inforapenny | First Particle (Video/Action for Rockets)

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[He hasn't changed out of the outfit that he arrived in, a blood red Howie coat with a pair of goggles pushed up on top of his head for now, black leather gloves, black pants and black rubber boots, but he's decided to explore his new surroundings because this...

This is weird.

...This is definitely not the Evil League of Evil. There's a Rotom floating in the air around him, letting out impatient staticky hums every now and again. He doesn't seem to be listening to whatever it's trying to tell him, though.]

Yeah, I know, I read the manual. [BZZT!! Bzz bzzz!!!] It said wear the uniform for official business, and last I checked walking around isn't exactly "official" anything.

[Video]
[When the feed connects, the man on the other end blinks hard a couple of times and glances to either side before turning his attention to the 'Gear. The space behind him is a bland, sterile white wall, and he's wearing a hoodie zipped up over a black shirt.]

So, I- I have a question about how people name these, uh… Pokemon...things. Wasn't there some kind of video game with something called Pokemon? I never played many video games.

Anyway! Uh, so I was wondering if anyone ever names them after… people? Like, people they knew back-- back home. [He blinks hard again, nervously.] And I guess, if you do, why? Not why would you do that but like [He glances at something offscreen, this time more pensively and less out of the nervous twitching that he started with.] ...why did you pick that name?

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I've named many of my Pokémon after loved ones, mostly due to resemblances and affinities. And also because I'd like to think that they would be flattered.

[Or at least not outright angry.]

Though that can easily turn against you. I once named a powerful Psychic-type after my uncle, a very wise man, only to later realize that said Pokémon was... stubbornly simple in thought. If you intend to give such a name to your Pokémon, you might want to wait a few days.

Well, I-I don't know if she'd be flattered, but... That doesn't matter, anyway. [His tone teeters on the edge of melancholy and thoughtful, as his hand moves to absently pet something offscreen. He doesn't meet the man's gaze.]

I probably will, it was just... N-nevermind, it's not important.

As long as the Pokémon in question is sweet-natured and not, say, a Grimer or a Trubbish, I've no doubt she'll be happy to share her name. It's proof that you think of her, after all.

[He's assuming that the 'she' in question is a normal and generally pleasant person. Otherwise, naming politics become much too complicated.]

[There's a friendly-sounding Vul! from somewhere offscreen, in the direction that Billy's kind of absently petting.]

I'm- I'm not usually good with animals... o-or people, for that matter. But she managed to get past that...

[...whether he's talking about the pokemon or the people is unclear.]

[That definitely doesn't sound like a Grimer. Excellent.]

Which is a perfectly good reason to give her a namesake. What is her name, if I may ask?

[Billy doesn't answer for a minute, just watches something offscreen.]

...Penny. Her name is Penny.

[Cecil's smile brightens slightly as he answers.]

A lovely name, surely well-suited to its bearer. With any luck, perhaps you'll have two Pennies nearby within a few weeks.

[He hopes that would be considered lucky, at least]

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