039 ♋ Voice

[usedshooshpap]

Oh my god... How can anyone want to stick around one place for longer than a few weeks when there's so much shit to get done? I've been settled in Vermillion for only about three weeks and I am already going absolutely shithive maggots. Maybe the best idea is to just blaze through those last few badges, I don't know. What I do know is that one way or another, I am getting the merry fuck on my way. Screw waiting for the weather warm up.

I think my Pichu is feeling it too because he's kind of sparking here and there. Is that normal? Like, my Ampharos when she was a Mareep had this problem, but what the shit do I do to avoid getting shocked this time around? It's not like I can just take care when brushing him! That and he thinks every damn thing is funny at the moment and it just sets him off! Right now it's a never ending spiral of shocking, what I think is giggling, and more shocking. Just make it stop, oh my god.

[ as if on cue, a little Pichu can be heard chiming in and an aggravated huff from a Zangoose. Karkat... he just groans. sighs... ]

Unrelated to all of the globetickling bulgehumps out there and my own trainer problems - which is to say that this message is only for those of my particular joint universes - where the blithering fuck is everyone? I just met up with Eridan a few days ago, but what about everyone else?



[ private to Rose ]

So um. There's a little bit of a problem.

I could ask Kanaya, but I thought... Uh...

[ /private ]

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voice;

[timelymaid]

We just got to Azalea! "We" being Sollux, Dirk, Jake and I. We're planning to hit Goldenrod by the time the convention starts, too, and then we're going linear, hopefully.

And about the pichu - apparently sparking has a lot to do with their communication? I've found letting them spark at another electric type tends to wear out the extra, and keeps them happier.

voice;

[usedshooshpap]

Have fun getting through the forest. It took me at least a goddamn week... And that was with a beast that had already been through it before. Some of the rarer grass types are there too, if that interests you at all.

But here's the thing with Danny... Laney probably won't mind so much. Static, when I have him out, won't leave my goddamn person. And Del?

Well Del is a fully grown Luxray, I don't think that shit would be okay with him.

voice;

[timelymaid]

Oh, we're going over it. Maybe trying to land in the middleish, if possible, but I think timewise flying's our best bet! Now that all four of us have the Violet badge, we can do that. I taught fly to all the pokemon who could use it at Christmas, when John and Jade lent me their HMs, and I've got more than enough to cover each of us.

[ eight is enough for four people, right? ]

Got it. I raised two pichu at the same time, so it was sort of an easy solution there. Giving him something safe to spark at is really my only suggestion! Maybe you can stick a pole in the ground and tell him that's fine? [ SHRUG. ]

voice;

[usedshooshpap]

Yeah... At the time I was accompanied by Pokémon from both Rose and Sollux. No flyers, only a Typhlosion and a Luxray. It made the trip after, but not too fast.

[ rubbing at his neck, he's releasing some pain there. ]

Anyway. I'll give that a shot and see how it goes. Or maybe pick up another Eevee to become a Jolteon.

voice;

[timelymaid]

I sort of ended up with a lot of fliers. I'm...not entirely sure how.

[ Because you BOUGHT them. She'd remark about the neck rubbing, but voice, so. ]

We should have a few Eevee eggs by next month, at least? And yeah, let me know! I think I've been lucky with electric types so far - they all get along and don't mind sparking with or at one another. There's just the four of them, though.

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[tentacletrainer]

A problem? What's wrong? [[Karkat, don't tell her there's a problem. The worry is already etched onto her face.]]

Private video

[usedshooshpap]

Calm down. It's not detrimental or life threatening.

I just can't fit into the shit I got for Christmas.

...Kind of was hoping to use part of that gift for Valentines.

Private video

[tentacletrainer]

[[Pause.]]

How exactly do they not fit? Is it that you've grown taller now? Or is it a problem in width?

[[She hums in thought. Thankfully she's just as quick to calm as she is to worry, tapping her lips a little as she tries to figure out if she could adjust them or if it'd be better to send him to Kanaya.

Of course, she's got the money to just buy him another set too. Choices choices.]]

[private; video]

[usedshooshpap]

It's a height issue, mostly. A little tight in the shoulders?

