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

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You got that right.

[Well, psychos do tend to show up in the town. And, as much as he hates it looking back on it? Pokey would be far more amused by this answer a year ago than he his now, Belphegor, though he's making sure to sound pleased by it.

If there are more murderers piling in, it'd probably be a good idea to keep track of them.]

Too bad so few people can play rough, huh?

You new here? Got a name?

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

[What can he say, he likes his job as an assassin.]

Yeah, someone who can fight is more fun~ But if I need that, at least I know that Ace-kun's here and easy to pick a fight with~

[Since he just needs to show his face near the guy and he'd get angry.]

I've been here since August, so I can't say I'm new~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[August? Well, that's kind of surprising Pokey hasn't heard of him since then. Maybe the guy just hadn't done anything noteworthy. Yet. Though Pokey still didn't even know his name.]

Yeah? Still haven't seen much then. This place can get to be a real hole, the longer you're here.

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen it all, nope~ But it's fun pissing people off~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is.

[And that? Is something Pokey still agrees with. He's never going to stop finding pissing people off funny.]

And you'll find a lot of chumps here who get upset easy.

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

I've noticed~ You should try out Ace-kun. He's extre~mly easy. So much fun~ Since he's strong, too.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

No kidding?

So hey, who is this chump then? Or where could I find him?

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

He's Vthe strongest Vongola guardian~

Hibari Kyoya. Lives at 1647 Albright Lane~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Vongola? What's that? Some kind of army, or family, or what?

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

It's a mafia-family~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Ah. So you from a rival family then, or what?

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

I guess you can say that~

[But no, they're not. Not really. They're a part of the Vongola, after all.]

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Alright, that's cool I guess.

He like you a lot? Y'know, with the whole "killing everyone is cool" thing?

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

Not as much as I am, but I bet he's killed a few. Middle schoolers do such things, you know~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Hey, I believe it.

[After all, he's a twelve-year old responsible for creating a world-eating monster. Oh. So you two go to school. That's even better.]

You a middle-schooler too? Might have seen you around school, then.

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be a high schooler I guess. Ace-kun is forever in middle school. I don't really go to school. Never did when I was in my home country, or when I joined Varia either~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

School sucks pretty bad, yeah. I skip it when I can, but you gotta go sometimes or get droned.

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

That's the only times I've gone to school here. Think I'll get droned if I come but don't attend classes? It's too easy anyway~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Eh, I don't think they care. I sleep through most of mine anyway.

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[princecreepshow.livejournal.com]

We'll see then~

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Guess we will, huh.