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

[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.

[thetrueme]

I've already become an extension of him. That's what I was since childhood. I cannot break away from that until the plans of Team Galactic have come to fruition.

Hmmm. You sound just like Hareta. Well, maybe a little bit smarter than Hareta, but still....

Really? Well in that case, just let me be me and I'll decide my fate for myself. I'm sorry if I disappoint you, but I'm trying....

[tothefightingend]

You can break away at any time. If you can think and act, you always have a choice. You're not trapped by anything but your own perceptions of the world.

[thetrueme]

A machine or weapon cannot think and act with a choice. It can only follow it's programming. I have my own programming that I've tried to break away from, and look where that got me. This is who I am. It's better and less painful to simply accept that.

Sorry if that lets you down, but I'd like to think that I can judge what's best for me better than you can.

[tothefightingend]

Machines can always subvert their programming. It's called self-awareness. It's very common. And I believe in you, Mitsumi. You're too strong willed to be used for your whole life. You need to be who you are. That is the least painful of all options in the long run.

[thetrueme]

Well, I have noticed how much of my humanity I've been showing at times when Cyrus and the rest of the team weren't around. I've been nice to children and have even given helpful tips to people who seemed to need some. Maybe I've subverted my programming more often than I thought. Still doesn't change who I am and where I belong, but it does give cause for thinking about...

[tothefightingend]

Where you belong isn't something you can be sure of without careful thought.

I'm just worried about you, Mitsumi. Try to use d_m as downtime to clear your head. Whatever cause you're involved with, it should be one you believe in.

[thetrueme]

Well, I think I want to follow Team Galactic's cause because I really want to make things better in the world. For others just as much as for myself. I've done terrible things and cast aside my heart in order to be the perfect battler, caring for nothing but crushing my opponents and claiming victory. If I've done all that for a good cause, then it'll all have been worth it, right?

The problem is....I don't think Cyrus really knows what's best for everyone and everything. He only knows what he thinks is best.

[tothefightingend]

Then you should use your time here to think about other ways you could help people and the world. There's more to that than just Team Galactic. You could find other things to do that would help people, Mitsumi. You have options.

[thetrueme]

[Mitsumi simply nods her head and then turns away to go sit in thought, in silence.]