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Comments

[asmywitness]

He sound like an asshole. How the fuck do you die in Pokemon?

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, he is an asshole, but he's *my* asshole.

He said it was an angry mob.

[asmywitness]

I feel like you should be more concerned about having a boyfriend who can, in this world of - I'd like to reiterate - fucking Pokemon, somehow manage to set off a fucking lynch mob.

Because seriously.

[fingersandteeth]

Look. I don't actually know how it happened. He didn't give me the details.

But he's actually a good guy. Like, seriously open-minded and amazing on social issues. He can just get a little bit obnoxious and overbearing and he probably just got that way with the wrong people.

[Tim probably had something to do with it, Steven suspects.]

[asmywitness]

Oh, I don't actually give a shit about how good you think his tail is, thanks. I'm just baffled that someone managed to die at all.

[fingersandteeth]

Technically he didn't. Because we can't.

[You are such a little shit.]

Also if you see a mud-covered woman lurch towards you, don't take the Pokeball she'll try to press into your hand. They contain abominations that science forgot.

[wonderland_vogue]

It's very probable it absolutely will be as she's just waving a hand and motioning to this stupid Rocket uniform with a scrunched nose. "Also, while we're talking about amateur hour things. This uniform is absolutely gaudy, I could make better things with the same material and it wouldn't be so completely drab and droll. Red and black? Really? Are you just trying to announce the world that you're evil or something?"

She's snorting softly and rocking back and forth on her feet, because of course this is the rant she's going to stick to. "You gotta have some flair, to make yourselves remembered and this sure isn't it, darling~" Perhaps it'd be better if she were gagged or given something to kill her attitude.

Not that Lydia ever really cares about anyone else's opinion, of course not. "Isn't it pathetic how they don't even test our skills before deciding we have to go through this nonsense? I could just gag."

[wonderland_vogue]

Oh, oh that's not who she had expected to answer and she's immediately putting on the charm. That's her story and she's sticking to it.

"But isn't it a waste to be "teaching" me something that I already know and have excelled at?~ Theft is amateur hour, I've done much better crimes than this mess~" Why she's pretty much cooing these sentences is anyone's guess, but she certainly is trying her best.

"And what are you up to, dear sir?~" Looking for ways to manipulate people is what she's doing, that's fine.

[brokencode]

[She knows that name anywhere, and it makes her heart leap into her throat.]

Hello, Armin.

[schachmeister]

[You know what, this is not the kind of conversation to have over text.

When the video connects, there is Armin. He looks maybe a bit older, his hair cut short to the tips of his ears, but really, he hasn't changed all that much. Still that round baby-face and those big blue eyes. Blue eyes that are currently, unabashedly, filling with tears as he peers into the camera, his voice catching a little.]

It's you. It's really you. Angel-- [there are five hundred things competing in his brain that he wants to tell her; how much he has missed her, all the things he has seen while she was gone, that Krieg is still here and he's doing fine, that Miss Maya is as well. He's got so much to say, it actually leaves him tongue-tied.] It's-- Welcome back.

[insidescoop]

Ooooooh shoot.

Uhhhhhh...I might have picked up...a liiiiittle JSL???

I don't think many use it here no.

I have a feeling they just use pokemon honestly, I mean there's ones that can read your mind and use telepathy!

[asmywitness]

...actually that might just work, I use Taiwan. They're related.

I am vaguely familiar with the capabilities of Pokemon. I've never had to train a service animal, though, I wouldn't have a clue where to start telling my bird 'hey, put that guy's words directly into my brain when he looks like he's yelling at me'.

[asmywitness]

I fail to see how that's different from any other animal on this planet.

[brokencode]

[Angel told herself she wouldn't cry. She's done that the last handful of times she's crash landed here, and she was determined to not do it again.

But then Armin starts crying and, well... It can't be helped at this point.]

It's good to be back. [And it is. She can't remember being gone. She had simply closed her eyes and woken up back in New Bark Town. She knows where she went, though, and that's enough for her.]

Is everyone... Is Krieg...?

[schachmeister]

[It's not embarrassing when it's both of them blubbering like babies.]

He's still here. He's doing fine, incredibly even. Miss Maya too. I know Krieg has missed you so much.

[Unfortunately, so is her father. Not that Armin has ever spoken to him since he found out what Jack had done to her, but he still seems him on the network from time to time. Which had always seemed unfair. Why did a man like that deserve to stay here, while someone like Angel didn't? He knows that is not how it works, that being here is a matter of chance rather than worthiness, but that doesn't mean seeing Jack on the network doesn't fill his mouth with a bitter taste.

But that is something that can be discussed later. Because as many thoughts are going through his head right now, thoughts of Jack are not among them.]

[insidescoop]

Oh hey! Hopefully, then! Though my vocab is limited it was mostly for interviews....

Wait really??

oh my god am I finally talking to someone who recognizes the game we got isekai treatment for???

Maybe try googl- oh wait it's not google uh

We have a google-like, so. I'd bet if you looked it up you'd get a result on how to skip THAT part of things...

[brokencode]

[The tears come all the faster as he affirms Krieg's continued existence. Doubtless, she'll learn of plenty of friends who have been sent back to their own worlds. She'll deal with that in time. For now, she knows that at least three of the people most important to her remained.]

Thank you. I've missed him. And you, and -- [She laughs, the sound soft and thick with tears.] I said that already.

[asmywitness]

I will teach you sign if I have to.

[Please let him sign at someone again, he's so sick of using text.]

I didn't grow up on the games but my parents got me Silver and a bunch of other games because they thought it would help with my reading comprehension.

Do you want to help me teach him? My Houndour is taking to it well but my Natu just stares at me.

[insidescoop]

I guess I'm learning more then!

And huh...I have no idea that that means other than you have more experience on the game end, I'll admit. Different worlds mean...people miss out on the games I guess?

Anyway uh.

Hm.

That sounds uh. Spooky. Worth a shot though...

[fingersandteeth]

"Doesn't matter," he repeats himself. "The native Rockets mandated mandatory first week training and they're the ones that hold sway here."

Sorry, Lydia, but the man's basically immune to your charms. He's far too gay to be effected by feminine cooing.

He shrugs. "Dropping off my biweekly quota. Once they let you out of training, you have to turn in a level fifteen or higher Pokemon every other week. Otherwise your time is largely your own."

[fingersandteeth]

Trust me: *they're different*.

[schachmeister]

Where are you? I'll-- I can come and pick you up. We can go to where Krieg is.

[Does Armin know where Krieg is right now? No, but damnit, they can figure that out while they are on the road. They'll just have to call up Krieg, and Armin is sure Krieg will be more than happy to tell them exactly where he is.]

[brokencode]

New Bark, of course.

[She's already familiar with the path. Even with a flying pokemon and the warp pads, it'll still be a long journey. Better to get started now.]

We can meet in Cherrygrove, if you'd like?

[asmywitness]

I'm pretty sure Natu are just like that. But I know it's a Psychic type, so if we can teach it how to just parrot what people say, it might work? I don't think it's much of an attacker, or I'd be teaching him hand-signs for that too.

[asmywitness]

[Tyler does not trust easily.]

A convincing counter-argument.