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[cyan_maid]

Ring, ring...ring, ring... beep!

Hello! You've reached Jane Crocker. Sorry I couldn't pick up at the moment, but if you could please leave your name, number, and a brief message, I'll get back to you as soon as possible!

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[brocrux]

You know it.
So, just to make sure I'm caught up, did anything else happen lately?
Nobody else got hit with this nonsense, right? Just me? You're all fine over there?

[cyan_maid]

We're all fine over here, as far as I know.
No weirdness aside from glitches deciding they want to be your best friend.

[brocrux]

Good.
Figures it would be me. I should probably stop trying to reprogram the gears.

[cyan_maid]

It could have been anyone, you know - don't start with that "of course it would be me" malarkey!
And how can you say that tinkering with the Poke'gear might have done it?
They're our lifeline into this world and to each other, sure, but I highly doubt they're THAT important to our presence here.

[brocrux]

Sure but from a purely logical standpoint, it does make the most sense for it to be me out of our group.
Who knows. It could be used as a mind control device and the close proximity to it keeps us carefully under the Pokemon World's influence.

[cyan_maid]

But when have the machinations of this world ever actually run on logic? There's a living creature that is a bag of garbage, for Pete's sake!
I'm going to maintain that it could've still happened to any of us.
...
To be fair, breaking free would mean going back home where I'm still pretty sure everything was going to heck on my end of things. I'm not exactly keen on that.

[brocrux]

There's a certain logic to it, be it an extremely flawed one.
Is there really a sentient bag of garbage? Is that one new? How the fuck don't I have one?
We're going to need to catch this monstrosity immediately.
Ah.
That could happen.
But I was thinking more along the lines of the clearly obvious power restrictions put into place on all of us.

[cyan_maid]

You can find them in most alleys in Goldenrod. I'd say I'm surprised you haven't seen one, but considering your habits as of late, I'm not. When we get you back up here, I'll show you where I've seen them.
I suppose it'd be silly if WE had powers while interacting with Pokemon,
though. I mean, why would you catch, befriend, and train a giant bat when you can fly? Or, why would you have a Pokemon with arm-swords when you fight with swords?

[brocrux]

Why WOULDN'T we have a Pokemon with arm swords while also fighting with swords?

[cyan_maid]

...Because...why would WE need to fight with swords...when Pokemon do all the fighting...AND have swords?

[brocrux]

Why would the Pokemon do all the fighting if we have swords now?
We fight with the Pokemon.

[cyan_maid]

There is literally no one that we have to physically fight in this world, unless we really need to. See: Team Rocket, and punches to the face.

[brocrux]

What if I just want a good spar with a steel type, Jane?
You're taking the fun out of the idea by pointing out the impracticality of physical violence.

[cyan_maid]

You're going to end up hurting yourself that way. Also, Dart is not sparring with people. He's not allowed.

[brocrux]

Dart and I are going to kick each-other's asses.

[cyan_maid]

No you are most certainly not!
He already barely listens to my own commands as it is! What if you got seriously hurt?