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[It's a fine week for egg hatchery, isn't it? This video is also about that. Rather, it's a video of an egg hatching.
It begins with an egg shaking on a table of a nondescript room. Seconds later, it begins to crack and glow continuously until...]
Hm?
[Whoever is holding the 'Gear right now sounds confused. Why? Because a Magnemite just hatched from that egg and it's already floating several inches off of the table. Immediately the 'Gear holder places it down in front of the Pokemon and leaves it like that. The video of the new Pokemon rolls nearly silent, save for the faint sound of pencil on paper in the background, until the 'Gear is picked up again.
The person behind the 'Gear remains out of sight with the camera trained on the Magnemite, but begins speaking. His voice is calm and soft.]
This was supposed to be a personal video for future reverence, but I believe what just happened warrants sharing. [A hint of disbelief comes into his tone.] I was willing to overlook the strange occurrence of mammals hatching from eggs, but this is on another level. This Pokemon is clearly some sort of machine. I cannot begin to list all of the questions it raises, but the most important ones are:
One: how are machines able to produce offspring and,
Two: why are they doing so by laying eggs of all methods?
And for my own reference, are there other mechanical Pokemon like this?
[And don't get him started on wondering how it's floating on its own.
There's a slight pause, and then an exasperated sigh. He can't believe he actually had to ask those questions.]
I attempt to explain one ridiculous oddity of this world and another even more ridiculous oddity appears. This world truly is full of puzzles with no solutions.
[With that, the feed ends.]
[private video to the Rocket Frequency]
[Some time after he finished his post and wrote some more notes on the mysterious Magnemite, Dimitri decides to properly introduce himself to his other coworkers. The only ones he has really interacted with so far are the others in the Goldenrod labs. He figures there are many more out there.
So! This time he actually shows his face on camera since introducing yourself doesn't really work well otherwise. He's looking as tired and solemn as ever.]
Greetings. I am Dimitri Allen, a scientist working in the laboratories at the base in Goldenrod City. Since I have yet to meet many of you, I wanted to make a proper introduction. My specialty is in the study of space-time, but I am also proficient in working with machines and to an extent, bioengineering.
Why am I telling you this? I am currently open to small projects. If you would like something built or need work done on one of your creatures, I may be able to help. Please respond if you have any questions. Thank you.
[Short and to the point, but that's how he wanted it. He has to start somewhere if he wants to work up the ladder.]
It begins with an egg shaking on a table of a nondescript room. Seconds later, it begins to crack and glow continuously until...]
Hm?
[Whoever is holding the 'Gear right now sounds confused. Why? Because a Magnemite just hatched from that egg and it's already floating several inches off of the table. Immediately the 'Gear holder places it down in front of the Pokemon and leaves it like that. The video of the new Pokemon rolls nearly silent, save for the faint sound of pencil on paper in the background, until the 'Gear is picked up again.
The person behind the 'Gear remains out of sight with the camera trained on the Magnemite, but begins speaking. His voice is calm and soft.]
This was supposed to be a personal video for future reverence, but I believe what just happened warrants sharing. [A hint of disbelief comes into his tone.] I was willing to overlook the strange occurrence of mammals hatching from eggs, but this is on another level. This Pokemon is clearly some sort of machine. I cannot begin to list all of the questions it raises, but the most important ones are:
One: how are machines able to produce offspring and,
Two: why are they doing so by laying eggs of all methods?
And for my own reference, are there other mechanical Pokemon like this?
[And don't get him started on wondering how it's floating on its own.
There's a slight pause, and then an exasperated sigh. He can't believe he actually had to ask those questions.]
I attempt to explain one ridiculous oddity of this world and another even more ridiculous oddity appears. This world truly is full of puzzles with no solutions.
[With that, the feed ends.]
[private video to the Rocket Frequency]
[Some time after he finished his post and wrote some more notes on the mysterious Magnemite, Dimitri decides to properly introduce himself to his other coworkers. The only ones he has really interacted with so far are the others in the Goldenrod labs. He figures there are many more out there.
So! This time he actually shows his face on camera since introducing yourself doesn't really work well otherwise. He's looking as tired and solemn as ever.]
Greetings. I am Dimitri Allen, a scientist working in the laboratories at the base in Goldenrod City. Since I have yet to meet many of you, I wanted to make a proper introduction. My specialty is in the study of space-time, but I am also proficient in working with machines and to an extent, bioengineering.
Why am I telling you this? I am currently open to small projects. If you would like something built or need work done on one of your creatures, I may be able to help. Please respond if you have any questions. Thank you.
[Short and to the point, but that's how he wanted it. He has to start somewhere if he wants to work up the ladder.]
[video | private]
Welcome to Johto, bro, it's not going to get any better.
Today he will give you video, though that isn't saying much; as usual for him, the camera is situated on the desk in front of him, focusing in on a dimly lit room, the place glowing lightly with an odd...purple aura; it's situated at something of an angle, definitely giving the indication that there's a person sitting in front of it, but said person's body is obscured by the folds of a long black cape and his face is well out of view of the camera. His hands are folded lightly on the desk in front of him, however, and his voice is...well, it's cordial enough, anyway.]
The amount of puzzles in this world does seem to vastly outweigh the solutions, but in some cases, I think we just don't have the means to solve them yet; I've been working on remedying that since my arrival. Though I can answer a few of your questions, they really only make sense in the scope of the world itself.
However, to take the easy one first - there are a few other mechanical Pokémon, I've raised several myself. The one you have there should serve you well, by the way; they've interesting evolutions.
[video | private]
That is how I've understood it myself. The lack of clues is aggravating. How much have you uncovered in your time here?
[He's not expecting anything groundbreaking since y'know...this man is still here, but hey.
He gazes off-screen to the Magnemite, who is now floating freely around the room.]
I'm not sure what to expect, but I look forward to seeing what it'll become. Are these other mechanical Pokemon similar to Magnemite? I assume their typing is similar, at least.
[video | private]
However, it seems that great minds think alike
and apparently so do these two- he just laughs softly at that first question, the sound neither joyful nor truly mocking. A bit hollow, really.]Enough to know that we're nowhere close to working out how anything works. But I suppose that's the first step, really - knowing exactly how little you actually know about something. At any rate, you'll find that most become jaded to this place after a while - most in this organization seem more interested in exploiting this world than understanding it, from what I've seen.
I can tell you that the Steel-type is most likely what you're going to want to seek out, if you want more of those; the one I'm most familiar with is...ah, give me a moment.
[He shifts aside, turning on a light somewhere just off-screen, illuminating the room a bit more - it's one of the general nondescript rooms issued to Team Rocket employees, though there isn't much time before the screen suddenly contains...well, what appears to be a series of gears hovering in view of the camera.]
This would be one that I awakened with, in a similar manner to the eggs we received on Christmas morning; I received this one almost a year ago. Admittedly, I'm not entirely sure how they get in the eggs to begin with, or why the eggs are even necessary, as their breeding process is unusual; you'll find they aren't gendered creatures, as most of the others are.
[video | private]
[And expected, of course.]
I can understand why they would become jaded. [He frowns.] In fact, my own feelings for this world have been negative ever since I arrived.
But I digress. [He examines the mechanical Pokemon on the feed. So we have sentient gears now? Fascinating.] You could almost mistake that one as part of an actual machine. And yes, I don't see how a machine could have a gender. I suppose that only makes their reproduction all the more mysterious within the logic of this world.
[Because machines reproducing in the first place doesn't make sense.]