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victory_road2023-04-01 09:16 pm
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Oh look, it's another... very off-center and somewhat awkwardly angled image. As is typical of pretty much any time Geddoe attempts to use his 'gear.
Actually, wait, on second thought, there appears to be a reason for that: the feed isn't centered on Geddoe's face because instead it's focused on his shoulder, where a now palm-sized Heliolisk and Raichu are both perched. And looking kind of pleased about it, to be quite honest.
"Something weird going on for anyone else?"
Please tell him it's not just him.
Actually, wait, on second thought, there appears to be a reason for that: the feed isn't centered on Geddoe's face because instead it's focused on his shoulder, where a now palm-sized Heliolisk and Raichu are both perched. And looking kind of pleased about it, to be quite honest.
"Something weird going on for anyone else?"
Please tell him it's not just him.
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I see. How long did you say you were stuck there for? Was the machine also teleported back with you?
I apologize for all of the questions. I'm just trying to make some sense of how this place works - or at least what it's capable of.
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Or somewhere in the middle of that. Geddoe can keep track of time perfectly well if he wants, but sometimes it's just a bother to remember.
"And it was supposed to, but... It worked a little too well, or something, and one of the legendary Pokemon showed up to finish sending us back."
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While I'm glad things worked out in the end, I find it amusing it was due to divine intervention. Oh so cliché.
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"Didn't sound very happy about having to do it."
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I would be upset too.
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It really wouldn't not surprise Geddoe at all if the local powers that be are not fans of the intrusion, even if they can't do much about it.
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Curious that it mostly only affected us Otherworlders... Hm. Do you know if there are any reports on that incident on the network?
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Except maybe... Eh, that's a thread to investigate on his own time, not to sit around speculating on.
"You mean the one we're using? Only stuff people talked about when we got back. The locals don't use it."
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I wasn't expecting anything of use from the locals. A pity no one tried to make a study of it though.
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Geddoe's from a medieval fantasy world, the concept of a social experiment is not one he's familiar with.
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He's kind of not really seeing what benefit or use that would be, especially to a god.
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It's like when scientists collect a certain number of a species and study them to try and understand them better.
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"They do that because they have a use for that information, don't they? What point would there be for a god?"
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Correct.
If I were a God, it would be for my own amusement. To see what bizarre and clever things my creations came up with. Obviously I can't speak for the Gods here but I would imagine that's a part of their reasoning. Why else would they pull in people from different worlds if not to study them?
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Mind you, as far as Geddoe's heard there isn't any solid information either way, but by that same token, there's not enough to convince him of that theory, either.
"And why would a god want to do things for the same reasons as a human?"
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I don't suppose you're familiar with the Greek pantheon and other polytheistic religions, are you?
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"The easiest would be gate magic, but they don't seem to have magic here."
The key word there being seem. Some of the technology absolutely replicates things that would be magic in Geddoe's world, to say nothing of Pokemon and their powers.
Though it probably also says something about Geddoe that he says that utterly matter-of-factly, as if such concepts as gates between worlds are nothing new to him.
"Never heard of it. That something from your world?"
Well, polytheistic religions he'd know his own world's versions of, except the term 'polytheistic' itself is new to him.
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[This obviously has him delighted. Another theory to bounce off of his boss when he's done here.]
Yes, it is. Although most have been snuffed out and the label "pagan" is somewhat of autonomous with live-action role players, as they call them. Essentially it's a religion where you worship more than just one God. It's very similar in concept to the pokemon Gods I've read about where certain ones encompass specific spheres.
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"Don't most places acknowledge at least a few gods or spirits?"
There might be some cultural disconnect, here.
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Thanks to monotheism, no. My world's main religions are the ones that follow an all one-true God.
I'm personally not a religious man but I keep an open mind on these sort of subjects.
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Where does Geddoe sit on all this? Well, he does have what plenty of people in his world would consider a lightning god in his right hand. Just take a guess.
"The locals treat some of the legendary Pokémon like gods, sure, but they're still Pokémon, not humans. I doubt they'd do things for the kinds of reasons a human would."
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As, see. Monotheism denounces all other Gods, even other religions. Would you believe they've even had wars over it?
I believe ancient Egypt had animals and humans and hybrids of the two as their Gods. If the pokémon did indeed create this world, they are capable of some form of human-level sentience.
And in this world, who's to say the Gods didn't create humans as well?
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Far, far less.
"Why just make assumptions, though? There's people here who've been here long enough to meet some of those legendary Pokémon. If you want to know what they think, get information before jumping to conclusions."
Honestly, Geddoe doesn't particularly care about the matter. But he also doesn't see any point in continuing to debate hypotheticals when he knows there's more information to be had.
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[He tilts his head.]
I'm simply curious, is all. I do apologize if I've offend you in any manner. It wasn't my intention to do so or to jump to conclusions. Moreso just to bounce thoughts and ideas off of someone.
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