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002. Video/Action for Route 35 (just outside Goldenrod)
[VIDEO]
[Well, today's video from Ishimaru is no less shouty than the first, though he seems to be less...manically enthusiastic this time around. Surely, this is progress!
Or, well, it would be, if it weren't so damn awkward-looking; he hasn't quite gotten the hang of addressing large groups of people over the feed like this, and as such his posture is a bit too tight, arms folded close against his chest, and his expression is still incredibly severe, though it's difficult to tell if it's through anger or just sheer...uh, passion. Let's. Let's call it that.
That said, he's still outside, seeming to be on one of the routes, the device apparently propped up on something; Goldenrod's skyline is rather visible close behind him, though, so he obviously hasn't gone too far.]
Through both my own curiosity and in the name of a personal project I'm undertaking, I have a request for the rest of you that have found yourselves in this place! It's not very much, and will only take a moment of your time - but if you have any sort of particular life motto or words that you happen to live by, I would like to hear them! If you have several, I would like all of them...and if you don't happen to have any, I'm sure that others would be willing to inspire you, should you want it!!
[...honey.]
Otherwise, keep your heads up and your gazes trained toward the horizon; it's been a beautiful day today - if a bit wet out sometimes - and hopefully a highly productive one for all of you!
[Okay, so he still hasn't quite learned how to people. He's working on it...]
[ACTION]
[Well! It seems that Ishimaru vs. Johto has not been going too badly lately - if the Shinx in front of him is any indication, he's managed to capture something halfway useful (and not Team Rocket property), at least. Now, if he can only work out what to do with the fish he's been given...
Today he is standing around on Route 35 near the entrance to Goldenrod, still wearing that pristine white uniform, hands firmly on hips and just looking like the most demented little drill instructor ever; he's got the fish on one side of his tiny makeshift battlefield, the Shinx on the other, and it's obvious that the Shinx's role in the proceedings is to stand there and be patient while Ishimaru tries to work out how to actually do something with the Magikarp.
To its credit, said Magikarp is flopping about heroically; Splash may be useless, but god, this thing is trying harder than He-Man in this institution. And to his own credit, Ishimaru is clearly trying to be encouraging, though judging from the weird pitchy quality to his voice he's more than slightly unsure of what to do with this poor stupid thing.]
Ah, that was better - that was much better! The...the height on that was very impressive!
[He withdraws a bit after that, posture-wise, his stance tightening while he thinks; there has to be some way to utilize this...]
...Have you tried just landing on your target, instead of staying over there?
[The Magikarp looks at his trainer like he may have, in fact, just received divine revelation; Ishimaru grins.]
Go on, then! Show Yoritsugu the force of your effort!
[Yoritsugu (that would be the Shinx, who is now seriously wondering why on earth he had to be caught by this fuckin' guy) just kind of stares at both of them as though minds have definitely been lost; however, that Magikarp seems to be feeling particularly empowered - Splash goes off without a hitch, this time aimed directly at the Shinx, and it...!!
...it...goes about as well as one would expect, really. There certainly was a lot of effort, but as Splash deals no damage whatsoever, there wasn't a whole lot of effect with the effort; it's managed to push Yoritsugu into the ground due to sheer weight and physics, but otherwise...yeeeah.
As such, for a long, awkward moment there is a completely bewildered Shinx splayed out on the ground with a fish on its back; after a while, said fish just kind of...slides off sideways onto the ground, and Ishimaru busies himself with burying his face in his hands, uttering a very muffled "Why..." once he's there.
However, once Ishimaru manages to compose himself well enough to actually look back up, that fish is looking proud as hell because good lord, trainer, it did a thing! Kinda! ...Yeah, Ishimaru just kind of smiles again, the expression clearly exasperated, as he moves to pick it up; the fish just...wriggles a bit as he does so, but at least it's not trying to get away.]
Yes, well. That was a splendid attempt indeed!
[Just. So much awkward, forced laughter because this is totally a good thing, right
...orz
Feel free to try to save the idiot and the fish from themselves; they could probably use the break.]
[Well, today's video from Ishimaru is no less shouty than the first, though he seems to be less...manically enthusiastic this time around. Surely, this is progress!
Or, well, it would be, if it weren't so damn awkward-looking; he hasn't quite gotten the hang of addressing large groups of people over the feed like this, and as such his posture is a bit too tight, arms folded close against his chest, and his expression is still incredibly severe, though it's difficult to tell if it's through anger or just sheer...uh, passion. Let's. Let's call it that.
That said, he's still outside, seeming to be on one of the routes, the device apparently propped up on something; Goldenrod's skyline is rather visible close behind him, though, so he obviously hasn't gone too far.]
Through both my own curiosity and in the name of a personal project I'm undertaking, I have a request for the rest of you that have found yourselves in this place! It's not very much, and will only take a moment of your time - but if you have any sort of particular life motto or words that you happen to live by, I would like to hear them! If you have several, I would like all of them...and if you don't happen to have any, I'm sure that others would be willing to inspire you, should you want it!!
[...honey.]
Otherwise, keep your heads up and your gazes trained toward the horizon; it's been a beautiful day today - if a bit wet out sometimes - and hopefully a highly productive one for all of you!
[Okay, so he still hasn't quite learned how to people. He's working on it...]
[ACTION]
[Well! It seems that Ishimaru vs. Johto has not been going too badly lately - if the Shinx in front of him is any indication, he's managed to capture something halfway useful (and not Team Rocket property), at least. Now, if he can only work out what to do with the fish he's been given...
Today he is standing around on Route 35 near the entrance to Goldenrod, still wearing that pristine white uniform, hands firmly on hips and just looking like the most demented little drill instructor ever; he's got the fish on one side of his tiny makeshift battlefield, the Shinx on the other, and it's obvious that the Shinx's role in the proceedings is to stand there and be patient while Ishimaru tries to work out how to actually do something with the Magikarp.
