preybeforemeals: (POSE ♞ but where is the lie though)
Shū Tsukiyama (月山 習) | ɢᴏᴜʀᴍᴇᴛ ([personal profile] preybeforemeals) wrote2015-01-13 02:02 pm

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[ACTION FOR THE TG HOUSE]

[Tsukiyama has been told in no uncertain terms that he had better not just lie around in his room and act like his life is over due to recent events; there were enough issues with said events to keep him busy for a little while, at least, and he'd actually been doing fairly well for the first day or so. But once the immediate problems were fixed, that left him with a good amount of nothing to do with himself and an upheaval to be responded to, and so clearly, he did the rational thing and decided eventually to respond to it by...

...Well, lying around in his room, acting like his life is over.

Yep.

Granted, there were two problems with this that he did not foresee while in the midst of preparing for a 72-hour angst-ridden lie-in; the first was that his fuzzball of a sheep that he got from Labrys is both too young and too...benignly stupid to understand that he is not, in fact, literally dying. As such, she took to lying on his chest about halfway through the morning of Day 2; this got a bit alarming when he realized that she was doing this with the intention of being the most adorable defibrillator on the planet should her services be required, and she was not about to leave him alone because by god, her services may be required about thirty seconds after she was set on the floor for the fiftieth time.

The second unforeseen complication was Meridiana's...dear Tropius of a starter, who came with the perk of making sure that he was going to have something to eat while in the midst of dealing with the shards of sorrow and darkness piercing his motherfucking soul; unfortunately, she also came with the drawback of not seeming to comprehend that man cannot live on bananas alone – or if she did comprehend it, she quite simply did not seem to care.

...There's also the fact that it's very, very hard to be suitably tragic with a fluffsheep nuzzling into you and a leafy dinosaur trying to get you to eat fruit. And apparently no one in this house does the whole "giving him the attention he rightly deserves" thing right, anyway, and he's been largely left alone for the last three days. And really, who the hell even does that anymore.

So. Tsukiyama can actually be found downstairs today, draping over furniture in the study like an asshole with all the curtains drawn because no one goddamn understands. It's a lot of generally being effectively dead of angst and misery, but hey, at least someone's actually making use of the fainting couch once in a while.

Because we have a girl here from the Victorian era and as such there is a literal fainting couch.

Because of course there is.

God, that thing was a great investment.]




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[Well, whatever was going on earlier, it seems that the aggressive not-fainting and a few hours free of the looming bananasaur has done something for his mood; whether it's a good something or not has yet to be seen.

Either way, he seems surprisingly sane in terms of how he's presenting himself today, the usual bright colors and patterns replaced with a longsleeved white...thing and an open black vest over it; given that that's actually a perfectly rational thing for a person to be wearing, it can probably be assumed that his pants are made entirely of lies, shame, and disgrace, but thankfully those aren't able to be seen on the video. He looks like he's sitting on a set of stairs of some sort, obviously indoors; they're nice, polished-wood, but that's about the most that can be said for his surroundings.

He's got his free hand resting on an absolute fluffbeast of a sheep, who seems determined to not do anything but firmly plant her face in his side like she was headbutting him at one point and just kind of decided she liked that position; he's not quite petting her, but the gesture is...sort of there, at least. The other hand is holding the camera out in front of him, and he seems more than steady enough today, even if the smile isn't looking quite...right.

Appearing on the network so soon after everything the last week has decided to be is probably a bad idea, or at least one in poor taste. He doesn't care.]


Ah, it's been a little while, hasn't it? I've missed speaking to you.

[...as...overfamiliar as ever, though, apparently.]

This place surprisingly isn't bad, once you get used to it! It still trends a little too close to parody for my liking, but c'est la vie – that's something you become accustomed to over time, and besides that it comes with almost enough perks to make this little excursion worthwhile.

That's assuming it's an excursion in the first place, though - and when I first arrived, I was under the impression that everyone was hoping that's all it was. But it seems that isn't the case...? As strange as I find it to do otherwise.

So tell me, amore, because I'm curious – if you want to stay, is there a particular reason for it? Even if your situation is terrible, it seems a bit too much like relying on escapism to want to just remain here forever, if you ask me.
irenicly: (♨ now you want it back)

[personal profile] irenicly 2015-01-15 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[You know, sometimes it's in the best interest of everyone to mollify Tsukiyama. And he can handle things when he's not having a fit on the couch.

At least for the moment they can pretend things might end up okay.]


Not at all.

