tsuntrader | Turn that frown upside down [Video/Action]

[It had a pretty simple beginning. ...Okay, maybe not simple. Silver needed a distraction. Badly. And Ingo was a rather comfortable and effective person to serve as a distraction. Of course, Silver wasn't consciously aware of this at the time. If he had to be asked why he would go to Ingo at his time of need of a distraction, he'd honestly say that he wasn't sure.

But there he was, spending time with Ingo. Nothing too heavy, just some casual conversation. Of course, some casual conversation with Ingo... Led to a question about a certain rumor about his face. Namely, the fact that Ingo always frowned. Was his face really stuck that way? Silver had to know. Of course, when Ingo confirmed that it was false, he needed proof. What, is it comfortable to frown like that? Yes didn't quite seem like a legitimate answer, so...

Silver took on the task of finding the answer through first ~~hand~~ face experience.

Which left the obvious "if you can smile, why don't you?" ...But Ingo does not simply smile. Of course, there's gotta be some way to get him to smile. Which is where everyone else comes in.

So Silver heads to his journal and flicks on the video. Both he and Ingo are present.

He has a harmless and innocent enough question, if a stupid one. And an awkward one.]

So what's a good way to get someone to smile?

[Feeling the need to provide context, Ingo adds his piece, albeit awkwardly.]

Silver is attempting to get me to smile, you see-- ah, it's a little unnatural... But he'd like to make the endeavor.

[Which adds on to the initial awkward, so Silver adds a little more to the table.]

It's a long story.

[Once that's sufficiently awkwardly dealt with, it's off to go find something that can make the two of them smile by walking around... Well, everywhere.

The frowns never leave their faces. There are a lot of conversations about trains, subways, and Pokémon. Puns are included. Do you dare to take a ride on the super double frown subway? It's quite the challenge and it takes quite some time to make it to the next station.]

[SO HEY, A RIDICULOUS AND LIGHTHEARTED POST. Ingo is present! Tagging order is You--> Ingo --> Silver.]

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[WHOO CONTEXT.

Anyway.

Ingo sure seems to hang out in his apartment a lot! At least that makes it easy for Silver to find him, though-- like he's doing right now. That was a knock on the door, right?]

...Silver. [You look.... worn out. A little. Ingo'll hold the door open for him to come in.]

Edited (cam hates spaces) 2012-08-19 08:30 (UTC)

[Oh, it's Ingo and...that one trainer that visits their floor sometimes--"Silver" or something, wasn't it?]

Unnatural? Perhaps uncommon, maybe, but I wouldn't say it's an unnatural taste to see someone with a serious disposition smile...in fact, [and this comment seems to be directed towards Ingo, specifically, as he points to him] I know that I've seen you smile before quite a few times...

[Though come to think of it, Cilan can't quite recall if he's ever seen Ingo smile that much at all since having arrived here. At first he thought it was just because of being stuck here without Emmet, but...] ...Aha, well. Back when we were in Unova, at least.

[ERK-- is he serious]

You... have? [GEEZ LOUISE HOW CLOSE DO YOU GET TO HIM IN THE FUTURE CILAN THAT'S KIND OF CREEPY and embarrassing gkjhdhhf]

[Come on, come on, work this time...]

[....is that a marble?]

[...Huh-] You have?

[But Ingo never smiles. That's his thing. ...And Ingo seems surprised about it too...?]

...That's that marble trick you did before with your air bending, right? [Does it get their attention? Yes. Does it prompt smiles? Not so much...]

[What should he even say? He's not really sure why he's here, or what he's doooHi Ingo you came faster than expected. Uh-]

Hi. [Oh god what does he say. Worn out? Yeah, just a little. But that's a pretty constant state of being.]

Yeah, you remember! It's... it's really nice, right?

["Hi"? That's all...? Well, if he was looking for the least eloquent way to say "something is amiss," that's pretty high up there. Come in, come in. Sit down if you'd like.]

What can I do for you? [A warm drink? Idle conversation?]

Fascinating... [He does look interested.] I've yet to be introduced to "air bending." I assume it's just as it sounds?... It must require fine technique to be able to manipulate something so acutely.

