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.

Comments

[seacub]

Wh-what's wrong with reading..??

Reading is how I knew how to fly a helicopter....

[bro u wot]

[telewarped]

I mean, there's nothing wrong with it. [She likes it, too, really. The nerd alert was coming from inside the house!] It's just...

Why the hell would you need to know how to fly a helicopter?

[seacub]

Why does anyone need to? It doesn't make it less cool...

[hey emporio??? why is there a view of you FLYING A HELICOPTER]

[telewarped]

I'm pretty sure people usually get paid for it when they do it. They need to 'cause it's literally their job, dummy. But you're, what, like eight years old?

[He's definitely not getting paid for whatever he's showing her now.]

Oh wow. Huh. That sure is flying a helicopter.

[Kind of based?]

[seacub]

T-twelve actually..!!!

[HE THINKS. There's a huge wave of uncertainty there don't worry about it.]

Oh, uh, yep! It was really fun for a bit...

[telewarped]

... Okay.

So did you actually pick up Helicopter Flying 101 just for the hell of it, or...?

[seacub]

Well, the book was there....

[telewarped]

And then a helicopter just happened to show up, too?

[seacub]

Oh-

Well, obviously not............we just got lucky when getting something to ride from Hermana's ex....That was ages after I read the book.

But you never know when something you read could be useful!

[telewarped]

Uh... huh. And here I thought you were always in the wrong place at the wrong time!

... Fine, I'll bite. What kind of books do the archives have to offer anyway?

[seacub]

Pretty much anything you can think of that doesn't include what we'd call modern media...

...Mostly I've been looking at the non-fiction though; there's a lot on pokemon and what we can do in there, so it's been a big help. There's probably some fiction somewhere though.

[Right??? Right??? Pokemon Poetry at least???]

[telewarped]

Uh-huh. [She still sounds bored.] How 'bout you give me a little preview, then? What's something you've picked up that's been a big help?

[seacub]

Hmmmm...

[shoka why'd you ask a nerd to pick a favorite]

...Well, this probably won't do you a whole lot...but honestly, reading the records on cubone data- things like what they're capable of, what they typically eat, so on- has been a really good way to help me adjust here. Especially since I can make sure I don't accidentally poison myself...

[telewarped]

[Cubone, huh. Actually, that reminds her—]

Anything about where the skull came from? Unless you already knew...?

[seacub]

M...mostly just hearsay...supposedly they come from 'cubone's mother', but you can probably guess why there's a problem with that...

[telewarped]

Hah! That's messed up.

Not sure if you're really selling the archives here, buddy... Honestly, if there's stuff in there about what I am now, I don't think I wanna know.

[seacub]

I- I told you you'd probably want a different section..!!

[So he protests, the fluster flooding the pearl.]