IC Inbox [Empatheias]

[hamnation]

[What's wrong, sinner? Wish to communicate with Gundam via telepathic amulet or messenger bird or even in person? Then come on over here and specify the format!]

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np!

[gottacatch]

[ That....... makes him think. He should think about what the first thing Gundam said was, but he's way more interested in the pokémon portion, so. ]

That's... [ hmmm ] Is that the black one? With the fire typing? And the horns?

[hamnation]

That certainly sounds like it... It is a creature of the second generation! [At least he's aided by some mental flashes of the image of a Houndour's sprite on a Gameboy Color screen.]

[gottacatch]

[ Oh, thank you for those pixels. It's the first time he's seen them, and they earn the surprise that lights on Red's face. ]

Woah... that's from the game?! It looks like a Super Nintendo game! [ Just like his Mario games! ] What does second generation mean?

[hamnation]

It is more handheld then that...

The second generation is the second set of mystical games to be released to humanity! The first set only entrusted mankind with knowledge of the first one hundred and fifty one creatures... The second generation added a hundred more!

[gottacatch]

[ A good thing this wurm doesn't mind all this nerd talk going on, already happily in their comfort zone. ]

So you find a hundred and fifty one, and then a hundred more? [ ... ] Does that mean you move to a different region? That's it, isn't it? But the first one--! Is that Kanto!?

[hamnation]

[It's okay the warm can rest while they babble.]

Yes... More are introduced in each set, and a new region with it...

Kanto is indeed the name of the first realm.

[gottacatch]

That's where I'm from! From Pallet Town!

... What does Pallet Town look like in the game?

[hamnation]

Pallet Town? Hm... That is the town where adventure begins. [He holds onto his amulet as he sends another projection to Red, of the town in all its 8-bit glory.]

[gottacatch]

[ A noise chokes in Red's throat, attention on what he's seeing in his mind before he swings his sight onto Gundam. ]

That's nothing like Pallet Town! Here! [ Eyes closing, an image of a view from a cliff side is sent over. ]

This is Pallet Town! Sure, it's the smallest town in Kanto... but it's nice! I live along this road, from the town centre, [ insert a close up of the street here ] and on the other side is the Pokémon Professor's laboratory, Professor Oak. This building!

[ This one, right here. ]

[hamnation]

[Gundam takes in those new mental images with an awed wonder. Just needs more beasts roaming the street, but the town looks beautiful at least.]

What?! It can't be--!! The digital architects could not properly replicate even a fragment of such a town! [He balls up a fist as he dwells on this. Then, he takes a breath and tries to speak with more composure.]

It is... impressive... for a human colony. Should the day come when all worlds burn to the ground, I will ensure that your home falls under the dark lord's protection.

[gottacatch]

[ Gundam?!?! ]

Thanks? --Wait, I don't want any world burning to the ground! What about all the pokémon! And the people!

[ We appreciate your disgust at how poorly our hometown was translated into pixels but think of the pokémon!! ]

[hamnation]

Such a protection can extend to them as well! To your entire world, in fact! Never once imagine that I would allow any of those magical beasts to be harmed...!

[gottacatch]

[ Is this where he's supposed to say thanks again because he's just going to stare at Gundam for a few seconds, baffled. ]

Where did you get this idea something's going to burn every world to a crisp in the first place?

[hamnation]

[He folds his arms without wavering.]

The endtimes have long been prophesied, Red.

[gottacatch]

When? Why? Do people really believe this in your world?

[ also why ]

[hamnation]

Much of this information is only available to higher level demons. It is believed in by humans who know fear, and by those who are well-versed in the dark arts.

[gottacatch]

[ ...


okay you know what ]

I don't know anything about any of that, but I say that whoever thinks they're going to burn everything needs to get their butt kicked into a black hole and take a time out!

[ YEAH. ]

[hamnation]

Fuhahaha! Such foolish insolence... It would be amusing to see you take on the beast of the end with that conviction!

