yearofpeacock | ONE. [video/action for Team Rocket Goldenrod HQ]

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[Those unfortunate souls who thought it would be a good idea to check out the network for news and gossips will find themselves watching a feed filmed at an... odd angle. The room is dark and one probably won't see much except for the person in the foreground -- a pale man with long, white hair, wearing light, silk robes -- a new arrival, most likely, judging by how unamused he looks.]

--talking to a box, that's simply ridiculous...

[... And he's not very tech-savvy, too. Oh goody. A moment of fiddling with the device later, he places the ‘Gear down and gives it a cold stare.]

Tell me where I am.

[Only silence follows, causing the man to frown -- he feels humiliated enough having to ask for assistance in the first place, not to mention by following that "instruction booklet" manuscript, but admittedly, he's run out of any other ideas. So here he is, talking to some box that supposedly should be able to help him.

And yet it doesn't.

When he speaks up again, his voice grows louder and more threatening with every word.]

This certainly is not China; my fleet, my army, my weapons, everything is gone, and on top of that, I have been placed in some pathetic, monkey-like shell. I want answers, and I want them now, now, NOW, NOW!!

[There's a loud thump and the feed shakes a little as the man hits the desk where the ‘Gear is lying with his fist, panting heavily after losing his composure. But he straightens up, his tone back to dangerous whisper.]

... When I find whoever is responsible for this, I will personally make sure they do not live to see tomorrow.

[ action for Team Rocket Goldenrod HQ ]

[Not long after the video feed appears on the network, anyone wandering on the corridors of Goldenrod HQ may stumble upon a man they've never seen before walking-- okay, not walking, more like stumbling really. And who can blame him? This body is weird, and while he's seen creatures similar to it before, he's obviously never had to deal with it himself.

Care to help?]

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Would it kill you to say please? Because the way your going I'm pretty sure everybody'd rather avoid you.

[Well, what do you know, it worked. In a way. One that certainly doesn't please Shen, as he frowns, folding his arms.]

I don't care if they would rather avoid m--

[And then the full meaning of the statement hits him, causing the offended scowl to be replaced with a somewhat questioning look.]

... "Everybody"?

Yes. Everybody. There actually are other people who got stuck here. Some of them seem very content with the state of their stuck-ness.

Well, I am not content with it!

[There's probably no need to raise his voice, but he does that anyway; clearly, his opinion is the only that matters and whoever "everybody" is, they should be made aware of that.]

Sorry, dude. You're just as trapped as the rest of us.

And screaming? Totally isn't going to help.

No need to be so loud! Some people value their hearing.

[France rolls his eyes and huffs.]

And I can't help you locate yourself when I can't see where you are.

[Clearly the best response to yelling is more yelling.]

Stop yelling! That is not how you get answers! And of course your weapons and army are gone! Johto doesn't let anyone bring that ssstuff with them! And furthermore, if you want to deal with the person responsible, good luck with that! No one's found them yet!

[Ren's still not really in his best moods, since he's having major headaches because of the ~power outbreak~ ... so he's not in his best moods when he almost bumps into a stumbling man in the corridors.]

Are you drunk or what are you doing?

[Someone showing up complaining about their lack of army/weapons/fleet and being put into a horrible human body? That is certainly interesting.]

You can't change it, evveryone that's been brought here wwas put into one of these ridiculous human bodies.

And evverythin' you had before wwas left behind. Wweapons, powwers, wwealth, status... all of it. So you're just gonna havve to get used to it.

[Yes, France, because he cares for your hearing so much. He does appear to be a little calmer, though, if "glaring hatefully at you" classifies as such.]

Then how about you show me the way back to China instead?

[Fair enough! Although even Shen knows too much yelling can become quite ridiculous really fast, and since Cobra actually raised a few points that are of interest to him, he'll go back to using indoor voice.]

Explain yourself.

[Shen attempts to straighten himself up in order to retain the last bits of his dignity, but ends up having to use the nearest wall for support anyway. Somebody should probably tell him how to balance a body that doesn't have a tail...]

Don't be stupid. Of course I'm not!

... I'm leaving this place.

[Well. He wishes he was.]

[Well, that's an odd manner of speaking, but at least it's informative.]

... Human.

[The way he repeats the word is somewhere between spiteful and utterly confused. He's never heard of such term before, but something is telling him he is not going to like it.]

And what if I refuse? To "get used to it"?

[Because there's no way he would ever agree to that.]

Yeah human. These pink money things, that's wwhat they're called.

[he briefly wonders if this is what it was like for people dealing with him. urgh, annoying.]

It's not like any of us actually like bein' like this the wwhole thing is terrible, but there's no wway of revvertin' it no matter howw much you try. Believve me, I tried.

[Shen taps his fingers on the table impatiently, obviously having a really hard time accepting what he's being told (or actually not even trying to do that).]

Trapped? Don't be ridiculous. If there is a way in, there must also be a way out.

I'm not being ridiculous.

You're stuck in another world. If you figure a way out, you should tell people. They're all convinced we can't leave.

[The sheer level of ridiculousness of this entire situation honestly makes Shen want to drive a knife into someone's (preferably whoever is responsible for it) heart and just be done with it, but he keeps hearing that nothing can be done instead. The sole reason he hasn't snapped (... too much) at people who tell him that is that they're being semi-useful to him.]

How is that even possible?

[Okay, even he cannot pretend to be high and mighty when that sort of information is revealed.]

Another... world?!

I don't knoww, nobody's evver actually givven a decent explanation.

...Wwho are you anywway? You're not a troll and It's pretty obvvious you wweren't a human either, so wwhat?

Yeeaaah.

What, didn't you get the memo? World filled with pokemon? That stuff?

I don't have to explain myself to you, or to anyone! But, sssince I happen to be a in a decent mood today, I'll humor you! Which part do you need explained?

[There is literally nothing he likes about that sentence and he's not even trying to hide it. It is, after all, the first time someone cannot tell his species just by looking at him.]

... Lord Shen, the rightful ruler of Gongmen City and soon, the entire China. [So maybe the "rightful" part is more than slightly exaggerated, especially when it comes to the country as a whole, but you know. DETAILS.]

I am a peacock.

Everything.

Begin with a definition of what 'Johto' is.

First of all, these is no such thing as 'another world'. That's impossible.

And what is 'pokemon'?

Look around you? It's plenty possible to me. Unless we're all sharing the same hallucination, which, while also possible, seems a lot less probable.

They're the creatures that inhabit the world. They have superpowers like spitting fire, or causing earthquakes- well some of them do, anyway.

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