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denver probably needs someone to help take him down a peg, anyway. i dont know how the hell he turned out so haughty immediately after being born but i'm not forgiving him for spitting ice in my face

... ray's face, technically

i'll consider that, but they barely tolerate me touching them to ride them; i may lose an eye if i try to outright pet them

nah; ive been trying to think of a good name but all I can think of is "Bambi" and that feels too mean

Perhaps Lapras are naturally inclined towards this behavior. They are told to be quite graceful in the wild--perhaps their personalities reflect this.

[That's a really nice way of saying that most Lapras probably hate Venkman's guts.]

What about botanical terms or something relating to specific flora? I've heard that flowers make for good names, though I personally don't see the appeal of naming a creature after a plant's reproductive structure.

cool so you have a giant plesiosaur that was predestined to be prissy and conceited

spengs youre the one who actually knows botany

all i know is basic floriography and i only learned that so i could give you that bouquet for valentines after we first started dating

and then you got all flustered and started talking about the reproductive cycle of bees and flowers and grossed me out

[It's fine because after many, many years, Venkman is almost entirely immune to Egon rambling about weird shit.]

[and thank god he is]

Oh. Yes. I remember that. No one had given me flowers before, so the gesture was incredibly unexpected.

[mostly because...he never dated anyone before. sometimes the first guy you end up dating ends up being your partner for life]

Here are a few suggestions of botanical names off the top of my head:

Sneezewort Yarrow
Toadflax
Rafflesia keithii
Welwitschia mirabilis
Arum Lily
Aconite
Dracaena cinnabari

Edited 2019-01-27 03:36 (UTC)

good to know that you teaching me about the horrors of honey bee mating is something that happened in multiple dimensions

...

spengs the only one of those that's even salvageable as a name is aconite. what's that again?

The honey bee is hardly the only animal that reproduces in a similar manner. Although ducks do not die during the reproduction process.

Aconite is also known as monkshood, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or wolfsbane. Needless to say, it is incredibly poisonous.

why did you have to remind me of ducks :-/

of course itd be some sort of weird poison i dont know why i'd expect anything different from you

my deer isnt even a poison type

It is hardly unusual. Records of aconite being used have been seen throughout history, in books both occult and practical in nature. It is known for a variety of supernatural uses, most notably being used to coat weapons to kill werewolves. However, as aconite is very poisonous, it would likely kill anyone, lycanthrope or not, after being stabbed by a weapon coated in it.

Being stabbed is also usually lethal.

If you would like more conventional names, I suppose I could offer some. Such as Amaryllis, Dahlia, Edelweiss, Larkspur, Oleander, Rue, and Zinnia.

Edited 2019-01-28 01:03 (UTC)

im glad you know that stabbing is deadly. how long'd it take you to figure that one out

I kinda like Rue. What's that one?

Rue is an herb with a widespread growing region that had a variety of 'medicinal' uses in ancient times, although it is not very frequently used in modern times.

For a literal definition, it means 'regret'.

ohh yea; "rue the day" and all that, right?

definitely not a common one for a flower bouquet. not that that would've stopped ray. remember that?

mint, yellow carnations, yellow roses, narcissus, peonies, coriander flowers, begonias, petunias, spider flowers, lime blossoms, dragonswort, daffodils, fennel...

[Ray really just picked up every flower he thought looked nice and it turned into a bouquet of mixed signals.]

Oh, yes. I'm surprised you memorized them all. And the fact that the bouquet remained constant throughout dimensions.

...Still, it was a touching gesture, regardless of the symbolism behind the flowers.

Coincidentally, did your universe's Egon Spengler attempt to gift you a bundle of fungi and garlic?

i wound up going through some books showing ray what every single one of those flowers meant just to watch him squirm as he realized just what a mess he'd given me; memorized them as a result

[And because, as confusing as the bouquet was, Venkman still got the actual message intended for him. The sentiment behind it outweighed the cons. He still thinks of that bouquet whenever he sees one of the flowers Ray used in it.]

you sure god damn did, egon. most of it grown from your own fungus garden

Edited 2019-01-28 07:01 (UTC)

[haha gay rights]

Ah. I thought you would have appreciated it due to the unique and interesting properties of fungi as well as garlic's ability to ward off supernatural creatures. I did not think that non-plant organisms fell under the domain of floriography.

