PONTA

[foreverphantom]

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w1, monday

[foreverphantom]

[ he is at the grocery store, staring at the fish in the tanks!! ]

I didn't know you could make them kill fish on demand for you...

[bottleking]

Feels kinda bad, doesn't it...?

[ Like, look at them go, all living swimming beings... ]

Guess it guarantees they're fresh though. But then... this place is called Oceanside, I'd think we're by the coast and can get fresh fish from the harbor anyway?

[foreverphantom]

I guess going straight to the shore is too much effort for people. Easier to just go to the local store and have them do it for you.

...do you think they can tell how close they are to the ocean still?

[bottleking]

[ That's... either it's very silly or very deep. Ponta chooses to go with the latter, just for the sake of argument. ]

I don't know. Do you think we could tell if our homes were just right there, outside of the city?

[foreverphantom]

I mean. We'd still be able to see the city from there though, right?

[bottleking]

No, I mean like... We don't really know where Oceanside is, right? Or what's happening outside of it.

If the portals back to our worlds where right out of the city gates, would we feel that? I mean. Probably not, your fish thing just made me think.

[foreverphantom]

Huh.

Well, I can't really feel the portals back home either, so my vote is on no.

[bottleking]

[ ... huh. Okay. Not the answer he expected. ]

Then I'm gonna go with no for the fish too. Fish and people aren't that different, I think.

[foreverphantom]

They're not?

[bottleking]

We're all living creatures from an Earth environment, right? Knowing how many worlds exist out there, I feel like that's plenty in common.

[foreverphantom]

Well, if you're comparing against literally everything across every known universe, then yeah, I guess anything we encounter wouldn't be "that different."

[bottleking]

... though then again, maybe you and I aren't even the same species and just look it? Since we're from wholly different worlds.

It's all just silly thoughtplay that doesn't matter though.

[foreverphantom]

I mean, even if we were from the same world we probably wouldn't be the same species.

...although who knows, right now I might just qualify as your standard average human.

[bottleking]

..... the whole ghost theme on your profile's not a metaphor?

[ Why is he even bothering to be surprised anymore.. ]

[foreverphantom]

Nope.

[bottleking]

That's pretty neat.

[ He does think that! But then wait... ]

Or should that be 'my condolences'..??

[foreverphantom]

The former. I actually really enjoy being a ghost. Or, half-ghost.

Week 3, Monday

[bottleking]

[ Presumably sometime after the great Tiger vs Tiger showdown, Danny can run into Ponta at Game Plan. He's just browsing, currently examining the first person shooters for sale. ]

With so many expensive things available, it's getting weirder and weirder that our money's infinite, huh?

[foreverphantom]

[ well now that he's eaten shit walking into the Game Plan door, and come to terms with the power swaperoo, he'll be in here trying to be very cool and normal about everything ]

Is it?

[bottleking]

They wanna make money for their town, right? Paying us to just buy whatever luxury stuff we can get our hands on feels... wrong, for that goal.

[ And he firmly does believe that every place is thinking about it's economic profits to some degree!! Even weird towns with villains!! ]

[foreverphantom]

Isn't that what taxes are for? More tax money on luxury stuff just means more income for them anyway. [ he sounds a little skeptical that any of this really matters ]

[bottleking]

But isn't the tax income where our pocket money is deducted from?

[ It's all very circular. He catches Danny's tone though. ]

Guess my point is that this city doesn't feel real.

[foreverphantom]

It's the money that made you feel that way, and not the pegleg penguins everywhere?

[bottleking]

Hey, those little dudes are just living their lives! They're more normal than half the population, I'm sure.

[ RIGHTS FOR PRINNIES... actually they should probably have more rights. They should have a union. ]

[foreverphantom]

What are we even counting as "normal" here, exactly?

[bottleking]

Seeming like they live real full lives.

[ Maybe it's because he hasn't made a lot of effort to get to know them, so this is all confirmation bias, but he feels like this city is like the Trueman Show town - filled with extras. ]

[foreverphantom]

You think the prinnies live fuller lives than anyone else here?

[bottleking]

Not everyone, but some. I mean, look at them go!

[foreverphantom]

I mean, I look at them go in like, construction zones, but I don't know that they go home to a wife and kids at the end of the day, you know?

[bottleking]

[ This completely sidetracks Ponta. ]

... imagine Prinny chicks. Do you think they're as fluffy as penguin ones?

[foreverphantom]

Do not make me think about prinny reproduction, dude.

[bottleking]

[ He snorts. ]

It can't be that different from any other, no need to dwell on it too hard.

[foreverphantom]

They have stitch marks on them. It's kind of hard not to think about it, once you start.

[bottleking]

Do you think those are actual stitch marks? I kinda figured it was just a body part that looks like it. Like... the peg legs could be like hooves.

[foreverphantom]

Somehow, that almost feels more messed up.