explosivecombat: (Nnngh...)
Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2012-10-26 04:30 pm

019. [Text/Action for Mahogany Town, and one other thing.]

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Does anyone know if the hideous creatures permeating this region of late are deceased humans, deceased Pokémon, or some ungodly combination of both?

It's nothing I had ever given thought to before, nor will your answer affect my thoughts on them. I'm merely curious about what it is that I'm repeatedly destroying, and whether I have something unfortunate to look forward to if this place decides that I'm the lucky person who dies on a permanent level out here.



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[Well, a very brief time after that text hits the network, it seems Kimblee has escaped whatever Ghost-free location he was in before.

Kimblee hasn't taken kindly to the ghosts here; he never has, really, and the fact that they're now in the cities isn't doing anything to help with that little issue. However, he's also never taken kindly to the idea that he simply can't do something, or the knowledge that some things are simply beyond his physical and mental boundaries, and it seems that today he's finally reached something of a breaking point.

He has Dorian out with him today, as well as Ramsay; he's loaded the latter with TMs, taking full advantage of the fact that Absols can learn Damn Near Everything. Kimblee himself seems to have decided that he has absolutely no fucks left to give; people in the general vicinity of Mahogany Town this evening may notice a figure dressed in white wandering through the fog, looking vaguely like one of the undead himself. His motions are tightly controlled, the orders he's giving his Pokémon clipped and tense; he's also trying to act like every time he comes across one of the Ghost-types everywhere he doesn't promptly flail a little and overkill the hell out of the poor level 20s with Fire Blast from a level 100 Fire-type.

He seems...determined (it's just a very skittish sort of determined, okay) to find and destroy every damn ghost in this town, judging from the flames everywhere; the local ghost population likely has no idea what it did to have quite this much hell rained down on it, but there certainly is a lot of hell going on here, goddamn.

...he really doesn't like ghosts, okay. At least they can't be harmed with Explosion, else this would be much, much worse.]




[PRIVATE TEXT TO EMMY ALTAVA]

Miss Altava,

I apologize for the abruptness of the message, but I need to speak to you immediately; get in contact with me, if you can?
snapandscoot: (/wink)

[private text]

[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-10-28 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[[ARCHER IS...KINDA INSANE, MR KIMBLEE....

....FYI.....]]


I would love to, Mr Kimblee! It could be just like old times!

[[no really, can we go back to the old times, they were nice]]

Are you going to actually let me pay this time?
enjoymyatelier: maybe he should check the foundations, come to think of it. (red car. good point.)

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[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2012-10-28 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Some are, actually, but others aren't. The line seems to be a bit arbitrary sometimes, so it's a bit difficult to say if it's equally arbitrary here or if they're only spontaneously animate or only possessed.
cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa: (SSSSHUT UP I'M TRYING TO THINK)

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[personal profile] cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2012-10-28 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[...okay.]

There's something similar to that in my world. In the Christian religion, many people believe that there's some sort of gate between heaven and whatever lies outside of it. I've never really thought much about it.
islandshore: (wary)

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-10-28 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I can't speak for all of them, but I know Yamask are supposedly the spirits of dead humans.

A friend of mine had one once, and there was always something shady about him.
islandshore: (unsure)

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-10-28 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the Pokédex says that the mask they carry is their face from when they were human and that every Yamask keeps their memories from their past lives.

My friend's Yamask communicated with him by writing-- that's how we found out about it to begin with.
usedwrench: (Oh no you didn't)

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[personal profile] usedwrench 2012-10-28 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
You are repeatedly destroying them? Why? Are they following you everywhere?

[Please tell her that she misunderstood something, okay? Please? They're following you, right? ...Kimblee, what are you doing to those poor little things?! ...Okay, fine, Winry is not their best friend either, but repeatedly destroying something - or anything - is one of her least favorite things ever. She hasn't seen anyone being followed by them, really, so that last thing might be just some hopeful thinking. Even if she knows at least something about his personality after everything that happened in Briggs.]
snapandscoot: (Assistant Number 1!)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-10-28 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'll get you one day; don't you worry!

[[Not that she really had her hopes up, but it was a fun thing to tease about.]]

Perhaps sooner than you think; shall I head off now, Mr Kimblee?
islandshore: (listen)

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-10-28 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Could be something as simple as reincarnation. The eggs could, I don't know, pick up the souls of somebody who's just recently died.

...Which is still pretty disturbing in hindsight.
islandshore: (RIKU used LEER!)

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-10-28 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but it's still pretty strange. Why is it that some people have managed to die, but we've lucked out? And then there's Pokémon. We can't kill them, but they can eat each other and their eggs.

If nothing else, it's pretty inconsistent at times. Not that it's ever made sense here.
usedwrench: (Riiight)

[personal profile] usedwrench 2012-10-28 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[...What? Ummm, okay, she can definitely see/read that he's really not fond of them, yes. And if even Archer can almost feel bad for the poor creatures today, then Winry is definitely feeling bad for them.]

They probably won't be around for longer than a few days, and then everyone go back to normal. It's not like they're Shedinja.
her_mouse_jesty: (Default)

[personal profile] her_mouse_jesty 2012-10-28 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
But the really mean things only happen once a year.
cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa: (SSSSSTUPID SSSSSNAKES)

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[personal profile] cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2012-10-29 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Kimblee, this world of yours sounds horrifying.]

Well, I'm sure it can't have gone any worse than my Phantom Brigade plan. But if it does, I imagine, like I did, they'll learn to leave those things alone.

[Yes, he is actually capable of learning a lesson. It just involves horrible things like that to make it happen.]
supersnipe: (pic#4094815)

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[personal profile] supersnipe 2012-10-29 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
You know, that's probably the best way to do it. Though... if they can pass through walls, it might be hard to keep away for long.
glaciates: (OMG ❅ kimblee's evil????)

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[personal profile] glaciates 2012-10-29 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Kimblee, what are you doing outside? Or did the ghosts get in the house?

[How much are they going to have to pay to repair the place if you've had Dorian set it on fire...?

But more importantly how are you still in one piece mentally, that is.]


Are you alright? Do you want me to return?

[Like he's not already packing things up and getting his team ready to leave (and avoiding Sableyes that are everywhere, goddamn.]
snapandscoot: (Get used to it!)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-10-30 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know why you'd imply that I'd do anything dangerous, Mr Kimblee!

[[apart from the part where she would but we'll ignore that]]

However, I'll do my best to arrive in one piece. I'm looking forward to seeing you!

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