DREAM 021 [VIDEO/ACTION IN GOLDENROD]

[tarotcards]

[ Good afternoon, Johto! How is that Christmas spirit going on? Going shopping for the perfect gifts, caroling, setting up a tree, these are staples of a Western Christmas. Well, Souji has been here for over a year and he has noticed that most people celebrate the holiday that way, so heck, he might as well try spending it like that too. He has tried it last year in Johto and it has been quite fun. Besides, a certain somebody has been trying to make him put more spirit into it and "fully celebrate" it. So, guess who is putting up Christmas lights on the Breeding Centre and has dragged his partner with it? ]

[ The camera spins from the dirt road to a usedkunai, dressed all warmly and holding a line of lights out towards Souji all the way up on a ladder. The Riolu points it up to Souji who takes notice of it. ]

Yosuke, the camera. [ He points down at the gear which then swings down to Yosuke. ]

O-oh, it's on? [ He looks at the Riolu, who shakes the camera as he nods. ] Alright, well-- A little more warning would have been nice, but...

[ Yosuke grins, putting on his best salesman act. Don't worry, he's totally a pro at this. ] Come one, come all to the Breeding Centre's Merry Holiday Christmas Sale! All eggs will be buy one, get one free until Christmas. We'll also do gift wrapping, and same day delivery, just like always!

This special is a limited-time offer, so make sure you get the deal while it's hot! [ He winks at the camera. What a ham. He definitely sounds like Crazy Eddie. Please roll your eyes at him any time now. Once he finishes his spiel, the Riolu makes an affirmative sound, implying that he's done with the video. Spoiler: It's still on. ]

Well, that worked well enough, I guess. Maybe a little over the top, but we did kind of wait a while to actually do somethin-- Hey, are you ready for the next string of lights yet? [ Yosuke's brain-to-mouth filter is currently set to off, just happily blabbering his stream of consciousness. ]

[ Souji gives a small nod and outstretches a single hand, the other gripping the ladder. ] Yeah, pass them up. I should be able to cover this side of the centre with one more line.

[ Yosuke bends down to pick up a new line from the box, putting the whole thing in his arms. However, the problem with having an armful of things and having elbows stick out around a ladder is just asking for disaster, and as expected, there's one as he stands back up, he accidentally bumps the ladder just hard enough to give it a shake. ]

Hey-- whoa, whoa, ack!!

[ And without any surprise, Souji falls right off that ladder. Yosuke, being right in the path of damage lets out a pretty loud: ]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!

[ He drops the lights, making an attempt to either catch Souji or get the hell out of the way... which one it is, Yosuke doesn't know, because there's not exactly much time for him to think. As this happens, the Riolu tries to catch its trainer by dropping the gear, shutting it off. ]

(( ooc: both Souji and Yosuke will be replying to this mess of a post! For action tags, they will be set after the two of them get off of each other and stand. ))

Comments

[skillspanner]

Well, maybe not for her. I'm pretty sure Rise was the first of us. At least, that's how she always made it sound.

[ofmywill.livejournal.com]

So she was first.

[ And here that long, watching people come and go. He might have more in common than they thought. ]

Souji, Yumi and you...all came later?

[skillspanner]

[He gives a small nod.] Ye-yeah. I know a few of us came and went like, more than once too. I'm pretty sure Rise's seen all of that, every time.

[ofmywill.livejournal.com]

[ He's quiet, for some time. Watching friends come and go... ]

...that's tough.

[skillspanner]

Yeah... [He trails off, fully knowing he's among those numbers, not only for Rise, but for many of his friends that arrived before him.] I guess it's lucky in a way that it hasn't happened as much recently. A lot of us have been here for a while now.

[ofmywill.livejournal.com]

Mm. It's much better with friends.

[skillspanner]

Yeah, for sure. Even without... I think pretty much anything is better than people you know coming and going without remembering things, you know?

[ofmywill.livejournal.com]

[ Another nod. All this just reminds him how nice it would be to have Junpei and Yukari here, but...alas. Nothing he can do about that. And he's already said his goodbyes. ]

Make sure they remember that, too.