oo2: I am thou, and thou art I--cut the crap WHO ARE YOU?

[goldendays]

(video)

[Heeeey, why’s Gold so angry looking? Oh wait, maybe because IT’S NOT GOLD.]

Hey, HEY, HEY. Can you see me? Can you see this face? [He’s seen pointing at himself -- though really all that can be seen is part of his finger since he’s nearly smooshed up against the screen (for empahsis)]

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m Hibiki from Johto, not this Gold person! Who’s Gold anyway?! [He moves back from the screen and throws his arms up in the air, and maybe the video doesn’t desaturate the quality enough that you can tell his face is getting red.]

Do you know how many people have called me Gold since I got here? Do you? And Explotaro, EXPLOTARO. My Typhlosion is not Explotaro or whatever, he doesn’t EXPLODE.

[He moves even farther from the camera now, in favor of pacing back and forth in the clearing he’s been in for the past few weeks or so, with his hands in his hair or in the air. Where’s Typhlosion? The volcano pokemon is lounging off by the side ignoring his trainer’s quarter-life crisis--there are tons of other Typhlosion around he doesn’t give a crap.]

I don’t even know who Gold is or what he even looks like! I can’t possibly be him, I’m ME! Me, Hibiki--champion of Johto and the boy that defeated Team Rocket! I’m..not...Gold........[Wait for it....] I’m not Gold, I’m not Gold, I’m not Gold, I’m....not...Gold? What if I am, what if that’s why people are calling me Gold? Even Silver called me Gold. Is this why people recognize me? Cause I’m Gold? And..Typhlosion's Explotaro?

No, no........NO! It can't...I'm not.......

[He lets out a scream of frustration and hits his head a couple times with his hands.]

I DON’T KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE!!

(/video)

Comments

[goldendays]

[Wail, wail, waaaiiiilllllll--]

Huh?

Oh. Yeah, Johto champion!! I was about to challenge the Kanto League too before I got...[strange hand motions] teleported to this place.

[tsuntrader]

[...Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it-]

Never thought I'd see a champion have a complete meltdown.

[goldendays]

[He feels his soul slowly chipping away..........]

C-champions are allowed to sometimes, with all that stress from being champion and stuff!!! And this is a HUGE crisis, my identity is at stake, Silver!

[tsuntrader]

[but do you have the heart to make up for it]

...If it makes you feel better, you're nothing like Gold.

[goldendays]

[Do you even know who you're questioning right now? OF COURSE he has the heart to make up for it, a heart of pure gold!]

Thanks...I think.....BUT it's still not cool when people think I'm Gold...and I can only imagine how Typhlosion is feeling about this!

[plot twist: he doesn't care]

[tsuntrader]

[>heart of gold

you're not helping your case here hibiki]

At least you two don't look exactly the same. [...Just almost exactly the same.]

[goldendays]

[He's the better gold.............don't look at him]

See! [He throws his arms up in the air; it's not a hard concept to understand!] Why can't everyone else think the same thing??

[tsuntrader]

...Even if you don't look exactly the same, you still look really similar. [You two even wear the exact same outfit minus the goggles okay come on]