oo1; video|action for the rocket base in mahogany!

[useddeathbound]

[ A nondescript ceiling comes into view as the pokégear starts recording, with a nondescript lamp hanging from it. Any Rocket out there is free to recognize this as a standard room for grunts in mahogany town, while a hand fumbles visibly with the 'gear, as if the person in question is reaching for it blindly. Finally a teen comes into view as

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[phoenix_temple]

[Shinji might catch a Priiiiii~ Priiiiiiiiii~ and a togepi face all up in his business with a blonde in his background.]

[useddeathbound]

[Shinji looks at the screen, profoundly confused, but then decides to let his pokégear lie on the bed, so his own Togepi scuttles right over to it. Animated, cheerful pokémon conversation is a go?]

[phoenix_temple]

[Totally. Meanwhile Fuu is peering over wondering wtf her togepi is at...]

Hello?

[useddeathbound]

Huh? ... [Shinji will be looming over his pokémon too now, while the Togepi... seems to very cheerfully introduce him? If the arm-waving in his direction is any indication.]

[phoenix_temple]

[Fuu giggles a little.] I'm sorry. I should've turned off my gear.

[useddeathbound]

Don't worry about it.

I didn't know there were more of these. [He nudges the Togepi, which sways a little but doesn't topple.]

[phoenix_temple]

[Weebles wobble but they don't fall down--]

Well, it can't be the only one of its kind, now can it? I would assume there is at least a small population.

[useddeathbound]

I wouldn't know.

So they're like pets or something?

[phoenix_temple]

Well, something like that. They seem more like summonable creatures from a video game...

[useddeathbound]

... [Or his life, really. The thought gives him pause.]

So we're supposed to fight with them?

[phoenix_temple]

I suppose. I'm not very sure how she can fight though... [starin' at togepi like DO YOU BITE THINGS?]

[useddeathbound]

I don't know either. [UNSURESCOWLING AT THE TOGEPI. What are you anyway... it's kind of... still swaying there, waving its itty bitty arms.]

But there are others, right?

[phoenix_temple]

Oh, quite a few. I encountered a few types of birds on my way to Cherrygrove.

[useddeathbound]

So we can have more than just one?

[phoenix_temple]

I suppose you haven't read the trainer's guide, have you. You can have up to six on your person at any time.

[useddeathbound]

I didn't get a trainer's guide. [Hell, he didn't even get a map. But he'll stop asking you questions now, if everybody is supposed to already know this, it only makes him feel stupid.]