone box that, given their location, is probably a coffin. yikes. ]

Uh, Cujo? What's up?

[ before Cujo can stop growling for long enough to answer, there's a sudden loud, high pitched cry of "FLOOOOON!!", which for the kindred souls among you will sound roughly like "BEWARE!!" ]

What the heck-- gah!

[ what happens next can only be described as anarchy. a drifloon comes flying out of the box straight at Danny's face, and he ducks reflexively and goes intangible without meaning to, leaving the warp band to fall through his wrist and land with a clatter on the ground. this leaves the following events to be witnessed at a very odd angle: the wild drifloon flying about screaming something about being the master of all things square and rectangular, the houndour barking aggressively at it, and to cap it all off, a wooper with a giant spray bottle appearing seemingly out of nowhere and spraying everybody present liberally with water.

it is probably for the best that at that point, the warp band is picked up by a clefairy who looks like she's more than ready to jump headlong into the fray, who squeaks out a pipipi! message of "busy now, we'll get back to you later!" before cutting the feed. ]

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[Wow what the fuck did he just watch. He can't help but snicker.]

Well, I was going to congratulate you on figuring out your spookiness, but uh. It looks like you are up to your elbows in poke-shenanigans.

Edited 2015-07-02 00:06 (UTC)

[ when Danny reappears, it's with the least impressed face he has ever made in his life. he does manage a wry chuckle, though, even if it's accompanied with eye-rolling. ]

I think elbows was probably being generous. Try my neck. That little guy back there was nuts.

[Meanwhile on Fuuka's end, her eyes widen as she gave a gasp. And yet, there was a light chuckle on her end]

Oh dear, is everything okay over there? That's certainly quite the mess you made there!

No kidding. I didn't think drifloons could ever sound threatening but there you go.

Be careful, it's dangerous down--

[ Oh look, she was right, judging from the absolute chaos taking place over the feed. She watches the display with rapt interest, worried to be sure, but at the same time finding it really difficult not to start laughing--once she's determined he isn't in any real danger, at least. ]

Ah, is everything all right down there?

Just peachy!

[ Danny has emerged unscathed, at least, albeit rumpled and annoyed. he blows a stray tuft of hair out of his face. ]

Wow, that was a mess. Okay, uh, there's no way of looking good coming out of that nonsense, so, hi?

Hey! C'mon, at least half of that was Cosma and her dumb spray bottle. [ looking thoroughly disgruntled, he gives the wooper in question a nudge with his elbow. she responds by looking blissfully, gleefully unrepentant, and Danny snorts at her. ] Yeah, okay, you won't be smiling so much when I confiscate that stupid thing off you.

[ he grins at her loud protesting (he can't do that, she needs her moisturiser!!) and looks back at Fuuka through the warp band. ] But yeah, uh, we're all fine here, thanks! I mean, Cujo's still kinda spooked, but looks like that nutty Drifloon flew off to find boxes somewhere else or whatever.

I dunno, does it count if it all fell apart in the middle? The "BEWARE!!" at the start was pretty threatening, sure, but he really lost his stride once he started yelling about cardboard.

[ he already laughed at Danny's expense. a lot. even so, he's still chuckling when he responds to the post, his little menagerie of friends peering at the video with him - Duskull and Klefki are just as amused as Jack, the two of them rattling and jingling, while Pidgey and Phantump only seem to be curious. ]

Wow. You know, you're such a magnet for trouble, I gotta wonder - does that say something about you?

I dunno, that I'm stupidly unlucky. Or gee, that maybe my parents need to pick better vacation spots?

[ things seem to have quietened down on Danny's end, at least, even if the only one out of him and his pokemon who looks blissfully unperturbed by what just happened is the spray-bottle-wielding wooper. ]

Hello.

[ It's okay Danny, she's mostly laughing with you. Mostly. She waves a bit. ]

That's good, at least. But what was that all about? I couldn't tell what was going on.

...

[Well, that was definitely a thing that she just witnessed.]

Are you okay?

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Yeah, yeah, I'm fine! Not sure if I can say the same for my pride, but hey. [ it's not like that hasn't taken a few hits in the past few weeks anyways. ] Turns out Mr. Box Ghost back there was mostly just blowing hot air.

Oh, right - so uh, basically that Drifloon is totally nuts and thinks he's the king of all boxes or something? I'm still trying to figure out if he thought we were trying to steal his boxes or if he was just practicing his haunting on us, it all got kinda hard to follow after Cosma jumped in there with her spray bottle.

[And from there, Fuuka couldn’t stop giggling!]

Then do you need some help? I hope I'm not being rude but from the looks of it?

[She said as she pointed to Wooper and the other pokemon in the background] It kind of seems like you might need it!

King of--what?

[ That gets her to laugh. ]

It sounds like you've got quite the crew with you.

[There's a pause.

Then Maka laughs.]

Oh, I get it! Because it's a balloon!

[Maka, please.]

It sounded like it wanted you to "beware" and...it's a master of square things? I don't know, things got really hectic there.

Aw come on, it's not that funny!

[ great, now she's giggling! he can tell she's not doing it to be mean, but it still makes him scowl from embarassment. ]

Help with what, anyways? My Pokemon?

Boxes. Seriously, what a weirdo.

[ he rolls his eyes before perking up slightly. ]

Haha, there's only three of 'em so far. They just make enough noise for three hundred.

