002 - feeling a little down in the ducks-- i mean dumps. down in the dumps.

[toheirishuman]

Who: John Egbert, Casey the salamander, and you
Where: The park
When: Early afternoon to evening, whenever you feel like chatting
Style: Starting action but I'll match
Status: Open!

[Anyone who just so happens to be taking a stroll through the park today just may catch sight of a boy dressed in blue sitting on the edge of the pond. Next to him sits a yellow salamander dressed in a black cowl with a purple-striped scarf, though it's quite a bit bigger than your average salamander and it is...quite literally seated next to the boy. Clearly this is not your typical salamander, but the boy doesn't seem at all perturbed by this. In the boy's lap rests a bag with at least half of a loaf of sandwich bread inside. Occasionally, he takes a slice out and rips it up into tiny pieces, tossing them into the water.]

[Just skipping work to feed the ducks, apparently. Real productive use of his time here.]

[At one point, he holds out a handful of bread chunks to the salamander.]

Here, you can throw a few too.

[The salamander looks at the bread, "glubs," picks up a few of the piece, and........attempts to eat them herself.]

Ack! No, Casey don't eat it! Throw it! Fuck you'd better not get sick from this...

[And isn't it just a little bit sad that this is the high point of John's day at the park?]

Comments

[heartandsoul]

One of them was a jerk, so I didn't want to talk to him. But there is Bianca...I haven't spoken to her in a while, though.

[Sort of awkward to talk to someone that was murdered and to have their murderer still in Vatheon. She's had to confront the idea of forgiving her attacker a lot sooner than Maka, too, huh...]

I don't want to bother her.

[toheirishuman]

Oh, I see. Who was the other one, if you don't mind my asking. It's not Morty is it? He seemed like a pretty cool guy to me.

[He had real life ghost pokemon. He was the best.]

Are there only two here now then? What about Hilda?

[heartandsoul]

I don't know what his name was, he had glasses. I don't think he's here anymore. And I've never met anyone named Hilda...Bianca's the only trainer I've met here.

[toheirishuman]

Ah, that's not Morty then. He had a scarf, but no glasses. Also a Gengar, which was awesome.

[heartandsoul]

...What's a Gengar?

[Come on, John, the only Pokemon she's ever seen has basically been Pip.]

[toheirishuman]

Another Pokemon. Ghost type. [He lifts his hands up to the sides of his head, index fingers pointing upward like horns or ears.]

They have these spikes on their heads and red eyes and these really big smiles. Mischievous little pranksters, as ghosts often times are.

[heartandsoul]

I haven't seen many ghosts back in my world, so I couldn't tell you if they were pranksters very much.

[Ahahaha the afterlife in her world, what is it even.

She smiles a bit, though, giving another playful nudge.]

It's no wonder that you liked him so much, it sounds like ghost types were made for you.

[toheirishuman]

Mhmm! He was a ghost type gym leader, so they were kind of his specialty. It was cool to get the chance to see them in person instead of as pixellations.

Though, that's true of all pokemon. Pip is the same way. Though I have to say, I am kind of surprised you guys haven't evolved him still after all this time!