hashtagafreakingghost | Third 👻 Story [Video/Action for Violet]

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[At a little desk in a Violet City hotel, Ashley sits in front of a lot of...papers. Many papers, a notebook? Whatever's written on them can't be distinguished from the angle, but oh goodness, it looks like there sure is a lot of it! She looks a lot more put-together than the last time she was on video on the network, that's for sure. Probably helps that there's a Zubat poking up behind her shoulder, like he's holding on with his wings from behind, and it's a surprisingly peaceful image? Really, the girl who'd arrived here in hysterics is completely zen with giving a no-eyed bat a piggyback, something works well in this world.]

Hi. [...you don't have to-] I've, um, more or less... I've started training a lot, for my first gym battle, and it occurred to me that there are some Pokémon here that've got unconventional evolution styles. Since no one's an expert on everything and I'd have no idea where to start looking for one, I wanted to put this out to poll. I don't want to mess up and make it so they can't evolve right, especially since- Arwen, c'mere, don't do that-

[She bends down, dips off-screen (with a skitter from her Zubat) and then pops back up, with an excited little Eevee in her grasp, one who leans forward and sniffs at the camera.] Okay, sure, girl. Since I've heard Eevee have a lot of forms.

[A small Vee! as Ashley pulls the girl away. The view moves from Eevee-nose to one of her notes, one that appears to be a small...not-good doodle of an Eevee, with multiple arrows. ...It honestly looks like one for each type, um. Only one has a doodle at the end, which is mostly just a not-good Eevee with ribbons for its ears: Ashley's rendition of a Sylveon, with a little scribble of + puffs??.] I had a conversation with someone on how to get a Sylveon, but I'm not sure on the specifics- or how many forms Eevee has, or what causes them to evolve into each of them!

[Her finger rubs against the PokéGear's lens for a brief moment, leaving a faint print as she sets it back hastily so it's pointed back at her face. Her Eevee has since grown bored and hopped off, it appears.]

I don't want to...to train her without knowing what strategies to use. At least for evolution. And then I realized I don't know anything about the rest of mine either.

[What a god awful long preamble, Ash, do you ever shut up, God-
Looking several shades of awkward now that she's been talking for...awhile, she clears her throat and shifts her shoulders, meaning her Zubat almost falls off.]

S-so! Besides Eevee's...everything. I made up a list of my Pokémon, and, if any of them have special conditions or something besides simple training to help them evolve to their next form!

[And now the view's back to her notes, but a different set- it is indeed her roster, just a list of names; Litwick, Espurr, Happiny, Stantler, Zubat and so on. Not a very long list of species, thankfully.] I already know about Espurr's unique case, but for the rest I'm clueless, and the handbook didn't mention hardly anything about evolution.

[...this is because she wants to study isn't it, jesus christ ashley really]

Any information or just tips for evolution training would be very appreciated. Thanks for your time!

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[Training. Holy heck has this girl been training a lot. Towards the start of the day, you'll catch her with her Pokémon (Litwick, Luxio, Espurr, Zubat, Munna, and a very shy Snorunt) out of their balls, either on her way to or at Sprout Tower. ...Which is a fun place to be. Isn't it. All those freaking ghosts, and-

Naw, she's calm, she's cool. Feel free to run into her during this point, where she's likely training her Luxio or her shaking Snorunt, or maybe her Zubat.

...There is one point in the day, however.

Toward the end, when most of her Pokémon are all in their balls, save for her Zubat who's piggybacking on her shoulders.

Where this horrible shriek just echoes throughout the Tower, and holy crap she sure can run, can't she, down from the second floor and out the damn door, what the heck is she even running from-

Whatever it is, she's very distressed! Naturally. Because she wouldn't be Ashley if she wasn't.]

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[Ashley immediately points toward the stairs, where a Phantump's descending. Approaching...]

It won't! Stop! Following me!!

Edited 2016-03-16 18:15 (UTC)

Why would we do that? You're just telling me about your friend, right?

Jellyfish...? Creepy, aggressive jellyfish? [aaaahhhh] What does it look like? I haven't seen many fish yet.

Oh gosh, they've got blue bodies with red gems on their heads and they have the angriest faces! And they've got two little tentacle-arm things and if anything is gonna drag you to the bottom of the ocean, it's those guys! And they're everywhere in the water! Well, the ocean water. They're not in the pond.

[>still has not ditched cherrygrove...]

Y- yes, but it doesn't seem like you really like the comparison, and I spoke without thinking and things are a bit complicated, like in any friendship but a bit more? We didn't really talk for a year and it was all exacerbated by weird shit and it wasn't a really fair thing to say, so--

[stop talking]

[Just watch the color drain from her face.]

Well, I'm never going swimming again.

I really don't blame you, I haven't been back out in the ocean since that happened...

