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victory_road2019-02-01 09:41 am
neverstudied) wrote in victory_road2019-02-01 09:41 am
002 / action + text
Who: Peter Venkman and you!
What: gambling and the consequences of hubris
Where: Celadon City
When: January 25th - February 1st
Warnings: non-graphic mentions of physical violence which occurs off-screen
[Waking up back in his own body again is both a blessing and a curse for Venkman.
On the one hand, hey, he's himself again! On the other hand, his boyfriends are fucking morons. And now he has to clean up after Egon's mistake... Or, ok, it's partially his own fault, too. He's the one who spent the previous week playing poker and infuriating the bikers and roughnecks. It's not Egon's fault that he woke up in Venkman's body at the wrong place, wrong time. So now Venkman's gotta set it right.
If you happen to be in Celadon on the 25th of January, you may notice Venkman on his way to the Celadon casino. He looks... way too serious for a man cradling an egg in his arms, as if he’s on his way to his own god damn funeral. He's also stalling, so if anyone so much as looks at him, he'll drag them into a conversation, like a small talk version of a Pokemon battle.
But inevitably, Venkman will reach the game corner. He has a plan, but whether or not it'll actually work is debatable. Step 1: Find the Roughneck. Step 2: Apologize and offer him back his Inkay, as well as one of the Inkay's eggs. Step 3: Run like hell if the guy is still inclined to knock his ass out. Step 4: Don't die.
He's really hoping it doesn't come down to Steps 3-4, since he still needs to finish earning enough coins to buy what he needs, and it'll be significantly harder if he gets put in a body cast by one of the regulars.
... And, uh. Hm.
Surprisingly, it doesn't come down to that? The roughneck is upset about the loss of his jacket (which, well, isn't quite as damaged as Venkman tells him it is. Venkman just wants to keep the jacket.), but is glad to have his Inkay back, and the egg? Hooooly shit, is he excited about the egg. The roughneck is quickly persuaded to let bygones be bygones, Venkman plays nice with him and the rest of the bikers, and that really, really should've been the end of it. A surprisingly anticlimactic but successful ending.
… Unfortunately, not only are Venkman's boyfriends idiots, but he's also an idiot. And with Egon and Ray finally planning to leave to Goldenrod, Venkman only has about a week to buy that Porygon.
So he spends the following week playing at the Game Corner far too much, making riskier calls and becoming more and more careless with his money and his actions. Goddamnit, he's gonna win this Pokemon if it's the last thing he does. And considering the way his new "friends" are looking at him, it may very well be.
But finally, on the 31st, he gets it. It took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and money, but by god, he got the Porygon. And sure, most of the guys he's been playing poker with are getting sick of his attitude, and there's been grumbling amongst them about whether or not he's been cheating, but that’s fine, because He Got The Fucking Porygon.
And that should've been the end of it. And he should've finally left Celadon and gotten ready for the Magnet Train ride to Goldenrod, never to see these people again, getting away with his actions scot-free.
Unfortunately, Venkman decides, like a true gambler, to press his luck.
One last time.
And that is why, on the 1st of February, the following brief but succinct message appears on the network:]
soooooooooooooooooooo
turns out the pokemon center can double as a human hospital in a pinch
who knew!
... does anyone know if its alright to use warp pads with broken ribs
What: gambling and the consequences of hubris
Where: Celadon City
When: January 25th - February 1st
Warnings: non-graphic mentions of physical violence which occurs off-screen
[Waking up back in his own body again is both a blessing and a curse for Venkman.
On the one hand, hey, he's himself again! On the other hand, his boyfriends are fucking morons. And now he has to clean up after Egon's mistake... Or, ok, it's partially his own fault, too. He's the one who spent the previous week playing poker and infuriating the bikers and roughnecks. It's not Egon's fault that he woke up in Venkman's body at the wrong place, wrong time. So now Venkman's gotta set it right.
If you happen to be in Celadon on the 25th of January, you may notice Venkman on his way to the Celadon casino. He looks... way too serious for a man cradling an egg in his arms, as if he’s on his way to his own god damn funeral. He's also stalling, so if anyone so much as looks at him, he'll drag them into a conversation, like a small talk version of a Pokemon battle.
But inevitably, Venkman will reach the game corner. He has a plan, but whether or not it'll actually work is debatable. Step 1: Find the Roughneck. Step 2: Apologize and offer him back his Inkay, as well as one of the Inkay's eggs. Step 3: Run like hell if the guy is still inclined to knock his ass out. Step 4: Don't die.
He's really hoping it doesn't come down to Steps 3-4, since he still needs to finish earning enough coins to buy what he needs, and it'll be significantly harder if he gets put in a body cast by one of the regulars.
... And, uh. Hm.
Surprisingly, it doesn't come down to that? The roughneck is upset about the loss of his jacket (which, well, isn't quite as damaged as Venkman tells him it is. Venkman just wants to keep the jacket.), but is glad to have his Inkay back, and the egg? Hooooly shit, is he excited about the egg. The roughneck is quickly persuaded to let bygones be bygones, Venkman plays nice with him and the rest of the bikers, and that really, really should've been the end of it. A surprisingly anticlimactic but successful ending.
… Unfortunately, not only are Venkman's boyfriends idiots, but he's also an idiot. And with Egon and Ray finally planning to leave to Goldenrod, Venkman only has about a week to buy that Porygon.
So he spends the following week playing at the Game Corner far too much, making riskier calls and becoming more and more careless with his money and his actions. Goddamnit, he's gonna win this Pokemon if it's the last thing he does. And considering the way his new "friends" are looking at him, it may very well be.
But finally, on the 31st, he gets it. It took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and money, but by god, he got the Porygon. And sure, most of the guys he's been playing poker with are getting sick of his attitude, and there's been grumbling amongst them about whether or not he's been cheating, but that’s fine, because He Got The Fucking Porygon.
And that should've been the end of it. And he should've finally left Celadon and gotten ready for the Magnet Train ride to Goldenrod, never to see these people again, getting away with his actions scot-free.
Unfortunately, Venkman decides, like a true gambler, to press his luck.
One last time.
And that is why, on the 1st of February, the following brief but succinct message appears on the network:]
soooooooooooooooooooo
turns out the pokemon center can double as a human hospital in a pinch
who knew!
... does anyone know if its alright to use warp pads with broken ribs
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