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victory_road2019-03-03 08:11 pm
unabates) wrote in victory_road2019-03-03 08:11 pm
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Anyone got a recommendation for good batteries in this damn place?
[ the video feed opens not on jack's face, but on a hotel room desk. he's got several batteries that look like they could fit into a flashlight or other types of utilities sitting on the desk, spread out. the only other things visible are his scarred hands and most of his upper body, wearing a black shirt. the feed cuts off at the shoulder.
his skitty, crybaby, is also in the shot, gently batting at some of the smaller batteries. ]
Every single one of these has died after an hour of use, maybe. Some were dead when I put them in.
Back in my world, batteries actually lasted for a decent amount of time.
[ jack makes a scoffing noise and leans down out of sight of the camera to get something. meanwhile, the skitty on camera stiffens, and then wiggles, running across the screen to chase something, clattering some of the batteries.
... that something being a joltik, bouncing across the screen as crybaby chases it to the other side.
jack can be seen looking up, a flash of a scarred face and white hair. ]
What are you --
[ he reaches up to turn off the gear as he gets up after his skitty. ]
[ the video feed opens not on jack's face, but on a hotel room desk. he's got several batteries that look like they could fit into a flashlight or other types of utilities sitting on the desk, spread out. the only other things visible are his scarred hands and most of his upper body, wearing a black shirt. the feed cuts off at the shoulder.
his skitty, crybaby, is also in the shot, gently batting at some of the smaller batteries. ]
Every single one of these has died after an hour of use, maybe. Some were dead when I put them in.
Back in my world, batteries actually lasted for a decent amount of time.
[ jack makes a scoffing noise and leans down out of sight of the camera to get something. meanwhile, the skitty on camera stiffens, and then wiggles, running across the screen to chase something, clattering some of the batteries.
... that something being a joltik, bouncing across the screen as crybaby chases it to the other side.
jack can be seen looking up, a flash of a scarred face and white hair. ]
What are you --
[ he reaches up to turn off the gear as he gets up after his skitty. ]
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[But Armin is going to be watching the clock very carefully here. No accidentally murdering any cute spiders. And yes, Armin is absolutely the type of person who thinks spiders are pretty damn cool. He's also the sort that always catches and puts them outside rather than kill them.]
He's pretty ferocious, isn't he?
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[ crybaby, in true cat form, reaches out to gently bat at the glass. the joltik raises his arms up again, waving them at her. he'll shock you again, pink thing!
jack finally picks crybaby up and relocates her onto the floor, despite the protesting skitty! noise.
after a moment, jack lifts the glass up again and puts his hand down, palm up. the joltik nibbles on its battery a moment longer, eyeing him, before it carefully clambers into his palm. sup? ]
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[He grins a bit.]
Literally, in this case, I suppose.
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[ it's kind of weird having a small spider on his palm??? but it's fine. the joltik turns to look at the camera, waving his front legs at the screen. hello hello what's this blonde coconut? ]
And he gets pretty big later on.
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Electric and Bug is a good combination though. His Electric typing will help cover for the weakness against Flying types he'd otherwise would have had if he was a pure Bug type.
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[ whatever jack was about to say is lost when the joltik looks at the pokegear again and then leaps onto the camera. there's just yellow bug face up in armin's grill for a moment, then it cuts out at the same time as a crackle happens.
it's a few minutes before jack responds again. ]
-sus.
[ he's fiddling with the gear, frowning. there's a pokeball on the table now. ]
Sorry about that.
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Thankfully, by the time Jack gets back to him, he's mostly managed to wipe the embarrassment off his face.]
It's all right. Did he damage your gear?
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[ although he heard that yelp, armin. don't think he didn't. but he won't comment on it for now. ]
Guess he's mine, now, I got him in one of the PokeBalls.
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[Slightly amused.]
Have you thought of a name yet?
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[ never mind that dixie also technically counts. when armin asks of a name, jack shakes his head. ]
Not yet. He does kind of remind me of an old movie I saw, so I was thinking Gizmo. He's a little too small to be a Thor... but he could be a Zeus, too.
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[Armin's got the feeling he's heard the name before somewhere. Not that he can place it exactly.]
Gizmo sounds pretty cute though. It seems very fitting.
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I think Gizmo fits, though. Don't want this guy to have a name that goes to his head.
[ can it do that?? ]
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Have you been taking on any of the gyms yet? An electric type is going to be a good asset to your team for that. I can't even remember the countless of times Circinus has helped me out.
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He's a little underleveled compared to the others, but I have some new Pokemon hatching soon - I could spend some time training them up.
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[ jack turns his head, leaning back. a head pops up behind him, a familiar midnight lycanroc with a leather vest on giving a gentle wuff as he licks jack's cheek, before loping off screen to check on angie and crybaby. ]
I'm taking that as a yes.
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[ now color jack curious. ]
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It's his way of encouraging them. I think.
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Even if he is a large ham about it.
[ armin probably recognizes the next pokemon to come out, if he has ever met laika before. she shares marcel's markings, at least. she puts her paws up on the desk to sniff at the pokeball holding gizmo. ]
Laika, down.
[ aaaand she's ignoring him. ]
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It looks like you've been pretty busy collecting pokemon.
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Laika, down.
[ this is accompanied by physically pushing on her head. laika gives a little protesting growl, but she goes back down after a moment, walking away with her head held high. ]
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[ which means he's not got enough badges for her to deign to listen. ]
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Though if you ever want any more Growlithes in the future, you should contact a person called Bertolt Hoover. He breeds lots of them. Some of his even have gone on to be police dogs with the local Jennies.
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