begetsvengeance | 002 Video in Violet City Inn

[When the camera turns on, viewers will be greeted by an image of Jeane casually sitting down on her bed, with 1 mop top-headed blue dragon on her lap. Unlike the last time she used the damn gear, she's actually dressed sensibly for a change. Shocker, huh?]

You know, when I bought that Deino egg a few weeks ago I really didn't know what to expect. However, this...

[She gestures to the dragon on her lap, scratching it on its head.]

-wasn't something even I'd consider. Seriously, this thing looks like a crossover between Ringo Starr and a dog, with some lizard bits sprinkled in for good measure. If I wasn't a fan of the Beatles, I'd probably be angry.

But I'm not. Even named him Ringo for good measure. Hopefully he grows three more heads when he evolves so we can have the whole band.

[She puts him down on the ground, watching him for a few seconds as he walks off screen before turning her attention back to the camera.]

Anyway, now that the update all the "cool kids" do is out of the way, I can get to the main point of this message. I've been in this place for about a month, give or take. During that time I've been watching the network. People give updates like the one I just did all the time, telling us about shit we really don't care about, yet the one thing I never see is people complaining about this place.

We're taken from our homes to order a bunch of animals from a video game around for no apparent reason, yet I can count on my right hand the number of complaints I've heard, not counting newbies. So that got me thinking, why is that? Is it because bitching about our situation is pointless? Or...is it because back home just flat out sucks.

[A smile creeps across Jeane's face as she shrugs.]

Dunno why I'm so curious all of a sudden. Maybe I'm just up for a game of "if you tell me yours I'll tell you mine". It's probably the boredom sinking in, but feel free to enlighten me either way, I'll be sure to return the favo-

[Right before she finishes talking, Ringo appears behind her on screen yet again and...walks right into a wall. This must happen a lot, since Jeane just pinches the bridge of her nose and looks disappointed as the scene unfolds.]

...also tips on how to raise a blind dragon would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Rest assured, I have every intention of following procedure. In this sort of situation, it's best to have as much information as possible before taking action, particularly if the scenario you're suggesting turns out to be reality. I am theorizing that it's some sort of being bringing us here, though I don't necessarily know if it would have a personal stake in keeping us in check.

That makes sense. I mean, we pretty much can do whatever the hell we want with little to no consequences...bad ones, anyway. Unless you count those incompetent police officers, it really does seem like no one gives a shit about what we do here.

True enough. Though, it's difficult to say if the reason for that is because most of the things people generally do here don't matter in the general scheme of things, while an orchestrated attempt to delve deeper into the mysteries of this world would.

I dunno, that seems kind of...stupid. Wasn't there an attack on Goldenrod City or whatever a while ago? I doubt whoever's in charge here would let people just blow up whatever the hell they wanted, yet not want us to go snooping around.

Depends on their priorities, really. For all we know, they might not even be human, so things that purely involve humans might not even enter their mind. Who knows what we'd be getting into if we found out the truth behind all this?

[...oh no.]

I swear to god if it's aliens I'm going to kill something. I don't think I could handle that level of stupidity.

[WE DON'T NEED A REPEAT OF KNOWING KTHX]

...no, I think aliens would be equally idiotic, though given some of the things I've seen happen in this place I'm not about to rule idiocy out completely.

I was actually thinking extremely powerful Pokemon, given that the Pokemon in this world are the ones who seem to have the fantastic abilities.

You mean like Mewtwo? Or the legendary birds?

[She played Red, okay. She knows these things.]

Are you talking about the legendary birds from Kanto? I'll admit, this "Mewtwo" hasn't come up in my research, but... the Pokemon I'm talking about have more mythological aspects to them than the ones you're talking about.

Well, Mewtwo isn't exactly well-known about, but he's kind of a big deal. If I'm remembering my game history right, he's supposed to be one of the strongest there is.

Is there a specific reason why information on him would be sparse? Well, aside from the fact that finding information on most legendary Pokemon is like pulling teeth, of course.

Well he was made by a group of scientists, for starters. Not like people had a lot of time to collect information on him as opposed to the other legendaries.

Ahh, I see. So he'd be more like a weapon than anything actually connected to forces of nature.

A really vicious living weapon with psychic powers, but yeah.

[...hang on a minute.]

Wait. What do you mean "connected to the forces of nature"?

Well, I assumed that went without saying.

There are some texts that I've been coming across that suggest some legendary Pokemon in other regions are considered to have power comparable to that of gods-for example, the Hoenn region seems to have a sea god of some sort, and I've come across references to Pokemon that control time and space-though I'm not sure which region's mythology they belong to yet.

You know what they say about those who assume.

[Or maybe he doesn't. Guess if not, she'll have to do a bit of explaining. No big deal.

...besides, this is getting interesting.]

Isn't that a bit...strange? I mean, if these things are just Pokémon, no matter how powerful they are, shouldn't we be able to capture them if found?

[And if there's one that can manipulate space, that just might be their ticket out of here...though she's unsure if she wants to leave.]

...it was an educated guess.

Honestly, I have no idea. It may be entirely possible, but even if it was, I doubt it'd be easy.

[Jeane smirks.]

It might not be as hard as you think. Ever hear of the Master Ball?

...Not before now, though it's not particularly difficult to guess its function.

It's really not, but basically? It can catch any Pokémon. Even Mewtwo, the living weapon who could rip out your intestines and strangle you with 'em using its mind can't resist it.

[oh man...]

That sounds rather useful indeed. How did you go about obtaining one of those in the games?

Aww, don't I get anything for telling you this valuable piece of information?

[She is such a tease.]

I did tell you about the other Legendary Pokemon that are out there, didn't I? Of course, if there's something else you would want, I'd be happy to oblige.

Well information is just about the only useful thing around here I can't get on my own. Not without a lot of legwork, anyway.

So how about this: I tell you where to get the Master Ball, and in exchange you fork over any information when I need it. Sound fair?

[...this could either go extremely well or extremely poorly... but it's going to help him out in the long run. If they end up having the same goal... well, he has a great deal of well trained Pokemon, and nothing is keeping him from pulling out ahead.]

Very well, then, that sounds perfectly fair. I'll be as forthcoming with information as I possibly can.

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