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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 11, 2013, 01:43:16 AM »

Mewtwo nodded slowly. "Very well," he turned his gaze to Yeung, "is there anything else you wish to know?"

There was a moment before Yeung responded. "Oh?  Yes, yes, well, you said that you created the equipment used.  That it was a conduit for your powers.  Could you elaborate further?  Perhaps demonstrate what you mean?"

Mewtwo thought for a long moment.  "Your watch.  It contains a quartz movement, correct?"

"That's right," Yeung nodded, glancing up from his computer, "why?"

Mewtwo gestured to it. "If you want a demonstration, it would be best if the object contained some amount of crystal."

Yeung looked at his watch for a long moment, then took it off and handed it to Mewtwo. "I can get another."

Mewtwo placed the watch on the table before him and held his hands over it.  His eyes flashed blue as he concentrated, gesturing around the watch as it dissolved into a pliable smear of matter.  He was not quite sure what he would turn the watch into, so he decided on making another timepiece.  After several tense minutes, the blob was reshaped into an odd techno-organic disc with an intricate clockwork.  Turning the device's face to Yeung and the others, he kept his hand on it as the gears began to move.

"Is that satisfactory?" Mewtwo glanced up. "Crystals provide a perfect conduit for my powers, and I find it easier to transform objects when they contain such substances."

Yeung's eyes were wide. "Will it work on its own?"

Mewtwo shook his head and moved his hand, the clockwork slowing to a stop. "I need to maintain some level of contact.  However, my fortress was built differently.  I had designed it to store my power, and I had built generators, and it was powered by wind, another factor that I could control."

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Gaming / Re: Pokemon Generation VI: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

« on: August 10, 2013, 11:52:20 PM »

Oh, and apparently there's a Mega Kangaskhan, as was announced during the Pokemon World Championships.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 11:46:14 PM »

Quickie looked up as her stomach gurgled.  The rapid-fire coffee marathon was not helping matters.  She returned her gaze to Wright. "Well, we are going against Team Rocket.  Though, even if we do win, I have a feeling that they'll want to deport Mewtwo anyway.  Not as if we can stay in Saffron anymore, though..."


Mewtwo remained silent, awaiting more questions.  He looked to Ryuta. "Is there anything you feel that I should elaborate?"

Yeung, on the other hand, was busily typing up his notes, saying comments such as "fascinating" to himself.  Domino eyed him for a moment, then looked to Mewtwo. "Tell us about the talking Meowth, and why your clone can't talk."

"Very simple explanation," Mewtwo nodded. "Speech was a learned behavior and thus not passed on through genetics.  It was not something that could be cloned."

Domino nodded and watched Yeung type some more. "Have you continued cloning Pokemon?"

"After I had created my army, I was shown the error of my misguided ways, and thus stopped," Mewtwo shook his head. "So, no, I have not cloned any more Pokemon.  And since I had given those clones life, I could not abandon them.  I protected them, cared for them, watched them grow...  They were my responsibility."  He turned his hard gaze to Yeung. "And you will not harm them."

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 09:16:23 PM »

"Why did you make them?" Domino asked.

Mewtwo was silent for a very long moment.  He stared at his glass of water, knocked back the last of it, then poured himself a full glass. "I was... confused then... searching for a purpose, trying to create my own world to give myself a purpose..."

"Anything else about those clones that we should know about?" Domino asked again.

Again, Mewtwo was silent for a long moment.  He then looked up, his eyes hooded by his brow ridges. "Yes.  Yes there is," he paused, taking another drink. "The clones are fertile."

Yeung almost dropped his computer. "How do you know?"

"Two of the clones, the Nidoqueen and the Rhyhorn," Mewtwo took yet another drink of water, "they produced offspring."

If Domino were drinking, she would have done a spit-take.  At the time, when she saw the baby Nidoqueen, she didn't think about how it came about, just that it was adorable.  But, if Mewtwo could create fertile hybrid clones, then what other information was it hiding? 