...

[...]

So are you knocking boots, or what?

[IT'S A VALID QUESTION, or so schuldig feels]

Everyone says I need to get a fish, but it sounds like they're all freaky...

[THIS IS THE POINT WHERE SPIT-TAKE WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE WERE DRINKING SOMETHING]

OH MY GOD, NO! No no no no, ew, me?? And Mike? Nooo, that would be so so so weird and gross, everyone wants to kiss the Class Prez, but no. No way, and yuck!

Oh gosh no, they're not! Ginti has a lot of Water-types and some of them are super cute! Like Horsea! They're so cute!!

[...she has literally no idea what a seahorse is, so she doesn't know how to describe it BUT TRUST HER, THEY'RE ADORABLE.]

[THIS DAY JUST GOT 10,000% BETTER. Not that he's going to let it show on his face, but oh my god. So beautiful. What a good day.]

Everyone but you, you mean. Or so I take it.

[He laughs, apparently good-naturedly.]

So why should I be offended about being compared to the class president? You make him sound like a pretty happening guy.

[Well from that name alone...]

Horsea? Like a little seahorse? Oh, that sounds pretty cute... And not scary.

I don't know what a seahorse is, but maybe? They're blue and they're super cute!! Ginti started with one, so I don't know where to catch them here, but when they evolve they end up being so pretty! And they're part-dragon!

[...oh so that's the real reason.]

[WHY IS THIS HAPPENING, Ashley just buries her face in her hands and groans intensely.]

Because he's also the kind of guy who's an absolute tactless jerk and completely oblivious at that! At least- sometimes, he's got this habit of just poking and poking, not even realizing he's doing it- which I guess is better than Josh, just doing it all on purpose, but he's just such a- a-

[how do you call your friend a fuckboy in polite conversation]

Michael Munroe is one of my it's-complicated best friends, but he is an absolute disaster! [...] I did not mean to make this worse.]

[oh no she's cute]

Ohhh, I see. Well, if I ever find one, maybe I'll try and catch it. It seems like it'd be worth my while.

Yeah, definitely! So I'm sure you'll find the perfect Water-type Pokémon at some point, even if some of them are kinda weird!

[...are you even trying, nowi]

[Kaori goes like this for a while longer, not sure if the ghost is gone already, but she finally takes a peek over her shoulder.]

Is it...really gone? It didn't turn invisible or anything?

[Still cautious, she stands up slowly and reaches her hand out to help Ashley up.]

I wonder if I'll ever get used to them...

[The thought that people are training ghosts is just too terrifying.]

[Small giggle.]

Maybe I'll find an expert to list 'em all out for me. That'll surely help.

[It both is and isn't what he'd been asking, but she gives him answer enough. He hadn't been expecting this when he'd told her to write, but then, as with the others, if it helps her cope...

Fuck, they're all so messed up.]

How does human publishing work?

[He'd ask about the story itself, but with how painful Ashley's smile looks, he figures he probably shouldn't. At least not yet. Or she'll tell him if she's ready. She knows that she can tell him if she's ready, right?]

[Ashley shivers but takes Kaori's hand, one hand going to her backpack for...something, a Pokéball maybe?]

I- I think so, it's... [She groans.] Oh, my Agatha's a gh-ghost but I've gotten used to her I guess, but- but every time I come here to train they just- swarm me, the Gastly, or the Driftloon or that little one, specifically!

[It's getting incredibly stressful.]

[Judging from the twitch of her lips, she appreciates it.]

Oh, it's complicated, if you want to get it in print. You need an agent, usually, and a company that'll agree to put your work out there. They don't usually unless they know there's a market for it- but someone here told me as long as they aren't filled with Poképuns, someone will want to read them.

[Oh no it's coming, it's going to attack them! It's... it's... kind of cute?

But it's also a ghost, so the best thing Rakka can do is sit up, and kind of scoot away from this little pokemon.]

What... what are you going to do?

[Is she talking to the ghost, or Ashley? Maybe both.]

Edited 2016-03-17 00:12 (UTC)

[He frowns thoughtfully at her answer, but although now would usually be the point where he drew some contrast between human and troll culture, he doesn't have the faintest goddamn clue how what Ashley just told him is any different from all that shit. If it is at all. Uhhh, fuck. Okay, forget that, move on.]

Do you have an agent? [Better yet—] What is an agent?

[The little ghost climbs down the stairs, using its arms to pull it down one step at a time. When Rakka speaks, it tilts its head at her. Hi? Hello.]

T-to- get it to g-go away--

[Is that what's making his trainer afraid? Bram puffs up his chest and flaps his wings. Again. And again. And-- oh, that's a small tornado heading for the Phantump.]

Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn

[...Bye, Phantump.]

...Br- Bram...

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