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Mondo Ōwada (大和田 紋土) ([personal profile] diamondo) wrote2014-03-02 08:14 pm

SEVENTH RIDE ✦ VIDEO

[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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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I do, yes!

[......]

I've been all right, though, I think. Better than I was before, anyway.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[...Oh.

Just...give him a moment, Mondo, he isn't sure what to do with that.]


...It's been a hard month.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
...I would be surprised if everyone's bodies remained intact, yes!

[Ishimaru.]
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
How are you defining "a lot of violence," then?!
ardent: (And now you steal away)

[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[...you tried, anyway...]

...It doesn't matter, I think - everything's going to be okay now.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Well, at least we know it's a possibility now, both the coma and people just...leaving and then coming back -

[...oh god.]

...Nothing...happened to you back home, did it?
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ishimaru stares at the device for a few seconds too long at that, as though he's trying to work through something in his head; whatever it is, he dismisses it soon enough in favor of relief.]

...I'm glad to hear that, then.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[And for the briefest of moments that's what gets him to consider freezing up a bit; his hesitation to discuss it is obvious, and he shakes his head after a moment, offering a soft noise in place of words before he manages to put together a reply.

It's happening less nowadays, but that particular reaction still happens once in a while.]


It's...everything's okay now, kyoudai, like we said. I was just worried about it, that's all.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
No, of course not! It's just...

[...]

You have twenty-four hours, about. Before the trial.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Ishimaru is quiet for a moment; again, the pause lingers a bit too long before he makes himself continue.]

I don't...want to argue with you about it. I just don't like the thought that you might have gone through that, and I'm glad you didn't.

[...is...that better...]
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
...I think it's something we should talk about, but in person - if you don't mind, anyway.

[...]

Ah, but even if I'll be seeing you again soon, we don't have to discuss it so early - I just want to focus on having you back for the time being!
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-03-03 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, kyoudai!

I'll see you in a little while then, all right?