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[faketime]

[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.]

Comments

[video | private]

[scientificflair]

[...oh, well now. This is actually something reasonably up his alley - though Descole still sort of hates the fact that anything in this world could be considered "up his alley" despite having been here for a year.

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.

[audio | private]

[neurotoxined]

So you got one, too. Here's hoping it's useful.

[Hi there, Dimitri; she will just be hailing you with all her usual charm and social grace here.]

I don't have any projects for you at the moment. Unfortunately. But I'll keep the invitation in mind.

Oh, and speaking of invitations. I got that card of yours. It was...

[............uh]

...nice.

[Well, it was. As little as she wants to discuss the Sheep Incident of Christmas 2012, she can at least appreciate the gesture.]

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Apollo can work with a camera focused on a Pokémon, but for the moment he'll focus it on himself, so have a 13-year-old lit mostly by firelight with what looks like a cave wall behind him.]

That kind of Pokémon evolves into a Pokémon that looks like three of those stuck together. Jasmine at the Olivine City Gym has one with her. It's weak against "Fire", "Ground", and "Fighting" moves, but none of the other types of moves that the Pokémon with me tried did much.

Everything here seems to lay eggs. Even if they seem to be made of metal, they're still alive, so of course they would be able to reproduce.

[Apollo has the "observation" part of science down, but has little interest in the "figure out why things are the way that they are" part.]

Golurk looks kind of like it could be a machine. When it hatched it was bigger than the egg that it came out of, which was really strange to see.

[Private Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Ssspace-time? How interesting.

[And bioengineering too? How diverse.]

When you sssay small projects, how small do you mean?

[Cobra's not interested in having something made at the moment, but he does like to know what people are capable of.]

[video]

[supersnipe]

...Does that thing have magnets attached to it?

[Even for how long he's been here, he actually has never seen this.]