57 - Action/Phone
Nov. 24th, 2011 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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.]
[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.]
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Re: Action
Date: 2011-11-26 05:10 am (UTC)Naw. I don't like it.
[He waits a moment before smiling.]
I love it.
[And he does. It's so odd. Even getting small signs of affection from anyone but Picky is utterly foreign to him. It means a lot to him. It really does.]
C'mon. Let's go eat.
Re: Action
Date: 2011-11-26 10:06 pm (UTC)I'm glad you like it.
[And then following him into the house.]
So what are we having? Are we allowed to eat the turkey this year?
Action
Date: 2011-11-26 10:10 pm (UTC)...Let me try a piece first and make sure it's okay. Otherwise we'll have sandwiches.
Re: Action
Date: 2011-11-26 10:56 pm (UTC)It'd be nice to be able to have a real thanksgiving this year.
Action
Date: 2011-11-26 11:05 pm (UTC)[Pokey cuts a small piece from the turkey and, for a moment, just looks at it. The last thing he wants is for him to end up testing the turkey and dropping dead in front of Mindy if there is something wrong with it.
Slowly, he puts it in his mouth, chews, and gives it a moment. Before smiling.]
Yeah. It's alright.
I'll go get you a plate.
Re: Action
Date: 2011-11-27 10:03 pm (UTC)Yay! We're gonna get turkey~ For Thanksgiving~
[It's the little things in life....]
Is there cranberry sauce too?
Action
Date: 2011-11-27 10:12 pm (UTC)Yep. We've got pretty much everything.
Pretend thats turkey in the icon, cause that expression is perfect.
Date: 2011-11-29 05:20 am (UTC)It's so good! We used to have turkey like this, when I was little.
[Cause she's not little now, or anything...]
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Date: 2011-11-29 06:03 am (UTC)When you were little huh? You're all grown up now or something?
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Date: 2011-11-30 04:02 am (UTC)[Obviously.]
I'm eight now. I was six last time I was back home.
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Date: 2011-11-30 04:58 am (UTC)....
You wanna know a secret?
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Date: 2011-12-01 06:21 am (UTC)Yeah? What is it?
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Date: 2011-12-01 07:40 am (UTC)I've been here a year. How old do you think that makes me?
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Date: 2011-12-03 12:32 am (UTC)[She sounds unsure, wondering if there is a trick to this question.
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Date: 2011-12-03 04:30 am (UTC)Still just twelve.
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Date: 2011-12-04 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-06 03:13 am (UTC)I'm immortal. I don't age.
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Date: 2011-12-06 05:36 am (UTC)[There are a million questions she wants to ask. But lets focus on the important things here.]
So... if you don't age.... does that mean someday I'll catch up to you?
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Date: 2011-12-06 06:17 am (UTC)[You'll overtake him, too. Someday, you'll be older than him, at least in most instances.
He's kind of dreading you growing up. Of you getting the chance to see what a crappy person he is. That's part of why he's been trying to change. So you'll still call him friend, even when his faults are noticeable.]
/latest response ever. Sorry..
Date: 2011-12-09 08:45 pm (UTC)Then we'll be in the same grade! And we can go to school together.
[She's also completely resigned to the fact that she'll be in Mayfield forever.]
Don't worry, we can be late buddies
Date: 2011-12-12 01:44 am (UTC)And, to be honest? He'd like it for her to stay here with him.]while...