explosivecombat | 013. [Text/Action for Olivine City, also one other thing]

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[It's incredibly rare to see Kimblee out of that fancy white suit; it's rarer still to see him not wearing it for any reason other than "If I wear it now, I'll get it filthy", "I'm in prison", or "I'm in a hospital and on life support."

While he's not on life support, however, he certainly is in a hospital of some sort - and not as a patient for once, either! Those who enter the Pokémon Center in Olivine City will be treated to Kimblee wearing general hospital scrubs, his hair pulled back in the stupidest french-braid ever to be stupidly french-braided. He isn't terribly interested in trying to mess with the human patients - in fact, he seems rather eager to stay out of the way of those who actually know what they're doing in that regard, as he hasn't been seen back there at all; given that he's filed just about everything he can get his hands on, he's working in the front today, assisting those who bring in Pokémon injured in battle.

And by "working" I mean "today has been ridiculously slow, so he's currently leaning idly over the desk, playing the hell out of the Tetris app on the 'Gear."

At least he's making no secret of his answer to the question of "working hard, or hardly working?"]

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[However, there are some sorts of boredom that even copious amounts of Tetris can't alleviate; at some point today - most likely after Kimblee has realized that he's going to be shifting around falling blocks in his goddamn sleep and he's going to be humming "Korobeiniki" for the next week - there's a text thrown out to the network at large.]

In my experience, there are those who exist to create, and those who exist to destroy. Neither are inherently good, nor are they inherently bad - there are those who create weapons and those who destroy barriers, after all. It's all a matter of how one utilizes their talents.

For the sake of idle curiosity, I have to wonder how many of us that were brought to Johto find themselves drawn to creation, destruction, or something else entirely.

[PRIVATE TEXT TO COBRA COMMANDER]

Position secured. Clearance and access to relevant materials likewise secured. Window of opportunity opens tonight during shift change.

Permission to proceed?

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Yes, that would be more accurate. Of course, that still fails to account for the fact that creation has a tendency to necessitate destruction.

[Oh fff - you're trying to lecture him! That's so cute!]

At which point creation would be the inclination, as it is the ultimate goal. Care to tell me how that was intended, in any way, to make a point?

You're framing them as in opposition to each other when they're actually connected.

In some situations, yes, but far from all.

Give me a scenario where this isn't the case, then.

Well, first of all you're failing to take into account those who destroy without reason or logic, but that's defeating the purpose of the question, I think. So all right, I'll humor you.

Consider, for a moment, the law of conservation of energy - in which the total energy in an isolated system remains constant over time and can be neither created nor destroyed, but can change form. Theoretically speaking, one could find a way to convert resting or chemical energy into kinetic energy and use the force to blast a hole in the ground. The energy was neither created nor destroyed, and you either created a hole or destroyed the ground, based on how pedantic you feel like being that day - either way, you have effectively received something (ie, a result) while creating or destroying nothing in order to give you that result.

...of course, given that you own a Ditto and presumably breed Pokémon, I could have skipped the science lesson in favor of giving you an incredibly crass answer regarding the miracle of life and left it at that. That's always a valid example as well.

Edited (WHERE DID THAT SENTENCE GO.........) 2012-06-13 23:32 (UTC)

Yes, but you'd be using that kinetic energy as a means to an end that basically boils down to an argument over whether the glass is half empty or half full. Are you implying that all of this is completely subjective, then?

[...just be glad you cannot see the kittyface through text; god forbid Kimblee ever discover emoticons because you would be bound to get ^_^ eventually.]

That would be exactly what I'm implying, yes.

[...that is exactly why he should discover them]

You can't simply attach a subjective nature to everything.

Of course not.

Care to tell me why this can't be subjective?

Regardless of what you say about your actions, someone else will see it a different way. It's not a concrete way of dealing with things.

Not one for bending the rules, I take it.

Not particularly, no.

[under good circumstances, anyway...]

I stand by my earlier statement, then:

You must be a real joy at parties.

That's not exactly important, is it?

[GOD KAYNETH NO WONDER YOU CAN'T GET LAID]

Perhaps not, though you did miss a rather good opportunity - that would have been a lovely time for a comment regarding the inferiority of subjectivity.

[...THAT TURNAROUND IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO RAGEQUIT THE CONVERSATION TBH]

[YOU ARE SO EASY]

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