006. [Video/Action for Saffron City]

[neurotoxined]

[VIDEO]

[Well, it seems somebody is up and about this morning, and looking fairly invigorated about it; it seems that spending eight hours on a train is amazing for ensuring that she actually sleeps, if for no better reason than there's nothing better to do.

She's been getting a lot of sleep lately, it seems. But that's beside the point.

The point is that she's outside and it's cloudy as hell and just a bit windy but the overall effect is akin to that of a Magikarp in rain - she's got a lot of energy and is moving fast as hell, all while not actually...accomplishing anything of value, um.

At least she's...sort of smiling. In that weird, vague-approximation-of-a-human-expression sort of way she does, where the result is really more like baring teeth.]

You know, I think now is when I should be saying that if I'd known travelling was this nice, I would have done it a lot sooner.

That would be a lie, of course. I don't want to get on that train again.

Ever.

[She flicks her hair back from her face once that's been said, the motion pointless but giving her something to do with her free hand; she's practically vibrating over there, she's so wound up. Like somebody gave her enough coffee to give her the jitters for the next week.]

But that's beside the point. Has anyone else noticed their Pokémon doing something a bit...different, lately?

Not insanity-different. Battling-different. One of mine has gone a little weird.


[VIDEO, LOCKED TO ROCKET FILTER.]

[And a few moments later...]

I'm going to be on an assignment for an indefinite period of time.

Don't destroy the lab while I'm gone.

Comments

[neurotoxined]

And what solution would you suggest?

[doitrockapella]

Reprogramming the mainframe?

[neurotoxined]

He can't hack.

Oh, he likes to think he can. On good days I'd let him pretend. But he has no idea what he's doing.

[doitrockapella]

And you're sure he's not obsessed with you?

[neurotoxined]

Why would he be?

[doitrockapella]

I've found that tends to follow when you humor people into thinking they're competent while always maintaining your superiority.

[neurotoxined]

...Obsessed with humiliating me, maybe, at least back home. He tried to do a lot of that. He wasn't too successful at it, though.

[doitrockapella]

Has he tried it here?

[neurotoxined]

No. He doesn't have a reason to here. Like I said, it was all about using the mainframe and escaping for him.

I think the most he does is make attempts to rile me once in a while.

[doitrockapella]

Well, I hope him making a nuisance of himself won't interfere too much with your work.

[neurotoxined]

If he gets too annoying, I can handle him. Don't worry about that.

[doitrockapella]

That's what I like to hear.