...What did you end up doing with that, anyways?

[it is my duty as a gay motherfucker to take this idiot and throw out all the gross straight bullshit that bill murray had for him, and make him a gay sap in retaliation]

it was endearing, to be honest

once i got past the knee jerk "what the hell is this supposed to mean" reaction

the edible stuff I wound up using to make packaged ramen taste a little better; the poisonous mushrooms- which, by the way, thank GOD you told me which ones were which- i kept

tried to figure out how to grow them but then my roommate at the time's cat tried to get into them and he got mad about me keeping poisonous fungi around

[He may have said something about Egon being a bad influence. Coincidentally, the semester after that is when Venkman started rooming with Egon.]

Edited 2019-01-28 07:23 (UTC)

[He feels somewhat touched at that? Even though the incident in question was over ten years ago and also this Venkman is from a completely different dimension. He's just a bastard who's in love.]

Ah, yes. Then again, I believe that at the time, owning pets in residence halls was against the residential agreement.

Then again, so were open flames and pressure cookers and marijuana.

...It's been a long time since then, hasn't it?

thank god that cat was quiet. he used to hide it in the closet whenever inspection came by

... god remember when ray and i first found out you had a bong and we both flipped the fuck out because we'd both just assumed you'd never even been high before

yea. been a long time since were professors, let alone in college

I distinctly remember that, yes. I also remember the first time you witnessed me under the influence of marijuana, you were somewhat unnerved by my behavior.

If I am being entirely honest, Peter, I do not think much of the time I spent being a professor. I mostly recall students complaining about the courses I taught.

[because he hardly even showed up to his own goddamn classes]

look

can you blame me for thinking i was having a bad trip when you pulled out rap shakespeare on us

you and me both; i think ray's the only one who had students that actually tended to like him and he spent half his semesters in the hospital with chemical burns from his experiments with you

at least i made my exams easy, unlike you

Oh

You remembered rap Shakespeare.

I still argue that the exams could have been completed if the students merely took the time to study the supplemental material I provided as well as the textbook and related articles sought out on their own time. It is how I was able to learn the material.

[your experiences are not universal.png]

egie i could never forget rap shakespeare

thats impossible

its burned into my memory

whether i like it or not

and yet im still in love with you so i either have low standards or you're absolutely worth putting up with rap shakespeare

and its probably the second one

... you know that when youre a professor youre supposed to teach the class not force them to teach themselves

[says the man who never showed up to his 9am and made the answers to every exam "A".]

Ah. Thank you.

I think.

I still stand my by reasoning that students should be perfectly capable of teaching themselves the material if they are truly interested in it. Though I suppose a professor is supposed to facilitate that interest....

This reminiscing makes me greatly anticipate your arrival in Goldenrod. Please try not to get in too much trouble before then.

[that's his way of saying that he's really fucking excited to see venkman]

what about the students who arent interested in the material but still gotta learn it or at least gotta take it for credits

you ruined so many gpas spengler

i'll do my best; theres still a couple things i gotta take care of here but im almost done

try not to go to prison again

Edited 2019-01-28 20:04 (UTC)

Uh

[Spengler elects to ignore responding to that little comment.]

I'll do my best. We should keep out of trouble while we're on the road. Is there anything you'd like us to purchase before we leave?

thank god you're never planning to go back to teaching.

[whats that about extreme ghostbusters? excuse me? ray and winston are the only ones who should ever go into teaching, 39 y/o retired ghostbuster egon who?]

some supplies so that you guys dont freeze to death out there on the road would be good. make sure ray dresses warm

and dont forget to ALSO dress warm

also, with regards to your bat, maybe pick up a clicker- you know, like the thing people use to train dogs?- and see if you can make any progress in training him to respond positively to that. pavlov, baby

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why do all of our threads end up being gay i swear i dont intend to do this

Its because we're gay and theyre gay [drugs cw]

yea. Yeah [more drugs cw]

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