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 08:45:18 PM »

"She was returned at a later date, with no memory of her abduction," Mewtwo nodded.

"Continue, please," Yeung spoke up.

Mewtwo nodded again and took another drink of water. "I had made considerable use of Nurse Joy's knowledge.  She was well-versed in Pokemon physiology, something that I was having difficulty with understanding.  Through manipulating her, I was able to acquire samples of genetic material for my first set of clones.  But, I still did not proceed, as I had been studying the prior experiments, and I was aware that many of them failed, that I was the only surviving clone.  There was something that the other clones lacked, and I could not readily determine what it was."

"Genetic abnormalities, mainly," Yeung nodded. "The ones that survived to term usually died shortly after, due to lung infections and other complications.  So, you must understand why you're so important to us, to our studies."

Domino nodded and held up her hand to silence Yeung. "Go on."

Mewtwo was silent for a moment before he continued. "When I was ready to begin my own attempts, I added to the genetic material what I thought was missing, what I thought would allow them to survive.  Since I was the only surviving clone, I possessed something that the previous clones lacked.  Thus, I had spliced in my own DNA.  The results were more than I had expected.  After a period of incubation, the first three clones were fully-evolved, due to their hybrid nature."

"What were these first three clones?" Yeung glanced up from his computer.

"A Venusaur, a Charizard, and a Blastoise," Mewtwo nodded after taking another drink.

"So, you made genetically-modified Pokémon," Domino reiterated.

"I had intended for them to be superior to their originals," Mewtwo nodded. "After their creation, I perfected my process and was able to accelerate the growth of the clones, again splicing in my own genetic material to ensure their survival.  The device that I had recreated, based on the original device from the original laboratory, was built as a conduit for my own powers.  The entire fortress was a conduit.  I had an unlimited energy supply, and I channeled my own power into my fortress and used it to create the clones at a much faster rate."

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General / Re: Change my nickname, please

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:33:52 PM »

Fixed it.

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General / Re: Change my nickname, please

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:18:54 PM »

Done.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:17:31 PM »

Domino entered the room as Joe and James returned with the food.  Mewtwo had already seated himself at the table, with the chair turned backwards. Domino nodded to the two-way mirror. "Recorder's set up, got a fancy toy in there that can record Psychic types." She pulled up a chair and sat down, looking to Yeung, who had entered the room with his own computer. "Takin' notes?"

Yeung nodded, pulling up a chair. "I'm really interested to here how it developed a successful cloning program.  How a Pokemon acquired the resources and knowledge to do this..."

Mewtwo remained silent as he poured himself a glass of water and drank, eventually helping himself to the breakfast that James had brought.  As he ate, he ignored Yeung studying him.

"Its mannerisms are so very humanlike..." Yeung said mostly to himself as he typed.

"So," Domino said after several minutes, "how did you make those clones?"

Mewtwo paused in his eating to stare at Domino. "It was a very involved process," he took another drink, "and prior to my work, I had salvaged and rebuilt the laboratory in which I was created.  I studied the archival information that I had recovered, as to create life, this was something that I could not simply do without careful study.  However, there were many things that I did not understand," he paused to eat something and then wash it down, "so, I had abducted the Nurse Joy from a nearby Pokemon Center."

Domino nodded slowly.  She looked to Yeung, then to James, Joe, and then to Ryuta.  So, not only did Mewtwo acquire a body count, but he also can add abduction to his list of past crimes.

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Gaming / Re: Pokemon Generation VI: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

« on: August 10, 2013, 06:37:05 PM »

Fairy Stone, obviously.

Oh, and apparently there's a Mega Kangaskhan, as was announced during the Pokemon World Championships.

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Off The Wall / Re: The Mystery of the Forum Users - Take 4

« on: August 10, 2013, 11:23:03 AM »

Welcome, GoldwaterDLS!

