FIRST ERRAND ➣ VIDEO / ACTION [GOLDENROD CITY]

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[ ACTION - GOLDENROD CITY ]

[Hey, Team Rocket, how's it going? Has the base been peaceful lately? Because it certainly isn't going to be today. In fact, if you're unfortunate enough to be walking the hallways, you might see a Grunt get tossed into a nearby wall (or you, if you're really unfortunate). Thankfully the poor guy's alright, just a little stunned, but the shrieking that follows implies that this wasn't some sort of horrible Pokémon-related accident.]

Give me some answers, fucker! I don't give a shit about Pokey-mon or whatever the fuck you're talking about!

[The guy doing the shrieking is... actually fairly tiny. He's about 5'8" and doesn't look like he could toss a guy his size down a hallway. He's wearing a white suit and actually looks presentable, if not a bit pissed off.

...Okay, "a bit pissed off" is a horrendous understatement.]

Are you working for the fucking doves? Is this some kind of a fucking joke? If you shitheads think you're going to capture me again--!

[Naki bends down to grab the poor Grunt by the collar, hoisting him up over his head without much difficulty. The Grunt tries to say something, but Naki doesn't even finish his own thought, much less let the Grunt get a word in edgewise. Instead, he turns and tosses the Grunt down the hallway. Again.]

I'll fucking kill you! I'll fucking kill you all!!

[...Someone please save that poor Grunt.]

[ VIDEO ]

[Well, it's almost a day later and it seems someone has finally managed to get Naki to sit down and listen to reason. Somehow. Now that Naki isn't in the base anymore, he's actually much calmer. The video doesn't reveal much in terms of background and is shot from a low angle, revealing the sky and... not much else. Naki is standing, leaning in a bit to look at the camera, and holding a Magikarp by the tail. He shakes the fish at the camera and glares into it accusingly.]

This thing sucks.

[...Thank you, Naki. Surely no one has figured that one out.]

What's the point of Splash? It doesn't do anything. That's all this useless thing knows.

[The Magikarp flops around a bit at the word "useless", like it's responding to being called by name. Naki looks disgusted and shakes the fish before dropping it unceremoniously to the ground. The camera follows the fish before turning back up to face Naki.]

Where do I get something good? If these things are our only weapons here, I want something powerful.

[Did you just miss the part about training Pokémon to make them stronger, or...?]

Oh, if anyone's got any information about getting home, that would be great too. I just got here so I'm still trying to figure this place out.

[...]

And what is with this stupid music?

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Six months? Oh man, everyone's gonna think I got captured again...

[And this time Yamori won't be there to send someone after him. No one's going to care that he's possibly been imprisoned by the doves. Great.]

Well, I hope I'm not here for very long.

[ossifragant]

[He's been given conflicting information on the matter of what happens when a person goes home, or even what goes on when a person is here. After all, a number of the people he knows have been here for years.]

If they're anything like the people I know, they're not likely to believe you were in a magical land full of colorful animals.

[....would anyone believe that though.]

It's kind of hard to tell with this place. At least nothing here can kill you.

[Maybe.]

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Well yeah, it's going to take more than colorful animals to kill me.

[Though admittedly there's something definitely wrong with him and he doesn't seem to be as strong as he was back home, but Naki's not going to acknowledge that.]

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[.....Pokemon don't attack people anyway, not usually, so there's that, too. Maybe if you were in the woods and ended up unlucky and against a really angry Beedrill or something but that wouldn't kill him even if it might hurt a hell of a lot.]

Of course not.

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Oh yeah, what's your name? I'm Naki.

[ossifragant]

Name's Greed.

[...]

No, I'm not pulling your leg. That's really my name.

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Shit, seriously? Your mom must've had an awful sense of humor. You got any siblings named Lust and Gluttony?

[That seems to have amused him though, so at least there's that?]

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[WELL ACTUALLY...

Lust is about three feet away from him. He's incredibly tempted to pull her into the frame, but he manages to stop himself.]

Not siblings, exactly, but there is a theme.

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So are you adopted siblings or is it more like...

[...How does he put this?]

Like you're a gang? Well, not necessarily a gang gang, but a group of people who are really close? I can definitely get that; Big Bro Yamori and I aren't related at all but...

[...Ah, right, he should be using past tense there. Naki shrugs half-heartedly and doesn't continue his thought.]

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[...That's.

He pauses, not sure what to do with that. Isn't that an odd thing to admit to a stranger? But then again Greed will talk about a few people forever given the chance, so he doesn't comment.]

I'm not close to many of them.

[It's only his time here that has made him feel like he's close to any of them, but Naki doesn't need to know that.]

There are a couple, but for the most part we're all named after a certain theme. That's it.

[He wants to say that he understands the closeness of a gang, but refrains for the moment.]

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[Well Greed, you're missing the fact that Naki is very stupid.]

You said it's your real name though, so there just happened to be other people with the same sort of names? That seems... kinda suspicious, to be honest.

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I never said I don't know them. I just said I'm not friends with them.

[Well, there are two of them he would consider his friend, but that's not important at the moment.]

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Well, either way, it's still pretty fucking weird.

[ossifragant]

[...He can't exactly argue with that.]

What can I say? It's a long story.

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Yeah? This one of those stories you're not going to share, or...?

[ossifragant]

[Child.

What do you think?]

The short of it is that we had a disagreement that couldn't be worked out.

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[Sh-Shut up, it was a valid question!!]

Yeah? So who died?

[NAKI PLEASE]

[ossifragant]

Me.

[Hahahahaha.]

Well. Not quite. But I didn't come out the winner.

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...What did they do to you then? Did they torture you?

[NAKI PLEASE]

[ossifragant]

No, but they threw me in prison for quite some time.

[He's not entirely certain why he's telling Naki this. It's not like it matters in the long run, not really, since it's all in the past and it's not like there's anyone who can use this information against him.

They're all human here, anyway.]

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[Naki freezes at that, eyes going wide. It's just a coincidence of course, but it's too similar. He finally manages to nod, though his eyes are still far too wide and he looks a bit panicked.]

...I guess that must've sucked.

[ossifragant]

[That is an interesting question.]

...are you alright?

[He asks it before he can stop himself, because he's pretty sure he knows what that look means.]

[deaftly]

Ah, yeah, of course I am! Don't go assuming things!

[Yes, Naki, being hyper-defensive is going to help.]

[ossifragant]

Right.

[Naki, you're hardly the first person he's met who has serious issues with prison.]

You can calm down.

[deaftly]

I am calm!

[No you're not.]