Memories - Video

[pikapikajankenpo]

Thinking about it, it's getting close to Spring again, specifically Spring Break which everything went crazy back in my own world.

I remember one time when I got turned into a toddler. And then I fought a sad Camera Monster.

Anyone else ever have something really weird happen to them in their world or even here? Like, not just scary or terrifying, but like, just weird weird. Something out of the blue that just didn't make sense?

And even then, it was really cool in retrospect?

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[notyourgoddess]

....I think half the things on Pandora could fall into that category. They're too weird to be scary.

Like...one time. I ended up at a birthday party for a really annoying robot no ones likes.

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Huh, that sounds about right up my alley. Birthdays in my world tended to go really odd for my friends in general.

Final battles, whirlwind romantic moments, all of it.

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[notyourgoddess]

Oh yeah? That was the only birthday party I've been too.

How many final battles do you get into?

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Nozomi once told me about this battle she had against a guy named Sirloin, who wanted to literally eat her. 2007 was a weird time.

One personal one, and about 4 group battles against a bigger common foe. That was all team up battles past my own.

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[notyourgoddess]

Never visit Pandora then, there are way too many groups there that are cannibalistic. The Rats are the worst.

What kind of foes we're you fighting?

[forsaintcecilia]

That kind of stuff really happened in your Japan? [And Kazuki was thinking that Yayoi was a totally normal type!]

[pikapikajankenpo]

Pretty much. It comes with the territory of being a teenage superhero.

And then that's not even covering the fact that every time around Christmas or so, one has to duck and cover when the Sentai start having their final battles.

[forsaintcecilia]

Teenager superhero? Sentai? For real?

[pikapikajankenpo]

Pre-teen actually. I started in middle school.

And yes, Sentai. Not to mention the Riders who like to have yearly punchups that tend to flood over into our world, although that calmed down somewhat around 2018 or so.

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[bent_the_world]

This one time I turned into a crazy giant spirit manifestation to fight the spirit of darkness and chaos...

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[pikapikajankenpo]

This one time at band camp, I fought a black hole of despair...

But I'll trade you. That sounds a lot of fun in a roundabout way.

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[bent_the_world]

More like my possessed uncle, actually...

It. It was pretty awkward, in context....

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[pikapikajankenpo]

That's definitely awkward. Super awkward.

How'd you get through it?

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[keep_surviving]

I figured that was like a requirement for you showing up here.

"Weird shit must have happened to you."

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[pikapikajankenpo]

I'm sure there's relatively normal people here. That's gotta count for something right?

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[keep_surviving]

I dunno... I think it may just be a facade. Everyone here has had weird stuff happen to them. The ones claiming they didn't are the ones you shouldn't trust.

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Depends. Sometimes some of us are like, superheroes. I usually don't talk about my own superhero past anyhow, but that's because I came to realize that my mind was being messed with. So I didn't talk about it for the longest time.

Back home, not here.

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[sociallychallenged]

Camera monster?

I got attacked by an android and that's about as strange as my life got. I just had other asshole humans to worry about.

...Is there a Pokemon that's a camera? Seems like there should be. [Now he has to check. Goddammit.]

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[pikapikajankenpo]

His name was Miden, and he was an abandoned camera who grew emotionally distant and cold when he was left alone without any memories and pictures to take. So he tried to fill it by stealing other people's memories.

Sorry to hear that.

I don't think there's a camera Pokemon out there to be honest, unless you count a Rotom possessing a camera perhaps?

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[sociallychallenged]

I was a cop so I didn't exactly avoid it. No need to worry about that.

...You know, honestly, that does sound like something that should be here and I'm really surprised it's not. Pretty grateful, too. But considering you can have a battle ready keyring, camera monsters really should have happened.

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Ah I see.

Maybe eventually there'll be something along those lines. For now, we'll stick with what we've got.

[What about Rotom-dex?]

[neverstudied]

Weird doesn't even begin to cover it, kid. My partners and I run around New York capturing ghosts. "Weird"'s an everyday fact of life. [Still, Venkman thinks the question over for a moment.]

I shot at Cthulhu while riding a roller coaster, once. That was pretty cool. Also, not cool at all, but there was the guy who made a deal with a demon to get rid of all chickens.

[pikapikajankenpo]

So you're some kind of ghostbuster then? Am I getting close?

[Hit the nail on the head Yayoi.] I love ghosts. I'm a big fan of the supernatural. You saw Cthulhu? Did you go nuts or was he really as scary as people said he was? And really? Just to get rid of chickens?

[neverstudied]

[He snaps his finger, suddenly thrilled.]

Got it in one! Hey, finally someone who knows who we are! Are we still famous in your world?

Nah, we didn't go nuts- its cult did, but I think that happened way before it showed up. Cthulhu was definitely one of our hardest busts, but the sight of it didn't drive us mad or anything.

Winston said the whole "indescribable horror" aspect of Cthulhu in the stories might just be because Lovecraft was a bad writer, and I can't really argue the logic there.

Ohhh, yeah. Just to get rid of chickens. The demon that granted that wish became such a laughingstock he got our help to fix things.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Ah! There might have been a movie similar to the name at least. Back in the early 90s or 80s I think? I'd have to think on that...

Oh wow, that's cool. At least some mythos are wrong then.

Makes sense, I mean, Lovecraft was a weirdo anyhow. You have to admit that.

Oh god, really? That must have been embarrassing. For the demon at least.