To its credit, said Magikarp is flopping about heroically; Splash may be useless, but god, this thing is trying harder than He-Man in this institution. And to his own credit, Ishimaru is clearly trying to be encouraging, though judging from the weird pitchy quality to his voice he's more than slightly unsure of what to do with this poor stupid thing.]
Ah, that was better - that was much better! The...the height on that was very impressive!
[He withdraws a bit after that, posture-wise, his stance tightening while he thinks; there has to be some way to utilize this...]
...Have you tried just landing on your target, instead of staying over there?
[The Magikarp looks at his trainer like he may have, in fact, just received divine revelation; Ishimaru grins.]
Go on, then! Show Yoritsugu the force of your effort!
[Yoritsugu (that would be the Shinx, who is now seriously wondering why on earth he had to be caught by this fuckin' guy) just kind of stares at both of them as though minds have definitely been lost; however, that Magikarp seems to be feeling particularly empowered - Splash goes off without a hitch, this time aimed directly at the Shinx, and it...!!
...it...goes about as well as one would expect, really. There certainly was a lot of effort, but as Splash deals no damage whatsoever, there wasn't a whole lot of effect with the effort; it's managed to push Yoritsugu into the ground due to sheer weight and physics, but otherwise...yeeeah.
As such, for a long, awkward moment there is a completely bewildered Shinx splayed out on the ground with a fish on its back; after a while, said fish just kind of...slides off sideways onto the ground, and Ishimaru busies himself with burying his face in his hands, uttering a very muffled "Why..." once he's there.
However, once Ishimaru manages to compose himself well enough to actually look back up, that fish is looking proud as hell because good lord, trainer, it did a thing! Kinda! ...Yeah, Ishimaru just kind of smiles again, the expression clearly exasperated, as he moves to pick it up; the fish just...wriggles a bit as he does so, but at least it's not trying to get away.]
Yes, well. That was a splendid attempt indeed!
[Just. So much awkward, forced laughter because this is totally a good thing, right
...orz
Feel free to try to save the idiot and the fish from themselves; they could probably use the break.]
[Video]
Humans can't live without taking other lives, so whenever you kill someone [plants and animals are people to him] you can't waste their life. You have to eat everything you can, and any part of them that you can't eat you have to make sure gets used somehow by someone. And even after their body is gone they still live on inside you, so you have to live in their place for them and everyone else who you've eaten, because they can't live in their own place anymore.
[Video]
[...at the same time, that's either very philosophical or a justification for cannibalism. He's really, really not sure which, and he kind of doesn't want to ask. Just the same, um.]
You keep saying "someone," though - are the grass and the fruit on the same level as human lives, or does this involve people as well?
[Video]
[Whether he realizes that Ishimaru's thinking of cannibalism or if he just feels the need to clarify, he addresses that issue.]
I wouldn't eat humans though. They'd taste terrible. And because I wouldn't eat them I wouldn't want to kill one, because then I'd be wasting their life. [Injure certain ones, perhaps, but not kill them.]
[Video]
[Killing is...sort of a touchy subject with him.]
[Video]
Humans aren't animals who are supposed to eat their own kind, so I don't think that I would even if they were edible. But maybe if they were edible then humans would be animals who were supposed to eat their own kind and I would if I needed to eat? [Ishimaru you're making his head hurt trying to think through this.] ...I don't think that I would want to even if they were edible. I don't think that it would feel right to eat another human.
[Video]
I guess that's fair, if still an incredibly unusual way of looking at it!
[Ishimaru.]
Where did you get the idea that plants and fruit have feelings, anyway?
[Video]
I know because I can talk to them. Trees have stronger feelings than other plants, but they all feel something. Even trees don't have as strong feelings as animals do, but they still feel.
[Video]
[...okay, look, between the aliens, the deaf person from the 80s, the idol groups from the future, the person earlier claiming to be a zombie or something, and now the kid who talks to fruit, he's starting to suspect that his world is the only sane one around.]
They tell you that much? In words?
[Video]
[Mun will just go with this explanation because Apollo's canon offers none and just leaves the viewer with this bizarre concept that's never referenced again.]
[Video]
...in the meantime, Ishimaru still thinks that this is just getting crazier by the second.]
And you're sure these ideas come from the plants?!
[Video]
Of course. I can tell where they're coming from. It's just like how I can tell where your voice is coming from.
[Video]
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How can you prove that your mind's not creating me?
[Video]
Ah - a philosophical question! Very unexpected, I'll give you that much!
But to answer your question, I can't! There are many theories that actually say I'm doing exactly that, and it's entirely possible that I'm either hallucinating you right now or you're otherwise not real! You have no way to know that you aren't the only person in the world that actually exists, do you? Not if we're making assumptions based only on what our minds can perceive!
[...he says, like that doesn't sound like an existential crisis in the making.]
[Video]
That doesn't make sense. Other people besides me and you exist. You can hear them and see them and feel them, so you know that they are there.
[Video]
Well, of course I know they're there! But the theory is based on how you only have your experience to base it off of. You may be interacting with highly advanced machines that happen to look like people, for example! Or it may all be some sort of hologram projection - you have no way to know whether anyone you're talking to is really real and alive, you can only answer for yourself!
I don't believe in such things myself, but they're interesting to study regardless.
[Video]
It's pointless to think about things like that.
[Video]
That said, at least that has managed to make his brain come to a screaming halt.]
Why is it pointless?
[Video]
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[......]
Don't you...ever do things like that...?
[Video]
[Not intentionally at least.]
[Video]
[...]
W-Well, I...
[...shit, man, you may have broken it, hang on.]
I don't see why not...!
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