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[killedbyapig]

ACTION: ROUTE 29

[there's a knocked out pidgey on the ground near a campfire. Robert himself is sitting at the fire itself, fiddling with a stick, which he'd planned to use to spit the damn thing... his tepig, Orys, is snuffling around the pidgey, ]

Still alive, looks like. Rather a strong thing, isn't it? You've given it a hell of a beating!

[he sighs dramatically.] Well, looks like we'll have to find something else for our dinner-- What? [Orys is nudging the pidgey and looking at Robert expectantly.] You can still eat it if you'd like, I suppose...

[this is not entirely effective person-pokemon communication.]

NETWORK

[the post is later that night, probably later than most reasonable people would still be awake.]

Why can't you eat 'em? [if it sounds like he just woke up from a deep sleep and felt the urge to immediately ask that question-- well, it's because he did.]

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[VIDEO]

[purramedic]

[Hello, yes, you've reached The Thing That Never Sleeps.]

I tried to snare a Bunnelby for dinner my first week here. My little Pinsy did a number on my face when she caught me. [The Skitty in question looks up from his lap and into the camera with a frighteningly intelligent posture of pride.]

You just can't, really. There are a lot of bizarre "rules" like that to this world.

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[killedbyapig]

[bc he's having a hard enough time with this magic device he doesn't want to get into the weirder shit yet.]

Bloody hells, that would be the sort of place I'd end up, wouldn't it? A world of fantastic beasts, of great strength and beauty, and I'm not able to hunt a damned one.

Suppose I'll have to find another sort of sport to occupy my time.

[VIDEO --> AUDIO]

[purramedic]

[That's fine. He'll switch off his video feed, because he's suddenly hyperaware of broadcasting his face around the time new people arrive.]

If that's your idea of fun, you can make them hunt other Pokemon, at least. Sort of. They like to fight one another. Still no killing, though.

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[heartdive]

Why would you want to?

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[killedbyapig]

... [he has to actually think about this because he can hardly even fathom someone asking this question.]

Why would a man wish to eat anything, lad?

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[heartdive]

[ going to just... let the 'lad' slide. ]

Hungry, I guess. But these guys are a little different. It's not like they're not...

[ hold on. Sora's thinking of the word. ]

Sentient? Have their own thoughts and feelings?

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[dreamsofahero]

*sleeping at a reasonable hour? pfft, what's that?*

Well, all arguments about eating intelligent beings aside, pokemon are apparently quite impossible to harm by anything other than other pokemon.

And as far as I understand, allowing your own to kill and eat others is one of the few things rather strictly looked down upon in this world.

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[killedbyapig]

[...

okay, so this is definitely a dragon. damn, and he'd been hoping for a fine afterlife without any-- ah, but he's suspecting he's in a hell in the first place, isn't he? figures.

he hasn't got the eyes, though. perhaps he's a bastard line. they generally avoid the madness.

... shit, he's been quiet for too long.] I'd like to see them try to stop me from doing whatever I damned well please!

permavid because he can't be bothered to change it :D

[dreamsofahero]

*oh, if only he knew how accurate and yet not that reasoning is....*

I believe the pokemon themselves are generally more than capable of stopping someone from trying such things, anyway.

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[seasalthands]

[Sleep? Nah. Someone trying to eat a Pokémon. Bro...]

I understand the whole hunting for survival thing but eating these creatures would be like eating a dolphin. Or uh... [An animal that everyone has been around.] Uh... dog. Like eating a dog. Don't eat dogs.

They're really intelligent and good companions. I also don't think you can kill them. This world is a little wonky. I haven't actually put that theory to the test though...

[killedbyapig]

Hunting's for more than survival! It's one of the finest sports known to men.

... Now, not eating is one thing, but not killing? A creature that can't die sounds rather unholy to me.

[seasalthands]

Yeah, it's pretty weird. And they do die. They just can't be killed.

There's pokémon cemeteries and graveyards so eventually these guys do kick it. But I think they do it on their own terms.

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Hey, Robert, guess what? It's Dragonspawn Look-alike Day.]

Because killing Pokémon and eating their flesh is physically impossible, and attempting to do so is likely to get you arrested. We are expected to survive on that initial lunch until we reach Cherrygrove, as even eating wild berries can be dangerous to humans.

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[killedbyapig]

[he is in h e l l.]

Don't see how they expect any grown man to do that without starving! That paltry snack will barely get me through the day, let alone three!

[video forever]

[paladinlost]

I know. If you know anyone in Cherrygrove or Violet, they might be able to send you a food package. Otherwise, you'll have to make do with other plants.

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[cardboard_boss]

You talking about your Pokémon?

[This guy actually made Snake smile. Perhaps it was the fact that he wanted to eat the Pokémon. Snake had eaten random shit in his time....snakes, crocodiles, insects. The man's question was pretty normal.]

Guess this world doesn't want you eating all the Pokémon so there's nothing left.

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[killedbyapig]

Well, not mine; wouldn't dream of eating Orys, of course. [pleased tepig noise in background.]

... No reason to insult a stranger for asking a question. [DISPLEASED TEPIG NOISE IN BACKGROUND.]

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[meowbel]

Because that just wouldn't be right! I mean, how would you like it if you just randomly decided to go off and eat one of your best friends?

[...Said the girl who befriends anything and everything she could find]

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[killedbyapig]

It's not a matter of right and wrong, lass... Might become a matter of life or death, though, if this journey really takes as long as it's said to.

[video]

[bloodisthicker]

...I don't know. Friendship, I guess.

[it's kind of mumbled because he forgot to turn his gear off and was woken up in the middle of the damn night.]

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[killedbyapig]

If friendship alone could prevent death, we'd be in a much different world. [though... they kinda are, aren't they?]

[audio]

[charcoalfeather]

[...This isn't the strangest post that's woken Rakka up, but.]

Uh... Eat what, exactly?

[killedbyapig]

The little beasties.

[give him a moment.]

... Pokeymans.

[Video]

[callbacks]

Yeah, you know, actually I totally don't get that? Because they sell meat at stores and restaurants and shit, but don't even try to fucking ask where it comes from, I guess.

[Except for the odd PokéDex entry. Some of those happen to be enlightening.]

When you consider that the world's designed for small children though I guess it makes sense, but if people don't think kids are bloodthirsty little fuckers, they're the wrongest.

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[killedbyapig]

Children can be right little monsters, aye. [he. metaphorically fathered one???]

... You're half making me want to avoid the meat here, lad. [half bc lol like he's gonna actually stop.]