01 - video, filtered from archie

[dexnav]

[ the feed flickers on to the image of a young girl, sporting her trademark red bandanna. unlike may's usual chipper attitude, her expression at the moment looks a bit uncertain and serious. ]

So... I have a question for you guys. You know Archie, right? The big buff Pokémon Trainer that wears wetsuits a lot? Talks like a pirate?

[ she'll even hold up a drawing to the feed for a visual - it's a bit of a simple, cartoonish sketch (she's 12, cut her some slack), but the blue bandanna, cross-shaped face shadow and shapely beard should be enough to give the right idea to who she's describing. ]

I kind of wanted to know if he's been... "up to" stuff here - like, crime stuff. I don't think you should be worried - I mean, he's a good guy! He just has a really extreme way of going at things, you know? And sometimes those extremes end up being super illegal.

[ she wants to trust his word that he's reformed, but there's a lingering worry in the back of her mind. some of the people here must have been talking to him since before she showed up, and she wants their honest observations to put her . ]

I just wanna know if he's behaving himself like he promised me back home. You guys HAVE to tell me, okay? I think I'm kind of responsible for him at this point. [ she reaches to click the feed off, but before she does- ] And don't tell him I asked!

[ yes, she's basically his tiny parole officer. please report any and all suspicious activity. ]

Comments

[dexnav]

"Elemental bending"? [ she's focusing more on that part. ] What's that?

[darted]

In my world, we have four elements: earth, water, fire, and air. If you're a bender, you can control one of those things. I'm from the Fire Nation, so we have Fire Benders, that can launch fire balls, create heat, things like that. More talented ones can control lightning.

[dexnav]

That's... awesome! That's the kind of stuff that only Pokemon can do!

[ she almost asks if she can be taught, but stops... even though she really does want to be taught. ]

[darted]

Yeah, but it sounds like there are way more pokemon types than bending types. Some of them I don't even understand how there can be an elemental type for. The concept of bug bending in my world would be ridiculous.