Journal Entry # 1 [Video/Action]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Anyone who walks by or happens to be watching the network feed will see a frustrated kid siting on the grass and flipping through an old, battered journal.]

There isn't anything in this book about 'Pokémon'! Or how a sheep can produce electricity! That mom lady must have been a shape-shifter who didn't look anything like my mom... and that professor makes McGucket look sane...

[The gear moves towards the boy before it's tossed to the ground. Unfortunately, it lands face down, obscuring whatever threw it and the boy.]

Hey! Don't break that. We might need it later.

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[eclectictype]

Dipper?

[A pause.

That look is the look of a nerd that is excited about space.]

Like the Big Dipper? Oh my gosh, your parents named you after a constellation? That's soooo coooool!

[adai]

...If it makes you feel any better, I started with a genderless Pokémon, and I'm supposed to be breeding them.

[SOMETIMES YOUR LUCK JUST SUCKS...]

But you can definitely get dragons or dogs. Sometimes people will sell eggs... though I think you can find dogs on the routes just outside of town.

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[sneezelikeakitten]

If there was an inn in this place, I'd stick around to figure out what he game is.

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[sneezelikeakitten]

I am not!

[Just a little.]

This is for research. Someone's gotta keep track of this stuff.

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Book club = like minded, intelligent people that a 12 year old might fit in with!]

Maka. Right... wait... Alakazam. Like those magi words "Abra Kadabra Alakazam?"

[Intro time.]

Dipper Pines.

[sneezelikeakitten]

It's actually a nickname.

[Maybe he'll show you his birthmark if you don't pry too much.]

[sneezelikeakitten]

Genderless Pokémon? Was it a rock?

[Rocks don't have genders unless you're someone who names them.]

Are they strange like this sheep, or are they regular dogs?

[Video]

[samsa]

That's right. Those are the names of three Pokemon, too, in the order they evolve- Abra, Kadabra, and then Alakazam.

It's nice to meet you, Dipper-san.

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[That's as bad as Mabel naming her pig Waddles because pigs waddle...]

Are they magicians?

-san? Are you from Japan?

[Video]

[samsa]

Well...they're Psychic type Pokemon, which are probably as close to magicians as you could get...

And I am, yes. I'm from Tokyo.

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[He'll have to look them up.]

Why are Japanese horror movies so weird?

[Ju-on, man. Ju-on.]

[Video]

[samsa]

[Dipper oh my god you don't just ask that-]

I...don't know?

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

[HE'S CURIOUS]

Japan sure has a different take on what's scary.

[Video]

[samsa]

You can say that about movies from other countries too though, can't you? I mean...not every movie is all that scary.

[Some American "scary movies" are just as weird, man. Not like he'd know though...he's not much of a movie watcher anyway.]

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[the_pilgrim]

WHY?!

[eclectictype]

...Oops. Haha, of course it is. Sorry.

[She feels silly about getting so excited.]

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[embezzling]

There's SO much more to it, Dipper. When you've gotta get these things to make eggs, they gotta be happy and fed like kings. They're eatin' me outta house and home. Even the ghosts have to eat.

The more they eat, the happier they are, and the more eggs they make. The more eggs they make, the more money I get.

I'm practically an expert by now. You wouldn't understand.

[ he's not an expert at all ]

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

True. "The Shining" isn't that scary once you realize it's supposed to be a psychological horror instead of a horror movie like Alfred Hitchcock's "Birds".

[Eight Legged Freaks is a really weird horror movie. Mutated spiders were a horror movie staple.]

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[sneezelikeakitten]

Because if I don't, how can I warn people about it if it happens again?

[sneezelikeakitten]

No, no, it'd be pretty cool if that was my real name.

[No one canonly knows his real name except his family and him AND NO ONE IS TALKING.]

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[sneezelikeakitten]

So you're using these animals for money now? That's low, even for you grunkle Stan.

[Animal abuse.]

[eclectictype]

I think so, too. It sure would be different from regular old names like mine!

[A pause, an idea strikes her.]

Oh, you know what, that might be a cool thing to name Pokemon after? Constellations and stars and planets--I think I will try a theme like that for any new Pokemon I get!

[The Froakie has already been crowned "Lord Bubblington" for the moment, maybe if he gets less cute and more cool she'll think about giving him a new title.]

[Video]

[samsa]

As far as "The Shining" goes, I personally like the novel better.

[There's a shock.]

And "The Birds"...well, that has its own style of horror, I suppose.

[sneezelikeakitten]

Your name's not that regular. I've never met anyone named after a precious stone before.

[That he can think of...]

A theme? [He needs one now.] ... what about gods or monsters?

[Video]

[sneezelikeakitten]

Reading is fine, but actually seeing it on screen makes it more real.

[Genre-savvy kid.]

If you want something that might give you nightmares for a while, you should check out "The Thing" or the original "Aliens" movie.