57 - Action/Phone

[ceasetoexist]

[Action - Locked to 502 Ricardo Street]

[Hey housemates. Hope none of you are wanting that turkey because the moment Pokey sees it? Yeah, he's going to be starting a fire in the fireplace and bringing the turkey with him. If you're fast enough and want to stop him, you can try to before he goes ahead and pitches the turkey into the fire.]

[Phone]

Hey idiots, everyone else is doing a pretty good job pointing out how this is a trap so, hey, guess that means you don't need more voices shouting it at you. I got a different question.

I'm not giving specifics about it over the phone but....is it...

[There's a pause, and a sigh, before Pokey continues in a mumble.]

Is it....wrong...to be thankful for being here?

[Action - Outside 501 Ricardo]

[Welp. He has no clue why he's doing this. Really, Pokey just doesn't want to admit it over the phone. But the asshole responsible for him being here lives right next to him. And really, this wouldn't be the first time he's ranted outside her house. Just the first time he's done it like this.]

You can bite me. Seriously. Originally I guess I would have told you that just for putting me in this hole, but since then you've given me a lot of extra reasons to tell you it too. You're a real piece of garbage, you know that you freak?

[He pauses, just staring at the house before looking at the ground.]

But on the other hand? ...I've never been happier than I have been here. Even when it's sucked, it sucked as hard as it did because things weren't bad before. Because they were, in fact, awesome as far as things for me go. The best they had ever been. And I wonder, sometimes, if you brought him here to help keep me happy. As a bribe, I guess, not because I'm important but just because you could. Doesn't matter in the end really. I'm not losing sleep over it.

...And I guess, here...I learned things about myself I really didn't want to. And...you know how they say growing up sucks? Yeah, it does. Even harder than I thought it would.

But I did it. And I realize I only did it because I'm here.

I-

[Pokeys' hands bawl up into little fists.]

I am. I'm thankful for being here. For you bringing me here.

[And God.

Does he ever hate that.]

Comments

phone

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you would say something like that, nerdlinger.

[It's condescending, but at least it sounds...playful, and good-humored instead of just insulting this time.]

...You feeling better?

[echidna]

Oh, shut up! [ But there's a little bit of laughter behind it. ]

Yeah, much better. It was nothing I couldn't handle.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You sure? It didn't really sound like you could handle it.

[He's unbearably smug. Which he hopes hides the fact that he was honestly worried about her when it was happening.]</small.

[echidna]

That shows what you know. I actually had a very firm grip on reality.

[ yeah that's a huge lie and she knows it but that's not gonna stop her. ]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I was standing right in front of you and you couldn't see me.

[echidna]

That doesn't prove anything.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, okay, whatever. You just stick with that, despite being wrong.

[echidna]

I'd rather be wrong than a jerk.

[ wait Jade you kind of just...admitted you were wrong. Dang. ]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

How do you know? You ever tried to be one? It kinda has some perks to it.

[echidna]

Like what?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know. Respect. Power.

Being right all the time.

[echidna]

You can have all those things and more by not being jerk.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but not being a jerk hasn't worked for you in those regards.

[echidna]

Lots of people respect me! I think. I have plenty of power too, I just haven't regained it yet.

Besides, I'm right way more often than you.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Meh.

Uh, care to tell me when you've been right when we've talked?

[echidna]

Just you wait and see!

Um... well, it's not like I keep a log of all the times I was right.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I'm not doubting you have powers, just saying I don't care.

Don't worry. It'd be empty anyway.

[echidna]

Well, good, because I don't care that you don't care.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. That's fine. I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

[echidna]

I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that you don't care.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Hey. You know what I have to say to all that?

[echidna]

Let me guess...

[echidna]

You don't care!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Amazing.

One of your powers isn't mind-reading, is it?

[echidna]

Nope, this is just regular ol' Jade Harley intuition.