028: ohboyherewego

[drawin_on_trees]

[The video clicks on.]

I DIDN'T DO IT!

[The video clicks off.]

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[trustycrowbar]

[Whoa whoa whoa, creepy scarecrow child--]

Saying it like that implies you're usually responsible for things like this.

[drawin_on_trees]

But I'm not!! Everybody just thinks I am!

[audio]

[explosion_day]

Didn't do what?

[audio]

[drawin_on_trees]

I didn't make everybody turn into animals, duh!!

[nottheproblem]

[The first rule as a mother is that any time a child claims he didn't do something, he probably actually did.

Ziio squints.]

...Hm.

[She's watching you, Mister.]

[drawin_on_trees]

I'm SERIOUS!!

[nottheproblem]

You are very loud.

[drawin_on_trees]

How else is anybody gonna LISTEN TO ME!

[nottheproblem]

Have you only ever believed that you can only be heard by your sound? There is more to a child than how loudly he screams.

[drawin_on_trees]

Oh... oh yeah??

[Yeah he has no comeback for that.]

[nottheproblem]

In time you will learn that it is not the volume of your voice that gains ears, and instead, you will find it is the message you spread.

[drawin_on_trees]

[OHHH.]

Yeah but... until then I still gotta be LOUD!

[nottheproblem]

[She looks positively unamused.]

If that is your way.

late to the party [maybe action?]

[punchtheflowers]

[Wow your new roommate is staring at you with alarm in his eyes. Also he looks kind of ill.]

You mean you can turn people into shit?

[action it is!]

[drawin_on_trees]

I can't do it to a whole buncha people at once-

[He claps his hands over his mouth, but it's too late. he's said too much.]

[punchtheflowers]

[More alarmed staring. Vinnie's first impulse was to curse his luck for landing him in a room with someone who could apparently, without it having to be a magically weird week at school, transform him into any number of things. But that meant the Venusaur really had to watch what he said or did around this kid...

After a pause, he unclenched his jaw and very carefully said:] Do you... would you know how to turn people back?

[drawin_on_trees]

[Skull Kid gives him a blank stare. And his head slowly starts to tilt to one side as he thinks. He thinks very hard. He's played a lot of pranks on lots of people... but they always wore off on their own after a while so he didn't have to turn anyone back. He didn't have to worry about it, so he just... didn't.]

....I never really thought about that before!

[punchtheflowers]

[Vinnie blinked.]

Really? You've never tried?

[There was a pause before he added:] ...Would you ever give it a shot?

[star_punched]

You said that last time...

...And look I believe ya cuz I kinda know you but some people probably ain't gonna...y'know.

[drawin_on_trees]

Nobody EVER believes me! And it's NOT FAIR because I------!

[Computing. Please wait.]

You believe me?

[star_punched]

Well...sure! I mean, you ain't a bad kid. I know that.

[Mac you. Never mind.]

[drawin_on_trees]

You really mean it?

[star_punched]

Heh. I really mean it, kiddo.

[...Now he's beginning to feel bad for the kid. What could've happened that would make him feel all sad and like everyone judges him?]