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003. Video/Action for Cherrygrove City, and also one other thing
[PRIVATE VIDEO TO COLONEL ARCHER]
[The video is short, only a few seconds long; the most that can really be gleaned from the background for the time being is that it sounds like there's ocean nearby, the surf splaying up against the rocks in the background. Ishimaru isn't really wasting time; he's here to say his piece and then move on, clearly.]
Good afternoon, Colonel Archer! I've done what you asked of me, with regards to getting Pokémon to be researched - I'm awaiting further instructions!
Thank you in advance for your time!
[VIDEO]
[For once the feed is showing somewhere other than Goldenrod when it flickers on; Ishimaru seems to have taken up refuge on one of the larger rocks near the beach in Cherrygrove. He's not too high up, because there's no sense in risking literally falling into what would surely be a really anticlimactic set of injuries; his expression on the video is still rather severe, but that's moreso due to just being how he is rather than him actually being displeased with anything.
Dear lord, though, is it overcast out here.]
While it troubles me to see how little people prioritize education and proper study over everything else, I understand that most see pointless activities as a -
[...he hesitates for a moment, flinching back a little and blinking at something that can't exactly be seen on the feed; he shakes his head after a second before moving on, seeming to decide that whatever small stimulus caused that isn't worth bothering with.]
...r-right, anyway!! People have been trying to explain why they engage in such senseless activities and that they don't see them as a...
...
...waste...of time...
[He twitches a little again, swiping across the bridge of his nose with two fingers and studying them intensely, as though understanding whatever he was swiping away is fundamental to saving the damn world.]
Is it raining...?
[It's about then that he looks up, and...]
...Kyohei, shut that off for a second -
[VIDEO, ABOUT TWO MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST.]
[Well! Ishimaru's no longer in view - it seems he's decided to hold the device instead - so it's a bit hard to tell if he's still got that immensely strict expression going on; however, the camera is slanted sharply skyward, toward that overcast sky. The angle isn't an error; rather, it's showing off some...rather thick white flakes falling from on high.
Snow in June? Snow in June.Thank you, mods.
Ishimaru can be heard laughing a bit in the background; the sound is oddly blunted, but it still the sound of a person that is approximately a thousand percent done with the day.]
This makes no sense whatsoever. None.
[At least it's too warm to stick for very long, though the moisture on the device is contributing to some awesome JJ Abrams lensflare effects.]
Tell me - is it doing this where any of you are as well, or...?
[The feed will shut off immediately after that's out there; those wanting action can find him wandering around Cherrygrove, looking incredulous as hell and, as Parker would describe it, he's definitely appreciating the sky today because good lord he cannot stop staring at this.
A thousand percent done.]
[The video is short, only a few seconds long; the most that can really be gleaned from the background for the time being is that it sounds like there's ocean nearby, the surf splaying up against the rocks in the background. Ishimaru isn't really wasting time; he's here to say his piece and then move on, clearly.]
Good afternoon, Colonel Archer! I've done what you asked of me, with regards to getting Pokémon to be researched - I'm awaiting further instructions!
Thank you in advance for your time!
[VIDEO]
[For once the feed is showing somewhere other than Goldenrod when it flickers on; Ishimaru seems to have taken up refuge on one of the larger rocks near the beach in Cherrygrove. He's not too high up, because there's no sense in risking literally falling into what would surely be a really anticlimactic set of injuries; his expression on the video is still rather severe, but that's moreso due to just being how he is rather than him actually being displeased with anything.
Dear lord, though, is it overcast out here.]
While it troubles me to see how little people prioritize education and proper study over everything else, I understand that most see pointless activities as a -
[...he hesitates for a moment, flinching back a little and blinking at something that can't exactly be seen on the feed; he shakes his head after a second before moving on, seeming to decide that whatever small stimulus caused that isn't worth bothering with.]
...r-right, anyway!! People have been trying to explain why they engage in such senseless activities and that they don't see them as a...
...
...waste...of time...
[He twitches a little again, swiping across the bridge of his nose with two fingers and studying them intensely, as though understanding whatever he was swiping away is fundamental to saving the damn world.]
Is it raining...?
[It's about then that he looks up, and...]
...Kyohei, shut that off for a second -
[VIDEO, ABOUT TWO MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST.]
[Well! Ishimaru's no longer in view - it seems he's decided to hold the device instead - so it's a bit hard to tell if he's still got that immensely strict expression going on; however, the camera is slanted sharply skyward, toward that overcast sky. The angle isn't an error; rather, it's showing off some...rather thick white flakes falling from on high.
Snow in June? Snow in June.
Ishimaru can be heard laughing a bit in the background; the sound is oddly blunted, but it still the sound of a person that is approximately a thousand percent done with the day.]
This makes no sense whatsoever. None.
[At least it's too warm to stick for very long, though the moisture on the device is contributing to some awesome JJ Abrams lensflare effects.]
Tell me - is it doing this where any of you are as well, or...?
