iStones, april 6

[catpiper]

[You know those pressing, intense questions that keep you up in the middle of the night? Well, this is one such moment and anyone unfortunate enough to be awake, or awakened, during these early morning hours will be hit with an extremely important q from a confused girl.]

What's a joke?

[And, a few seconds later-]

How do you 'prank' someone? Is that a treasure? 

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[catpiper]

[The explanation is weird because she's not really worth apologizing too. She's not the type to hold a grudge or get angry anyway, but it doesn't feel right to brush off something that sounds like it was hard for him to do. The lecture's over and done with, in her mind, so-

She does pause. Thinks about saying thank you, but that doesn't sound right either.

That's a problem for another day, maybe. She's not used to people apologizing to her and even less accustomed to
reacting to it.]

They wake up.

[yallstupid]

[Apologizing is difficult, yes, but it needs to be done, it needs to be said. Acknowledging your mistakes, accepting they were made, and working to be better...saying sorry is the first step. He's not a good person, Guzma knows that, but he'd like to get better. Little by little.

The silence lingers, and he raises his brow, then the punchline comes up and there's a brief snort. Oh, that...that was awful. But it got a short and brief chuckle out of him for how bad it was. So, clearly, he has to join in. Those are the rules of a terrible, punny joke off. He didn't make them, but he is a law abiding citizen (no, he's not).]

Nice. I got one, too. Where do Mimikyu buy their milk and eggs?

[catpiper]

[The snort, brief as it was, puts her at ease after the tense conversation. A Mimikyu is?? Probably a pokemon?? Do they buy things?? Is this a trick question? She rolls back onto her stomach and tries to think of what this joke answer could be.]

Spicy Treasures?

[Or]

Denny?

[Do people even buy things anymore?? She's pretty sure it doesn't work like that at either place, but you know.]

[yallstupid]

[Oh my god, child, you are so absolutely dumb it's kind of cute sometimes. One day you'll be smart though, god help him if he can't put at least some worldly knowledge into your head before he leaves or dies.

But! Punchline. Guzma's not really thinking about the fact Ren probably doesn't know what a Mimikyu is, a bit too caught up in his own stupid joke. These sort of childish Pokemon puns were a delight with the, uhh...less intelligent of his grunts, or the ones that were easily amused.]

The ghost-ery store. [IT'S SO DUMB. IT'S SO FUCKING DUMB, BUT HE CAN'T HELP THE GRIN ON HIS FACE.]