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

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...Maybe.

But maybe it's also deserved.

Look, lady. I don't want to get into this but...it's best if I don't leave here. It just is.

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

Alright, you'd know better than me.

I'm not tryin' to get on your case or anything like that. Just sayin' what I'm thinkin'.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...It's fine. Don't get me wrong, it's super annoying, but it's fine.

[He guesses you don't mean any harm after all. He'd have used to think that, but that's kind of changed.]

You got a name? I'm Pokey. Pokey Minch.

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[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

[Well there goes the neighborhood.]

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[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

Is that a joke? You're kiddin', right?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[There's a pause on his end, and then a small barking laugh.]

Naw. It isn't. Why would I joke about that.

You're another of the future people, aren't you?

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

Future people? What does that mean? Start talkin'.

[Her voice sounds very strained.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It means I don't know who you are. I'm a younger version of the me you know, who hasn't been to your world yet.

I'm also an alternate, because I don't have any plans of leaving here so I can go there.

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

Just from what you were sayin', I'm gonna guess that you know what kind of sick, deranged, inhuman creep that older you becomes. You probably talked to Lucas about it.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Becomes. Yeah. More like "that he was" and got subverted before he could get worse.]

...Yeah. I know basics about it.

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

What about his brother? D'you know what you did to him?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...He wouldn't tell me details about it. Only the basics.

I guess you're free to tell me what you want but if he wouldn't tell me, I don't want to hear it.

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

I won't. It's his choice.

All I'm gonna say is that it's amazing he could stand talkin' to you at all.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

From what I do know? I can imagine.

....502 Ricardo. If you want, like, vengeance or something, feel free to take it. I'm not fighting it, and that's pretty much all I have to offer.

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

You give me a reason to and I will.

We already beat the Pokey back home that did all those horrible things. Just don't start doin' the same kinda stuff and I'll leave you alone.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...I won't.

[It's honestly the last thing he wants by now. After a year and a half experiencing the kinds of things he wanted to do to people himself, along with people treating him decently?

To say he's disenchanted with how he had been would be putting it lightly.]

Are we done yet?

[pkrincess.livejournal.com]

[Kumatora won't ever trust him, really. But she doesn't haven't anything else to say.]

Yeah, why not.

[She hangs up.]