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[unabates]

[ he's not into showing his face off. once he verifies there's a public network and an audio option, he begins to opt for that. but then he looks at all the videos of people and their pokemon, and decides o a different option.

the video opens on the sandy beaches of cherrygrove. his rockruff, bandit, is in the surf, chasing what looks like a stick. he brings it back to jack, who pets his head and then throws it again. his location will also ping as cherrygrove. ]

The name's Jack.

[ his voice is distinctly older, and very rough. it sounds like he may have damaged his throat at some point in his life. his hand, when he throws the stick or pets bandit, is gloved. ]

I've been looking around this place and it looks like the consensus is that people can't go home on their own. I'm not here to ask how to get home, since it seems like that's been covered pretty well.

I wanna talk to those of you that have gone home, or know people that did. And... for those that don't, how you're dealing with not being able to.

[ he ends the video on that note, throwing the stick again for bandit. ]

( cherrygrove )

[ for those actually in his vicinity, they can likely hear jack make the post. other than that, he's spending some time on the beach, playing with bandit and getting his energy out. he's just as open to a battle if you two have similarly leveled pokemon.

or maybe bandit, with all his energy, comes running up to your pokemon and headbutts them. at which point jack follows. ]

Bandit. Come back here.

[ the wagging of his tail doesn't amuse jack. ]

Sorry about him.

Comments

[unabates]

[ jack gives a little chuckle, popping some edamame into his mouth. ]

It's a little different. But I get what you mean. If they can think and feel, it doesn't matter if how they feel is different from us, or how they think isn't in a human brain.

I've seen omnics get hurt. They're not crying out in pain, but damage does something to them too. Everyone should get a chance to live without that. MIPS too.

[ and with that rousing speech, the other food dish arrives- and a cup of coffee, courtesy the human bartender. jack blinks. ]

What's this?

[meteorman]

[See, that's a wonderful sentiment and Ford would like to respond to it, except something way more pressing just happened.]

Is there no coffee in your universe?

fuck html

[unabates]

[ Jack immediately turns and glares. ]

No, jackass, I mean the food.

[ he gestures at the plate of food. he hasn't eaten this particular thing before. ]

pshhshshhh html

[meteorman]

Oh.

[Listen. It was an easy thing to assume after all the similarly-weird worlds he's been to. Infinite universes, infinite possibilities!]

That is karaage. It's a fried dish seasoned with soy and ginger.

[He's not a foodie, he's just got a friend in Ecruteak who runs a ramen shop and has taught him some basics about the local cuisine because it's Her Passion^TM.]

More importantly it will soak up some of that whiskey.

GMAIL MAKES IT A NIGHTMARE

[unabates]

[ jack gives ford a little grin when he says 'oh', and takes a sip of the coffee as he explains. all right, greasy and well seasoned. like he says, perfect for whiskey. ]

Cool - thanks. [ he's not a jerk, just intoxicated. he picks up a pair of chopsticks that's sitting in a cup of them, and ford may note that he's using them like he's done it quite a few times in his life as he gathers a couple pieces to eat them. ]

So, how do you get a MIPS?

[meteorman]

[It's very, very hard for something fried and greasy to be bad. That's the point of Hanukkah, right? Forget all that other stuff, it's about how great fried food is.]

There's a vetting process. You need at least six badges -- to prove you're capable of training and caring for Pokémon, I would assume, as Type:Null are still highly-regulated. You also have to apply in person at Silph Co headquarters over in Kanto.

[unabates]

[ once jack meets fords latkes, he's a done man. ]

Since they're a created Pokemon, they wanna make sure it's not some random person who's not faking it, I'm guessing. You said they're in Kanto?

[ he sips more of the coffee. he is, at least, looking a little less sweaty now ]

[meteorman]

[Less sweaty is a good sign, probably.]

Saffron City, specifically.

In particular I believe they want to be sure anyone caring for one is prepared to deal with potential glitches. Each Type:Null comes out a little different. You may have noticed some of MIPS' more unique qualities.

[unabates]

I'll keep that in mind. Sounds like I've got some work ahead of me regardless.

[ he laughs. ]

You mean him acting like they're from a Bethesda game?

[meteorman]

... A what?

[Stanford Pines, despite the fact that he'd probably cream his pants over Skyrim, has never heard of Bethany Esda.]

[unabates]

You've never - right. Thirties and you were in a different dimension.

[ thanks to hank telling him about staryutube, he's able to type in 'video game glitch', since he doesn't want to count on finding an actual bethesda game.

the first result is for a game called Skyerun, which seems similar - judging from the top five list of glitches, like the flying tigers, the npcs walking into the ground and disappearing, and storing entire sets of armor in a carriable object. he turns the pokegear around and shows it to ford. ]

It's a company that makes video games, and is famous for having glitches like these ones in them.

[meteorman]

Oh. I see what you mean.

[He watches a polygonal beast just kind of float upward into the sky, spinning softly into the distance. In his day video games were almost entirely text-based. Maybe you'd get one chunky pixel illustration if you were lucky, unless you went to an arcade where you'd get the beautiful hi-res art of Tetris or Pac Man.]

When it comes to games I tend to favor tabletop.

[unabates]

Like Dungeons and Dragons? Or are we talking Risk and Monopoly.

[ he tilts his head a little. he was never into the game, but he knows a few overwatch members had an ongoing session.

monopoly, however, was banned on base. too many flipped tables. ]

aaand lets wrap this soonish

[meteorman]

Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons, usually. Though dragons are involved sometimes.

[The television displays the time, and it's a little later than he was expecting it to be. Hm.]

Unless you're really set on more alcohol, I might suggest calling it a night here.

yus yus

[unabates]

Should always involve dragons, in my opinion.

[ when ford mentions more alcohol, jack groans. ]

God, no, I made enough of a mistake with that tonight. I should probably head back to the Pokecenter and sleep it off.

[meteorman]

Do you need an escort, or do you think you can make it on your own?

[unabates]

I should be fine, unless you really think someone is going to bother a tipsy old man.

[ he waves a hand, indicating to the bartender he'll pay the tab and ford's drink - and the food, since he was the one that needed it. ]

Besides, I have Bandit.

[ he looks down at the rockruff, who is... snoring and sound asleep on the floor. ]

[meteorman]

Alright, then.

[He stands, shakes out his shoulders, and then reaches into his coat. He pulls out a notebook and a pen from one of the multitude of pockets, writes down his gear number, and sets it on the bar in front of Jack.]

If you have any questions going forward, you can reach me at this number. Apparently I give good advice.

[unabates]

Have to say, I agree. You've already been helpful.

[ he gives ford a grin, taking out his gear. he texts the number - just to make sure that ford has his, obviously. ]

There's mine, so you won't just get a text from a strange guy saying he's me.