.001 Δ [Video/Action for Cherrygrove]
Sep. 25th, 2015 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ratherbelocky[The feed flips on to show a man holding a brush in one hand and a young Shinx in his lap. Both of them appear to have been freshly bathed, with the damp Shinx swaddled in one of Cherrygrove Inn's warm, fluffy towels. When all of her wriggling and protesting comes to naught, she just lies there in her towel burrito and seethes. York, on the other hand, has found that shops in this world do, apparently, sell hair product for humans, and he couldn't be happier. He's fixed his hair for the first time in days. Life is wonderful.
Not that vanity's necessarily the reason he hasn't introduced himself to the PokéConnect community at large yet. It's just. You know. Coincidence.]
Good morning, people. And Pokémon, too, of course, can't forget you guys. For those of you I haven't spoken to yet, I'm York, I'm one of your more recent unwitting transplants to sunny Johto. Or, well, partially cloudy Johto, anyway. How about that weather, huh?
[The temperature has dropped literally twenty degrees in the five days since he got here, oh my god, why. Being caught out on the road in yesterday's rainstorm sucked. Now he's warm and dry and comfortable in a clean shirt a couple sizes too big for him (and he's not exactly a small man). Really, what could be better than being alive here and now?
He rubs the Shinx's fur drier, unwraps her, and then holds her still before she can escape so he can brush the tangles out. She mewls fussily, but his hands are steady, and eventually she relaxes--if mutinously--into the attention. He chuckles a little.]
But okay, I'm not actually here to make small talk. I got a question for you folks.
[He turns the PokéGear with the back of his brush to show another Pokémon, an Elgyem, bundled up in a blanket on the bed, fast asleep.]
Can someone tell me more about Psychic Pokémon? [He goes back to brushing.] I get that they read minds--Delta Two there communicates with me all the time--but she doesn't use words so it's hard to get more...complicated ideas across, sometimes. I was wondering, can you train them to talk? Or do other things? These guys are obviously a lot more intelligent than the animals back on my Earth, so I guess you could say I'm curious about what they can do.
[The Shinx's eyes are half-closed now as York brushes away. Someone's a sleepy baby.]
'Preciate your time. Over and out.
((Action also available for Cherrygrove, where he can be found at the inn or browsing the PokéMart stock.))
Not that vanity's necessarily the reason he hasn't introduced himself to the PokéConnect community at large yet. It's just. You know. Coincidence.]
Good morning, people. And Pokémon, too, of course, can't forget you guys. For those of you I haven't spoken to yet, I'm York, I'm one of your more recent unwitting transplants to sunny Johto. Or, well, partially cloudy Johto, anyway. How about that weather, huh?
[The temperature has dropped literally twenty degrees in the five days since he got here, oh my god, why. Being caught out on the road in yesterday's rainstorm sucked. Now he's warm and dry and comfortable in a clean shirt a couple sizes too big for him (and he's not exactly a small man). Really, what could be better than being alive here and now?
He rubs the Shinx's fur drier, unwraps her, and then holds her still before she can escape so he can brush the tangles out. She mewls fussily, but his hands are steady, and eventually she relaxes--if mutinously--into the attention. He chuckles a little.]
But okay, I'm not actually here to make small talk. I got a question for you folks.
[He turns the PokéGear with the back of his brush to show another Pokémon, an Elgyem, bundled up in a blanket on the bed, fast asleep.]
Can someone tell me more about Psychic Pokémon? [He goes back to brushing.] I get that they read minds--Delta Two there communicates with me all the time--but she doesn't use words so it's hard to get more...complicated ideas across, sometimes. I was wondering, can you train them to talk? Or do other things? These guys are obviously a lot more intelligent than the animals back on my Earth, so I guess you could say I'm curious about what they can do.
[The Shinx's eyes are half-closed now as York brushes away. Someone's a sleepy baby.]
'Preciate your time. Over and out.
((Action also available for Cherrygrove, where he can be found at the inn or browsing the PokéMart stock.))
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Date: 2015-09-25 05:11 pm (UTC)HELLO
ALOHA
BONJOUR
SALUTATIONS
Y O R K
PSYCHIC POKEMON ARE VERY
S M A R T !
