one (video) ♊ go on ahead; will you ever make it back?

[viiru2alert]

[The feed clicks on to show a very angry black-haired boy, his background a striking contrast of gently shuffling leaves; it's obvious by the scenery that this kid hasn't gotten much farther than New Bark, and one might even be able to catch a glance of houses in the distance. Slightly visible off-screen is the limb of some kind of small brown Pokémon, spinning around rhythmically and humming its name in a low drone: Bal-toy. Bal-toy. Bal-toy. It seems this unfortunate tendency has put the newbie Trainer in something of a... mood. He turns around and swats the thing lightly with one hand, the other still holding onto his PokéGear.]

Will you shut up? I already have this music playing, I don't need you too.

[The Baltoy squeaks in surprise, but obliges, spinning silently now. The boy sighs deeply and returns his attention to the PokéGear. He commences speaking to the microphone now; several of his teeth are visibly pointed and oversized, to the degree where they give him a noticeable lisp. He's also wearing glasses with red and blue lenses -- making him immediately identifiable if you knew him in a past life.]

Okay, I don't know what kind of terrible fucking joke this is supposed to be, but I am really not in the mood for it. So congratulations, ED. You've actually managed to throw your shitty magic at things enough to do something of moderate skill and importance. Good job.

Now get me the fuck out!

[Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.]

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[viiru2alert]

[Okay, so Sollux doesn't get enough to understand the significance of Sing, but he does get enough to see that Karkat has a hilarious expression on his face. So have some very raspy sniggering, along with the Altaria's good-night song.]

[shadowdive]

[Since Vanitas has earplugs, he reaches out and pulls Karkat's hands away from his ears to let Sanaa's singing get to him, keeping a firm grip on his wrists.] I'll see you in eight hours.

[usedshooshpap]

I fucking hate your guts. When I wake up, I will be certain to rip open your well defined torso and feed said organs to you on a platter of my choosing...

[ as he says this, the further along he gets? the more slurred his voice sounds. he struggles to keep his eyes open and to push Vanitas away.

but alas. twas not meant to be. and Karkat is out like a fucking light. ]

[viiru2alert]

[He just stands there for a moment, looking at Karkat slumped against Vanitas, the ground, and everything else. That was... pretty hilarious. And also really fucking weird, since he wasn't aware Pokémon could do that. But mostly hilarious.]

[So he nods, once, smirking again.] Very nice.

[shadowdive]

[Scooping Karkat up like a child and carrying him easily with one arm, Vanitas gestures for him to follow while returning the Altaria; he'll reward her later for the sneaking.]

He did this to me the other night, so it was part revenge and part "he needs sleep".

[viiru2alert]

[Sollux does so, catching a last glimpse at that cloud bird thing. Huh. So not all Pokémon were worthless piles of shit... just his luck that he had to get the bad one. And of course, even though the technique was new, Sollux is very well aware of the principles behind duping Karkat into doing what he has to do.]

That's basically the only way to do it sometimes.

[shadowdive]

[Into the center and down the hall on the left, Vanitas fishes into his pocket for the key to the ninth room. Opening the door and stepping in, it's built like a small suite. There's a little kitchen, living room, bedroom with a bathroom on the other end, two beds in the room, and a pile of different Pokemon roaming freely. Nudging the Bagon and Axew that tried to climb up his legs, Vanitas shooed them ahead as he headed to the bedroom.]

Kodak, Kat, out of the way. [Since he heard Karkat offer Sollux his bed, Vanitas doesn't really hesitate to put Karkat in his own then, gesturing across to the other bed.]

Get some rest if you want, but there's food in the kitchen. You can look along at other network posts too, if you want to see if you know any other people here. [or find older posts where people are snuggling---] If you don't get at least a little sleep though, Karkat will put you to sleep with his bird when he wakes up. [Basically doing the thing he just did.]

[viiru2alert]

[Oh. This isn't bad, actually. Sollux imitates Vanitas for the few Pokémon who try to get close to him, but mostly watches where Vanitas is going and constructs a mental map of the place. He takes note of those squishy rectangular things. They were in Mother's house too, so it didn't take too much detective power to figure out that they were what humans slept on.]

Yeah, alright. [He drops his bag unceremoniously to the floor; then, almost as an afterthought, he rummages through it for Baltoy's Pokéball and lets him out again. While the Ground-type set to work exploring his new surroundings, Sollux returns his attention to Vanitas.] Thanks, I guess. For letting me crash.

[shadowdive]

[The Baltoy will find that there are plenty of smaller Pokemon here to play with, they're just scattered about the suite. Giving a half nod, Vanitas finishes settling Karkat into the bed and shoves a pillow down next to him; clingy sleeper and all.]

Don't thank me, thank Karkat when he wakes up. If you have any questions though, you can ask the nurse at the front desk to get me. I'm mostly working in the back, doing the heavy lifting that the Pokemon are too short for. If it's something about the Pokemon here, she can probably answer it too.

[viiru2alert]

[It is more than happy to leave the humans to their own devices, and Sollux barely spares a glance as it leaves. On a normal day he would have been staying up for at least three hours past this, but... well. It was long and contained more physical activity than he was used to, and this frail human body didn't help matters much. So he's more than happy to sleep on any kind of squishy rectangular object he can.]

Noted. See ya.

[shadowdive]

[It's with a simple nod that he repockets his key and heads on out, but does give some of the dragons a quick pat before he's out the door.]