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victory_road2019-03-03 01:30 am
neverstudied) wrote in victory_road2019-03-03 01:30 am
Entry tags:
- dandy (space dandy),
- demyx (kingdom hearts),
- diana ladris (gone),
- egon spengler (ghostbusters),
- jack morrison (overwatch),
- jane crocker (homestuck),
- lust (fullmetal alchemist),
- peter venkman (the real ghostbusters),
- ray stantz (the real ghostbusters),
- shadowmaru (brave police j-decker),
- stanford pines (gravity falls)
003 / video
Soooooo.
[The feed starts a little abruptly, focused on an Elgyem cradled in the crook of someone's arm. The Elgyem in question makes hopeful grabby-hands towards the Pokegear, her handlights blinking.]
Got this little girl recently- from a guy called Ford Pines. She's kind of like, the closest I've come to actually trying to take care of a human baby. You know, Ray likes to call all the Pokemon we get our "children", but this one's the first that's really.. humanoid, I guess? Dunno.
But that's not- that's not what I wanna talk about.
[The Pokegear's camera zooms out a little bit to show a bit more of the whole picture- the Elgyem is cradled to Venkman's chest, and he's currently sprawled out on a couch looking exhausted.]
No, what I wanna talk about is- so, Spengs has a little psychic baby of his own, Kölliker- a Solosis. She's been learning how to speak mentally, right now she's pretty firmly in the "swear all the time" stage of development and I can already see the "terrible twos" comin' up even though she's only, what, 2 months old? And that's a liiiittle terrifying, because, uh, she can kind of read minds? And just peek into our brains and emotions, and that's the kind of power you don't want a toddler to have.
[He shifts his arm a little and looks down at the Elgyem, who's stopped grabbing for the Pokegear and instead has her little nub hands clasped together. She stares up at Venkman unblinkingly.]
And this girl- Sigourney- she's only a little over a week old, but on the day she was born she figured out how to go through our memories, and just like Kölliker she can like- read our thoughts, and emotions, and kind of manipulate them? She was able to send memories from my brain and transplant them in Egon's head, like a mental text message. It's- it's weird.
[As Venkman speaks, he idly rocks Sigourney in his arm.]
And the other day- uh, so, background, I did do a little research on this species and it's evolution after she started doing the whole "reading my thoughts" thing, and the evolution- Beheeyem- is able to just. Completely rewrite people's memories. Sometimes without them even realizing it. And I thought, ok, that's completely fucking terrifying, sure, but she won't be able to do that for a while, right?
[Venkman sucks air through his teeth and shakes his head. Sigourney, meanwhile, snuggles closer to his chest. It looks like she's falling asleep, though her eyes never close.]
Nah. Nope. Nada.
... She hasn't tampered with anything important, and I don't think she really knows what she's doing. But I was writing notes the other day about her dredging up certain old memories, and now when I try to think of what they were, there's just... Holes? [His brow furrows.] Also, I don't remember anything about fifth grade anymore. Like, I literally... don't remember being ten years old, except for summer break. I dunno what it was about fifth grade that she decided to just chuck out the window, but that's just gone now. And today she was poking around a lot at some memories I really don't wanna lose...
So here's what I'm asking.
[Sigourney is definitely asleep by now. He lowers his voice to just barely above a whisper.]
First of all, is this, like, an isolated thing? Is this sorta stuff normal for Psychic Pokemon when they're babies- just being, incredibly powerful and not really sure of how to use that power-, or are Egon, Ray, and I just really, really unlucky? Because I'll be honest, wouldn't be surprised if it's the second one. Could be some sorta, I dunno, residual effect from our dimension.
And second of all- anyone know how to train psychic toddlers to not be mentally destructive and do shit like this? Both for Sig, and for Ko when she hits that tantrum stage. I'm open to suggestions, here. Any suggestions at all. Seriously.
[The feed starts a little abruptly, focused on an Elgyem cradled in the crook of someone's arm. The Elgyem in question makes hopeful grabby-hands towards the Pokegear, her handlights blinking.]
Got this little girl recently- from a guy called Ford Pines. She's kind of like, the closest I've come to actually trying to take care of a human baby. You know, Ray likes to call all the Pokemon we get our "children", but this one's the first that's really.. humanoid, I guess? Dunno.
But that's not- that's not what I wanna talk about.
[The Pokegear's camera zooms out a little bit to show a bit more of the whole picture- the Elgyem is cradled to Venkman's chest, and he's currently sprawled out on a couch looking exhausted.]