[Ingo, it's a marble. You're taking this too seriously.]

I almost wondered if that marble was some sort of training regimen to refine his control when I first saw it.

[Marbles are very serious business, apparently.]

I... [think fast, think fast-

oh. Oh. Right.] I was wondering if there's anything I could do for you. [...] You took care of me when I was little. I want to repay the favor.

[It's a true statement, but not the real reason.]

Edited 2012-08-19 17:37 (UTC)

Thanks? Yeah, airbending is when I bend air. And... no, this is just for fun! Look, I'm having a blast!

[He is trying his hardest to maintain this exact pose.]

[Somewhere along their route, Ingo and Silver pick up a tail.

Sophie follows the two of them, only a few feet behind, wearing an identical frown on her face.]

Edited 2012-08-19 18:59 (UTC)

[Sob don't call us creepy. Though that reaction confirms the sneaking suspicion he's had that Ingo possibly didn't even remember having met Cilan before a year ago at the subway convention, let alone the events that happened in Nimbasa. That's...rather saddening and it probably shows on his face for a second or two before he swings right back around to "cheerful" again.]

Yes, I have. It's a little more noticeable during the battles with the most exciting flavors that take place on the Battle Subway, granted, but there have been a few other times when I've seen it, more recently during the last time I was in Nimbasa, after the battle we had. [The battle that he's vaguely mentioned before when he first got here, he means. He taps the side of his own face like in his icon, a somewhat wistful smile in place.] It's not as rare of a taste as you seem to think it is, Ingo. In fact, it even has a bit of a charm to it, if I do say so myself.

[Ah, that pause.]

I don't think you have to repay me for landing you with a head injury. [that was awful shjdg] But you're welcome to keep me company if you wish.

I hope you were alright, being that young, however... Did it last long? [when'd you go back to normal?]

[blah blah trains blah silver i love subways let me tell you about them]

There's also a route to a small town called Anville where the trans are taken off the lines for repairs or replacemen-- ...ah...

[There's a small girl following us. U..h...]

[I'm sorry, Cilan-- he notices that sadness but then you go and say his smile is charming and sdghkjgshjashgashfgkaf]

A...h. [um... this is...] I realize we come from different times, but...

[THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING HE'D DO. UNLESS YOU MAGICALLY REACHED EMMET-TIER SOMEHOW. AND HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS KIND OF QUESTIONABLY AWKWARD]

[...Oh. ...Oh...]

You might know a different Ingo, you know. [This feels kind of cruel to say, but it's the truth.]

[Routes to- replacement- huh? Some girl that's... Frowning?]

Are you okay? [Any association it might have had to their frowning has gone completely over his head.]

I see. [P-poor Aang. He gets a gold star for effort.] So that means it's not difficult to maintain?

[SO COOL MAN. You must be able to do ALL KINDS of neat stuff!!]

[Oww...he's not sure if that's a better or worse possibility, to be honest. Then again nothing about this place makes as much sense as it should, so...he frowns now, taking a moment to think before he replies.]

...Mm. Or it just hasn't happened yet--my station is further down the line from Ingo's, so he hasn't arrived at the same destination as mine yet. [Yes, he is capable of making train analogies too. But he's back to smiling again.] But it's fine--even if it's farther down the line...or on a different line altogether, I suppose, it's still the same train made from the same components used to get there. That's how I know he's quite capable of smiling if he allows himself to do so a little more often, because he's obviously still "Ingo"...

[There's a slight pause as he thinks to add, before Ingo could possibly accuse him of this.] And no, I'm not mistaking you for Emmet either, before you ask. You may be twins, but you do have your own individual tastes that separate you from one other, so I'm quite capable of being able to tell the two of you apart. [Not to mention that you both wear different colored jackets anyway, we'd have to be blind to not be able to tell you two apart...]

Or is it a fun thing you picked up after learning how to maintain your airbending really well?

[He's like a Pokémon but he's a person. And this is only the beginning of how cool he is.]

[Ingo no hitting his head was totally his- oh. That's a question. And Ingo's letting him in.]

It lasted for less than ten days. [Which is ten days more than he would have liked, but that's in the past now.]

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