SEVENTH RIDE ✦ VIDEO

[diamondo]

[Guess who woke up inside the Team Rocket base today? Guess who's apparently been gone for at least a month? And guess who's currently staring at the camera like it's the source of all his problems?

If you guessed Mondo then congratulations!]

Okay, what the hell happened? Apparently I can't even go to fucking sleep without something stupid going down. Did I get sent home?

[He rests his elbow on his knee and then places his chin on his hand. It's apparent that Mondo is still in the base - to those who recognize the base, that is - and it looks like he only just got up. Somehow or other his hair is completely unaffected. Don't question it.]

I don't really give a fuck either way, but I've got a major problem.

[He reaches out offscreen to grab something that makes a high-pitched shrieking sound. It's revealed to be a Scraggy who is trying vainly to get Mondo to let go. Those of you who know the biker gang leader might remember that he had a really bitchy Scrafty at one point. ...Yeah.]

Ryder's de-evolved. Unevolved? What-the-fuck-ever. She's not a Scrafty anymore. And she's fucking level thirty. She was level 100 last time I checked! Does this shit happen here? I've never heard of it happening. So what the fuck's going on?

[He finally lets her go and she scurries offscreen. Mondo resettles and while he still looks annoyed, his tone is at least a bit more conversational.]

...So what did I miss anyway?

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twerks in here

[shslasshat]

[GUESS WHO MANAGED TO BEAT YOUR ASS BACK HERE BY A COUPLE WEEKS. Togami was here, Oowada is a loser.

Oh, well good, his starter wasn't the only one who got bumped down. ...not that he's going to admit that.]

It appears as though your true ineptitude is showing at last. I hadn't thought it possible to mismanage one of these creatures so poorly that they revert to a previous biological state, but then I shouldn't be surprised that you've managed to sink to a new low.

[He's not in a good mood lately, don't mind him.]

And just what rock did you happen to crawl out from underneath this time?

GET OUT

[diamondo]

[Oh great, just who he wanted to see some asshole with a really punchable face. You're lucky he's still in the Rocket base, Togami.]

Fuck off, I didn't fucking do anything to her! It's not my fault this fucking place sent me back home!

twerking intensifies

[shslasshat]

[hey why don't you pick on someone smaller than you that seems to be your specialty--

Well now that's interesting.]

Do you recall if any time passed between your departure and your return?

[diamondo]

[Oh you did not just go there]

Wh-- I don't see how that's any of your fucking business!!

[Yes, because being contrary will totally help.]

[shslasshat]

Then you must be blind, if you somehow managed to not notice that I was sent home as well.

Did any significant period of time pass for you or not?

[diamondo]

...

[It's not like he forgot or anything! He was just kind of preoccupied with the thing on New Year's and then Ishimaru's coma and then Ishimaru's... everything when he woke up...]

...No. I don't remember any time passing for me when I went home. What about you?

[shslasshat]

[That's better. He'd give you a biscuit but you're not at the house.]

No. Then again, I don't recall any less than anyone else here.

[Not quite true but we're not talking about the SDR2s right now.]

[diamondo]

[ >:| ]

So when the hell did you get back?

[shslasshat]

...Two weeks ago, give or take a day. I've been at the house almost a week, however.

[He's at the house right now, in fact.]

It's much less crowded than when you left it.

[diamondo]

...I know Ishimaru and Naegi are returning soon, but where's everyone else?

[shslasshat]

I couldn't say. They scattered sometime after my departure.

[You think he bothered to ask? don't make him laugh]

[diamondo]

[Yes, yes, of course you wouldn't waste your time on the peasants.]

It'll be kinda fucking weird to have the house so empty...

[shslasshat]

[If you think he gives a gold-plated eff about anyone but himself and Naegi and Kirigiri, who are both accounted for you've got another think coming.]

It's been almost peaceful, frankly.

[Almost.]

[diamondo]

Huh.

[...hey wait.]

Are you saying that 'cause Ishimaru's not around?

[shslasshat]

[That gets an incredulous eyebrow raise.]

Not specifically, no. Did I direct my statement at any one individual?

[diamondo]

Well, no, but...

[Look, he's a member of the Ishimaru Defense Squad; you don't fuck with his kyoudai.]

That's not important.

[shslasshat]

[HE WASN'T EVEN-- you know what, fuck it, never mind.]

If you must know, I was remarking at how I don't have to wake at an ungodly hour just to ensure hot water, with far less people sharing a bathroom.

Also, the bathroom counter is actually visible.

[diamondo]

[...oh. Well he definitely misread that, didn't he...]

Oh yeah, I guess it would be with so many people gone... Huh. So who's actually still in the house?