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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.
ford pines voice im sorry you're having memory troubles TIME TO TALK ABOUT MY SPECIAL INTERESTS
[Roswell won't just tell him, even though she could. She figures he needs something to keep him occupied.]
It's heinously complicated, and you're speaking to a man who writes half his notes in cipher.
at least he's talking to one of the only men in the world who can tolerate egon's egon-ness
I knew those had to mean something- had no idea it was so complex, though. Are you sure she's not just throwing in some nonsense signals just to throw you off?
... Why the ciphers?
ford is basically egon but with the capacity to show emotion turned from 0 to 60
[She wouldn't. Would she?
Yes. Absolutely she would. Now he's going to have to have a talk with her about it.]
The ciphers are... habit. [For reasons. Reasons that are upsetting, a little.] When you grow up sharing a very small room with your twin, and he's smart enough to know where you hide your journal and dumb enough to tease you about anything you may have written, you learn to take extreme measures.
[It's true. It's not all of the reason why but it's not a lie and it's funnier than the full truth would be.]
no subject
[Venkman's eyes narrow slightly at Ford's pause. He may not be the smartest out of his partners, but he can pinpoint with reasonable accuracy when someone's trying to hide something they don't want other people to know about. It's the combined effect of being a psychologist and being born and raised on a carnival- he can spot a mark a mile away and he can psychoanalyze them to death.
Luckily for Ford, he's also incredibly lazy and doesn't really feel like pushing the issue. But [telltale voice] venkman will remember that]
I getcha. I didn't really have siblings, but I wasn't the only kid at the carny, and that was kinda a... communal family raising situation? I never kept a journal or anything- probably wouldn't've been smart. Don't think there's anywhere I coulda hidden it from the contortionist's kid.