[video]

[pidge_out]

[Unfortunately for the current residents of Johto, they might be unfortunate enough to find what might be one of the worst video feeds ever on the network. It seems to cut in and out at first, and even after it manages to stay on for longer than ten seconds, the video is really just... the world spinning endlessly. Ground, leaves, sky, ground, leaves, sky -- Occasionally a tree is visible for half a second and the direction of movement seems to change, but other than that, it's an endless loop of ground-leaves-sky.

It might eventually be obvious that the camera appears to be attached to something that is rolling quickly down a hill. It probably helps that the entire feed is accompanied by the sound of what's clearly a Pokémon "hooting" over and over - rather excitedly, at that - and a voice somewhere in the distance. Pay close enough attention and the words being yelled out are things along the lines of--]

Wait!! Come back!! Just-- Spread your wings and stop rolling already!!

[Does that sound like a new trainer in need of help? That's probably because that's more less exactly what it is.]

Comments

[pidge_out]

What? [Pidge shakes her head a little, trying to think this through.] Altering the molecular structure to change shape is one thing, but to be able to do more than just mimic and take on the same physical qualities as well...

[This place is so crazy.

[And Rover is puffing his feathers up more as he looks through the screen at the Ditto. Fight me.]

[schachmeister]

Isn't it incredible? Some of the things pokemon are capable of are just hard to believe. There are even myths about Pokemon that control time and space itself.

[Fight? Ditto lets out a distressed soft 'hoo'. No fight. It is a lover, not a fighter.]

[pidge_out]

[That gets Pidge to look completely stunned.] What?? But-- if that's true, the implications of something like that existing is just- just--

[The words Pidge is looking for is "mind-blowing." But somehow she can't manage to say it out loud.]

[Unfortunately for Ditto, Rover is needlessly aggressive. Every other Pokémon in existence is there to fight him.]

[schachmeister]

It might not be true, of course. It is incredibly hard verifying anything regarding legendary Pokemon due to how elusive they are. But some parts of the myths have been proven to be true. So at the very least, we need to keep an open mind and--

[Ditto lets out another distressed hoot, before it starts glowing and bulging against and transforms into... a rock. No sir, he is not fighting, not at all. Please leave it be, it is just a simple rock, trying to live its life.

Armin, feeling the pokemon on his lap go from soft round owl to rock, stops talking and glances down.]

Ditto?

[pidge_out]

Honestly, I'm hoping it's more an exaggeration than an actual truth. [Pidge glances to one side with a small, thoughtful frown.] This place is a lot to take in--

[She stops herself when Armin trails off, finally looking back at the 'gear and noticing the way Rover's getting all puffed up and super HOOTy at the Ditto. It has her rolling her eyes and quickly pushing Rover somewhere off camera.]

Rover, cut it out.

[schachmeister]

[Armin's hand drops down to Ditto, awkwardly giving the rock a few pats.]

It's all right. Nobody got hurt. [They are a region apart, after all.] Looks like your Rowlet is going to be a pretty eager battler.

[pidge_out]

[Pidge keeps shooing him away even once he's off-screen. Only once he's gotten far enough does she turn back to the 'gear with a little sigh.]

He's a handful. We just got here and he's already tried to pick a bunch of fights with Shiro's bigger Pokémon.

[schachmeister]

My Dhelmise is like that. He's been wanting to pick fights with everything he sees since the moment he hatched.