explosivecombat | 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?]

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[...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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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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