mission 001- video/text

[cardboard_boss]

[The feeds snaps on to show a rather grizzled man with a beard and eyepatch patting a rather friendly dog Pokémon. A Poochyena to be precise. Boss grunted in amusement when the dog started to chew on his metallic arm. A toy? Well, the Pokémon thought the metal was rather interesting compared to his other normal limb.]

Hngh. A dog? Didn't think I'd end up having another one trailing after me.

[Boss picked up the empty Poke ball from his back pack and studied it. How could such a large animal fit in such a small device? It was all rather confusing right now. Also, what was that music playing? It sounded like a tape but no music he'd ever heard on his iDroid before.]

Hey! Watch the arm. [Snake scalded the energetic Pokémon when he bit down on one of Snake's prosthetic fingers. He was only a puppy but still. He needed those fingers.]

Going to call you DD. You're just like him. Good dog. [Snake patted Poochyena's head and made the dog sit. Good. At least he was learning. It wasn't the first time he'd had a dog follow him and try to lick his face. Snake focused back to the video feed and sighed.]

Anyone hear me? Can someone tell me what's going on and why these animals seem to fit inside tiny balls? [Yeah. He's going to go with that first of all.]

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[usedflareblitz]

[ Yang shook her head. ] No, that's not it. It's been— [ Four months? Six months? ] I've been here a few months. This was just more clumsiness.

[cardboard_boss]

It's ok. I'm getting used to working this gear too. It's not that dissimilar to my iDroid at home but anyone can make a mistake.

[So, don't worry?]

Name's Snake.

[usedflareblitz]

It's different from our Scrolls, too, for sure.

[ She blinked. Oddly enough, introductions don't usually happen so fast around here. People get so caught up in what they're doing, where they are, things like that. It's new. ] I'm Yang. And... welcome to the pet simulator, I guess.

[ Not the warmest welcome, but she's trying. ]

[cardboard_boss]

[Yang? As in Ying and Yang? He had fallen into an Eastern world for sure.]

Yeah. I capture animals back home but not like this. We use balloons to capture them not Poke Balls.

[usedflareblitz]

In balloons or you mean ... airlifting? [ hopefully he meant airlifting because, otherwise? yikes. ]

[cardboard_boss]

No. Not in balloons, from balloons. They're attached using the Fulton to air recovery system. You attach a rope to the animal then the balloon lifts up towards a helicopter hovering above, retrieving the animal.

[Ingenious, right?]

[usedflareblitz]

I don't really get it, but it sounds kinda dangerous. You do this kind of work all over? [ her eyes are drawn to one specific corner of the screen again. that incredibly detailed prosthetic. ] Is that how you lost it...?

[cardboard_boss]

It's not dangerous if you know what you're doing. We all do. We're soldiers honed for the battlefield. [Yeah, tough times.]

Huh? No. It's complicated.

[He doesn't really fancy discussing that right now.]

[usedflareblitz]

Soldiers... [ Yang's jaw is tense. she's curious but at the same time — she gets it. ] Sorry. I knew it was a dumb thing to ask. After all—


[ here she pulls the 'Gear back and that's where Snake can get a good view of the bandaged stump where her right arm ought to peek out past the sleeve of her shirt. it's no a fresh wound; this is the kind of bandage that's meant to prep and mold the area to eventually receive a prosthetic. ]