[OPEN] my lady threw my drugs away

[fursleuth]

WHO: Pikachu fursleuth and YOU
WHERE: Nonah, but potentially other places.
WHEN: The month of August
WHAT: Yet Another Open Catch-All for Kryptonite shenanigans or any other less-open logs you might need or want for August.
WARNINGS: You know that scene in Dumbo where he hallucinates the Pink Elephants? Basically that. Also HUGE SPOILERS for Detective Pikachu if you haven't seen it yet.


a. GREEN KRYPTONITE

As a detective, Pikachu has a tendency to pick up things for the sake of seeking out clues. This includes shiny rocks. The green one he picks up, unfortunately, has an instantaneous effect...

This is what you need to know about Harry Goodman.

Harry is a middle-aged detective. Harry was recently in a car crash that he's fairly certain caused him permanent brain damage, due to the fact that every morning he wakes up with no memory of the previous day and then this process repeats after his morning coffee. He has, on occasion, woken up in the middle of the day, usually during some sort of stressful situation.

Harry has accepted that this is just his life now, and the only reason he is a perfect beacon of chill right now is because he's never conscious enough to fully flip the fuck out about it.

For the most part while Harry is exposed to the green kryptonite due to trying to figure out what the fuck it is, he's hitting the streets, trying to find more information, treating it like its an experimental new drug or just some kind of new collector fad, depending on who he's talking to.

"Where do you get the green rocks?" is a great question to slide into conversations with anyone who looks like they might know something about something, as one is walking around town.

For those of you who frequently visit Pikachu's apartment in Nonah, you'll find the electric mouse is not in, and instead Harry is there, picking through all of these madman notes that he can't remember taking.

This is fine.


b. RED KRYPTONITE

Fortunately, someone will get that green rock away from Harry before he goes into a coma, which means there's probably a handful of people who know a secret that Pikachu, himself, is unaware of, but that's not important right now. The important thing is there are other rocks.

The red ones are a different problem.

Pikachu would approach this one with the same tactic Harry did- the problem is the rocks keep changing his mood. You might catch him playing bad cop with some local street kids who look like they're either holding or dealing, but more than likely you'll catch him grumpily walking the streets and getting deeply irritated with anyone in his way. "I'M WALKING HERE" is a frequent cry from the furry yellow beast as he pushes past people on the street.

And despite coffee being his healing balm of choice if you even so much as glance his way while he's trying to think while he's in a sour mood, he'll turn and glower and go, "What're you lookin' at, putz?"

However, on the other side of the coin... Pikachu forgets what he's supposed to be doing. The locals who think he's the cutest thing ever are suddenly his new best friends as he allows them to cuddle him while he rubs up against their legs like a cat, and he's attracting a crowd in the park that's worth looking into. Catching this is worth its weight in Instagram photos and blackmail potential, but, seriously, maybe you should save him from himself.

Or get some of that good Pikachu affection while you can.


c. X-KRYPTONITE

Third time's the charm, right? After hearing from Tina about her horse incident, he starts investigating the source of that nonsense. He finds himself at a petting zoo where some of the animals have been exhibiting strange powers. He's after the source of that to hopefully solve that problem and get a new shiny rock to hopefully not change his mood or his powers.

Unfortunately, the reptile exhibit is the one that got affected the most and Pikachu is now running around the reptile house screaming bloody murder while a python keeps trying to spit acid at him. The chaos is loud and worth investigating and the second someone pokes their head in the door, Pikachu is gonna climb them like a tree. "Oh thank god you're here. I need you to help me find a rock, but you need to avoid the snake."


d. SILVER KRYPTONITE

And finally, Pikachu discovers the one that is actually a drug, because eventually if you keep asking drug dealers about shiny rocks and you're clearly not impressive as a cop... They will give you something. In this case, the "something" is a silver rock.

So now there's a Pikachu, sprawled upon a park bench, clutching a silver rock between his paws with the most glazed look in his big round eyes as he stares up at nothing, occasionally breaking into high pitch laughter and murmuring nonsense to himself. "Heyyyy look at all those Jigglypuff."

And if someone happens upon him, he'll turn and try to focus on them to no avail and then laugh harder, "Are you my spirit guide? I was told I'd get a spirit guide."

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YEAHHHH HARRY (A)

[h2no]

Like most people, Archie has no idea who Harry is. Today, he's outside Pikachu's apartment with some files under his arm and a folded up step stool hanging off his fingers.

"Yo," he calls out, knocking. "Electric Boogaloo! I got more of them files for ya!"

When the door opens to someone who is not less than two ft tall and fuzzy, Archie... isn't all that surprised, actually.

"Ah... hey, bro. I'm lookin' for Pikachu. Y'know, short, yellow. Pokédex says they're the mouse Pokémon but most of them act more like Ratatta?"

