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]

Heh. Yeah.

Guilty as charged.

[Friend. God. It's so weird to consider him as someone's friend. But it's true.

His friend.]

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

Impressive.

I can't say I don't think he had it coming.

It's a shame they can't make an exception and let him stay dead.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

No kidding. I wonder if they keep him around here just to spite the rest of us.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

It seems to go against their initial message of wanting us to stay here.

But somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I think they don't think they have anything to worry about, and that we'll never get out.

Which maybe we can't. If we play fair. We just need to find a way to cheat.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I'm sure they have much bigger things then us to be worried about. At least that's what it seems like.

.....and perhaps that in itself will be their greatest flaw. It's always the little things that get you in the end.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...No kidding.

You look at the foundation and the important parts of a building so much you don't notice the little crack in the floor until its become a gaping hole.

I just wonder if the hole is just now forming, or if we are the hole.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's just something we'll have to figure out.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

I hope we do soon. After how long it's been, it's one of the little things that'd be nice to know.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

Yes. That's something that would be nice to know.

As well as many other things. But that goes without saying.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

No kidding. You been here long too? I mean, I guess you've been here for a while if you've known Slugger for a bit.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

It's been a year this October.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Tch, disgusting.

Uh, not you mister. Just that so many of us have been here this long and still don't really know anything.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It's pretty pathetic. I dunno if it shows how good our captors are at hiding things, or how much we suck at getting information.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

I'd say the first one. If what they've done so far is any indication of their power.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I guess. I'm just tired of it. You'd think they'd be due for a major slip-up by now.

...Unless, again, we're the fall-out of one they've already had.

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[hungry-monster.livejournal.com]

Or we're the attempt to fix one of those.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. Our existence is kind of a enigma.

It'd be nice if it wasn't.