006 Things Acquired - [video;]

[ossifragant]

[Oh, look. It's Greed on video. This is something of a rarity.

He's obviously outside and on one of the routes at the moment, looking annoyed more than anything else.]

You know, I thought I had this place reasonably figured out. Got a decent grasp on battling, don't really mind living out of a hotel room, and since it's summer, traveling between cities is actually not that bad.

That being said, what the hell is this?

[The camera shifts off of Greed and onto a bug-type that looks like a wheel.]

Cedric used to be a beetle. Why--

What the hell is he supposed to be? Can he even battle like this?!

How the hell does a beetle even change shape to begin with! It's the final stage of a metamorphosis so why the hell did he go and turn into that thing?

[And since he's facing the camera, he completely misses the Whirlipede rolling its eyes at him.]

Comments

[sadisticwarfare]

I'm sure he'll be useful for your team. While Bug and Poison-types are fairly common, it's difficult to find one that's actually useful.

[ossifragant]

[You know, Greed didn't exactly have Archer pegged as someone who would genuinely be helpful but he's going to take it.]

Pretty useful guy for a chance encounter. At the very least, he'll help me get around from place to place a bit quicker.

[Horse beetle. He loves this idea far more than he thinks it's confusing.]

[sadisticwarfare]

[It doesn't happen very often...]

That's... certainly an interesting choice for a Pokémon to ride on...

[...........(unsure)]

LAUGHS

[ossifragant]

Exactly!

Other people probably haven't done it much before.

YOU'RE WELCOME

[sadisticwarfare]

Shouldn't you choose something more... majestic?

[And less stupid-looking?]

[ossifragant]

I have a Ponyta, but that's a bit too typical.

[Congratulations, Archer. You're friends with a butthead.]

[sadisticwarfare]

[WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE RIDE THINGS THAT AREN'T UNICORNS OR BEETLE-HORSES]

Surely there's something more appropriate than that?

[ARCHER YOU'RE NOT ONE TO TALK YOU RIDE A METAGROSS]

[ossifragant]

If you have a suggestion, then by all means.

[sadisticwarfare]

Kimblee has a Mamoswine which is useful for travelling, but an eight foot tall mammoth isn't exactly majestic either. I'm personally fond of Metagross.

[BECAUSE IT RESEMBLES A TANK??]

[ossifragant]

[Hold on, give him a moment to look up what Metagross is.

...and then laugh hard enough to scare a Pidgey out of a tree.]

And you're giving me shit for riding a bug?

You're a funny guy.

[Yes, he's aware it's entirely unintentional on Archer's part.]

[sadisticwarfare]

What's wrong with that?

[No really, he doesn't see a problem here!!]

[ossifragant]

It's a giant steel crab, Archer.

[sadisticwarfare]

It's not a crab, it's a tank.

[ossifragant]

[...Uh-huh.

He'd really argue this just to see how far he can press Archer because that thing is totally a crab.]

If you say so.

In any event, I was actually going to head back into Goldenrod.

[sadisticwarfare]

Oh, you left?

[WAY TO PAY ATTENTION, ARCHER]

Where are you now?

[ossifragant]

Just on the route to the park. I'm only an hour outside of the city.

[sadisticwarfare]

Ah, National Park? How was your trip?

[locked]

[ossifragant]

Decent enough.

[Aaand he's locking this now. He's still out in public, so he's going to be a bit vague but at least anyone listening in who isn't standing over his shoulder won't get to hear.]

I'm still interested in hearing what you have to say, by the way. We just need to meet in a secure enough place.

[locked forever]

[sadisticwarfare]

We'll have to meet once you get back then. Unfortunately, I still don't have anything planned, but I'm sure we can find something entertaining for you to do.

[ossifragant]

I don't mind you not having a plan. That's really not a problem.

[This is the guy whose big master plan involved a conversation that consisted of "Sure, Kimbley. Go to the military headquarters and kidnap this small child the military grabbed."

He doesn't really do the plan thing. Why it's a good thing he's not a Rocket, tbh.]

You have a place out of the way?

[sadisticwarfare]

I can get a hotel room, if that suits you. I suppose we could always talk outside of town too; my Pokémon can keep people from overhearing.

[Or more accurately, they can keep people from remembering what they heard.]

[ossifragant]

If that's all it takes, we can use my room. I've paid ahead anyway so my room is still mine.

[Greed doesn't care at all about wiping people's minds. Big shocker there.]

[sadisticwarfare]

Excellent. Let me know when you've arrived in town.

[ossifragant]

I'll let you know then.

[And about an hour and a half later...]

I'm back in town.

I hope you know how interesting I find all of this, Colonel.

[sadisticwarfare]

I find it fascinating as well, of course. What room are you in? I'll meet you there.