Fanfic writers are a rare treat, so I'm looking forward to what you have to offer.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 11:17:32 AM »

"The fasting was necessary for the bloodwork," Yeung said simply.  He positioned himself in front of Mewtwo, holding one hand just behind his head, and holding a penlight in the other. "Eating would cause fluctuations in blood sugar--look here, please--which would cause false positives." He shone the penlight into Mewtwo's eyes, to gauge pupil reaction. "Looks good, looks good."  Putting the penlight away, he held up one finger in front of the clone. "Follow my finger without moving your head, please."

"Yes, my last few weeks had not been pleasant," Mewtwo did as he was told, following as Yeung moved his hand in a random pattern, "and if I were to have something to eat, I may be more comfortable with divulging... sensitive information."

"It would be best if we recorded that interrogation, anyway," Yeung nodded, stepping back. "Right eye is a bit lazy, both don't work in concert as smoothly as they should, so we'll need to test its vision."  He looked to Domino. "You said it had a wellness checkup?"

Domino nodded. "According ta its trainer, an' I called out ta Fuchsia an' got its records."

Yeung nodded. "All right, I still want to do a full workup on it, get some x-rays, but if you guys want to talk to it first, I can wait until after it eats.  Across the hall, there's an observation room, got all the surveillance hooked up and ready to go.  You guys can run it over there, get it something to eat, and talk to it, then we can finish the exam afterward.  I'll see what its records have, in the meantime."  He looked to Mewtwo. "You can get up, now.  Get some food, I don't want you passing out on me."

Domino nodded and opened the door, motioning for the handlers to enter. "You guys get it across the hall," she turned her attention to James, "you get it some breakfast," then started for the door, "I'll go set up the recording equipment."  Stepping passed the handlers, she nodded to the crate in the hall, "We're just goin' across the hall, don't need that."

"Right," one of the handlers nodded and approached as Mewtwo was climbing off of the table. "Alright, let's go.  Nice and slow."

His stomach growling again, Mewtwo looked to Ryuta. "I do not wish to jeopardize the case.  I will tell them what they wish to hear, but they must not harm my clones.  So help them if they harm my clones..."  He returned his gaze to the handlers, cautiously making his way to the door and out into the hall.  He glanced down the hallway, to a room a few doors down.  Though he couldn't actually see what was in the room, he knew that his clones were held in there.  His eyes flashing blue for a very brief moment, he sent his clones a message, telling them that he was here, that he would not allow the humans to harm them.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 10:13:40 AM »

Yeung didn't glance up. "They're in good condition.  I wasn't aware that Mewtwo here made them, that's certainly interesting."  After taking several tubes of blood, he removed the needle and bandaged the injection site.

Domino nodded. "We'd like ta talk ta it about those clones, too.  How it made them."

Yeung nodded and busied himself with disposing the needle and changing his gloves. "Cloning is a very difficult process, and Mewtwo's own creation was wrought with problems, from what I've studied.  But, if a Pokemon can do it..." he trailed off as he studied Mewtwo's neck tube, running the length of it between his thumb and forefinger. "I'll scan and have this biopsied later..." he trailed off again, picking up another instrument and using it to look into Mewtwo's ear.  "Hm... Looks good in this ear... have a bit of a mite infestation, but we have drops that will clear that right up..." walking around Ryuta and Joe, he looked in Mewtwo's other ear and made similar comments.

"So, puddin', mind tellin' us how ya made yer clones?" Domino spoke up.  "Clonin' ain't easy, ya know."

Mewtwo remained silent, hesitant to divulge any information regarding his clones.  He looked to Ryuta, wondering what to say.  Should he lie?  Should he deny everything and simply purge the humans' memories of the conversation?  Should he tell them only the vaguest of information?  Should he go into explicit detail?

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 09:37:17 AM »

Domino stood next to James, her arms folded. "Don't get fidgety," her voice was low, "whatever it says, ignore it.  We're here to do our jobs."  She cleared her throat and turned her attention to Yeung. "Ya want us ta do anythin'?"

