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victory_road2018-08-03 02:20 pm
shiro2hero) wrote in victory_road2018-08-03 02:20 pm
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-- okay. We're ready. Step back.
[That's Shiro's voice, from a black screen. A purplish-black screen. Which abruptly turns to a real video recording as Haunter the Gengar hops backward. Back to a pile of Pokemon -- namely, all of Shiro's main roster. Plus Luna the Meowth. And a new Aron, perched up on Kuro's big Aggron head.]
[Shiro himself is in the middle of this group, all of them settled on the sand in front of the Sevii Island house like it's a football team photo. He's wearing a plastic hard-hat, of all things. Like the kind little kids wear in costumes.]
[He's also beaming.]
So... we're a few days early. More than a few. But I couldn't hold it in anymore. None of us could. One way or another, the secret was going to come out.
Here it is.
In a few days, I'll have been here two years. There's... been a lot of things to get used to. A lot of hurdles and setbacks, but -- we're still here. And I'm pretty sure this place behind us has a lot to do with that.
That's why... you're looking at a guy who just bought a house.
[And that's when the Pokemon, on what looks like Haunter's signal, gesture to the house behind them. Even Shiro busts out a little ta-daaaa motion.]
Got it all worked out. No matter what happens, no matter who comes or goes, as long as someone lives in this house, they won't have to worry about a place to stay. And, no matter how many familiar faces show up, we can always add more space. Without worrying about if we have room for someone important to us.
[There's a pause, as the new Aron -- it's Hunk's KJ -- to roll into his new trainer's lap. And roll over for some chin scratches.]
It's meant a lot to me. It's done a lot for me. This house, and everyone in it.
And now, this place will be here, for anyone and everyone, in this weird team of ours. Consider it a thank you.
For all of you -- who know who you are.
[That's Shiro's voice, from a black screen. A purplish-black screen. Which abruptly turns to a real video recording as Haunter the Gengar hops backward. Back to a pile of Pokemon -- namely, all of Shiro's main roster. Plus Luna the Meowth. And a new Aron, perched up on Kuro's big Aggron head.]
[Shiro himself is in the middle of this group, all of them settled on the sand in front of the Sevii Island house like it's a football team photo. He's wearing a plastic hard-hat, of all things. Like the kind little kids wear in costumes.]
[He's also beaming.]
So... we're a few days early. More than a few. But I couldn't hold it in anymore. None of us could. One way or another, the secret was going to come out.
Here it is.
In a few days, I'll have been here two years. There's... been a lot of things to get used to. A lot of hurdles and setbacks, but -- we're still here. And I'm pretty sure this place behind us has a lot to do with that.
That's why... you're looking at a guy who just bought a house.
[And that's when the Pokemon, on what looks like Haunter's signal, gesture to the house behind them. Even Shiro busts out a little ta-daaaa motion.]
Got it all worked out. No matter what happens, no matter who comes or goes, as long as someone lives in this house, they won't have to worry about a place to stay. And, no matter how many familiar faces show up, we can always add more space. Without worrying about if we have room for someone important to us.
[There's a pause, as the new Aron -- it's Hunk's KJ -- to roll into his new trainer's lap. And roll over for some chin scratches.]
It's meant a lot to me. It's done a lot for me. This house, and everyone in it.
And now, this place will be here, for anyone and everyone, in this weird team of ours. Consider it a thank you.
For all of you -- who know who you are.
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Yeah. It does.
I'll let you know how long when I figure it out.
[That small, nagging feeling you're going to lose what you've come to care about the most.]
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Godsdammit...
[And here he was hoping he could just request Gastly Dream Eat some of it away.]
So, anyway... your new friend from home?
[Let's talk about that instead, y/n? Jean promises not to call him a neurotic weirdo anymore.]
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[And he genuinely does.]
Yeah. It's Lance. You guys really might get along. He just might end up flirting with you in the process. But ...
He's a great guy. Even if he doesn't know it. I trust him a lot.
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You say that about everybody, though.
[Including Jean. Which is why he's smiling.]
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I have... original content in here somewhere.
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What?
Did you call me?
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[So much pride at his clever nickname!]
You know, like how Krieg calls you Sugar, and how you're like everyone's dad? Like that.
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Jean. Please don't use that word.
It has a lot of connotations you really don't want to use.
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[This is new information!]
Like what?
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It... means someone you're intimate with... so he'll buy you things. Expensive things.
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You mean like how you bought the house?
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[What is Jean misunderstanding here?]
So why is sugardad bad? I don't get it.
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Because it implies you ... that I'm...
We're close.
We're not... sleeping together.
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[Wait.]
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SHIT.
[Ferocious backpedaling.]
Okay, okay! No sugardad!
Dammit!
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Yeah.
That's. Probably for the best. On all counts.
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[Sigh.]
Sorry. I just wanted... never mind.
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What do you mean "you just wanted"?
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[Super dumb, and it's going to take more convincing to get him to spill it.]
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We've talked about worse than "dumb things".
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[Jean makes a frustrated sound, then the video abruptly cuts out. A few moments later, though, Shiro will get a private text.]
I just
I kind of wanted to call
fuck
I wanted to call you dad
but that'd be weird
so I thought
maybe
sugardad?
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It... would be a little strange.
But I'd get used to it, if that's what you really wanted.
I'm kind of
I'm still floored you think of me that way at all.
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because I know that would be weird
which is why I wanted something like it but not really
everyone thinks of you that way
it's not just me
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text; private | WHOOPS JUGGLER LIED
text; private | lol, I was like "who's this robot in my inbox, is he coming late to the FCAB post?"
text; private | NOPE JUST ME
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