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

[echidna]

Just like usual.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah, blah blah.

.......

Thanks. For talking with me a couple weeks ago.

[echidna]

You're welcome, Pokey. Any time.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Alright.

I'll make sure to call you at 2 AM then.

[echidna]

Okay, but don't get mad at me if someone else answers the phone and starts yelling at you.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Eh, kinda used to that by now anyway.

[echidna]

You know, if you weren't such a jeeeerk that would happen less.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Well maybe I like screaming, huh? What about that?

[echidna]

Then I hope you also like being mute.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Mmm, naw. Don't think that'll ever happen, anyway. If there's one thing I can't lose anymore, it's my voice.

[echidna]

How can you be so sure?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Because that's my intuition.

[echidna]

I think you should learn sign language just in case.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh don't worry.

I already know the one bit of sign language I'll ever need.

[echidna]

You do- [ hey wait a minute. ] Oh, ha ha.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

And here I was frightened that was actually going to go over your head! At least you caught yourself at the rebound!

[echidna]

Nothing gets by me!

[ Except for, you know, lots of things. ]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Psh, whatever.

So you're making sure not to eat the food they give us, right?

[echidna]

You mean the turkey? I'm not sure what we're gonna do, it seemed pretty normal.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...You remember the milk?

The stuff they did with that, they originally did with last years turkeys.

[echidna]

Oh man. I think the Doctor is going to check it out, but it's probably better to be safe than sorry.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

For God's sake, just destroy it. Buy something you like to eat from the store. It's just a turkey.

[echidna]

Alright, alright. We will. Thank you, Pokey.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

.....Yeah, alright.

Happy Thanksgiving, or whatever.

[echidna]

Happy Thanksgiving.

Are you doing anything fun? I'm pretty excited, I've never had a real Thanksgiving before.