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[truthdecided]

[Today, Akechi presents a rather peculiar object to the Pearls: a smartphone, circa 2016. Certainly state of the art, by Bottlecap Bay standards, but more importantly is the music playing from its speakers.

Soothing, smooth jazz... How he's missed it.]

I'm not entirely sure how, but it seems I've been reunited with one of my belongings from home.

[He shuffles around the phone, brushing off some glitter.]

It took some doing to operate it in my current state, and I'm not certain how I'll keep it charged. If any electric types wish to volunteer their services, I would greatly appreciate it.

In turn, it may be possible to use my phone to better record data and take photographs on missions. I will have to be careful with it, of course. It may have a shockproof case and screen protector, but it is hardly invincible.

Still... If anyone else received technology, perhaps we can pool resources. This has a great deal of potential.

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[truthdecided]

[Heh... Now there's a fascinating thought experiment. Just how far could technology advance, with the abilities of Pokemon in mind?]

Though, I wouldn't want to dismantle my phone in the name of science if I couldn't get it repaired. A device like this is a precious resource.

[outbounds]

Hmmmm, but there is only so much analysis that can be done without taking it apart. Even with things like x-ray vision available. You are not willing to contribute to the advancement of technology here?

[ He's joking, like he said he's pretty sure they don't have the foundation base to do much with it yet even if they ended up taking it apart to squint at all the internals. Sure, programming might be somewhat doable if they came across a Metagross and explained it all, but the rest of it...? ]

[truthdecided]

Call it selfish, but I'd rather not lose my playlist.

[The music is soothing, and he has missed it, damn it!]

Still, there are curious Pokémon out there. Several Steel types appear rather industrial, to say nothing of the likes of Rotom and Porygon.

[outbounds]

Rotom have been around for a long time. But they have adapted very much to modern technology. Yup. Then there are species like Klink who only started showing up in more recent centuries. [ Per Juniper, only in the last 100 years or so, for example. ] Ingo is also not familiar with wild members of the Magnemite line even though I know it is possible to find them in modern day Sinnoh.

[ Which is to say: new species can pop up all the time. Especially: ]

Porygon specifically are manmade. Artificial. Not that they are not treated like other Pokemon but they would not exist without humans having created them. So. Now I am curious. Have you actually met a Porygon here? Not counting the ones like us, who aren't from this place.

[ He's aware things here aren't quite the same as home- see: Archen- but still, the Porygon line is a particularly specific one... ]

[truthdecided]

...How strange. One has to wonder how they originated, and if they have some pre-industrial ancestor.

[Magnemite also comes to mind... He's certainly seen them around, albeit not in large droves.

Porygon, however...]

I did encounter a Porygon2 here briefly, but I believe they were an outsider like us, and they eventually disappeared. On the whole, they don't seem especially common, likely because of their origins. And then there's A.B.A-san, who seems entirely unknown...