nastyboy: (Might fuck around and let nature)
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, local cryptid ([personal profile] nastyboy) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2020-10-26 01:22 pm

video - 001

[For those who happen to check into this particular Pokegear feed, they'll find a... bit of a mess at first. It's the awkward fumbling glitch of a person who has never used technology: random noises, constantly shifting camera views, going from selfie mode to camera mode... a mess! But eventually, after a few minutes of this mess, the scene finally stabilizes...]

[To a view of a video game loading screen. To be exact, Misty Mendacity.]

[After another second, a smaller screen pops up in the corner of the video - the camera of the Pokegear that's streaming this whole mess. And it's not a person, despite the name attached to this Pokegear being "Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd". Rather, it's.. a Rattata.]

[Yes, someone's Pokemon has learned how to use it before the actual owner.]

[Yes, a purple rat is streaming what the kids call a "let's play".]

[The head of a rather skeptical Shinx joins the Rattata as the game starts, leading through the opening scene with an ominous Mismagius explaining the story, and then the first level starts off with what looks like a hotel and way too much Aipom imagery scattered about. It seems to play sort of like a 3D Pacman, for those familiar with that game...]

[And, also, you know, murderous looking Aipom animatics with enormous teeth that lead to a jump scare and "death" screen.]

[The first time this happens, the Rattata shrieks and scurries off while the Shinx merely jolts in surprise before leaning forward with the glare of suspicious cats everywhere. After a few moments, the Rattata creeps back with morbid curiosity, and hits the 'continue' button.]

[Encourage the Rattata's endeavors? Or wait a few hours later until there's the sound of a door opening into what's clearly a hotel room behind the little Rattata and a confused (and deep, if you're into that) voice speaks up.]


What are you doing...?
epitaffio: (my friend is safe)

[personal profile] epitaffio 2020-10-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Damn it, is this thing on? This thing is totally on, isn't it. Doppio sighs.

... And then he softly pokes the screen, right about where the Rattata is pawing at.]


Hey there. Were you really the one playing...? I think you're better at videogames than I am. Then again, I've never played one, so...
demonpuppy: or i won't, you never know with that sort of thing (one day i will get my revenge)

[personal profile] demonpuppy 2020-10-29 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
N-no, you--it's--

[Chip sucks in a sharp breath and shakes their head, trying to will away their panic. Dimitri's nice, he won't--they didn't even do anything this time! It's fine!]

I'm okay! I just...it was loud.
cyan_maid: (Just doing some reading)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2020-10-29 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[asdfghjkl]

So I see...he could probably teach you how to use your 'gear better than I could over a message, but if you do have any questions about it, I don't mind answering them.

[She is here, after all.]
demonpuppy: just because it is the least amount of thing i can tell (i'll tell you one thing)

[personal profile] demonpuppy 2020-10-30 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
[They recognize that kind of careful phrasing immediately, moreso than Dimitri's deliberate attempt to reduce his looming stature. It prickles irritation up their spine, the insult that they can't just be talked to, and their words burst out before they can think about it.]

I'm not a baby, you don't have to--

[But like a bubble in a boiling pot that flash of anger quickly fizzles into nothing, and Chip winces inward again. Stupid, stupid, shouldn't yell like that--]

...'m sorry.
epitaffio: (CRAVING MY MCNUGGIES?)

[personal profile] epitaffio 2020-10-30 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huh. Is the little guy actually curious...?]

I don't have time to play videogames! My job is really important.
forsaintcecilia: (biku!)

[personal profile] forsaintcecilia 2020-10-31 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kazuki, once he realizes that it's a Pokemon playing a video game, simply watches as if he were browsing StaryuTube. Because it's cute! But when the jumpscare pops up, he yelps and flinches back along with the Rattata.]

It's one of those games? I can't deal with horror...
cyan_maid: (Sheepish)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2020-11-03 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The strength of his paws probably resembles a normal person tapping it, which is the basic sort of thing that makes it do stuff.

[He's got them bitty rat paws after all]
zukeini: (pic#)

[personal profile] zukeini 2020-11-03 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[That remark got a smile out of him. So formal, oh my gosh. Being lax and casual was Zuke's whole thing so there was a lot to take there but prying about people not present when you're trying to make friends isn't really good manners.]

Better to do what you like instead of being stuck with something you end up not liking. Been into it since I was a kid so kinda why I stuck with my own pursuits there. Once you know, you know.
forsaintcecilia: (crai)

[personal profile] forsaintcecilia 2020-11-03 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right? Why does anyone think that's fun? Jump scares give me heart attacks!
epitaffio: (pure)

[personal profile] epitaffio 2020-11-03 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't get it, huh?... Well, I guess you wouldn't. But think about it this way... If your trainer needed you to fight right now, you couldn't be playing games, right?

[... He's... kind of assuming the answer is yes, since they ARE talking ("talking") through a PokéGear, but -]

You do have a trainer, don't you?
epitaffio: (hold up)

[personal profile] epitaffio 2020-11-05 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[What... the hell.

A certain someone else, unseen but remotely aware of what is happening, is starting to wonder why the hell Doppio is still on the line. In all honesty, after a few minutes of this, Doppio begins to wonder the same. But it's not like there's anything else interesting going on, nor does he have anything particularly important to do other than...

At some point during Gremlin's travel, a shrill noise that sounds an awful lot like a grown man imitating a telephone can be heard, and moments later Doppio is being reminded that oh yeah, he needs to start heading out to Ecruteak for Halloween. Does he have the costumes yet? He should make sure he has the costumes. Yes, of course, the date didn't slip his mind or anything. He was just packing up!

By the time the Rattata looks at the screen again, Doppio is nodding vigorously while he holds a water bottle to his ear.]


Oh-- Gotta go! I'll report back very soon, Boss! Beep.

[And NOW he can finish his conversation (?) with this little guy.]

Hey there. Did you have something to show me?
zukeini: (pic#)

[personal profile] zukeini 2020-11-06 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[That was a rather loaded response. Zuke tried to not show it too much but his smile faded into something a bit more soft spoken and gentle.

It sounded...kinda sad. But he just met Dimitri, so again, asking out of the blue what the deal was is a recipe for being really rude and a disaster. Zuke knew his social standing and his graces, it wouldn't be right to overstep himself.]


Seems to me like you're free to do whatever you want here. Within reason. Like new opportunities?

Like, I bet everyone when they first here has to adjust and find a path for themselves.

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