The Fish

[dishevelment]

Who: Anyone around Pride HQ
What: A weird fish has popped up in the lobby
When: After the South Vista Music Festival
Where: Pride HQ
Warnings: Carnies and MÄNTICORE




[It popped up one day without warning-- a little fish asking for money in order to live.

What are the folks in Pride HQ going to do?]

Comments

[iitrebel]

Whoa, you got sick? What happened?

[He doesn't mind a little bit of filler chatter as they search for their watery target.]

[sailorlaughter]

A TON of people did! I dunno what it was, like fevers and stuff...it was actually kinda weird. I couldn't walk for like a whole day.

[She sounds bothered by this, but still not quite as bothered as she maybe ought to be.]

[iitrebel]

Ew, gross. Wait, do you think I'll be messing you up by making you sop around in water and shit in the middle of winter?

[Well, late fall. Whatever.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Pinkie thinks about it for a second, then shrugs.]

I dunno! It's probably fine! I mean, I feel okay now.

[iitrebel]

[He holds out his hand, faking seriousness.]

Pinkie promise you won't sue me if you get sick.

[...Heh. Pinkie promise.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Pffffff, oh my god. Pinkie giggles like this is the first time she's ever heard that joke.]

Okay, pinkie promise! [She loops her pinkie around his.] You KNOW you can't ever break those, right?

[iitrebel]

Why else do you think I'm making one? [He gives a firm shake, still sniggering a bit.] Alright, it's done, we're good to g.

[sailorlaughter]

Awesome! Let's do this!

[INTO THE FOUNTAIN WE GO who's been encouraging Pinkie around here]

[iitrebel]

Whoo!

[Cackling like a loon, he hops into the water and begins to splash around, scooping up all manner of loose change. Sorry small children who bet their wishes. This is Pride property now.]

You got pockets?

[sailorlaughter]

Yeeeeeah! That's why my dress is so poofy! I always put like fifty pockets into them so I can carry a bunch of stuff and pull it out of nowhere like magic!

Plus it'll make it harder for me to get soaked! [You know, from the wet coins she's shoving into her pockets.]

[iitrebel]

Whoa, holy crap, your dress has pockets!?

Hell yes!

[sailorlaughter]

Well yeah! It sucks wearing a dress that doesn't have pockets! Like, what, I have to carry around a purse all the time? They're cute and all, but that's just something I've gotta carry around and keep track of, you know?

And the pockets in girl pants are teeny.

[iitrebel]

Oh man, do I have a hack for you!

[Shoving some more coins in his own pockets, Psii sloshes through the water to smack her on the back encouragingly.]

Go get the guy skinny pants. Seriously, they'll be teeny tiny enough for you and will show off your butt, but the pockets are somehow deep, I can fit my phone in them and it won't drop out if I get tossed out of an airplane!

[sailorlaughter]

For real? I can hardly EVER fit my phone in pockets that aren't custom or something!

I'll have to pay someone to go do that. Geeeeeeeez, d'you know the kinda stuff they'd write about me if they saw me buying guy clothes? It's stupid, they're just clothes, but I guess the tabloids have to keep themselves busy too...

[iitrebel]

I'm easily bribable. Want me to get you some shit next time I'm out?

[Easily bribable and, frankly, Pinkie is one of the people who's tolerated him the longest. Usually he's only this amiable with Tooru.]

[sailorlaughter]

Oooooh! Totally! I'll bake you cookies too, as a tip!

[iitrebel]

Deal! [Cackling, he reaches down to scoop up some more spare change.] With sprinkles?

[sailorlaughter]

Sure, if you want!

[iitrebel]

Trust me, I want.

[He can't stop laughing. It's just too surreal. Making a deal to get a girl some skinny jeans in exchange for cookies while they're stealing spare change from a water fountain.]

[The world is a beautiful place.]

Alright, I think we've almost cleared this one out.

[sailorlaughter]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, probably!

[Pinkie leans down to scoop up a few stray nickels.]

What kinda wishes do you think people made with these?

[iitrebel]

I dunno. [As he clambers out of the fountain and starts squeezing out the water from his pants, he cocks his head curiously.] You do this? What kind of wishes did you make?

[sailorlaughter]

I dunno, I don't really carry change around much. [She pokes through some of the coins in her open palm.] I guess if I was GONNA...

...I might wish for Sayaka to call again.

[iitrebel]

[The name rings absolutely no bells but, for once, Artolo's brain holds back on any general jackassery.]

Sayaka? That a friend?

[sailorlaughter]

She used to be in our band, but she got fired. Nobody's heard from her since...

[Pinkie tries not to think on it too much. But it's still weird, right? Sure, she'd have to give back the phone and the email and everything else from Pride, but it's not like any of their contacts have changed. Why won't she just say hi?]

[iitrebel]

Oh.

[Mentally, his brain freezes. He's shit at comforting people, which is why he generally avoids it as much as possible. Right now, however, there's no real escape, and it takes his mind a minute to come up with something suitable.]

Maybe shit's just real busy for her? I mean, job market and junk, right?