imprinting: (it was your heart on the line)
action | neku flailing alone in the fog SORRY I JUST WANTED TO WRITE THIS )

[when the video comes on, Neku is not happy. he looks, at first glance, more pissed off than he has ever been since getting to Johto -- and if you look a little closer, he's using this anger to mask feeling really, really upset.]

--Guys. Guys, if anyone has -- if you have a number on your hand, you're not safe. You need to find a partner and stay with them before the Noise -- the Pokémon -- come after you. If you don't, you'll -- [sajkngf things he doesn't want to think about] -- just trust me, find someone and stay with them.


[ooc: SOOOO UHHH Neku is hallucinating Johto as a weird mix of ... Johto and Shibuya's Game. so he'll be screaming about partners and Pokénoise attacking and he will see a timer on your hand even when you don't. :|b all the other nightmares I thought of were boring

tl;dr events remind Neku that his canon is a little traumatic when you get past the friendship and the fashion.]
imprinting: (it was not your fault but mine)
[the video comes on to show Neku standing around idly towards the edge of Violet. he isn't reckless enough to go out towards those crystals by himself, but he certainly will stand there and look at them. and because he's the worst bug catcher alive, there's even a concerned-looking Ekans next to him, only just in the bottom of the frame because it's. coiling around him a little. Neku is Pokébait.

he is also talking to it, because that coiling thing started when he turned the video on.]


Jeez, you're called Ekans? That's not even clever -- Quit doing that, I can't move.

[and then he speaks to the camera, what up Johto.]

So. Weird crap coming towards Violet, huh? Anyone past here seeing it too, or is it a one-way thing?

[pause. looking at this bizarre crystal shit.]

Uh. Is anyone - doing anything about this? I mean, I guess I'll help or...whatever.

[he moves to turn the video off buuuut comes back as he remembers something.]

Right -- Beat, Rhyme, you guys making it okay?
imprinting: (just gonna stand there and watch me burn)
[so that pond by Sprout Tower. Neku is at it, because 2/3 of his Pokémon are water types and they like to swim about. anyone nearby may witness him just chilling (except not because it's hot out) on the edge of said pond, while his endearingly derpy Quagsire, Fish, swims around and occasionally bumps into Fish 2 -- which is easier to do now, because 2 ~*just recently evolved*~ into a lovely, disgruntled Gyarados.

he's a very impatient giant sea monster, actually. so after the tenth time being smacked into by Fish's forehead, he turns and swims towards the edge of the pond opposite Neku, who perks up only when he realizes what's going on.]


Hey! Where are you -- come back here!

[the Gyarados actually obeys, if only to swim over to where Neku is, tower over him for a moment, and then lift his tail to knock his master into the water. while Neku is busy sputtering, the Gyarados irritably just. leaves the scene.]

TEXT: TEN MINUTES LATER )
imprinting: (except everything you had)
[wouldn't you know it, this video is accidental. which is why it's broadcasting upside down. what happened? well, clearly something must have caused Neku to drop his Pokégear into the grass, so that what's visible in the video is half a screen of green and the other half Neku, upside down, pulling on what appears to be the handle of his trusty bug-catching net. there's a Weedle chilling nearby, recently caught, because he finally lived up to his title.]

Get out of the net! I can't lift it anymore, why can't you--HEY!

[that watery noise and the view of Neku stumbling backward would be the direct results of him being water gunned in the face. with him out of the way, the video gets a view of Neku's recently-evolved Quagsire, Fish, who is now about four times too large to ride in his bug net like he has been as a Wooper.

Fish does not seem to understand the concept of master Neku being in a bad mood. how this is possible is a mystery. Neku, meanwhile, is laying in the grass making aggravated sounds and complaining -- not that he's visible right now, but he's loud enough for his voice to carry the 15 feet or so to the gear. after he tires of this he gets up and gives Fish his most withering glare.]


Ugh. You're lucky I like you.

[this is where he sighs, defeated for the time being, and pats his pockets in search of his gear -- and yeah, that's when he notices it's not there. cue groan.]

Rrgh, now I lost the stupid phone thing. Thanks.

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Jul. 4th, 2010 04:20 pm
imprinting: (and forgettable)
[greetings, you lot. you've obtained +1 Neku, looking kind of tousled and confused. he's sitting in a PokéCenter! those of you who've met him may be wondering why he dropped off the face of the planet.]

So, uh. Anyone else go to sleep and then not wake up until- [a pause.] -ugh, like a week later?

[...at least his sunburn has gone. Neku frowns and rubs the back of his head, looking around before giving the 'gear another perplexed look.]

This is freaking bizarre. Uh. Hey. There are people still coming in, right? Hi. I'm Neku.

[awkward silence.]

Well. That's it, I guess.

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May. 31st, 2010 07:46 pm
imprinting: (I didn't mean a word I said)
how do I get this thing to stop calling me Bug Catcher Neku

bad enough I have to carry this stupid net around

[ooc: Neku is indeed a bug catcher 'cause I'm mean. he's not terribly far up the route out of New Bark in case you want to actionspam and laugh at him.]
imprinting: (vows are spoken)
[First, there's nothing on the screen except blue stripes on more blue. They fidget a bit, before a hand covers the screen and picks up the gear. The owner of the hand seems to be in the middle of speaking.]

--ou about stepping on my stuff?

[Through the fingers holding the gear, an annoyed teenage redhead is visible, frowning down at the Wooper previously visible. After a second he sighs, then looks at the screen.]

It's on? Rrgh, how did you -- [A sigh. He shifts his grip, moving the screen-obscuring hand. He looks kind of annoyed, the combined efforts of the Wooper and this...waking up in what he assumes is someone's idea of a joke thing. But he resists snapping at the public.]

Uh, hi.

....

Anyone else get one with a listening problem?