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Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏) ([personal profile] ardent) wrote2013-04-23 08:49 pm

001. Action for Goldenrod City/Video

[ACTION FOR GOLDENROD CITY]

[Well, if you're on the streets this evening in the general vicinity of the Radio Tower, you will likely come across a figure in what looks like a cross between a white gakuran and a military uniform (no, seriously, those boots cannot be school issue, can they?); he's got his arms folded tightly across his chest, almost as though he's cold despite being nothing of the sort, and he's staring rather intently upward.

Not at anything in particular. Just looking up at the sky.

However, if you're close enough (and you're probably close enough because he is pretty much the opposite of subtle), it'll be fairly obvious that he's probably not seeing much of anything despite the intensity of his gaze, given that he's got an impressive amount of tears going on. Like, "that should probably not be coming out of human eyes" levels of impressive. Holy shit. Tears. All over. Like he's seen the face of God or something.

Someone might want to poke him or make sure his brain hasn't just shorted out or something, he'll be here all night otherwise.]



[VIDEO]

[Hello, Johto! Sometime this evening you are being treated to some serious jittercam, courtesy of one of your newer arrivals (after he's come out of whatever trance he was in earlier because good lord almighty there is sky out here). It's not quite enough to make you seasick, but more than enough to make you wonder exactly how it is your life has come to this and who gave the complete amateur a camera before everything seems to even out. The video eventually seems to settle on a rather...uh, severe-looking kid with short, dark hair, red eyes and eyebrows that go forever, and whatever he's doing, he seems deeply annoyed with it, goodness. Who invited the spawn of Satan to the Poképarty...

And then he seems to figure out that he is, in fact, filming, and his response is so immediately joyful it'll give you whiplash if you are not properly strapped in. His grin is open and incredibly genuine, the expression entirely unguarded; he sets the device down on a table in front of him, as he appears to be outside still, and he immediately starts waving at it a bit - both through utter glee and trying to see if it actually is tracking properly.]


Ha ha ha - so it does work! This is excellent news, excellent! Now, if I can get it to -

[His voice is a bit odd - it's loud and enthusiastic, but it's strangely blunted, as though he hasn't...quite worked out how voice inflection works but dammit, he's trying. He reaches out while he talks, the conversation dissolving into rather pleased muttering to himself as he tries to turn off the 'Gear and promptly...uh, sends the video, good job.]


[VIDEO, TWO MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST]

[Well, Captain Eyebrows here seems to have gotten himself under a bit more control, though the amount of volume is still going to make people why he even bothered with a video - surely he can be heard in Kanto by now. He's clearly trying to sound authoritative; the effect is just...horribly shouty.]

My name is Ishimaru Kiyotaka, a student of the 78th annual class at Hope's Peak Academy! It's excellent to have a way to contact all of you, even if the situation that's brought it about is very weird indeed!

Whoever is responsible for this turn of events, I would like to both thank you for your generosity regarding the situation, and yet express my general confusion at what it is you expect me to do here! It would be appreciated if I could thank you in person - or...speak to you properly or knew who you were...hm.

[He...seems to have lost himself for a moment, hang on - ]

At any rate - if I've learned anything in my studies of others, it's that cooperation is the best way to ensure success! If you could introduce yourselves and tell me where it is you come from, I would be very grateful - let's make the most of this weird situation by working hard and working together!

[End feed!

...Ishimaru, please...]
lieutenantantichrist: (how my hair look)

[personal profile] lieutenantantichrist 2013-04-29 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
If I ever figure it out, I'll let you know.

Don't have a heart attack, the animals don't die. They don't even bleed. My dog once bit the hell out of a rat so by rights there should've been nothing but some purple fur left, but there it was, just passed out.

Don't ask me how that works, either.
lieutenantantichrist: (what the fuck did I do?)

[personal profile] lieutenantantichrist 2013-04-29 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
More than that: they're fucking enthusiastic. The whole economy's built around these things. You can't go outside a city without yours, either, or the wild ones'll try to chew your balls off.

Don't bother looking for a good, sane reason. You're not gonna find one.
diamondo: (✦ 03)

[personal profile] diamondo 2013-04-29 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Yeah, yeah, he knows who the leader is... Just let him catch up, alright?]

