003: Video

[notyourgoddess]

[The video clicks on, Maya is standing by a window.]

I know people have been talking about the monsters from the portals acting friendlier this time around. Or not fighting them and then they'll leave?

Well, I ended up in a few fights with one when I was out walking and training. I kept beating it in battles and now I think it's following me.

Look, it's still out there. It'll probably attack if I go out.

[She'll turn the camera to show outside off in the distance. Yup it's a Buzzwole. Of course Maya would manage to get a Buzzwole to follow her around. She'll flip the camera back to her. She doesn't seem that worried, oddly enough.]

Anyone else have something like this happen? Or advice? I mean, I'll keep fighting it when it attacks, but somehow I don't think that's going to drive it off. Maybe a trap of some sort.

Comments

[sociallychallenged]

Honestly I think even here companies that big are bad news.

[After all, even kids games have to have impersonal, hatable villains.]

I wonder what happens if they get their hands on that thing. On a scale of badness of this world. I don't think it could get bad as yours or mine.

[He doesn't think, anyway? Here's hoping.]

[notyourgoddess]

I wouldn't be surprised. I guess some things don't change even in 'nicer' worlds.

[At least these ones aren't selling guns?]

Honestly, the moment I found out there were these legendary pokemon my first thought was, some idiot is going to try and control one of those. I was really hoping to be wrong.

As for how bad it could be....well I suppose it depends on what they're able to get away with and what they can do.

[sociallychallenged]

I've found in life about seventy fucking percent of the time I hate being right. And aren't legendaries the ones that are supposed to grant wishes? Gave people a bunch of shiny fuckin' pokemon during prom?

But considering ten-year-olds in this world can kick ass with level one-goddamn-hundred level dragons I don't think they can get away with too much for too long.

[Though it makes him wish he was more capable with the fighting thing. He's just terrible at it. He's mostly done his in the wild and has focused on defense.]

[notyourgoddess]

I've heard the wishes one. Some people also think they brought us here. I have been trying to dig up all the information I can about them since I found out about them. Which like a lot of the mysteries in this place, doesn't lead to many solid answers.

With the amount of fighting on this world, I'm surprised it isn't more like Pandora. Until this corporation showed up all I ever heard about was how they have one failed raider group I still have yet to see.

[Will Maya ever take Team Rocket seriously? Probably not.]

[sociallychallenged]

Yeah, I met one.

Sorta punched him. Which isn't what you're supposed to do, but I did. They weren't that tough.

Honestly I can't take anything too seriously. That's the fuckin' worst part. Their version of a nightmare scenario is at worst a little bewildering for me. Which is great for this world but goddamn. I can legitimately say, "I don't trust somebody" and then follow it up with "whatever..."

[notyourgoddess]

[That gets a laugh from her.]

Krieg keeps calling them all baby punks. He sounds right. And I don't care about what they think about fighting here, punching someone is a great way to stop a fight.

[She spars with her pokemon and also Krieg. That is totally normal to her.]

Yeah, I get that. I mean I'm glad they don't have to deal with all the terrible crap that I'm used to, and that the kids from crappy worlds get another chance here is amazing. But, new monsters attacking and people act like it's the end of the world, even when no one has died? It's hard to...take seriously like you said.

[sociallychallenged]

You know, sometimes I worry that he's right. Considering how many kids get kicked out to go searching for their fuckin' Pokedestiny, I wonder how many realized they couldn't cut it and went Rocket.

[He doesn't know if he punched a teenager or a grown ass person.]

Guess getting their ass whooped is a hard life lesson to learn. [But maybe necessary.]

I guess I should try and take this corp a little more seriously, though. Don't want shitty ethics to actually ruin this place for the people that need it to stay good, you know? [The ones like Newt or Heather.]

[notyourgoddess]

Yeah. I get that. There's some good kids here, they deserve a place that isn't terrible.

[And some not kids. Pretty much everyone Krieg has introduced her to really.]

The organizations that work in secret are the hardest to deal with though. Either you have to find out what they're doing, or someone from the inside has to do something.

[sociallychallenged]

Guess we're lucky that we're in the one place where someone won't be put in the ground for ratting someone out.

Now, they might get their pokemon stolen, which is almost just as bad here. But still... better chance than usual.

[Breaking the fuck in has not occurred to him, to be honest. Given his experiences, it really should.]

[notyourgoddess]

And there's always a chance you can get a pokemon back. Your life, not so much.

Hopefully something happens soon.

[Yes, breaking in. It's been in the back of her mind for a while.]

Maybe those pokemon will find what they're looking for.