"Not right now, but I'll need your help when I start examining it," Yeung shook his head.  He placed a few items on a small trolley and pushed it over to the table.  He dabbed an alcohol swab against the base of Mewtwo's neck tube, then unwrapped a syringe.  "Hold very still, you're going to feel a slight sting..." he looked to Ryuta and Joe, "make sure it doesn't round on me." 

Mewtwo glowered and winced a bit as he was stuck.  He moved his gaze from Ryuta to Joe, studying the man's face. His stomach let out a low, strained growl, but he did not inquire about being fed.  Keeping his telepathy isolated, he returned his gaze to Ryuta. "Please inquire about the safety of my clones.  I do not want them to be subjected to any harmful testing.  They did nothing wrong, they do not deserve to be here."

"Ah. Speak of the... Devil. Heh. Anyways, after looking through our notes on the case, how do you feel?" Dr. Wily II asked, still laughing a bit under his breath.

Quickie also looked up.  "Think I stand a chance?"

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 08:22:21 AM »

Ryuta sat near by on a swivel chair, turned around so he was leaning on the backrest in the most unprofessional means of getting comfortable.  His Shiny Eevee and moved up to the top of his head, sprawling his legs along the sides while snoozing from such a long wait and seemingly boring environment.

For some reason he couldn't stop thinking about what Team Rocket was going to do to ensure Mewtwo was going to be returned to them unconditionally.  They obviously weren't going to play fair even with all the evidence that proves Mewtwo was theirs and only they could handle his "raw energy".  And he can already sense several Digletts running loose, making sure the jury tips their hat to Team Rocket no matter what they use.

But there was little he could do to prove this.  Spirit sensing, alone, can't solve everything, and there are so few aware of who was tampering with what to account for his own frustration.  Until he does, his only option was to stay by Mewtwo's side and encourage whatever means won't encourage Team Rocket's scheming search for loopholes or desperate measures.

The door to the room opened, Dr. Yeung walking in, followed by a pigtailed Domino, James in his lab coat, and Joe in his disguise.  The disguises weren't fooling Mewtwo, as each carried a very specific scent, though he was surprised to see James among them.  

Yeung smiled at Ryuta and the handlers. "Good morning, sorry about the wait.  I had some things I needed to finish up, but now that we're here, may as well get started."  He swung his arms and clapped his hands together, then looked to the handlers.  "Go ahead and let it out.  I'm just going to examine it and take some blood..."  He walked over to a countertop and grabbed a box of gloves.  Pulling out a pair, he passed the box to Domino, who also pulled out a pair before passing the box to James.  

One of the handlers opened the crate. "Alright, out, out."

After a moment, Mewtwo climbed out and finally stood to his full height.  He took the time to stretch his legs and his back, relieved to be out of the confined space.  If that crate was cramped, he couldn't even begin to imagine how claustrophobic a Poke Ball would be.

Domino pulled on her gloves and moved out of the way as the handlers shoved the crate out of the room.  "We can handle it, you two can go."  On her word, the handlers stepped out into the hall.  

Yeung also had donned his gloves.  "Hop up on the table, if you would, please."  He looked to Ryuta. "If you could be at its head, I'd appreciate it, thanks."  He eyed the sleeping Shiny Eevee for a long moment, before turning his back to them and returning to his work. "Lay on your stomach, and we'll get this bloodwork out of the way."

"We'd also like to question it, too, puddin'," Domino nodded, hastily adopting her Harley persona.

Mewtwo stared at her for a long moment, then finally did as he was told, hauling himself up onto the hard, metal exam table.  He fixed his gaze on Ryuta and isolated his telepathy for a moment. "I would be mindful of your Eevee's welfare, if I were you.  I did not like how that man looked at it."

Dr. Wily II didn't get much sleep, he kept having images of devil horns and wings, but had no idea why. Seeing Hierophant resting, he decided to leave the dorm and head for the cafeteria. On the way there, he couldn't help but suddenly feel hopeless, even though Phoenix was here...

Upon reaching the cafeteria, Dr. Wily II saw Quickie by herself, seemingly drowning herself in coffee. "Mind if I join you in coffee drowning?"