No, what I wanna talk about is- so, Spengs has a little psychic baby of his own, Kölliker- a Solosis. She's been learning how to speak mentally, right now she's pretty firmly in the "swear all the time" stage of development and I can already see the "terrible twos" comin' up even though she's only, what, 2 months old? And that's a liiiittle terrifying, because, uh, she can kind of read minds? And just peek into our brains and emotions, and that's the kind of power you don't want a toddler to have.
[He shifts his arm a little and looks down at the Elgyem, who's stopped grabbing for the Pokegear and instead has her little nub hands clasped together. She stares up at Venkman unblinkingly.]
And this girl- Sigourney- she's only a little over a week old, but on the day she was born she figured out how to go through our memories, and just like Kölliker she can like- read our thoughts, and emotions, and kind of manipulate them? She was able to send memories from my brain and transplant them in Egon's head, like a mental text message. It's- it's weird.
[As Venkman speaks, he idly rocks Sigourney in his arm.]
And the other day- uh, so, background, I did do a little research on this species and it's evolution after she started doing the whole "reading my thoughts" thing, and the evolution- Beheeyem- is able to just. Completely rewrite people's memories. Sometimes without them even realizing it. And I thought, ok, that's completely fucking terrifying, sure, but she won't be able to do that for a while, right?
[Venkman sucks air through his teeth and shakes his head. Sigourney, meanwhile, snuggles closer to his chest. It looks like she's falling asleep, though her eyes never close.]
Nah. Nope. Nada.
... She hasn't tampered with anything important, and I don't think she really knows what she's doing. But I was writing notes the other day about her dredging up certain old memories, and now when I try to think of what they were, there's just... Holes? [His brow furrows.] Also, I don't remember anything about fifth grade anymore. Like, I literally... don't remember being ten years old, except for summer break. I dunno what it was about fifth grade that she decided to just chuck out the window, but that's just gone now. And today she was poking around a lot at some memories I really don't wanna lose...
So here's what I'm asking.
[Sigourney is definitely asleep by now. He lowers his voice to just barely above a whisper.]
First of all, is this, like, an isolated thing? Is this sorta stuff normal for Psychic Pokemon when they're babies- just being, incredibly powerful and not really sure of how to use that power-, or are Egon, Ray, and I just really, really unlucky? Because I'll be honest, wouldn't be surprised if it's the second one. Could be some sorta, I dunno, residual effect from our dimension.
And second of all- anyone know how to train psychic toddlers to not be mentally destructive and do shit like this? Both for Sig, and for Ko when she hits that tantrum stage. I'm open to suggestions, here. Any suggestions at all. Seriously.
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[Alexa, remind him daily to never get animals like that.]
That, uh... I got no clue, but I'm gonna take that as a huge warning, so uh... Thanks for the heads up, dude. I don't have a lot of memories of my old life to begin with and I think I'd rather keep what I do have.
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If it helps, she could probably do the same in reverse- if you wanted old memories back, you might be able to find a Psychic Pokemon who could bring 'em back. I'm hoping that once I teach her to stop erasing my memories, she'll be able to return mine to me. For now she doesn't really... get it.
[Because she's a toddler.
On the bright side, unbeknownst to Venkman, her psychic powers aren't strong enough yet to permanently delete his memories- they'll come back over the next few days. He's still gonna want to teach her to not get rid of them in the first place, though.]
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[He'd lie face down in a snowbank if that happened! It'd be an absolute travesty!]
Or what if it made me remember something that only happened in a dream and I think it's real?
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I don't know how to play sitar, but I've got my partners with me, so if Sigs managed to wipe my name or something like that, they could remind me of it. And only one of 'em is enough of a bastard to maybe try to make me think my name is something it's not. Walking would be a little harder, but hey, that's more muscle memory than anything.
The dream thing would get a little disorienting, but I could ask someone who I saw in the dream if it was real.
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[He grimaces.]
Worse comes to worse, I guess we could all try to remember who we are and what memories are fabricated together... Maybe find another Psychic Pokemon who can restore our memories, but that might just cause even more trouble.
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[Preparing for them is another story.]
Is there anything super strong against 'em? Maybe having something like that around would help protect you? Sorta like...
[Hands, meet hips!]
"If you keep messing with his head, I'll kick you in the butt" sorta thing?
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She's a baby! I'm not gonna threaten her into compliance, that can just make things worse in the long run.
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[Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, but it helped!]