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[fingersandteeth]

Someone who reads the news on television? [He looks for any recognition of the concept.] Ah, you might not have television yet. A newscaster is basically a journalist, who... tells people about the day's news 'on stage' instead of by writing things in a newspaper. I'm not one anymore, but I used to be.

But yes, they are doing just that. I didn't have a lick of experience with thieving six months ago and I just cleared out an entire hotel's worth of room safes with one of the newest recruits as my assistant.

[There's a simple pride to his words, despite how casually he utters them.]

But you're right about one thing: training's a joke. Mandatory, unfortunately, but I learned honestly very little during my week of it compared to everything I learned from my fellows when I finally went out in the field.

Oh, I'm Steven Durante, by the way. [He holds out his hand to shake.]

[speedweed]

[Steven, televisions did not exist, either. Though he's honestly curious as to what that is. But whatever, that definition makes more sense to him and he's nodding slowly in recognition to the latter half of that.]

Ah, fair enough. Amazing, the things that can happen through the years. I assume those were more accessible than the papers were unless you got lucky to get one after it'd been read through? [The trash holds some interesting things! Unless you steal them. But details, honestly.]

Seems quite a... risky business, that. In my experience it's still far easier to corner someone and threaten to get their valuables and money off of them. Though that's assuming anyone was foolish enough to go out to my area of the city at night... [He trails off for a brief moment, the smallest hint of a quirk of the lips as he remembers how well that worked out for him last time. Alas.]

Robert E. O. Speedwagon, a pleasure. [Handshakes are good! Also his name is ridiculous, sorry, Steven. But he seems entirely sincere in that name he gave him. And completely honest about it.]

[fingersandteeth]

[Yeah, no, he gets that television doesn't exist for the man. That's why he was trying to see if Speedwagon recognized the word, which he obviously didn't.]

Pleased to meet you, Mr Speedwagon. [Steven Durante has a firm handshake, but not a crushing one. Somehow he manages to keep a straight face at the name.] I'd almost say 'like the band' but I suspect you wouldn't have heard of them either. ['Or the foundation,' he doesn't, but anime references would be even more past Speedwagon's time, wouldn't they?]

And yes, I agree, mugging is far easier and it's how I usually handle my solo thefts... but there's a so-called hero of justice on the loose who's, ah, particularly concerned with mugging at the moment. And I suppose I wanted to show off a bit. Though really, doing a whole hotel like that isn't too bad if you're any good with disguise--which I am--and you know when the cleaning staff is scheduled to make their rounds. And if you've got some pokemon who can unlock things--you read the part of the letter about pokemon, right?

[speedweed]

Mm, you would be correct in that assumption. [He wouldn't know of the Foundation, either. But that's less because it's not him and more because he hasn't had the chance to form that whole nonsense.

Yet.]

A hero of justice... wouldn't be the first time I'd been kicked in the face or some-such other oddity in the midst of doing the job. Not that it was typically vigilantes that did that sort of thing. [Last time was a big beefy dude who he kind of followed home. But we aren't talking about that right now...]

Pokemon... Oh! You mean those weird creatures that was mentioned? I didn't pay it much mind, but I did take what was left on the night stand to bring with me. [And are on his belt. Which are absolutely pokeballs of some sort.]

[fingersandteeth]

Yes, those. They can be surprisingly useful for crime. There's a kind called Klefki that can circumvent almost any kind of mechanical lock and another called Rotom that can get you through the rest.

[speedweed]

[Excuse you, what.]

... Creatures that can get through locks? [EXPLAIN, THIS SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY FAKE TO HIM. And the look on his face probably says as much, actually.]

[fingersandteeth]

Right. Let me show you. [He'll just fish out Skeleton's pokeball and release... a floating ring of keys that sort of has a face?]

Pokemon... well. They're a bit supernatural.

[speedweed]

[HEY, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT.

Excuse him a moment while he takes a step back because nope, no he does not like that. Not a fucking second of that.]

That is actual floating metal, I think supernatural is a bit too calm of a term for it. [Look. Someone has slight supernatural trauma, it's probably fine.]

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven winces.]

Sorry, [he says.] They can be kind of a shock the first time you encounter one. You get used to them. Should I call Skeleton back to his ball?

[speedweed]

[It... doesn't seem to be doing anything off the bat and he's squinting at it from a safe distance. Not hostile? Not hostile.

Okay.]

A shock is... the term for it. I might be just a tad skittish with typically supernatural things at this point. For good reason, mind you, but the point still stands.

[fingersandteeth]

No, no, I quite understand. I've had my own run-ins with the supernatural back in my world too.

[It's a very non-hostile floating key ring.]

[speedweed]

[That key ring is weird, but at least he's slowly calming down and metaphorically soothing ruffled feathers.]

Well, when you getting mostly dragged into a situation with a vampire and his weird merry band of ghouls or whatever you wish to call them, it tends to be a sore spot. [DIO'S A BASTARD, NEWS AT ELEVEN.]

[fingersandteeth]

My God, I bet. Vampires are the worst. I've only had second-hand dealings with them and I can state that unequivocably.