THEY CAN DO LOTS OF THINGS
BEEP BOP BOOP
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Date: 2015-09-25 10:06 pm (UTC)Also. "Beep bop boop"? Really?]
Hey.
Am I talking to a computer?
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Date: 2015-09-25 10:14 pm (UTC)NEGATIVE
I N C O R R E C T
YOU ARE TALKING TO ME !
HAHAHA
MY NAME IS ZACK
ZACK ZACK ZACK
I AM A
P O R Y G O N 2 !
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Date: 2015-09-25 10:39 pm (UTC)[He'll be damned. Looks like they really can be taught to read.]
Nice to meet you, Zackaroo.
You a Psychic type too or just that smart on your own?
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Date: 2015-09-25 11:20 pm (UTC)V I R T U A L
POKEMON !
I TELL THE GEAR
TO TYPE
TO MY FRIENDS
BUT
C H I E F
IS A PSYCHIC TYPE !
HE IS VERY SMART
. . .
AND HAS HANDS
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Date: 2015-09-25 11:34 pm (UTC)You know, I had a virtual friend, too, back home.
He had hands, but only virtual ones.
I bet you guys would've gotten along. Delta was real smart, too.
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Date: 2015-09-25 11:46 pm (UTC)IS NAME DESIGNATION
D E L T A
A PORYGON TOO ?
O R
A PORYGON2
HAHAHA
MY TRAINER TEACHES ME !
B E C A U S E
LEARNING IS IMPORTANT
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Date: 2015-09-25 11:51 pm (UTC)But nah, he's not a Pokémon. He's an AI.
That's artificial intelligence.
He was sort of based on a person, but he became his own thing after a while. He helped me do a lot that I couldn't on my own, which is part of the reason I was asking about Psychic Pokémon in the first place.
To see if I could shore up the gap a little since he didn't come here with me.
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Date: 2015-09-26 12:00 am (UTC)YES YES YES
CHIEF IS GOOD AT
H E L P I N G
HE IS THE BOSS !
EVERYONE LISTENS TO HIM
UM
UM UM UM
EXCEPT BEA
AND ISABELLE
AND THE ONE THAT SEETHES
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Date: 2015-09-26 12:05 am (UTC)There a story there?
What kind of Pokémon is Chief, by the way?
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Date: 2015-09-26 12:08 am (UTC)IS A
M A G I K A R P
HE IS VERY ANGRY
A N D
I DO NOT WANT HIM
TO EVOLVE
SHHH DON'T TELL
CHIEF IS A
K A D A B R A !
HE IS MY TRAINER'S
S T A R T E R
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Date: 2015-09-26 12:31 am (UTC)[Well, safe with him and with whoever else has access to this public transmission, anyway.
A moment as he looks things up in his PokéDex.]
If Chief looks like the picture in the encyclopedia, he's pretty impressive.
I know a guy who'd tie himself in knots for a mustache like that.
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Date: 2015-09-26 01:02 am (UTC)PROCESSING......
PROCESSING.........DONE
Y O R K
IS YOUR FRIEND A
D R A G O N A I R
AURORA BOROS IS OUR DRAGONAIR
SHE CAN TIE HERSELF IN A KNOT !
. . .
KNOT KIDDING
HAHAHA
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Date: 2015-09-26 03:41 am (UTC)No, the guy I'm talking about, he's human like me. We don't have Pokémon like you dudes where we're from.
Anyway, it was just an expression.
Humans, we say a lot of things we don't literally mean sometimes. Which I guess a smart guy like you's probably picked up already.
Reggie wouldn't literally have tied himself in knots, but I'm pretty sure he'd at least have been a little envious.
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Date: 2015-09-26 05:15 am (UTC)I UNDERSTAND !
QUERY
IS IT IMPORTANT
TO HAVE A MUSTACHE
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Date: 2015-09-26 05:22 am (UTC)neck.
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Date: 2015-09-26 05:25 am (UTC)A MUSTACHE ON THE FACE
A L L E V I A T E S
PAIN IN THE NECK ?
HAHAHA
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Date: 2015-09-26 05:33 am (UTC)