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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[cardboard_boss]

Yeah. It's strange.

[He still couldn't quite believe this creature was talking to him.]

Back where I'm from no animals can speak to humans like this.

[crouching_sin]

I'm told that's common... very odd to me, but common.

This place has a way of always surprising you. At least it keeps things interesting.

[cardboard_boss]

[Snake still frowned when he heard the Pokémon speak. It just felt a little odd to him right now.]

Yeah. Seems like they don't want to keep you bored whilst you try and master all the kit you've been given. [As in PokeBalls etc.]

[crouching_sin]

Which is a good thing, I think. I don't know about you, but I enjoy learning new things.

[cardboard_boss]

[He couldn't argue with that. Learning new things was good and being placed in an unknown environment with almost nothing wasn't exactly foreign to Snake. He had been on missions where it was almost a death zone, being fired at by bullets, shells and missiles, yet he had to survive.]

Being a soldier you learn new things everyday when you tackle your environment.

[crouching_sin]

Of course. But you'll find you don't really have to fight here. ... Your Pokemon will want to battle, probably, but you're not required to.

[cardboard_boss]

Doesn't mean I won't hone my skills as a soldier and get sloppy. I can't afford to do that. [He wants to go home one day.]

I won't rely on my Pokémon to do all the fighting, since I don't believe in that. Everything has to be fair. Even for the Pokémon.

[crouching_sin]

Mm. There's the issue of there being no weapons. Not really. I'm fairly certain that they're mostly illegal.

Of course, you could try hand to hand combat, if that's something you know.