Quickie shrugged. "Sure.  I might soon make it a fourth cup.  Slept like hell last night, if I slept at all."

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:46:17 AM »

Mabel hasn't brought home any "gifts," as she doesn't go outside anymore.  Though, she's been shedding, so I've been cleaning up balls of hair.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:43:46 AM »

If Mewtwo wanted to eat bugs, Mewtwo could eat bugs.  He's perfectly capable of hunting down and killing whatever he wants to eat, including Bugs.

As for Mabel... she got up on her chair and is currently cleaning herself.  I shouldn't bother her, else she'll glare at me.

As for the horror movie, go for it, Suppercut.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:26:07 AM »

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:21:41 AM »

Well, outside is.  Inside, it's relatively bug-free.

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:19:41 AM »

(Psst.  Jenny.  Break glass. )

Quickie hadn't slept hardly at all and was up and down most of the night.  When she wasn't tossing and turning or otherwise sacked out in a restless sleep, she was making repeated trips to the bathroom for no real reason, or pacing the hallway outside.  When she was able to, she eventually showered, dressed, and dragged herself to the cafeteria, where she was working on downing her third cup of coffee.  Beside her was her sketchbook, though it was closed.  Beside that was a notebook, where she had spent most of the morning collecting her thoughts and scribbling down a loose outline that contained whatever information she felt would be vital to the case.

Her short green hair, despite a shower, was still somewhat disheveled, and she overall looked like a worn-out tennis shoe.  Quickie took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, cleaned the lenses, put them back on, and knocked back another bitter swallow of the blackest coffee that she could muster.  As she stared blankly at her notes, she wondered what Mewtwo was doing...


Crammed in a crate, Mewtwo snorted and tried to make some room for himself.  His legs and lower back were beginning to cramp.  The holding cell, albeit small, was far more comfortable, as he could stand up.  This crate, however, was terrible, and he could smell the scents left behind from the other Pokemon that were at one time held inside.  The back corner smelled particularly pungent.

The handlers, shortly after he was transferred, had brought the crate and corralled Mewtwo inside, and he was taken down the hall to another room.  He noted that Ryuta was present, but the handlers did not allow Mewtwo to climb out of the crate, and aside from the door and what little he could see through the small ventilation holes, he couldn't readily tell where he was.  Some room, somewhere, with a sharp chemical smell that reminded him of the exam room in the Pokemon Center, but stronger.

Studying the crate's metal door, Mewtwo located the latching mechanism.  The bars on the door were crisscrossed about an inch apart, and he could fit his fingers through, as he had held onto the door during transport.  Idly, he wondered if he could reach the simple latching mechanism and open the door from the inside...

One of the handlers tapped their prod against the door. "I wouldn't do that if I were you.  Just sit tight, we'll let you out in a bit."

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 07:01:37 AM »

Congrats on the post count, though.

I also found a male katydid.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 06:53:53 AM »

I found a big orb weaver spider this evening.

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Gaming / Re: Pokemon Generation VI: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

« on: August 10, 2013, 06:20:11 AM »

Mega Ampharos is FABULOUS~

I've seen game footage of Mega Mewtwo in action, and he looks pretty sweet in battle.  Nice animations.  It's just going to take a bit to get used to, us nerds being resistant to change and all...

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Roleplay / Re: RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE THING

« on: August 10, 2013, 06:16:42 AM »

(Psst.  Jenny.  Window. )

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Gaming / Re: Pokemon Generation VI: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y

« on: August 10, 2013, 06:02:11 AM »

I am trying to warm up to the Mega Evolutions.  But, if classic Mewtwo returns for Smash IV, then that's awesome and I'll put up with the Mega-volution for the sake of kicking ass with Mewtwo again.

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Forum Games / Re: Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

« on: August 10, 2013, 03:41:29 AM »

So, during my walk, I'm walking along a dark, lonely stretch of road, alone, when my flashlight...

sputters...

and dies.

As I'm hitting it, trying to get it to work again, all I can think of are the many horror movies that I've watched.