Pokestar Studios
Roxie and I followed Afroguy into the studio plaza, where a balding man awaited.
Balding Man: "Ah, you must be the promising young lady!"
Afroguy: "Indeed, here she is!"
"Wait, how did you tell him? I didn't see you on the phone while we walked here or anything..."
Afroguy: "Welcome... to Pokestar Studios! This is my current boss, the world-famous Mr. Stu Deeoh!"
Roxie: "Great name."
Stu Deeoh: "Bonsoir! Hello! I'm Stu Deeoh! Charmed, I'm sure! So you must be Anthony. Great, I love people with cross-gender names!"
"Funny story about that, I-"
Stu Deeoh: "I'd like to explain Pokestar Studios, but I need a little time to prepare! I'm so sorry, dahling, could you wait an eensy moment?"
"Hey, if you're so famous why have I never heard of you before?"
Stu Deeoh: "Oh, I am so famous my fame level wraps back around from 255 to 0! SO famous!"
Afroguy: "In the meantime, I'll show you around Pokestar Studios! I can't count how many times I've gotten to give this tour!"
Roxie: "I'm just here to pick up my dad. Leave me out of this."
We followed Afroguy, tuning out his tour's explanation.
"I get the impression Stu is just some bum off the street or something. Would explain why he hires random guys- I mean, girls- off the street."
Roxie: "His accent is fake too. Definitely a bum."
Afroguy: "And this is the theater! I remember back when it was just a stage for ancient dramas and tragedies!"
"Wow, so they re-enacted ancient plays some time during your tenure here?"
Afroguy: "Yeah... re-enacted... Today we show modern films here! Let's take a look inside!"
He led us in, where Roxie's dad was.
Roxie: "There you are!!"
Roxie's Dad: "I'm making my film debut now! Well, actually I already tried some scenes earlier, but they want to reshoot those scenes! Come watch me!"
Roxie: "We're going home. NOW."
He and Afroguy led us into the other studio, to watch his acting attempts.
Tech Guy: "Okay, we're ready to shoot again, Riolu-Man vs. Brycen-Man, scene 1, take 24..."
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "Halt. Evildoer. Stop now or I will! Defeat you!"
Tech Guy: "Cut!"
Take 25
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "Line please!"
Tech Guy: "Cut!"
Take 26
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "Cut! Wait, you meant that was cutting the take, not that 'cut' was my line! I get it!"
Take 29
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "..."
Tech Guy: "..."
Roxie's Dad: "Oh, was that my cue? Cut! I'll remember it next time!"
Take 30
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "..."
Take 37
Roxie's Dad: "MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!"
Take 45
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE-
Roxie's Dad: "Hold on, this costume's tag is itchy!"
Take 56
Roxie's Dad: "-will defeat you! OHH, that's what you meant when you said we weren't rolling yet!"
Take 71
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "Burp!"
Tech Guy: "Please put the sandwich back in the break room, sir."
Take 89
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "How come he gets to be the cool character?!"
Take 100
Brycen.exe: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Roxie's Dad: "Line please!"
Tech Guy: "CUT! Listen, can we just wrap it up and go HOME?! My wife is going to leave me if I keep staying after like this!"
Roxie: "Dad, please!"
Roxie's Dad: "No! Not until I get this right!"
Afroguy: "I don't get it, why are you all acting as if your perceptions of time are so different that this has been an eternity for you?"
Roxie's Dad: "Blonde poofy hair guy! My costume's shoe is undone! Tie it for me!"
Afroguy: "It's yellow, sir!"
"Ugh, this is just stupid!"
Afroguy: "Wait, you're the girl who I thought was talented..."
He, Roxie, and the tech guy looked at me.
Roxie's Dad: "Line please!"
Tech Guy: "Take five. We'll call you back in to resume acting in... a while."
- One arrangement later -
"Man, this costume is awkward."
Tech Guy: "It's the best we could throw together on such short notice."
Roxie: "Come on, get rolling before he comes back in!"
"Okay, let's do this."
- One shoot later -
Roxie and I were sliding her father's feet across the pavement to the theater, Stu Deeoh and the Afroguy ahead of us.
"Okay, mister Roxie's father, let's go see your wonderful movie!"
Roxie's Dad: "It's weird, I don't remember finishing the shoot!"
Roxie: "Oh, you did, don't you remember?"
We all sat down in the theater to watch my film.
Narrator: "In a world where blue-haired men wear very clashingly purple-and-green cloaks and amusement parks regularly get terrorized, one beacon of hope stands against the darkness."
Brycen-Man: > MUAHAHA! I, BRYCEN-MAN, WILL DESTROY THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AND EVERYONE IN IT!
Riolu-Girl: "Halt, evildoer! Stop now or I will defeat you! I cannot allow your mischief!"
Brycen-Man: > AND WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?!
Riolu-Girl: "I am a ray of light absolving the world of darkness such as yourself! I am Riolu-Girl, protector of truth!"
Brycen-Man: > FOOL! YOU WOULD DO WELL TO STAY OUT OF MY WAY!
Crowd: "Whoa, what's going on! Is this some sort of hero skit?"
"Brycen-Man" and "Riolu-Girl" clashed in battle, with Riolu-Girl gaining the upper hand and eventually defeating Brycen-Man in an epic battle.
Brycen-Man: > ARGH. DEFEATED BY A SILLY HERO... BUT I SHALL BE BACK, MARK MY WORDS!
Narrator: "And so, peace was restored... for now. But who knows when evil will strike again? What we do know is that when it does... Riolu-Girl will be there to stop it!"
After the round of applause, Roxie's father was silent.
Roxie's Dad: "..."
Roxie: "..."
"..."
Roxie's Dad: "Why do I have lumps on my chest? Explain!"
"Uh..."
Roxie's Dad: "And why did my voice sound so odd? Explain!"
Roxie: "Uh..."
Roxie's Dad: "..."
Afroguy: "..."
"..."
Roxie's Dad: "...I'm a movie star! I did it!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and vacated the theater.
Afroguy: "Thank you so much, Anthony."
Roxie: "Yeah, seriously, thanks for all that. Now I gotta get this lug home, though."
Roxie's Dad: "You're just jealous of my actorabilitifity."
Stu Deeoh: "You're always welcome to come shoot more films, daahling!"
"You know, I might come back one day."
Afroguy: "If you do, I'll be here! I'm always here! ...Always!"
I left, helping to drag Roxie's immobile-with-pride father out.
Stu Deeoh removed his disguise, dropped his accent, and spoke into his transciever.
Geoff: "She was just here! She has two badges! I'll report to my post in Castelia immediately!"
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