[fursleuth]

Harry looks way less tired than he usually does- mainly because he's had a cup of coffee and didn't immediately black out. He is presently drinking his third cup of said coffee and he's squinting. "Pikachu... Are you talking about-" Harry drags his free hand down his face. "He's not here. I don't know where he is, but his little paw prints are all over the sink, so I know he's been here."

Which isn't like his Pikachu. In fact, he hasn't seen him since he got here, and that's really troubling, because if he didn't know he was here for a fact, at least he could write it off.

[h2no]

There are so many things Archie could link here. Knowing Pikachu well. Drinking the same type of coffee Pikachu likes out of his mug. Sounding the exact same. This could be solved so fast, but Archie is stupid.

"Ah... maybe he went out, or somethin'. You mind if I leave these here? He wanted them for one of the cases he's workin'." he says with a shrug. "Roomie? Fuck, bro, that's gotta be some kinda experience if you ain't from his world. They don't usually talk, promise. We don't come from that much of a hellscape."

hey. give that bug pokemon back its silver powder or so help me (D)

[planetary_bonds]

Yusei...isn't sure what to make of this, actually. He's never seen a Pikachu before, he certainly didn't expect this mouselike creature to talk, and he definitely didn't expect it to sound like that. It's like if he summoned Road Runner and it turned around and spoke to him in a chain smoker's voice. He has to briefly consider if maybe it's gotten ahold of some X-Kryptonite like the weird cats(?) that follow him around in Jeopardy did, but...whatever it's holding, that doesn't look like it. Yusei hasn't seen silver kryptonite yet, so...

Okay, no, this is just weird. He's going to ignore the spirit guide question for the time being (because when could Yusei be a decent guide for anyone? Ha!) and go back to the first thing he'd overheard.

"Jigglypuff?"

That...totally doesn't sound like a real thing, dude.

[fursleuth]

A Canadian chainsmoker's voice. That's the best kind of chainsmoker, Yusei.

Pikachu looks from the kid up to the sky again where, to him, there are dozens of Jigglypuff just rolling around in mid-air. He is amazed by this sight, clearly. "Yeah, they're just up there rolling around. Maybe if we sit really still, they'll sing for us, but... but shh... shh this is important." He rolls over onto his side, his hat falling off his head and stage whispers. "If you fall asleep, they'll mess you up, so whatever you do... Stay awake."

C

[threeisapattern]

After his dog's brush with superpowers, Stiles has also, independently, been looking into the phenomenon of animals getting temporarily super-charged, which also led him to this petting zoo. And unfortunately for his dad's stress levels, he's the kind of guy who runs towards the sounds of chaos rather than away, generally, if only to find out what's happening.

That said, Pikachu's going to need to hold on pretty tight because his first reaction to having an unexpected animal suddenly skitter up his body is to flail and try to shake it off before he registers that it's talking. "What the hell?!"

[fursleuth]

"Whoa whoa! Easy, man. I'm climbing here!" Pikachu digs into Stiles' shirt and manages to hold on through a combination of desperation and indignation. He is working here. Flailing isn't helping!

"What part of that do I need to repeat? Shiny rock good. Snake bad. We gotta do something about this."

d4 sadly did not crit but w/e, x-kryptonite

[viciousmaukery]

Is Molly just cursed to become a jungle gym for asshole yellow rodents now? Apparently, yes, because now Pikachu is using his horns as handles again. Great. That's. He'll work with it, whatever, it's fine, he's okay with this.

"It's—is it one of those drug rocks?" He sounds just the slightest bit hopeful about this. He hasn't tried silver kryptonite yet and by god does he want to. Then he pauses, absorbing the second part of the request. "What did it do to the snake, make it breathe fire?"

[fursleuth]

"Yes, drug rocks. And no, it's... Acid, actually." Lucien did something in your previous life that is causing karma to inflict snarky rodents on you, Molly. And this snarky rodent is so relieved that your head is the one he's found to steer. "And I think it's hungry. And I'm gonna be honest here... You're way harder to swallow, friend."

A huge shot of acid vomit hits the wall barely feet away from them as the slithery snake rounds the corner, the corrosive spit eating away at the concrete. "Oh god, it found me. Run! Run like the wind!"

( d )

[squadgoal]

[ is that a talking mouse? bow's eyes go wide. ]

Aww, you're so cute!

Sorry I didn't catch that. What's that now about a spirit guide?

[fursleuth]

I am. I am cute.

[He sounds so delighted that you think so, Bow. Like wow what a great compliment He's so endeared. You're officially the best spirit guide.] You know... The guide guy who's supposed to take me on my vision quest. You're late... I think.

[He giggles.] I actually don't know if you are. I have lost all sense of time. Is it Tuesday still?

C

[pushygirl]

[Kira has been getting used to this strange new world. A large, yellow mouse is still a startling sight for her. Especially when it climbs up onto her!]

Snake?

[Another thing Kira doesn't like. She backs away, especially once she spots the snake in question and sees it's spitting acid. She really ought to have known better than to try to satisfy her curiosity about that commotion.]

