Casefile 002A - Video; Cherrygrove City
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used_fireblastThree days wandering in the wilderness and I'm back to civilization.
[Harry's set up somewhere at the outskirts of Cherrygrove, right at the edge of Route 29. Lara can be seen in the background, rummaging through her trainer's backpack, occasionally tossing things out past her wiggling legs.]
Relatively, anyway. This road was pretty tame for supposedly rugged wilderness. And this city looks like it could probably fit into a couple blocks of Chicago. Without making room first. Maybe into ONE if they demolished what was already there.
Hoppi?
SMOO!
[Behind Harry, a curious-looking Hoppip floats over to Lara. The startled Smoochum ungracefully pops out of the bag, scattering a few of the items within as she spins to face the newcomer.]
[Harry, focused on the Gear, remains oblivious.]
I stuck around -New Bark Town, was it?- for a couple days before I left. Tried talking to some of the people. They didn't seem quite human. Only spoke a few sentences, didn't seem quite in touch with reality emotionally, that sort of thing. And that woman that-
[He breaks off for a moment, obviously not wanting to talk too much about 'Mom'.]
The woman who's probably seen too many of those 'Lifetime' movies.
Pi-pi?
[Lara stares down the inquisitive Hoppip for a moment, looking defensive. She abruptly jumps up, planting a solid Pound attack square in the grass Pokemon's face.]
CHU!
PI-I-IP-
Anyway, I've been thinking about it, and there seems to be two possible explanations. One is that these are actual people who've been put under a serious mind-whammy. Don't think that's it, though. Something this serious wouldn't leave them nearly as coherent as they are, not for long. Second is that they're constructs of some kind. Like... robots, I guess. Artificial recreations of humans, but whatever's controlling them can't get the more subtle stuff like conversation quite right.
[Lara is back to picking through the bag, wiggling back out and producing a Pokeball. She stands over the stunned Hoppip for a moment, ball held aloft, looking like a gladiator waiting for a signal from the emperor before delivering the final blow. ]
Smoo-CHU.
[She throws the Pokeball down at the Hoppip with more force than is strictly necessary, producing the familiar pop and whoosh of dematerialization. The ball lands on the ground with a soft click, wiggling a bit in the Hoppip's feeble struggles from within.]
So anyone else noticed anything? Seen any evidence that these people actually, you know, have to do biological stuff?
[The Pokeball lets out a 'ding' to mark a successful capture, falling still. The noise is apparently enough to catch Harry's attention, as he finally turns away from the Gear for a moment.]
Lara, quit playing around with that stuff, that bag's like a black hole.
Smoo-chu~
Fine, but if you get lost in there don't expect a search party.
[Harry's set up somewhere at the outskirts of Cherrygrove, right at the edge of Route 29. Lara can be seen in the background, rummaging through her trainer's backpack, occasionally tossing things out past her wiggling legs.]
Relatively, anyway. This road was pretty tame for supposedly rugged wilderness. And this city looks like it could probably fit into a couple blocks of Chicago. Without making room first. Maybe into ONE if they demolished what was already there.
Hoppi?
SMOO!
[Behind Harry, a curious-looking Hoppip floats over to Lara. The startled Smoochum ungracefully pops out of the bag, scattering a few of the items within as she spins to face the newcomer.]
[Harry, focused on the Gear, remains oblivious.]
I stuck around -New Bark Town, was it?- for a couple days before I left. Tried talking to some of the people. They didn't seem quite human. Only spoke a few sentences, didn't seem quite in touch with reality emotionally, that sort of thing. And that woman that-
[He breaks off for a moment, obviously not wanting to talk too much about 'Mom'.]
The woman who's probably seen too many of those 'Lifetime' movies.
Pi-pi?
[Lara stares down the inquisitive Hoppip for a moment, looking defensive. She abruptly jumps up, planting a solid Pound attack square in the grass Pokemon's face.]
CHU!
PI-I-IP-
Anyway, I've been thinking about it, and there seems to be two possible explanations. One is that these are actual people who've been put under a serious mind-whammy. Don't think that's it, though. Something this serious wouldn't leave them nearly as coherent as they are, not for long. Second is that they're constructs of some kind. Like... robots, I guess. Artificial recreations of humans, but whatever's controlling them can't get the more subtle stuff like conversation quite right.
[Lara is back to picking through the bag, wiggling back out and producing a Pokeball. She stands over the stunned Hoppip for a moment, ball held aloft, looking like a gladiator waiting for a signal from the emperor before delivering the final blow. ]
Smoo-CHU.
[She throws the Pokeball down at the Hoppip with more force than is strictly necessary, producing the familiar pop and whoosh of dematerialization. The ball lands on the ground with a soft click, wiggling a bit in the Hoppip's feeble struggles from within.]
So anyone else noticed anything? Seen any evidence that these people actually, you know, have to do biological stuff?
[The Pokeball lets out a 'ding' to mark a successful capture, falling still. The noise is apparently enough to catch Harry's attention, as he finally turns away from the Gear for a moment.]
Lara, quit playing around with that stuff, that bag's like a black hole.
Smoo-chu~
Fine, but if you get lost in there don't expect a search party.
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Date: 2011-10-09 06:35 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-09 05:41 pm (UTC)[Preferably somewhere with space to run if things go pear-shaped. Poking at possible magical robo-things without knowing exactly what you're doing can lead to stuff going boom.]
[Those are the technical terms, obviously.]
Even if they don't know anything about what's happening on a conscious level, they could still have useful information.
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Date: 2011-10-10 02:44 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-10 05:56 am (UTC)[About things that would probably be sort of obvious to any native of Johto. Or someone who'd been there for more than five minutes.]
Couldn't quite tell if they actually get that people are dropping in from different dimensions, or they just like giving random bits of advice. Sort of like a really niche version of those Magic 8-Balls.
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Date: 2011-10-10 06:25 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-10 02:20 pm (UTC)Huh. There's something I hadn't considered. This is all some massive audience participation mystery put on by a really eccentric extra-dimensional acting troupe.
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Date: 2011-10-11 12:07 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-11 06:57 pm (UTC)[A shrug.]
Olypmus' acting guild would just about fit in.
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Date: 2011-10-12 04:40 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-12 04:30 pm (UTC)...Home could be sort of weird too.
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Date: 2011-10-13 02:58 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-14 03:26 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2011-10-18 04:44 am (UTC)Is that sort of thing common?
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Date: 2011-10-18 08:57 pm (UTC)Not nearly as glamorous as the Ghostbusters makes it look. Including the parts with ectoplasm.
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Date: 2011-10-19 06:47 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-20 04:49 am (UTC)[Plus things that probably haven't turned up in ANY legend, but Harry's not going to get into that. Mold demons, man. Just... mold demons.]
It can be pretty fascinating. Though, to paraphrase, it's all fun and games until the flaming monkey-poo.
[No, he's not joking.]
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Date: 2011-10-20 06:19 am (UTC)Re: [video]
Date: 2011-10-21 05:58 pm (UTC)Oh Hell's Bells, firemonkey Pokemon. That's honestly sort of a terrifying concept.
[A glance over at Lara.]
No you may not.
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Date: 2011-10-22 10:12 pm (UTC)