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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[telewarped]

Oh, just alerting everyone here that there's a huge nerd present. Y'know, the type of lame guy who thinks the kinda stuff you do at school is the pinnacle of entertainment. That would be you.

What, was actual fun not invented yet in the timeline you were snatched out of?

[offtracks]

Oh! You have been to a school?

[How neat! He very much does live in the woods in Olden Times!]

Well, I find battling to be the most entertaining, but you do not seem terribly interested in that! Reading is something you can do without exerting a great deal of effort! [He's trying to work with you here!]

[telewarped]

Uh, yeah, and it sucked pretty much all the time.

[Not terribly interested in battling? That's different!]

Excuse me? I'm just fine with battling.

[outbounds]

[ chiming in here just to confirm: ]

It's true! Yup! Didn't even wait for me to say 'go' back when we first got here.

[telewarped]

Sorry not sorry!

[outbounds]

Didn't ask for an apology. Don't need one either!

[offtracks]

You said you didn't want to go on missions!

[What are those if not battling excursions?]

[telewarped]

Duh. Pretty much all of those quests just ask you to go here, pick up that... That's not battling, that's busy work. Only real battling I'm doing is against my own boredom.

[There was that Orthworm she and Akechi ran into and had to take down during their quest, but that was a fluke that wasn't even supposed to be part of the quest at all.

(She hasn't checked the updated Questboard yet, however, and hasn't seen the Swoobat quest.)]

[offtracks]

Really? I feel as though I have been attacked in nearly all of the quests I have attempted...

[Even the resource-gathering ones haven't always gone all that smoothly...maybe that's just him?]

Well, there are a few lately that are very specifically about combat! Emmet and I had to go and fight some Swoobat! You would be suited to that as much as we were, they're weak to ghost-types.

[telewarped]

Huh. Have you considered that maybe you just have bad vibes?

[And usually she's the one who pisses everyone off! Maybe she's losing her touch...]

Seriously? [In any case, this quest definitely sounds more her speed. Still, she wonders:] What for?

[Swoobat just sounds like another Pokémon, same as them. What have they done that warrants a "fight on sight" quest?]

[offtracks]

They have been attacking the canopy repeatedly. I am not sure if anyone knows quite why, but they were not interested in talking it out while we were there, at least!

[A bit of a shame, but they can't be allowed to just go on attacking.]