video, backdated to March 5

[telewarped]

Hey, losers. This has definitely been one of the months I've had so far, but now I'm officially bored to death.

[There is a general air of malaise permeating this message, even if the voice of the Pokémon sending it—a gray-toned Mimikyu, currently stationed in what appears to be one of the Oran guild's dens—sounds casual and calm enough.]

At least one of you has to have a decent rec for how to kill time around here you can give me... Or just tag yourself. Whatever.

[At the words tag yourself, an image takes shape in your mind. It's astonishingly clear and will remain present in your head until your connection to this particular Grumpearl is broken.]

Later.

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[offtracks]

Ah......

[what the FUCK was that]

Well. There are always missions to be done? The berry-picking ones are not very risky.

[telewarped]

Okay, you did not just suggest that I should do work when I'm bored.

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[shotinhead]

[ ...huh. ]

Is this like an ink blot test or somethin'?

Because out of those, I'd probably be makin' fun of somebody I don't like.

[telewarped]

Yeah, kinda.

[Except not really.]

Hah, good choice! Who'd be the chosen subject of mockery today?

[quirkynote]

[........................what?]

I'm...failing to find the correlation between kissing me and one's mental health...

[telewarped]

Ew, what?

[She... seems not to have noticed that her brain threw A.B.A into that image.]

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[moondregs]

If you’re already bored with ending up in an entirely different world in a weird body I’m not sure what could meet your standards.

Also I don’t think A.B.A is a bird.

[quirkynote]

I am so a bird.

...I possess a beak.

[telewarped]

[Casually ignoring that first remark and also the way that people are now acknowledging that her brain just automatically pasted A.B.A into that image in the worst possible spot—!]

Uh, A.B.A is so a bird. At least partly. She literally has feathers and a beak.

[outbounds]

Stay active!

[ which is to say, he's also been going a little stir crazy between missions maybe. hello general malaise meet only slightly reined in restless, practically vibrating energy. ]

Speaking of. Have you learned anything other than Wood Hammer that can hit me yet?

[telewarped]

Yeah, I totally see that one for you.

[Actually, she can totally feel it, too: an oppressive, high-energy sensation clashing with her own, opposite energy (or lack thereof). Like an unstoppable freight train meeting an immoveable wall.]

Maybe. Ask me to my face and not onpearl, and we'll see what happens.

[That would be a "no".]

[conradachenleck]

... Are you serious...?

[Yeah, he doesn't want to tag himself, thanks. Though he can understand being rather melancholy.]

I don't see how you can be bored. But I get feeling, ah, sorta restless, I guess?

[telewarped]

Dead.

[The feeling she's unwittingly sending through their psychic connection is indeed closer to melancholy—the heavy, deep emptiness of being aimless, apathetic, lost—but she manages to sound convincingly just bored when she continues:]

How can I not be? Normally I'd just play games or something, but this place doesn't even have that.

[truthdecided]

...Why is A.B.A-san listed as a bird? The only thing they have in common are their beaks, which are features often associated with dinosaurs and mythical creatures like dragons as well.

[Yes, Shoka, Akechi is being that kind of person. He has the right, as the resident bird!]

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[moondregs]

Thank you.

[quirkynote]

Larger falcons and accipiter hawks mostly feed on smaller birds, another feature we likely share.

[telewarped]

Wow, some ace detective you are. Did you not notice that she also has feathers, talons, and a crest? Not to mention the weird parrot tongue.

[... Is it weird that she noticed the parrot tongue? It's not her fault A.B.A sleeps right next to her and snores!]

[seacub]

You could try reading something in the archives?

[Like sure ok you can't get to ALL the archives without being in Lum but. He could. Probably help find some good stuff...]

[telewarped]

Ugh, my post is full of nerds!

[improvking]

recite a dark spell.

so... did you intend to tell on yourself like that~?

[ And he's beaming the meme image right back at her, with a slow zoom in on A.B.A's inclusion. He might not know her himself, but he's seen the Silvally around town just enough to recognize that she's been added to this 'generic' image... ]

[telewarped]

That one is so you—Okay, everyone stop mentioning the bird thing challenge.

[Oh god, she really did put A.B.A in there, didn't she? Stop zooming in on it challenge!]

... Wait. How the hell are you doing that with your mind.

[favorforafavor]

Ha! [Oh he's sooo pleased with this.] Recite a dark spell with me! Dark Heart!

[Is this advice or excitement?]

[telewarped]

On it, your heartiness. Which one we doin' today though?

[bladeofnymeia]

...Gods, what is this.

[She doesn't know how to really process her emotions upon getting this image in her brain. It's like...something funny? But also a touch morose? Also what does "tag yourself" mean?

Shoka eventually gets the impression of a a Nidoran paw tapping "Keep Active".]

Did I do that correctly?

[telewarped]

It's a meme. You're all about learning about other worlds and stuff, right? Think of it as a cherished tradition from my culture or whatever.

[OMG, she actually tagged it...]

You're killing it, sis. That's so you.