[The feed will shut off immediately after that's out there; those wanting action can find him wandering around Cherrygrove, looking incredulous as hell and, as Parker would describe it, he's definitely appreciating the sky today because good lord he cannot stop staring at this.
A thousand percent done.]
Re: [video]
What do you mean?
[video]
[...ohhhh hold on, you're a computer critterthing, aren't you - ]
...it's very cold and you're human for the time being; humans are prone to falling ill if they're underdressed for the cold!
[video]
I don't have any other clothes. [He's giving Ishimaru his full attention, expecting more words. Since. That seems to be a safe bet.]
[video]
Well, you might want to get a jacket, at least!
[...]
And only wear it when it's cold out, don't wear it in the heat, even if you like it! You'll faint!
[video]
We're almost to the city. He assumes that's where one goes about getting a jacket.] Shelgon...! [Noise noise noise. Discontent dragons yelling a lot, small humans trying to calm them down, things being returned to Pokeballs OKAY let's get this show on the road now.
Phew.] So...why are you worried about wasting time?
[video]
[...sorta. Sometimes. When he can force himself because having fun is hard and no one understands.]
[video]
...Or so he feels.
By the way, what's this school thing you keep mentioning?Dorumon looks back down after a few seconds.] Traveling? [Seeing new things is fun.] What are you used to doing?
[video]
...Maybe travelling counts, but that's more a necessity than anything here! Or at least, we have to do more of it here than we ever did at home, anyway!
As for what I'm used to doing...well, I'm a student back home, so most of my time is spent studying. Either that, or handling my duties as head of the disciplinary committee!
[...do you...know what a disciplinary committee is...]
...Basically, making sure that people followed the rules and maintained order among themselves!
[video]
He's not completely put off - he's been there himself, sort of, and he understands that his own world is a case study in really terrible management and that authority shouldn't be like that, and in any case Ishimaru radiates honesty vibes, so...
But...
...h-hm.] Oh. Well... [Actually, you know what? That makes total sense. He tries to imagine Omegamon dealing with an aimless, disorderly lifestyle, and - yep. Ishimaru is a Rules Person (if not actually Lawful Stupid, he hopes, though not in those terms)...
...it's kind of funny. Dorumon relaxes a little, looking less startled. Okay, the rules part makes sense, but hey let's go focus on the other thing for a moment] Um, what kinds of things did you study?
[video]
Oh! Well...lots of things, really - mathematics and language and history and the like, for example. I also had reason to be interested in world affairs...
[Hmm...]
I'm guessing you don't have any sort of education system where you're from? I mean, I don't see why nonhuman creatures would, but I wouldn't be surprised either way anymore!
[video]
I don't know what kind of...system that is. [Dorumon is tilting his head, still tense from the surprise, but becoming more comfortable as he gathers his thoughts.] But some Digimon study things like that, too. If they're able... [Pause.] And some Digimon already know more than others do. I think it's different from - when humans are born, they don't know anything, and they have to grow up and learn it all...right?
[video]
Yes, that's right - for some learning comes far easier than others, but everyone starts out at the same point!
[...]
What do 'Digimon' start out knowing, if they aren't a blank slate?
video]
I don't know how to explain it. [He gives it a try anyways, brow furrowing.] You know what you are, and what...what you're supposed to do, if there's something like that. Things like...like... [This is proving just as hard as he thought.] You learn new things when you evolve, too. Everything changes like that.
It's nothing like Pokemon, either. [Dorumon's face is scrunched up in mild frustration. He'd probably be able to explain better if he were Alphamon right now, which is really ironic considering the topic is just that.]
[video]
[Judging from his tone, he really, really doesn't; at the same time, human or not, his current appearance makes it really hard to think of Dorumon as anything but a kid. So at least he'll acknowledge the You Tried of it all.]
So you evolve as well...is it more like proper aging, then, as humans are concerned, or does it require some sort of item or something...?
['Digimon' as a name is mildly familiar, something he's heard in passing, but he's never really experienced the franchise any so um.]
[video]
[thoughts pause] Shelgon's the kind that could make it that far. That's just what I think. [It's subdued as he usually is, but Dorumon's tone has a mixed note of pride and exasperation in it.]
[video]
What does Shelgon evolve into? I'm not familiar with...whatever it is; do you know what you're striving toward?
[video]
["Thinking about it" is putting it lightly.]
[video]
...oh wait just a minute]
You know what your Pokemon is thinking...?
Re: [video]
[video]
[...look he's been dealing with people who can see souls and talk to trees and various other completely psychotic what-have-you
he wouldn't be surprised if you were some sort of dragon whisperer]
Well, hopefully he'll obtain his wings one day, then...!
[It sounds like there was going to be something else at the end of that; the trailing off is a bit awkward before he picks up again.]
...I don't think I've gotten your name, you know.
[video]
It's Dorumon.
[video]
Dorumon...all right, then!
Mine is Ishimaru - it's good to have had a proper introduction!
[video]