pipers_son | 003 // Video

Nah, it's tied on well enough, don't you worry.

[Excuse Joker. He was going to start things right off, but he's currently busy gently shooing away what looks to be a couple of vines. If you guess "grass type Pokemon", you're right... Although the shy thing won't be making an appearance on screen. Joker reaches up to pat at what the vines had been fiddling with- a very thick knitted scarf, some faint yellow color. It's obviously been handmade, and well worn.]

[He finally smiles to the camera.]

Well, that was a surprise! There was a lad worried about Santa's reindeer, wasn't there? I'll be glad ta let ya know that apparently when you try to catch one of them, ya get a gift instead! Clever man, our good Saint Nick is. Very practical too! With this weather, a scarf will be put ta good use.

[There's positively no mention that this was his before it appeared in a little wrapped box, or that the last time he was handling it, it was to give to someone else. Joker prefers to keep his personal life quiet.]

Hope you've all had a very Merry Christmas! But I've been meanin' ta ask something of ya for a while now.

I heard a little while ago that an ol' friend of mine was here but then he left. Just wonderin' if ya knew him! His name's Snake- pale hair, green eyes, a bit of scales on his skin... Had snake Pokemon with him, no doubt.

That's all! Let's hope Christmas night wraps up nicely, eh? And Suit- a word if ya have the time?

[He gives a little wave to the camera and once again lightly touches his scarf before he reaches over to turn the 'Gear off.]

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Hehe, yeah, I guess you could say that. He seemed to have a very close bond with all his snakes. And it's pretty much impossible to have a poor opinion of someone like that!

Pokémon are really smart, after all. You can tell a lot about a person just by how the interact with them and how their Pokémon treat them in return.

[He beams even wider.]

So you're from the same world as Snake, then?

You'll be one of the first ta say so then. Most people where I'm from don't have much of a fond opinion of them.

[Or... people who don't look human...]

That's right! I mentioned he was a snake charmer, didn't I? I was the Ringleader that scouted him! He was still a bit shy, but I had hopes he'd get a bit closer ta the family with a little more time.

[Well it helps that John is...you know. A Homestuck. Half his friends are aliens, his sister has dog ears, and his best friend has a part-bird time clone. Not-Exactly-Human people are a-okay in his opinion.]

Ohhh, I see. He never mentioned that he was in the circus...that's actually kind of surprising. I wouldn't think somebody that shy would be a performer!

Well, he had quite a few a his friends ta help put him at ease. How many were there again... Mighta lost track myself, ha ha! I can only remember a couple of his snakes' names.

I'm guessing he didn't do the whole...flute thing as far as charming goes. Since he could actually talk to them.

Don't think he knew how ta play! He was a good dancer, I can tell ya that.

Really? What kind of dancing?

[All these things he never got the chance to learn. It make shim kind of sad.]

Ta be honest, I'm not much of a professional when it comes ta that kind of thing! It was just somethin' he sorta picked up, I suppose. Very wiggly, I can tell ya that much. Graceful in its own way.

[John chortles a little at that. Such a very precise and professional term there. "Wiggly."]

Wiggly like a snake, perhaps? Maybe he learned it from his friends. Hehe.

What's your name, by the way? We've been talking so much about Snake I don't think...we ever actually got around to that.

That would make sense, wouldn't it~?

Joker, at yer service!

[Okay, so when someones say "Joker," John's first thought is green hair, purple suit, maniacal laugh, and a desire to kill Batman. It actually kind of takes him a minute to stop thinking about that. Maybe that was apparent in the way his face just kind of bluescreened for a second.]

Nice to meet you, Joker. My name is John Egbert.

...Y'know, that's the second time now that someone's reacted strange ta my name.

Ahah! R-really, you don't say? [John laughs somewhat nervously.]

I promise you, it's nothing bad! At least in my case. There's just a villain from a comic book back home who goes by the same name. So that's just what my mind went to first, that's all.

And they said the exact same thing! Startin' ta think I should get inta these comic books at this rate.

Did they really? Small world...who was it? Now I'm even more curious.

Chap by the name a Latvia. Heard of 'im?

Uh...nope! Sure haven't. Actually... [John quirks a brow.] The name sounds familiar but not because I know of a person with it. Did he mention anything to you about being a country or anything like that?

[...Wow does he even want to ask tho]

'Fraid not. We never got that far inta the conversation.

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