[ the only reason he isn't asking Kanaya is that this is a gift from Rose and it'd feel awkward to ask Kanaya to adjust it. 8( ]

video

[viiru2alert]

Well, usually, if you get that giant stick out your ass it goes by a lot easier.

[Sollux is the certified master of lying around. While other people were out making fools of themselves at Halloween parties across the nation, he spent like three weeks on the beaches of Olivine. But at least he got a badge out of it, so he wasn't completely useless for all that time, right?]

And about the sparking... well, my Luxray does the same thing all the time, but I think that's just her. She gets unreasonably excited about battling and stuff, and sparks a lot then. But to be honest, not nearly as bad as that.

I think your Pichu is just high.

[... Sollux.]

Re: video

[papshooshing]

Some of us like to be productive Captor. I know it's hard for you to understand without numbers raining down on the viewport. For the sake of the rest of us, please step down from your goddamn pedestal of laziness.

Del never sparked this much. He was always well fucking behaved. Personally, I think you're the one that's no room to give me any sort of grief about the wellness of my beasts when you can't deal with your own personal issues, shitsponge.

[ he's talked to Aradia about a certain disagreement ~ ]

video

[viiru2alert]

Hey, fuck you, I am doing plenty of things out here. Just because I'm stuck here waiting for everyone else to get their asses in gear and beat Bugsy doesn't mean I'm lazy. [He's got so many projects, Karkat. So many.]

And hey, my Pokémon are doing perfectly fine! They're just... new, that's all.

[SOLLUX HAS HAD A LOT OF DISAGREEMENTS IN HIS LIFE, you're going to have to be more specific than that.]

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[usedshooshpap]

Now who has the proverbial stick up their ass?

[audio]

[botspeaksalot]

Perhaps you are not occupying yourself well enough. Reading is a good way to pass the time, should enough material be provided for you.

[Philip's pretty grumpy, himself. He'd rather have stuck around in Pallet, but Marlowe's got him on the move.]

As for the electrical shocks, it might be prudent to wear rubber gloves. Rubber does not conduct electricity.

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

I've read through everything I got for Christmas, fuck you very much. I'm also not stupid, thanks.

[audio]

[botspeaksalot]

Then you were not provided with sufficient material.

[GO READ MORE, RUDE ONE.]

If you are still receiving shocks while using rubber as a countermeasure, I would consider having him discharge all electricity onto a metal object of some sort. It is possible he has built up a surplus, though if he is just doing this to be a nuisance, that should work as a solution as well. If the cause is due to the weather, as the dryness of winter is often the cause of an increase in static, then adding some moisture should be simple as well. I would assume the stores here are equipped enough to sell humidifiers.

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

I couldn't get out of bed for almost three days. What the hell do you think I did? Holy shit, what are you even thinking... Why would I fill all of my backpack space with items that are going to weigh me down? That makes absolutely no sense, and thus I am stuck with only carrying what I am given...

Now see... The second half is actually smart and guess what? I'm going to give it a shot. Shocking, I know.

voice

[licentious]

Yes. That is quite normal. Vermillon's atmosphere creates one that's filled to the brim of static electricity. With electric pokémon, it riles them up a little more than usual. You make sure you have rubber gloves if you're going to touch your pokémon, obviously. Otherwise you're going to get shocked.

[ Lust really does have the best advice, right? ]

voice

[usedshooshpap]

Wait... It's because we've been staying in Vermillion that this has started up?

voice

[licentious]

Yes. Vermillon has extra electrical charges, and, as such, if one is near some particularly energetic places, it's going to be sponged by pokémon who can handle it, or who can't handle it. It's why sometimes, while you're walking around, some people have hair that just seems to rise.

voice

[usedshooshpap]

You're not yanking my chain, right?

action duh

[shadowdive]

If you want, we could just spend a week and a half in the next location. Gives you time to rest up and we're still getting badges that way.

Re: action duh

[papshooshing]

Argh. Can't. Apparently we have to go to Goldenrod. Again.

wowww i thought i tagged this a while ago

[shadowdive]

Why? I'm tired of that damn train.

[usedshooshpap]

Rose wants to do some shit with us.