[ he grins. ] Ha ha, yeah!

[ she got the pun! she got the pun and thought it was funny! he totally likes her already. ]

And sheesh, tell me about it. It was kinda hard to make out once everyone started going after the little guy, but he definitely said something at one point about not being able to withstand his, uh, cardboard fury or something? Which makes it the first time I've ever been threatened with a box.

Ah, I guess in that case he wanted to challenge you to a boxing match.

[Don't you start now too, Maka, you're all supposed to be representatives of mankind. The gods aren't going to be won over with puns.]

I've gotta say, all the ghosts that have bugged me in my time, none of them have had the power of cardboard fury.

...I was wondering if maybe that was something lost in translation but, uh. Wow. So what's he have against cardboard?

As far as I can tell, nothing! It's the total opposite, actually, he seems to love the stuff so long as it's box-shaped.

[And she caught that right away. Which was why as much as she wanted to stop? She just couldn't!]

Yup, that's right! It seems like it's quite the mess over there so...maybe it would be best if I helped out a little?

It's the least I can do for laughing!

[ the gods may not be won over, but Danny certainly is - he outright laughs, his good mood apparently completely restored. ]

Oh wow, okay, that was a good one. But uh, yeah, I've never seen that before either, and my parents spend their entire lives chasing after ghosts as a hobby. Like, I know a lot of ghosts like to give themselves a theme or whatever, but boxes?

He sounds like. And I don't know, that sounds more fun if you ask me. At least you're never lonely, right?

[Hey, she can write in her diary about making someone laugh, anyway. Rei would be proud.]

Ghosts...attach themselves to things that had some meaning in their lives. I don't know if Ghost Pokemon always come from people, but some of them do.

[A pause.]

So maybe he was a storage sorter or something in life. Maybe a delivery boy.

Huh. [ he seems to consider that for a moment. ] Seems like an odd thing to wanna attach yourself to in your afterlife, honestly. I mean, a life in storage or delivery doesn't sound like the most exciting thing in the world.

Yeah, maybe, but it's sure easier to appreciate that when I can stay dry for longer than about five minutes at a time. [ he directs a wry look at the wooper, who shakes her spray bottle mock-menacingly. ] What about you, do you have any nutcases like this one?

Hey, if you wanna try and find a way to get this figy berry cake to cut down on her spray bottle habit, you be my guest. [ he rolls his eyes. in the background, Cujo the houndour cocks his head in puzzlement, as if wondering who exactly is being called a mess, here. ] She might say she needs it for her skin but I'm like, 99% sure she just keeps it around to be a jerk.

W-well, I suppose it's worth a shot? Although, I'm not too sure how well I can fix her strange habit but it's better than nothing!

[Oh dear, what has she gotten herself into now?]

I think the first thing we can do is to see what other habits she can do to cut it down?

...Maybe he really liked his job? Or was...passionate about...boxes.

[She's trying to stay serious as she says that, but she cracks a smile. Boxes, of all things it's boxes.]

[It's either that or he died tragically in the middle of his work. But that's so depressing, Maka can't possibly bring that up.]

If your parents are all about studying ghosts, maybe they can figure out what's up with your new friend.

Oh my gosh, I honestly don't know who would come off worse from that. [ he chuckles. ] Probably my parents, but they'd be having the time of their lives during the whole thing anyways.

[ oh gosh, she. she took him literally. he blinks, stupefied for a second, because he is... honestly? not used to reactions that don't include an equal amount of either snark or well-meaning, overbearing pushing. and then he laughs, holding his hands up in a peaceable gesture. ]

Oh man, sorry, I didn't mean you actually had to. I mean, uh, you can still suggest stuff, if you wanna? I'm pretty sure most of the problem is that she's kinda a huge attention hog.

Oh but I want to! Even if she wants the attention, I still think that we need to teach her that there is a time and place to be like that! And maybe right now isn't the time and especially when it's so public!

[....]

Ah...unless if I'm being pushy then I apologize, I didn't mean to be so rude!

Nutcases?

[ Lux pauses to think about that for a moment, looking up at something off-screen. Her face changes quickly, turning a bit sour. ]

There are those two...

I don't know, I think they picked a pretty good spot. We went down there with no problem, right? [ he turns to Klefki, who jingles in agreement. ] See? It must be you.

[ very supportive. he is a good friend. ]

So what happened with that Drifloon?

Huh.

[What a weird pokemon.]

At least he'll be easy to please. I hope you like jumpscares.

Ha ha, if you think that's being pushy, you obviously haven't met my sister. Pretty sure she's set records for that no one else can pass.

"Those two," huh? I'm sensing a story. Or maybe five stories.

"Like" is so not the word I'd use here, but it is the sort of weird stuff you start expecting when you live with people like my parents. I just dread the day he gets the idea to possess some poor kid's jack-in-the-box.

Oh dear, then I suppose you and your sister don't get along very well do you?

I'm not sure if I want to know how many records she already set though! She sounds scary!

Poro and Emil, a Mamoswine and a Scizor. They're mortal enemies. I'm not entirely sure why.

Pfft, nah, she's not scary, just way nosy and overbearing. Like, constantly. Big sisters, you know?

Oh, I see?

[And then she chuckles a little] It still sounds like it's a lot to handle though! It really can't be easy!

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