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[thatwasours]

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[a man in his late thirties comes onto the feed. his bag is open next to him with the contents ruffled through, and there's an open Pokéball on the ground. the lower left sleeve of his trenchcoat is also leaking blood from what looks like puncture marks (a bite wound?) and is slightly singed, but he doesn't appear to be paying it much mind.]

 

I read the handbook, but there's one thing I'm not getting. These creatures-- Pokémon --are they pets, or are they weapons? The information here contradicts itself. It says here that friendship is an important part of raising the things, but as far as I'm aware, you don't usually make nice with animals you're teaching to cockfight.

 

And what kind of anarchistic society is this that the person with the strongest Pokemon wins every possible interpersonal conflict? All right, so it's not that different from most third-world countries, or your average political standoff, but seeing that kind of thing on an individual, culturally-encouraged level is a little disturbing. [he lets out a snort of disapproval.] Might makes right, I guess.
 
 

 

 

{ TEXT, LOCKED TO SELF AT 30% }

 

LOVE DETERRENCE

 

[the clumsy, highly experimental nature of the lock makes it fairly obvious that this is someone trying to work out how to filter and hack.]

Comments

[cardboard_boss]

[Snake sighed. He isn't trying to offend you, Kaz. He knows you're a tough cookie when you need to be. A better man than himself.]

I wasn't meaning it like that. [He looked down at his dog, who was looking up at his expectantly.]

Just don't want to see you get hurt again.

[thatwasours]

[flatly:]

If a dog manages to rip off my other arm, I don't deserve to have it.

[or anything less than four Soviets and a hacksaw, for that matter.]

Come on. I think we're getting closer.

[cardboard_boss]

[Snake just offered Kaz a look before focusing his attention on the distance where Havoc might be. He didn't want to think about his friend getting his limbs hacked off. It shouldn't have happened because he was still in that damn coma.]

Yeah. I can hear scuffling up ahead.