Hey, maybe while we're here we can see if there's a bike store! I mean, fuck, this is a pretty huge city, if any place's got one, I'd imagine it'd be the city!

[And he will be sorely disappointed if he can't get a motorcycle.]
soundmind: (pic#6080136)

[personal profile] soundmind 2013-04-29 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
...[Wow she could practically hear the quotation marks on politeness. What an odd person.] Okay, you're going to have to calm down, this isn't life or death. It's not like I'm saying you should put on a tuxedo and bow down to your Pokemon, I'm just saying you could ask him to "please stop biting me."

But at any rate, if that doesn't work either...hmm...maybe you could call on a friend for a different approach, or get another Pokemon that can maintain him. Or wear thicker clothes, I guess.
soundmind: (pic#6087255)

[personal profile] soundmind 2013-04-29 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You're...being loud. It doesn't sound like you're calm? It's giving me a headache.

[And she's all out of aspirin since Black*Star isn't around.]

Anyway, if your friend gives you a hard time about it, just tell him that you're new to this and you appreciate his help regardless.

[Endlessly optimistic: the series.]
ghostytrainer: (acquiring a taste for freeform jazz.)

[personal profile] ghostytrainer 2013-04-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well yeah, see that's what I meant. That this place is like Earth. There's no giant overarching goal, it's whatever you make of it.

[He scratches his chin.] I probably could have explained that better from the get-go I suppose. But you got my point in the end, right? So I guess it worked out alright.

[Fortunately, the attempt at sociability is good enough for John. Congratulations, you haven't managed to kill the conversation yet, Ishimaru.]

Anyway, they really are! You just got here, right? Who did you get as a starter?
canthearyou: (I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU)

[personal profile] canthearyou 2013-04-30 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
YEAR?

[He's just going to assume Ishimaru's asking what year it is on Gordon's earth.]

IT'S 1989 WHERE I COME FROM.
lieutenantantichrist: (all these mopes in bracelets)

[personal profile] lieutenantantichrist 2013-04-30 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Blake has a poet's soul.]

"Total bullshit" is the word I would've gone for, but silly and improbable, that covers it too.

[He looks downcast.] Yeah. We're trapped in a world made for goddamn 7-year-olds.
lieutenantantichrist: (what the fuck did I do?)

[personal profile] lieutenantantichrist 2013-04-30 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
Well, shit, kid.

You know what? You've got a point.

[Blake isn't sure how to feel. He didn't expect any sense from a guy in a demented military getup.]
enjoymyatelier: zach. they're here. (migrane's a comin.)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-01 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing concrete, though I've personally been looking into the mythology of other regions and finding descriptions of exceptionally powerful examples of Pokemon that exist in legend. Unfortunately, it's more tedious than you'd expect to find useful information about these things.
viiru2alert: manipul8trix (Judging ♊ fiive two four)

video (I'M SORRY THIS IS SO LATE HAHAHHAHAHAH)

[personal profile] viiru2alert 2013-05-01 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[literally my life kicked me in the ass right after the OOC into hahhaa.]

[ANYWAY.]

[Jesus Christ, this guy is annoying. On the screen, enjoy one extremely irked-looking boy with glasses almost atrocious enough to make Ishimaru's unusual clothing filter simply give up and explode. Anyway, Sollux could be the nice guy and tell this asshole all about how to tell whether he's a Trainer or a Breeder, but...]


I'm sorry, but have you ever talked to another human being in your life?
soundmind: (pic#6067704)

[personal profile] soundmind 2013-05-02 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, so you're just loud by nature.

[Okay she gets it now.]

I hope it works out for you. My Pokemon has been a pretty good friend to me so far, and it's awfully lonely being in a new place like this.

--Ah, by the way, I forgot to ask--do you prefer to be called Kiyotaka or Ishimaru?
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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-05-02 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm trying my best!

[ ...she says, taking it as a compliment. ]

Oh, yes! I have quite a few compatriots from home in this place. The others who were trolls are, let's see - Sollux, Kanaya, Terezi, Karkat, Equius, Eridan...

We're sort of dwindling a bit these days, but there are several of them.

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