Voicetesting

[tothefightingend]

I appreciate your hard work, mundane. But the fact of the matter is that most places would probably be reluctant to let me take my Pokemon with me like you desire. Personally, I agree with the games on this. It isn't fair I be allowed to bring in back up when the rest of the people there can't. That would basically be cheating and that's something I just don't do.

Yes, you're nervous about putting me somewhere without my team. I understand that. They're a part of me, my family away from home, and I wouldn't enjoy the separation either. What I don't think you realize is that with Team Galactic defeated, Dialga safely contained, and the Championship behind me, this is the safest time to take me and put me somewhere. There's no looming threat back home that needs every able bodied trainer to tend to it. For the moment, there's peace.

So I'm ready to do this whenever you are. Just let me know when.

Comments

[thetrueme]

You can't kill ideas. You just stated why Team Galactic will never die. Even if you beat them, they'll rise again as something else. The group may change, but the core ideals will still be there. And they won't ever die.

Did I ever call you single minded? If anything, being single minded is good for us. It keeps us on track of what's truly important. And the emotions I'm showing you are part of my incomplete human spirit. That's what Cyrus says. Once we change the world, I'll have better control over it.

What you see as a restart button, we see as the only way nessecary to rebuild not only our lives, but the lives of everyone in existance. We'd all be at perfect peace, even you and I. Maybe we could even be friends.

[beacon]

Me? I'm alright, all things considered. Hanging in there, I guess.

[tothefightingend]

For you, that's practically happy. In any games right now?

[tothefightingend]

Bad ideas never die, true. But they also never stop being bad or having flaws in them. Whatever you rise as, an opposition will rise up accordingly. It's how the world works. It's why you can't ever truly win - there are no wins, only temporary truces I wish were longer peaces.

Your emotions made you choose this path. Therefore you are unfit for it.

It's a cop out. Running from the fight. Hiding in the dark. I want to be your friend in this life where there are emotions, because there can be no friendship without emotions. Without emotions no one will mean anything to you, and you'll mean nothing to anyone. The incredible sadness of that is why I'll never accept it.

But I wish you the best here anyway. Maybe someone can get through to you. Don't hit the reset button when there's so much here, good and bad, already.

[tothefightingend]

I don't need taking care of. Trust me. But - I'm sorry, elves? As in, storybook elves?

[thetrueme]

If there was no spirit, there'd be no conflict. No struggles, no strife, no rises. We can change the way the world works. The truces won't have to be temporary anymore.

The same could be said for Cyrus, and he's buried his emotions in order to lead Team Galactic. And according to him, there's no one else better to be on this path than me. Until I am cleansed along with everyone and everything else, I live for it.

Well, seeing how I feel about my Pokemon...and Hareta and Jun and even some of my comrades...that could be true. Maybe...[deep sigh] maybe there are some emotions that should not be removed or replaced.

I won't hit any reset button. My Mun will dictate if I do something like that or not. But hey...I wish you the best too. [Mitsumi gives a half-hearted smile, but tries not to show any weakness.]

[tothefightingend]

If there was no spirit, no emotion, there would be no love. No ambition. No dreams, hopes, laughs, mercy, compassion, fun, simple joys like giving a gift to a friend or holding your Pokemon close.

Emotions should not be tampered with. If you take away the ability to feel the bad, you'll lose all the good, too. You'll lose everything. Ultimately, you would lose what makes you Mitsumi. And I don't want that.

Please try and think things out. Go to a game, live on your own without anyone influencing you one way or another. Then you'll know what's really right for you.

[beacon]

[ he'd be offended but that's totally true... ]

That one place with all the pillows. Mallow Hallow.

[tothefightingend]

Cynthia told me about that one. She said other people from back home are there, too, right?

[beacon]

Yeah. Not that many from Sinnoh itself, but I've met quite a few trainers from other regions.

[tothefightingend]

Sounds interesting. They have their Pokemon with them?

[beacon]

We all have five of them with us, as far as I know. Apparently, that's the limit.

[tothefightingend]

Hmm... well, I suppose I'll have to pick someone to leave home. I'm not sure whether or not to bring Dialga.

[beacon]

I'm not sure Legendary Pokémon would be allowed... but even still. Leaving one behind because you have to isn't much easier than picking one to leave behind.

[tothefightingend]

My Mom's a big fan of Dialga. She cooks for him and they watch soap operas together. I suppose I could trust him to stay with her, but Team Galactic fragments might be lingering out there. She's not a fighter...

[beacon]

... Don't you have that friend, the one who runs around a lot and seems kinda impatient? He's a Trainer too, isn't he?

[tothefightingend]

Yeah, but he's a bit scared of Dialga. Not sure why.

[beacon]

Well. It is a Legendary Pokémon, capable of making and totally screwing up our entire notion of time. Can't blame him, really.

[tothefightingend]

Dialga is a person like any other Pokemon, and one who helps us exist. And Dialga was totally content not to be on Earth until Cyrus screwed that up for everyone.

[beacon]

I know. I'm not scared, but -- [ he shrugs ] -- is it so weird to think other people would be?

[tothefightingend]

Well... yes, actually. I've never been afraid of Pokemon. People are weird. Pokemon make sense. [Social skills, what are those?]

[beacon]

[ Volkner doesn't really know either, although his stunted social skills are for other reasons. either way, he's not much help here :( ]

That's kinda true, I guess. Pokémon are more sincere than we are, most of the time.

[tothefightingend]

And reliable. I know I can count on my Pokemon, even when things get crazy.

[thetrueme]

Well, Cyrus seems to think that we can only reach perfection if we had none of that. But I don't know. Maybe he takes it a little too far...

Being a fighter without pity or feelings is what makes me Mitsumi. I won't have you telling me otherwise!

Don't you think I've been trying to do that? Thanks for the encouragement, though. Just don't expect any in return, since your goals will no doubt clash with ours.

[tothefightingend]

What you think is more important than what someone else thinks. Even and especially the people you look up to. Don't let yourself become an extension of him.

There are a hundred other things that make you Mitsumi. The way you talk, the things you like, the quirks in how you act, the passion you have and disdain you feel - there's more to you than being a fighter. You are Mitsumi and you get to decide what that means.

The only thing I expect from you is you.