~05; action | video

[tinytactician]

[Action]

[Oh look, it's everyone's favorite earnest, well-meaning, kind-to-all-living-creatures blond kiddo, just chilling in the park with his Pokemon buddies...

...including the absolutely enormous Steelix who's dozing and giving out gravelly snores. In fact, Armin and his little Pokemon friends -- including Nim the Mareep baby and the just-recently-hatched Espurr baby who insists on being held at all moments -- are sitting on top of Gertrude-the-Steelix's head. So anyone trying to approach...best tread lightly.

Armin is clearly in a mood.]

[Video]

[Not so much that he doesn't turn on his Warp Band and ask, shortly, with one of the most grim expressions he's ever worn:] Is anyone signing up for this Tournament?

[...the creepycute baby Espurr sort of ruins his brooding aura, tbh.]

Comments

[goingsouth]

[More like absent parents.]

That was my idea... but I still need help.

[tinytactician]

[Give him a second...]

I. Don't really know much about it, but, um. I-I can help? Maybe? I-If you need...it?

[goingsouth]

I know plenty about technology to handle that part of it, I just know I can't do the data collection myself.

[tinytactician]

[Have some sudden enthusiastic, wide-eyed gasping.]

Data collection?? Like field notes and all that?

[goingsouth]

Exactly... and once I could collect enough data, it'd be programmed onto the Warp Band. Then, when encountering a Pokemon already "discovered" by the Warp Band's data, a trainer could know what it was and what sort of Pokemon they needed to fight against it if it got dangerous.

[tinytactician]

I-I'd love to have a chance to contribute! Especially to such an important device!

[goingsouth]

I'd love the help.

[He smiles shyly.]

Thank you, Armin.