[If you're out by the beach today, you may notice a certain Team Aqua boss sitting on a rocky outcropping above the ocean. How he got up there is a mystery. He's throwing pebbles into the water, but it looks like he's looking for something in the distance. Below, his Sharpedo is taking quite the pleasure in chasing after whatever fish Pokemon he
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Archie! What's the matter, are you feeling melancholy today?
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"Melancholy" doesn't begin to describe it. [He gives the strange a wry smile.] I'm stuck on an island with no way to return home; and I've got something big goin' on back there. "Pissed off" is more like it. Anyway, seems you know me, but I don't recognize you.
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Nobody seems to ever recognize me, it seems! But that is quite alright. I'm Count Edmond Flamberge, from Lavaridge Town. Allow me to warn you - you'll find that there are other Archie than yourself here.
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A Count, huh? [Didn't even know they were still around.] An' yeah, I kinda figured that after runnin' into that one Maxie... [He trails off, an enigmatic expression on his face.]
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[The question comes as a quick reply, and Edmond realizes the island might have taken away a little bit of his sanity over time. Ah, well!]
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Ah, then... he's the wrong Maxie. I don't like him a lot, either.
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The wrong one? [Have a dubious look.] That means there's a right one? [Yep, two Maxies. That's lovely. Just lovely.] Well I can see why; he's fucking crazy.
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Ah, yes, there's definitely something wrong with him, though I have no idea what it might be. Like yourself, however, I have found myself suspecting that he might be deranged, though I lack the necessary knowledge to be certain.
Ah, and there is a right Maxie, and I happen to be his supporter.
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Can't blame you there. Wouldn't wanna spend too much time around that guy myself.
[...Oh no, not another Team Magma member. Ugh. Why.] So you're a part of Magma, then? Why didn't you bother attacking me on sight? [Because that's how it works in his world, apparently.]
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For a variety of reasons, in fact! First of all, I'm not part of Team Magma proper - I'm not in any uniform, am I? Secondly, I do answer to Maxie, however, and he has given me very explicit orders to not pick fights with you or any other member of Team Aqua. And third and last, I admire you. Your perseverance in staunchly fighting the just cause I think everybody should devote their lives to.
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So why aren't you a member of Team Magma if you support him? [Not that it really matters; not on this island at least.] He's given you orders not to pick fights? [Archie's are always the opposite: See a Magma, go beat 'em up.]
[It's the final statement that really leaves him speechless for a moment. He admires him? The enemy? Why? Because even though their goals are so different, Archie and Maxie really are working to make the world a better place?] Thanks, but I'm not sure how much of a compliment that is coming from a Magma sympathizer.
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Can't you see that, at my age, I simply cannot be one of those young, brazen heroes? I'm forty-two.
Ah, that is a little hurtful. It is a compliment nonetheless, and I think you should take it as such.
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So? If you can help the cause there's no reason to turn you down. Especially if you're any good at battling. [And you don't look forty-two, but he's not going to mention that because it would probably be met with more creepy giggles.]
Kinda hard to believe though. Sympathizing with the enemy isn't something I'd do, at any rate.
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[Have a bit of a smug smirk. Never as smug as Maxie's smirks, but... one third as smug? If that makes sense.]
In any case, welcome to the Island. You'll hate it here at first, just like I did, only to find one can live quite happily here, in spite of everything.
[His attention switches to the tiny Zangoose in his arms then. He lifts one of his tiny clawed paws and moves it to and fro, as if the tiny Zangoose was waving.]
Say hi, Raymond! See, this is Archie. He's Maxie's rival. Like a Seviper, except... [He looks at Archie again for a brief moment as he searches for the word.] ... More handsome.
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Yeah, I'm sure I will. Got two rivals on the island already - kids, at that - so guess life can only get better. [Unless his Maxie arrives.]
[Then Edmond is making his baby Zangoose wave and Archie has the sudden urge to send Sharpedo after him. Zangooses are not stuffed animals. You shouldn't make them wave against their will. What are you, N? Instead he smirks at the compliment.] Clever. But I doubt this one's ever seen a Seviper.
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