[gottacatch]

Why not! It wants to take out all life it doesn't see fit to live, then you should go out with no regrets! I wouldn't be satisfied sitting back and letting others suffer just because my own world was safe!

[ He tips his head back to Lapras, her eyes closing briefly and her own head tilting in a 'do as you please manner', and he straightens up. ]

I wouldn't be the only one. It'd be fighters of all backgrounds and skills coming together, all with the same goal! [ A small smile spreads on his lips. ] Doesn't it sound cool when you think about it like that?

[hamnation]

Kehehe... That's a good line. Perhaps you may be the child of destiny. The fabled leader of the resistance... How amusing. [He smirks as he crosses his arms.] I suppose that I would lend you my powers if it came to that. I'd like to see how far you can progress.

[gottacatch]

[ What is this, Suikoden?? It certainly has Red quiet a moment, until he laughs, a ticklish thing at the idea of being the leader of any resistance. ]

Thanks! I'd have an easier time with someone as attuned with those things as you helping. [ Red then looks to the side of himself, the cloth he's sitting on scrunched and not much, and he's quickly pulling at it to spread it out. ] Here, do you want to learn the way people here make the animals calm? I can show you what it feels like if you give me your hand. It helps make it easier to do yourself!

[hamnation]

[Gundam is leaning down several feet of Red, and he looks hesitant about his suggestion.]

When I first arrived here, I did receive some basic instruction from this land's serpent tamers. [He pauses for a moment.]

...I may bear some interest in your insights on the matter. But grasping the hand of one such as myself is much more easily said than done!

[gottacatch]

[ Gundam knows how to pause him, but a confidence settles into Red quick enough. ]

That's fine. It doesn't need to be easy. [ He looks at one of his own hands, the closest to Gundam, bringing it up to inspect. ] But I know I'm willing to make the attempt because I want to share this with you.

[ He points the hand out in Gundam's direction, looking up at him. ]

I'm ready for the challenge! Are you?

[hamnation]

[Gundam eyes him warily, in deliberation. He always feels unsure about physical contact and closeness with others, even people he's befriending. But he's given Hinata and Sonia a chance, so...]

Hmph... You know not the forces you are tampering with. Should you start to feel even a hint of poison at my touch, you should withdraw your hand immediately!

[He reaches, with his bandaged arm.]

My sealed arm should be sufficient.

[gottacatch]

[ Red can't help but smile when Gundam relents, understanding the intimacy without the boy having to speak word of it, and grateful. He wasn't one to go taking peoples' hands on the regular, and here, he takes hold of the lower part of Gundam's hand, near to his wrist. ]

Thanks. I'll be careful and hold here! [ Was it weirder, to not be a full grip? But any touch was sufficient, and offering to take any other part of Gundam's arm seemed a waste after all that. And he won't delay now, eyes closing with the small smiling still playing on his lips. ]

The way I see how dunamis works, it's about linking emotions to abilities, and how they make you feel to imagine. The effects we create have to be linked to us some way! And [ heh ] it's been working to help me control it into something useful for my pokémon. And others. [ As seen here. ]

So for the lullaby, I already had a way figured out how to do that. Lapras can make a song to inflict sleep that I've heard before, and I thought about that- how the song makes your body calm when it catches you, and how it feels to be caught in it too.

[ Minds linked and contact established, Red offers a sample of that now as the soft sound of the creature can be heard in their minds, the real one silent as she watches the pair. It's distant, as if coming from another part of the city, that itself meaning to dull the effects down, but not to silence them completely. The wash of calm that comes is like a blanket, but when only being draped over briefly, to experience the way the limbs might succumb without letting it be a reality, the sleep to the back of the eyes wearing them all in a moment, and then passing, just leaving a trace of itself in them. ]

That's what the power of putting someone to sleep is to me. A calm so strong that you can't break out of it. The song doesn't matter as long as you tap into that feeling! [ Did Red swap to mind chat here for some reason, yes he did. His eyelids part to look at the wurm next to him, already content in rest, and he looks over to Gundam. ]

Did you bring the Dark Devas with you? We can try with them, one at a time, so you can practice!