You can find it later.

[fursleuth]

[Pikachu is dumbfounded by her resistance to sparkle motion.] What the-? It's just a snake, sweetheart. It can't actually eat you.

[That corrosive spit is eating away at the concrete floor though, so he reevaluates that statement.] Un. On second thought ...You should run.

a

[choosetruth]

Georgia doesn't recognize the old guy, of course, though there's little familiar about his voice. She's been staying away from the rocks since her run-in with Red Kryptonite, so she frowns at him under her sunglasses.

"Why? I think those ones damp out powers and make you sick."

[fursleuth]

"Oh. Well, that would explain why I haven't had a blackout in days," says the guy who is definitely looking a little pallid in a blithely sardonic way, but I mean... He's tired. All the time. It's just fatigue.

Anyway, not the point. "It's not for me. There's idiots out there selling these things on the street. I'm hunting for the source."

a

[honeybadgered]

Gabby whirls around when she hears the voice, then scowls and rolls her eyes.

"Oh, come on. Why do you sound like my best friend too?"

This guy even looks kind of like Deadpool, or at least, more like him than the yellow rat did, but he's got clear, unscarred skin and hair. Definitely not the same guy.

[fursleuth]

Harry just looks at her like a dad who is trying to be supportive of his child, but is ultimately screaming internally because why would you say such a stupid thing. "I... Don't know how to answer that."

So he's just gonna move on. "Look, kid. I've got a question for you. Has anyone tried to sell you any green rocks?"

C

[purestwave]

This was insane!! Naminé just wanted to visit a nice place. She had no idea things were going nuts here, so when she heard screaming around her, she made sure the people were taken care of and moved to a safter area. Now that it was just here, she quickly ran to see what was the trouble.

Having a furry creature climb onto her was not what she was expecting! She squeals and cowers, hearing other awful things besides what that furry thing wanted her to do.

"A r-rock?" Feeling that the new creature wasn't doing anything bad to her, she looks up at him. "Why? What's wrong with them?"

[fursleuth]

He looks around frantically, making sure his MORTAL ENEMY, the acid-spitting python isn't closing in. So far so good. "Oh nothing much. They just turn the animals into super murderous whackjobs."

So, you know, a normal day in the neighborhood. No big deal. No big deal at all. "The snakes spit acid, the lizards breathe fire... It's almost like home except the people here do not know how to handle that."

And all the Pokemon trainers are not present, so Pikachu has to handle this on his own... and with his new partner. You've been conscripted, Naminé.

C!

[hellosirs]

"Avoid the what, now?"

Angus isn't sure what to be more surprised by - being climbed like a tree by a... a big yellow hamster(???), or the sna-- nope, ok, he's definitely more surprised by the snake! He yelps and immediately starts running for it, so Pikachu's gonna have to hold on tight to his sweatervest!

"With all due respect, I think getting away from the snake takes precedence over a rock right now! Wh-why is it spitting acid?!"

[fursleuth]

THIS IS ONE SPEEDY CHILD. Pikachu makes a noise and digs his little hands and feeties into the sweatervest and boy that thing is probably gonna have tiny claw mark runs in it from this adventure. Sorry about that.

"Because of the rock! These things totally correlate. My theory is if we get rid of the rock, we don't have to fight a snake. Everyone wins."

green kryptonite

[emperysse]

She's not been here long enough to actually realise what's going on, to know the rocks have effects or even that the rocks are a problem. Some planets have weird rainfalls, rocks wouldn't be anything too strange.

But when this man starts asking where he can get some?

"Why would you want a green rock?"

[fursleuth]

Harry shoves his hands into the pockets of his jacket and glances around before sizing her up. She doesn't have the vibe of someone who's probably dealing and he definitely doesn't look like the kind of person who's buying with his dad hair and glasses. Still, rather than just cop to his true purpose, he lies a bit.

"Some whackjob sold my kid one, saying it was a new kind of street drug. Now he's in a coma." Paternal vengeance sells better in a town like this than being a cop. At least that's what his guess is, considering his frequent black-outs keep him from having a good read.

A) Guess who finally saw Detective Pikachu

[flightforfreedom]

"You're looking for one of those damn things?" Poe asks, his brows knitting sharply. He's used to people tossing questions out at him on the street, but usually it's about television. Not - rocks.

It just so happens that Poe's already been having a hell of a time with these rocks in particular. Which is why he's currently walking instead of flying.

"Look, buddy, I don't know what kind of high you think you're going to get, but stay away from them."

welcome to the club

[fursleuth]

"I'm not looking to get any hig- do I look like I take drugs, man?" Harry just gesticulates to himself and his giant narc energy, like really? He might not be aware he's his own Pokemon, but that sarcasm is a shared trait.

"Someone's been dealing somewhere. I just needed to find the someone and the somewhere. It's a whole thing. I'm working on not a whole lot here." Aside from a green rock presently on his own person. Whoops.