62 days till Halloween [Video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[It's early. It's way, way too early, but here's Jack outside in the dawn fog, perched precariously on a ladder and stringing up lights along the eaves of his mansion. The Halloween decorations haven't even been taken down. Why would they be? Of course he's going to address the network!]}

Jingle bells! Silver bells!... Bells bells bells! Aha-hah! I can't believe it, it's already here!

_{[At least he didn't do this on November first, right?]}

I hope you've all been good! I know I have! What are you hoping to get this year from old Sandy Claws?

_{[His joyful yammering is cut off for a moment as his ladder wobbles and he pinwheels his arms (gear in-hand) to catch his balance. Somewhere off-screen it's possible to hear a Yamask having a poke'breakdown.]}

That was a close one...I think. I think this year I'd like...a quiet holiday. And maybe hiking boots.

Comments

[captainash]

I got my egg from the Breeding Center, ages ago. Maybe they still have a few.

[quickattackjack]

I work there from time to time! I should check!

[captainash]

I'd do so quickly; there weren't a lot, and I think they don't stay on the shelves very long.

[quickattackjack]

I'll check this afternoon if I remember! I have a lot of decorating to do.

_{[But at least he didn't have to UN-decorate for Halloween first.]}

[captainash]

I can imagine. So, what takes longer: putting up the decorations, or making them Pokémon-proof?

[quickattackjack]

Oh, my Pokemon are very well-behaved! They're professionals, they wouldn't cause a problem.

_{[Keep telling yourself that, Jack.]}

[captainash]

...That's usually what people think of their neighbors right before they get arrested, too.

[Just saying.]

[quickattackjack]

<sub>[Jack laughs. What a good joke!]

[...It's a joke, right?]</sub>

[captainash]

[Considering the fact that his best friend was a talented and beloved student right up until the military tried to arrest him for spying at their graduation ceremony...]

...That's also a common neighborly reaction.

[quickattackjack]

_{[...oh dear! Jack shuts his yap.]}

I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm...is this a common occurrence where you're from?

[captainash]

It's not common, but it tends to be... memorable. Especially when you're the one saying that your neighbor would never cause problems.

[And even more when you're proven wrong.]

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack's brows knit together.]}

This sounds like a personal story.

[captainash]

It is.

[A beat.]

...And if you're lucky or a good judge of character, you won't have one of your own by the end of the holidays season. Unless you have a cat; then you're screwed.

[quickattackjack]

Well in all my years of being here, I've never heard of anything like that happening in Goldenrod...but there's a first time for everything, isn't there?

[captainash]

There is, though we're lucky in that this world usually prefers creating the first cat showers and shark tornadoes instead.

[quickattackjack]

Mmm. Yes. Next year, maybe they'll think to invent a giraffe geyser.

[captainash]

A giraffe geyser.

[A beat.]

...With Girafarigs, or a brand new species of giraffe? Because both options seem equally likely right now.

[quickattackjack]

Oh, who even knows with this place?

[captainash]

Chances are we'll find out sooner or later, anyway.