victory_road | 029 // Video

[If he were honest, Joker would have to admit that he's been avoiding this. He hasn't wanted to make this post, for all the good he knows it will do him. Who's gone is gone, and that's that.]

[Still. It hurts to address it.]

[Not that any of it shows up on Joker's face as he appears on the screen, although his smile doesn't seem quite as chipper as it usually does. Still, it's a pretty good effort, and, if you don't know him, it seems a good a one as any.]

And a hello ta all of ya. I was just wonderin', but if anyone has gotten Pokemon from one Jimmy Two-Shoes, could ya let me know? Thank ya kindly.

[And then he moves on, trying not to linger even though anyone who's been around a while can understand the reasoning behind that inquiry.]

Anyway, it seems like there are a lot of people who are interested in learnin' different skills lately! I was ponderin' openin' some classes here in Goldenrod, for all sorts of things. Of course, I can teach people circus tricks, especially if yer interested in joinin', but I know other things, too! [The barest stumble of a pause before he continues on glibly.] I used ta be a butler, so cookin', sewin', all that. How's that sound for an idea? Maybe if this kind of thing is popular enough, we could even do a bunch of classes with different people who don't mind the idea of teachin', but let's gauge interest there first before we go shootin' off, ha ha!

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_{[Wrath's ears perked right up at the word 'Jimmy'... but when it's followed up with a last name other than 'Darling', he is completely unconcerned. 'Wrath' and 'empathy' are only tentative bedfellows at the best of times.]

[So he's all sunshine and smiley sharp teeth when he responds to the video.]}

I'm learning skills already! I'm gonna be a good knife thrower just like you!

[Well, Joker doesn’t really expect much from a kid, so Wrath gets a free pass. Still, his enthusiasm makes him laugh.]

That’s right~. And I’ve already taught ya how ta make pancakes, haven’t I?

[Admittedly to keep a small child from panicking, but hey. It was still some sort of lesson.]

Yes!

I'm allowed to use the frying pan now.

But only if someone is watching.

_{[His pancake powers have been used for both good and evil since Joker passed them on.]}

Good ta hear~.

[God bless people being responsible over there.]

Have ya learned new recipes?

Envy showed me how to make a grilled cheese.

He's very good at that.

_{[SLOWLY BUT SURELY Wrath's tone concerning Envy while conversing with others is getting more complimentary than insulting. It's progress.]}

[It’s a good thing to hear, and only partially because Joker thinks it’ll be good for Envy and Wrath. The other part is that the better their relationship, the less property damage.]

[And property damage is easy with Wrath even when he’s happy.]

Good ta hear~. It sounds like he might not be so hopeless in the kitchen after all, huh?

_{[It's true. There was probably at least one occasion, before the Basement Saga, in which Wrath unfortunately showed up for a visit at the same time as Envy was present for a rehearsal. Things probably got broken. At the very least there was a lot of yelling.]}

Yes.

He's also very good at cutting things.

So am I, but people outside of the circus don't seem to like it when I use knives for some reason.

Ha, yeah… People think they shouldn’t give kids as young as yerself- [And prone to violence.] -knives. They think you’ll hurt yourself, but that’s because they don’t know ya as well as the rest of us~.

[The rest of them know that it’s other people who will get hurt.]

Right!

_{[Wrath has not nicked himself even once in his time learning to throw. He has, however, sliced off numerous locks of hair and pinned several peoples' clothing to the walls behind them.]}

But I'm the best knifer, after you.

And then, some day, you’ll be even better than me~.

[And no one will die from thrown knives. Except, like, if they really earned it and it was on purpose.]

_{[Wrath looks surprised at that.]

[Even when such a thing was true, under Master's care, admitting that someone else was better at one of your unique talents was pretty much openly declaring yourself to be expendable.]

[And Wrath doesn't want Joker to be expendable!]}

... Well, maybe not better.

But good!

[Good thing Joker has a lot of talents. And also that things like that don’t count here.]

[But Joker can’t read minds, so he just takes that surprise as the usual kid surprise, and grins.]

Yep. Just gotta practice here in the big top. That reminds me- we might be gettin’ a new person around here, so don’t be surprised if ya see someone new around, alright?

_{[Even after his stint in the Sharkhaus basement last year, Wrath is still... slowly unlearning a lot of things.]

[He looks interested, though.]}

A new person?

Who?

Heather- y’know, the blonde lass who hangs about with Envy?

Oh!

Yes, she's one of Envy's humans.

She lives in his house.

_{[He hasn't particularly spent a lot of time talking to Heather, but she's always been pretty nice when he has. Definitely friendlier than Envy's other human, Henry. The quiet lord of the Ogre Hut.]}

[One of Envy’s humans…. Oh, he’s going to mess with them about that.]

Good, then ya already know her~. That makes things much easier! Anyway, just watch out for her.

Okay!

This means that almost everybody in the house will be part of the circus.

It's like having another team!

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