voicemail.

[superordinary]

"Hello! You've reached Makoto Naegi — I'm not available right now, so please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible."

available for:
( voice | text | video | misc* )

* Anything else! It can be a message tied to a rock thrown through a window, or it can be an action thread if neither of us feel like making a separate post for it.

Comments

action | idk 5/1 i guess

[beholdmydemons]

[AS PROMISED he is here, knocking on the door sometime in the after-work part of the afternoon. No warning, just a Walter fresh from wandering around the city for battles.

And a dog yelling NAEG' HOY HOY GOOD HOY.]

[superordinary]

[ To the surprise of absolutely no one in the house, the mass of Eevees are in the foyer before Naegi because omg a visitor. Like the hivemind they apparently they are, they storm en masse the second Naegi twists the knob and pulls the door open.

I hope you prepared yourself, Walter, because here they come all at once. ]

[beholdmydemons]

[what's that noi- HOLY SHIT

And down he goes, with a garbled yell and a wild flail at his belt. It produces a Drapion who stands at the edge of the teeming mass, startled and trying to gingerly lift Eevees off of her prone trainer, and a Larvesta who squeaks and sparkles furiously as she is engulfed. Orthrus darts past the whole mess to jump up and lick Naegi's face.]

[superordinary]

[ Naegi gives Orthrus a gentle shove as soon as he jumps up and begins to scoop up fuzzballs in his arms. ]

Don't they ever tire of doing this to strangers...?

[ Judging from the squeaking and the skittering, the answer to that is 'no' - although they seem to be calming down a little already, with a few of them retreating back into the house. ]

[beholdmydemons]

[Orthrus hangs his head for a moment at the rejection...He'll help pick up Eevees, though. c:

Walter is stunned momentarily or something because there's a decent few seconds of silence before he works an arm free and pulls one off his face by the scruff.]

Ppbbfff...well - damn me, I should've listened. Just...[okay hold on gotta - gotta find a place to put his hand so he can push himself up without squashing Eevees.]...just how many are here?

[superordinary]

Twenty-eight, I think. Possibly a few more. [ Naegi's own Eevee's probably part of the horde now, and some of the other Dangans have Eevees that didn't come with the house.

At any rate, more and more Eevees are going back inside now that their job here is done and the stranger has been greeted properly. ]

Sorry about that, Walter-san.

[beholdmydemons]

There's...worse greetings, no? Ah... [hang on man he's gotta contemplate this Eevee he's got by the scruff. god damn this thing is fluffy.] ...they could have...spines. Or the like.

[This is getting a little dumb. Walter's gonna go ahead and stand up now...he'll carry this one Eevee in, though. One hand on the scruff, one under its butt. It seems to want to rejoin the teeming mass, but - oh hey wait that finger is scratching behind an ear can even a danganvee resist such a powerful technique]

Hope I haven't caught you at too poor a time. You don't work evenings, do you?

[(The Drapion is picking up and dusting off the Larvesta, who is still intermittently shedding insulted bursts of sparkles.)]

[superordinary]

No, I don't.

[ Oh no, looks like the Eevee is completely helpless once the scratching technique has been deployed; the ear twitches a bit and the furry critter lets out a pleased noise as Walter scratches it. More, more!

Once they're inside, Naegi sets the Eevees in his arms down on the floor and they immediately bolt off to destinations unknown, presumably to join their brethren and resume their hivemind activities or to do something stupid like jumping down the laundry chute. ]

Welcome to my home, Walter-san.

[beholdmydemons]

[More it is. He will tote this thing around and lavish scritches upon it as long as it's content to be separated from its herd.]

Thanks for the invitation! [He's peering around as he talks (and Orthrus is sniffing; the bugs are left outside to do bug things.)] It's damned nice in here. I don't think I'd seen the inside of any of these Johto homes yet. [The trainer life being what it is and all. Hotels and all that.] How many of you fit in here?

[superordinary]

There's eight of us staying here right now. But when the rest of the class arrives, the number's going to go up.

[ That said, though... ]

Want me to show you around?

[beholdmydemons]

["When"...]

Ah, of course! [Walter turns on his heel and shoves his hands in his pockets, ready to walk.] Lead the way!

[superordinary]

[ If you want to know more, all you have to do is ask. Naegi nods and leads Walter into a nearby room. The walls are lined with shelves full with a wide variety of books and the couch in the back looks incredibly comfortable -- there's a reason it's been dubbed 'World's Nicest Couch™', after all. Another thing worth mentioning is the chess board that's been set up, although a few of the pieces appear to have been knocked over. ]

This is the study, Walter-san. What do you think?

[beholdmydemons]

[He makes an interested humming noise and wanders in, picking up one of the toppled chess pieces and rolling it in his hand with a curious look before placing it upright.]

It's nice. [...He does kind of like the atmosphere in here, but he's not sure what you're supposed to say about...book...rooms.] Does it see much use?

[superordinary]

It does! Ishimaru-kun's in here quite often, and Kirigiri-san too. It's a nice place to relax with a good book or to play chess.

[ He picks up the rest of the toppled pieces, returning them to their starting positions on the board. ]

[beholdmydemons]

[Walter pulls his hands away a little awkwardly when Naegi sets to work - he can't exactly help, after all - and goes towards the shelves instead, looking over the spines casually like he's expending way less effort on reading them than he actually is.

...Not that he has much time to do that before Naegi reminds him of something, uh-]

-She's not here, is she?

[superordinary]

No, she's not; I think she headed out to train her Pokémon. Why?

[beholdmydemons]

Just to be certain. [They're not fond of each other for stupid reasons and it probably shows in the awkward expression that flits over Walter's face just before Naegi answers.]

Anyhow, ah...let's move on, shall we?

[superordinary]

S...Sure... [ Next stop: the lounge, home to the fireplace and a large pool table. ]

You don't like Kirigiri-san, Walter-san?

[ He doesn't seem to be judging him for it, at least. He knows how Kirigiri can be sometimes. ]

[beholdmydemons]

[He makes a noncommittal noise and shrugs, because that explains everything.]

When we've spoken it's not been pleasant. For me; I can't say what she thinks.

[Touching the pool table like what the fuck is this I'm pretty sure you don't eat on it.]

[superordinary]

...Oh. She...tends to be like that. If she won't tell you, it's really hard to say what she thinks. [ Being the SHSL Drywall and all. ]

[beholdmydemons]

Hardly the first girl like that I've met. [(SPEAK OF THE DEVIL)] Still, I'd rather keep my distance from Kirigiri. Her tongue cuts a little too deep, whether or not she knows it.

[wow this pool table is fascinating]

[superordinary]

She probably didn't mean to do that... she's not a people person, exactly.

[ l...let's change the subject? ]

That's a pool table, if you didn't know.

[beholdmydemons]

[There is a universal expression for "I must have misheard you because you said pool but I cannot conceive of this table having anything to do with water" and this is that expression.]

A...ah? -hoy, is that a firepit? Did you ever light this in the winter?

[LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT AGAIN here this is a topic I understand and enjoy. Walter crouches down by the fireplace, kind of pokes his head in and looks up the chimney.]

If it were bigger, you could cook over it. Not to much use with a full kitchen, but...

[superordinary]

[ Naegi's pretty sure guests aren't supposed to be poking their head in like that but you know what, he'll let him. ]

Yeah, sometimes! It's nice and cozy to have the fireplace lit in the winter... The Eevees seem to like it, too. They tend gather around it in a big fluffy pile.

[beholdmydemons]

[So jealous of your Eevee pile right now.]

How much did it cost you to get this place, anyhow?