explosivecombat | 02X - Reintro. [Text/Locked Audio to the Rocket Frequency]

02X - Reintro. [Text/Locked Audio to the Rocket Frequency]

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[Well! Those of you on the network today will be greeted by a bit of audio late this morning, from a device ID that's been bouncing back all attempts at contact for the last several weeks.]

...Oh, that's cute.

[...well, if that wasn't the most triumphant return ever, I don't know what is.

At the very least, however, he seems to get over whatever he's almost audibly linefacing at long enough to realize that the device is recording something; he promptly switches the thing over to text - he's never really liked talking at the machine when he's addressing all of Johto.]

My, it seems this place does still have its sense of humor, doesn't it? And here I thought that perhaps I'd only lost three days at worst - it was a bit of a surprise to find out otherwise.

Ah, but that's neither here nor there, is it?

[Kimblee, hon.]

There's not much to report from home, unfortunately; however, it'll be a pleasure getting in contact with all of you again - hopefully you've all been at least reasonably well.

[Oh, well. At least he doesn't seem too off-put by the whole disappearing-for-a-month-and-a-half thing?]

[PRIVATE AUDIO - TEAM ROCKET FREQUENCY]

[...At least, not until the audio message that goes out over the private Rocket network a few minutes later; Kimblee's voice is cold and clipped, and the amiable "tone" from the text earlier is completely absent.

He has no idea if he still holds his rank or not; he suspects he doesn't. Like hell if he won't throw it around anyway. He's a bit displeased at his life basically being a .gif from Community, and he's going to figure out what in the good hell is going on if it kills him.]

This is Team Rocket Beta Solf J Kimblee, reporting back in for duty; to my superiors, I admit that I don't know what happened, but I assure you that it won't happen again.

To the rest of you - check in with me immediately, particularly if you're one of my subordinates. I'm receiving a lot of "ID Not Found" nonsense, and I need to know who's still present; given that and various things that I've had to hear about secondhand, I expect a full report regarding what happened here from someone, I'm not feeling particularly choosy right now.

New members to the organization - welcome to it, and you have my personal apologies for the disarray. For now, you're welcome to introduce yourselves; it'll serve you well to know that I'm good to those who are good to me. Again, prove yourself useful and you'll be rewarded.

None of this is a request. Allow me to make that much clear.

[...oh dear. Well. At least he's not in much position to actually do anything at the moment - this is Team Rocket we're talking about, and if somebody's on the network very vocally overstating their importance and/or competence, that means it's pretty much a day ending in Y.]

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[Goodness, it seems the Lord of the House of Repression is just going to outlast everyone when it comes to being stuck here, isn't he? Except maybe Cobra...

...really, Johto could get rid of literally all of the other "foreigners" and yet Kayneth and Cobra will still be here, given how their luck is.]

Ah, Lord El-Melloi - returning that would be greatly appreciated, though I have to admit curiosity when it comes to what managed to find its way to you.

[Was it something stupid and cute? He sort of hopes it was one of the stupid cute ones, just because it would amuse him.]

But at any rate - that sounds hideously annoying for both you and your acquaintance, depending on how useful to you that acquaintance was.

[...that is the truest fucking thing that has ever been said in brackets because they totally would]

Very well, then. I believe it was a Forretress? Admittedly, I received a fairly large quantity of Pokemon around the same time because my acquaintance disappeared again, as did Major Alex Louis Armstrong, my other traveling partner. It's certainly been hideously annoying on all fronts, in that respect.

[...wait, wait.]

The major is gone as well...? Goodness, this place has been getting rid of us in droves; he's one of those that I would have expected to outlast most.

That said, if that was an incredibly roundabout way of saying that you haven't touched Hunter since receiving him, that's well and good - I don't particularly mind. We all have plenty of things to concern ourselves with, after all; getting him reacquainted to my particular training style wouldn't be terribly convenient as it is.

I had thought the same, but apparently not.

Oh, of course. I haven't the foggiest idea what to do with Pokemon I receive from trainers whose training styles I'm not familiar with, so I'll return him to you as soon as possible.

[Honestly, it's likely for the best that you didn't touch him, because he probably would have done something nasty to you on sight. Hunter is generally very zen but he would remember you, buddy.]

Excellent, then; consider it appreciated.

I expect life has been going on reasonably normally for you otherwise? Not that I imagine this place to have gotten any more hospitable in my absence.

[...sometimes he is very faintly lucky

this is one of those times]

As normally as it can, I suppose, though it's frankly quite absurd how much you can get used to after being here over a year.

Oh, believe me, I know; now, are you going to elaborate or are you really going to make me ask?

And congratulations on your anniversary, by the way; those are always a delightful mess around here - I'm familiar with that as well.

Hearing about new and bizarre alternate universes and barely feeling like they're strange at all is certainly the biggest part of it, though.

That and the fact that I'm still here; I think "a delightful mess" is something of an understatement.

See, that's the spirit! Perhaps one day you'll do that without fishing for a reaction first - especially since I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment. I think the strangest that's been thrown at me is an alternate version of my own world altogether and...whatever's happening with the aliens and the brightly-colored horses; absolutely none of that is strange anymore. And that's without taking into consideration the Pokémon themselves.

As for still being here, it's likely going to be no consolation, but I haven't the vaguest idea what I did to be sent back; I'm sure your acquaintance has said as much as well.

The alternate versions worlds aren't really surprising to me, since the existence of parallel worlds has been known to us for ages. It would be a bit strange to run into an alternate version of myself, certainly, but it's something I know could happen at some point. The aliens and the brightly-coloured horses, however... those were a bit more difficult to get used to. As were Pokemon, of course, but they could easily be more bizarre.

I doubt anything we do has anything to do with it, honestly. It seems more like we're brought here and sent back based on something's whims.

I've been informed that some alternate version of myself definitely exists - some of the individuals I know here knew him. Or, well, knew me, if we're going to get incredibly technical, though I've heard that there are enough differences for it to be incredibly clear that we aren't the same person.

[He has not, however, heard about the fact that this alternate version is sporting a mullet and is pretty much the biggest psychotic hick in Amestrian history. Because people like to keep actually relevant information from him.]

At any rate, it's certainly something beyond us that's doing this, though I really wouldn't be surprised if it's technically someone.

So I see... well, depending on how different the universe is to begin with, it's understandable how your counterpart could be a completely different person. It would still be somewhat unsettling to deal with, though.

That's been my theory for quite some time, honestly, though I'm not quite sure if the root cause of this is the result of human action.

And what are you proposing, if not human action?

How much do you know about the legends of this world?

I've picked up a few things here and there; I'm more well-acquainted with some than others, but I'm at least passingly familiar with several.

Well, I can't say this of any of the legendary Pokemon in Kanto or Johto, but some foreign legends I've read speak of Pokemon with power over time and space. Admittedly, there's no motive for them to be involved in this in the legends themselves, but I haven't read any complete accounts and it's not like godlike beings need a reason to play with the lives of mere mortals.

Mere speculation, or do you have personal experience regarding the activities of godlike beings?

I'm well versed enough in mythology that I can make an educated guess, and these things aren't even humanoid to begin with. It would be more surprising if they did have understandable motives.

Interesting. I wouldn't say that the actions of non-humanoid gods are always completely incomprehensible, however; in my experience, they often are. Not justifiable by human means, of course, but still understandable to some extent.

Even so, it seems more likely that it would become understandable after learning a great deal about them, but information on the Pokemon I'm looking into seems a bit scarce to begin with.

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