58 Days till Halloween [FOURTH WALL EVENT]

[quickattackjack]

[VIDEO- morning]

_{[Today is One of Those Days but that isn't going to stop old Jack from trying to reach out. when the feed flickers on it reveals...nothing. There are busy streets behind him rife with general 4th Wall chaos but the gear moves as if it is being carried and not being aimed at anything in particular. It isn't like Jack to cam nothing (except when it is).]}

Finally! Yes! Hello! I need some help! I can't seem to--BATS

_{[The 'gear clatters to the ground, doing several flips. There seems to be no Jack in sight although something is retrieving device from the sidewalk.]}

I'm having a horrible time staying corporal and not the good kind of horrible!


[ACTION for ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE ACROSS THE POKE'NATION--lunchtime to night time]

<sub>[What was that sound?]

[Was somebody standing over there just now? Surely it was just a trick of the light. No. No, it was not. The familiar form of Mr. Skellington in his traveling clothes is drifting around Johto and Kanto occasionally flickering in and out of sight as he struggles with things like not floating upside down and keeping his gear in his hands.]

[THIS IS NOT WHAT HE WENT TO HAUNTING SCHOOL FOR DAMN IT.]</sub>

Comments

[in_praetego]

[ The Houndoom sees that despite the oddness of the situation, this... thing... whatever it was... meant no harm. So its tail may be waving a bit.

Yukio on the other hand is a little speechless but he eventually finds his tongue. ]

Were... were you always a skeleton?

[quickattackjack]

Well--to be honest we're all skeletons on the inside.

_{[Jack looks disapprovingly through one of his arms.]}

You know I never gave the spirits back home enough credit for staying upright through all my speeches.

[in_praetego]

I... I guess we are.

[ He'll shake his head a moment though, as if to clear the cobwebs from his field of vision. ]

Are you okay? Do you need help?

[quickattackjack]

Normally I would say no but I can't seem to keep my feet on the ground. If you've got any ideas I'm all ears!

[in_praetego]

That probably all depends if you're corporeal or not.

[ A frown as he assesses the environment. ]

You seem to be fine with that branch... I'm not sure what good tying you down is going to do.

[ And he nudges his houndoom forward. ]

Maybe you can hold on to Shiva's tail or horns for a while? At least until you stabilize.

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack nods and carefully leans down to place a hand on the dog beast's back. His feet still hover over the ground but at least it looks like he's standing like a normal person.]}

Thank you very much, Shiva.

[in_praetego]

[ There's a gruff bit of a bark from the houndoom. He's happy to stay still and help out if he can. ]

I can imagine you've probably been like this for a while now? Probably around the same time everyone started warping around again?

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack nods.]}

That's right. I woke up on the roof. At first I thought I had been working too hard...nothing strange has happened to you, has it?

[in_praetego]

[ He'll think back a moment, his brow furrowing as he tries to pick apart what the days have been. ]

Apart from the random teleportation, nothing else has happened to me.

[ He doesn't want to add "So far." and jinx it. ]

If this is anything like the last time, it should be over soon, right?

[quickattackjack]

Right. A few days at most and usually we don't remember the embarrassing parts. Thank Hitchcock.

[in_praetego]

That's a relief, at least. The weirdest things seem to happen that I'm not really sure how I'd take it if it happened all the time. I mean, this is all weird enough.

[ There's a pause here though. ]

Wait, Hitchcock? Are you a fan?

[quickattackjack]

_{[A grin spreads across the ghost's face.]}

Why, yes! I'll admit that I've only discovered him recently but he knows what he's doing. The scariest thing you can show an audience is a closed door!

[in_praetego]

[ Oh hey that's cool! ]

He certainly does. My father used to show me some of his films so... I've developed a taste for them. Vertigo was particularly good but I admit, I still haven't seen all of his movies yet.

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack heaves a sigh.]}

It's a shame nothing I've found here has come close. As far as films go, anyhow. I've found one brilliant horror novel called Dig that I would recommend to anyone! I've given friends copies for Christmas before.

[in_praetego]

I didn't even know they had movies here.

[ Mental note to self, there is more to do here apart from training his team. ]

Who wrote Dig, by the way?

[quickattackjack]

Ah, it's by--

_{[Complete and total brainfart. Jack opens his mouth...then closes it.]}

It's on the tip of my tongue...this is embarrassing. It's my favorite! If I stumble across my copy I can send it your way.

[in_praetego]

I'd appreciate that! It's been a while since I've actually sat down to read something that wasn't needed for school.

[ And he trusts Jack's taste for one. ]

By the way, should we take you somewhere else? I don't think you'd want to be stuck with us the entire time...

[quickattackjack]

Back to civilization would be nice. I think once I'm around people again I'll get the hang of it.

[in_praetego]

Right.

[ Give him a second to check the direction though. ]

We're a little closer to Azalea right now so I'm not sure if that'll be okay. I'm afraid I don't have any pokemon that can fly yet.

[quickattackjack]

A town is a town! Just point the way!

[in_praetego]

[ Have a nod back. ]

It should be in this direction. Good thing we aren't too far.

[quickattackjack]

_{[AND OFF THEY GO to somewhere that is not The Wilderness. To somewhere the living walk the streets every day and don't worry about unexpected gusts of wind. To a place where a restless soul can find peace!]}