[Despite everything, he's smiling faintly.

Now, can you please get off the couch so he knows things are marginally less shitty?]
irenicly: (♨ now you want it back)

[personal profile] irenicly 2015-01-15 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Getting Tsukiyama up from off the couch is actually something of a relief. It doesn't show on Banjou's face, miraculously. At least they're both in a better mood than they were.]

I'm sure you still have a favor or two to cash in anyway.

[It's not said in a particularly mean way. He's well aware that eventually Tsukiyama will want something in return. As long as it's nothing demeaning, he won't have a problem with it.]
awesmazings: (☼ give me all)

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[personal profile] awesmazings 2015-01-15 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's the thing about Jimmy: he has virtually no responsibilities, so this is probably a bit more lost on him than it would be someone else.]

Well, I never said anyone deserved it, really. But at the same time it's still not really anything we can do much about right now.

But I know there have gotta be some people who think that way anyway, arrogant or not. I'm sure I probably would if I didn't have much to go back to.
whitehairedprettyboy: (continue)

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[personal profile] whitehairedprettyboy 2015-01-16 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Who are you calling sentimental crap - yeah, okay, that was a little sentimental, wasn't it. But it was also complete fact. His life quantifiably sucks a lot less now than it did before. ]

I have indeed heard that people here occasionally return to their own worlds. I've also spoken to people who have been here for years without ever seeing hide or hair of the world they came from. Surely it's possible that while some of us are granted only a brief stay, others have found themselves here permanently. Wouldn't you say?
irenicly: (♨ she's the blade and you're just paper)

[personal profile] irenicly 2015-01-16 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[That earns Tsukiyama an awkward smile, like Banjou isn't sure if he's joking or not. You know what, even if he's not, Banjou will... probably go along with it. He's getting better at standing up for himself, but it had been his suggestion so why not, really.

And then there's... that everything.]


I appreciate it.

[Is that something he should admit? Maybe not, but he's not going to make a big show of denying it.]

I don't need too long.
enjoymyatelier: fistclench. (GET BENT)

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[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2015-01-17 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
...It's a little bit of both, really, but mostly the ridiculousness.

[because like hell if he's getting FEELINGS all over some random dude with shit fashion sense.]

The world just sort of breaks every six months, and I've had to accept that it's just a routine biyearly thing and that I'll never be able to tell anyone back home about this strange, fascinating phenomenon, which is positively infuriating.

[...he pauses and thinks that over a bit.]

...admittedly I'd have to bring some empirical proof because that's more than a bit difficult to believe even by the loosest standards of my world, but it's the principal of the thing.
awesmazings: (☼ I got a taste ☼)

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[personal profile] awesmazings 2015-01-17 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Right, exactly!

But, well, in that case...probably not, no. But I guess you can't help what people do. If they've got a chance to live without having to worry about...whatever it is they've got going on back home, it wouldn't make sense for them not to take it.

[That doesn't make it right, per say, but as far as he's concerned it's out of his hands anyway.]
awesmazings: (☼ baby I've been here before)

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[personal profile] awesmazings 2015-01-17 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know.

[No, you don't.]

But I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt anyways, especially if I don't know what their situation is like.
defyingfrigidity: (pic#7255861)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2015-01-17 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, I have. It's... different, being treated as just a normal person. But a good different. And the traveling is relaxing, even with the constant breaks for training my pokemon.

... My sister is here with me as well, so it's nice being able to spend all this time with her.
enjoymyatelier: the fuck is that. (404 atelier not found)

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[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2015-01-17 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it...

[...hang on, let him process that]

...erm, what?
enjoymyatelier: i am just done with this shit (ugh whatever)

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[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2015-01-18 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[...let's just forget about that, shall we]

Honestly, I haven't been able to look into quite that many... mostly because I barely even know where to begin. The only thing I can think of is Legendary Pokemon, and they're not exactly the most accessible beings.

...I did speak to Arceus once, who indicated that it didn't actually seem to understand what was going on. Not very encouraging, given that it's the closest thing this place has to a creator god.
defyingfrigidity: (I hope you're happy my friend)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2015-01-18 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Aha...]

For the longest time.... no, we weren't. Certain... things happened, and we were separated for most of our lives, despite still living in the same castle. It was only shortly before my arrival in Johto that we started reconnecting.

But now? Now, we're as close as can be. [Any sadness that may have crossed her face at her previous words is gone now, replaced with a smile.] I suppose I have this place to thank, partially. We've been doing a lot of sibling bonding during our time here.

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