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004 - Video

Dec 12th - Video

[Hank appears on the screen, rifling through some sheets of paper and things collected in his notebook. It might not really be unusual to keep notebooks here, but he's got a bunch of sticky notes poking out of his, bright colored strips of paper peeking from between edges and labeling different sections of the book in scratchy capital letters. He's pulling out some strips of paper that either look like newsprint or 'LOST' ads as he's talking.]

So, I have this little rescue service I started. Occasionally I look through the newspaper or go to Pokecenters and look up missing posters and ads and then sorta try and reunite Pokemon and their trainers or help some lost kid find their way back to the trail. So far I've had pretty good luck. Me and my dogs would go look someone up, see if they had something they could use a scent sample, and we'd get on their trail. Or we could use some basic logic guesswork. 'They went to this place because in bad weather this is where it'd be warm and dry.' Or in one case 'They had really bad fuckin' eyesight and followed the wrong trainer for a week because they were shaped like their trainer.' But there are a few places where I just brought up blanks because it's either been a while or the weather's been so bad in places that the trail's dead.

[And he's apparently got them laid out on a table in that time.] Alright, I'm going to take a picture of these and send with this... post, broadcast, stream... whatever the fuck it is. I'm not good at social media. [Even in fantasy land. Anyway, the broadcast cuts so he can take the picture.]

LOST MALE ALOLAN MEOWTH, GOES BY PURRCEY. HAS A RED COLLAR. STEALS HATS SO MIGHT BE IN A HAT. LAST SEEN NEAR GOLDENROD. NOV 20TH.	Missing Pokemon Fearow. Answers to 'Frank.' Very puffy feathers. Was frightened by a bad storm and took off. Has not been seen since. Please help.
Missing! Small Volcarona. Will follow the sound of birthday music because it likes cake. Might be located by singing 'Happy Birthday' loudly. Last seen after blown by a heavy wind on Route 35.	LOST Buffy the Tentacruel has been gone since Oct. 31st. Possibly was trying to follow our Sharpedo. Sharpedo returned, Buffy did not. Extra large and has a Poffin addiction. Stares unnervingly at strangers.
ATTENTION MISSING JIGGLYPUFF. NAME: HAMILTON PUT ME TO SLEEP AND RAN AWAY AND STOLE ALL THE POFFINS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY. POSSIBLY IN HIDING BECAUSE OF GUILT. LAST SEEN ON TRAIN LEAVING GOLDENROD. WARNING: IS A THIEF. EARPLUGS ARE SUGGESTED IF ATTEMPTING TO CATCH.

[And back to him and what he was saying.] So the Tentacruel has had probable sightings all up and down the Johto coast. The family with the Volcarona moved from Cinnabar Island into Goldenrod last year. So it might have tried to return home when it got disoriented. And the closest I got to the Jigglypuff were a couple of kids that said it put them to sleep on the train just a few days ago.

[And he didn't know what to do about the Fearow because he knows fuck all about bird habits.]

I'm sure it'll be figured out sooner or later. The local police know, the Jennies are good at their jobs and got some real good Growlithe working for 'em, and they've all been reported missing to Pokecenters. Just at the moment they're still out there and I really feel like maybe someone could pick up the trail.

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These all went missing around Goldenrod...?

[On the one hand, it's a big city. Five missing Pokémon aren't that many.

On the other hand, five missing Pokémon are still five too many.]

Wild Spearows live on route 33. If Frank was caught there, he might have gone back to seek comfort from his relatives. And if the Jigglypuff took the train, it might have reached Celadon, Cerulean, Lavender or Vermillion by now.

Actually, that's only because I'm in Goldenrod and I've been working local. That's part of the problem. I'm still pretty new so that whole... warp point zoom fast-travelly shit is beyond me still. Never even been Kanto-side yet. The case with the half-blind Pokemon was in Violet when I was there.

But that's a good point. Even if Frank got lost, he could have even found a flock to spend time with. Spearows here don't really migrate, do they?

[And that Jigglypuff, man. He does not even know where to start with a little Pokefelon. Not even the slightest clue.]

If you have that many open cases in a single city, you might never find the time to take a vacation and travel again. Then again, a place like Cianwood or Lavender would probably have fewer missing Pokémon.

[He hopes so, at least.]

I don't recall any Spearow swarms before, and most species don't really migrate on a regular basis. There are a few other flocks of them throughout the region, but they're much further away. Might as well check the closest one first.

I'm hoping that once I do travel a little bit more, getting around will be a lot easier. Maybe the cases where the pokemon could have hitched a ride in another kid's pack will get a little easier.

I'll look into that. I guess there's gotta be some sort of research authority looking into that.

[Not average information for the Pokecenter. Maybe look up some book by one of those crazy tree professors? Who knows.]

Pokémon hitching rides with other kids...? Do they do that by accident, is it done to them against their will, or is it a sign that maybe the original trainer really shouldn't be trusted to care for another living being?

[He really hopes it's not the third option.]

Professor Elm in New Bark and Professor Oak in Pallet would be your best bet, but I'm not sure if they receive visitors without appointments or if their publications are available outside academic circles. Not that those circles appear to be particularly developped.

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sociallychallenged - 2018-12-16 04:15 (UTC) - Expand

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captainash - 2018-12-17 21:11 (UTC) - Expand

How troubling.

Perhaps the bird became disoriented, or unable to fly. They may have difficulty recognizing their surroundings from the ground.

Yeah, could have been. If it was unable to fly, it wasn't in the area. One of the dogs probably would have picked up the scent on that route. Had to have dropped down somewhere else.

A severe storm can blow any flying creature severely off course.

Combine such unfamiliar territory with potential injury, and it would be small wonder the bird did not return.

I guess I'd have to look up the prevailing winds for that day, but I know it was fuckin' rainy mess around here for a little while.

It was a pretty high-level Fearow from what I heard. So even if it's injured, it's probably still trucking along. Someone also suggested that it might have returned to find its original flock. Could just be hanging out with some other birds.

Both are worth checking into.

God what sort of attacks can Fearow even do from the ground? [He doesn't and will never have one. Therefore he does not know.]