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[namesaquestion]

'This is Nikolai. Leave a message and I'll get back to you. [..... CLICK. ].'


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[namesaquestion]

Like Id get myself intp a situation where I cud die. Im done with trying 2b a hero.

[...until the next big thing comes along and he decides he wants in. but details.]

Ahaha u got demoted to Admin?

[And thank all the gods ever this is not voice or there would have been a good solid minute of laughter.]

[h2no]

i did my best to avoid it
and it didn't happen when i was trying to be a hero
none of the times did

anyway
i wasn't demoted and i was always sort of admin

> Voice.

[namesaquestion]

[And ignoring that first bit to swap to voice-

just so he can laugh at you, Archie. Literally, that's all this is.]

Re: > Voice.

[h2no]

[there's no audio response from archie's end until niko's done.]

Finished?

Re: > Voice.

[namesaquestion]

Aegis Admin Archie.

[Nope, not down with the laughter, or sniggering.] Big step down from being Team Aqua Boss. Even a former one.

Re: > Voice.

[h2no]

I'm still Aqua boss.

[even if it doesn't really exist here. he's still that back home, too. if any aquas or magmas show up, that's who he is to them.]

Do you really think I'm doing this for a title?

[namesaquestion]

Not here you're not! Here you're an Admin.

[He hopes some Aquas show up again, just so he can point out the so-called Boss is an Admin of another Team now.]

Hmph. What, do I look like an ESPer or Psychic to you? Sorry, don't have my Psychic on me.

For all I know, you want a Team again.

[h2no]

And?

[he does wonder what his grunts would think. certainly he knows matt and shelly wouldn't actually care. they might even be proud of him. maybe.]

Don't pretend you know how like any of the Team stuff works, even if you are a little Rocket brat. I'm past all that. [niko isn't actually wrong, though. archie wants his team, his family. not a new one.] You don't need Psychics to be able to read people. It's a basic human skill, Niko. One you gain when you're capable of looking past your own nose.

[namesaquestion]

What did you call me?! How many times do I have to tell you?! I'm not one of them!

[h2no]

Oh. You don't like being called part of a team? Funny!

[...now he's just being petty.]

[namesaquestion]

I'm not part of Team Rocket! Nor any other Team! All they do is make you weak and give you people to hide behind. I'm not so weak as to need that!

[h2no]

Hm.

Well, speakin' of that, I have the Aegis holodeck room set up with a couple Pokémon to practice battlin' against, if you ever want to use that. Some of them are based off Blue and Red's team.

[namesaquestion]

Hmph. Of course I want to use it, even if it all it has are weak pokemon.

You could put mine in too, couldn't you?

[h2no]

I could put in Kyogre, if I wanted to.

[it wouldn't be as strong as the real thing, but the thought's still there.]

Sure. Do you know the Johto League teams? I might be able to throw those together as well, though it'll take a while.

[namesaquestion]

Then you should.

[Because even if it's weak, it's something, right]

I know that guy- Lance's team. Will and Karen's too. The rest I could have a stab at. Can't say I was paying my attention beyond crushing all in my way, back when I first started.

[That is an understatement. But moving on.]

Even my father's, if you wanted it. Oh and that stupid girl's starter, I guess.

[h2no]

No. Legendaries like that are pointless. All it is is overwhelming power. You'd do better with an opponent you have to think to win, instead of hit hard enough.

[he only knows lance-- but. he hesitates. he can't make a simulation of giovanni, but he could do the team. maybe it would be therapeutic for niko to battle? he's not sure. he'll give it a go. he can always delete it if it doesn't work out.]

I don't know who that girl is, you realise. Tell me their teams and I'll see about puttin' them in when I have time. You'll probably need to wait a month or two.

[namesaquestion]

The stupid blue-haired girl who took out Team Rocket in Johto and then became it's Champion. Her. She ended up with an equally dumb typhosion from Professor Elm.

[Nikolai, you know damn well she has a name. Use it.]

Tch. Karen uses Dark-Types. I know she has an umbreon and houndoom. Will is a Psychic-type trainer with a pair of xatu.

As for him... Lance has, last I looked, three dragonite, a gyarados, charizard, and an Aerodactyl that somehow knows Rock Slide.

[First it's the Barrier'd dragonite in Gen 1, then the Rock Slid aerodactyl in gen 2.]

[h2no]

I still have no idea who that is. I've only been to Johto once, and that was before you were even born. If you're going to refuse to look beyond your little bubble, Nikolai, I won't be doing any of this for you.

[he cocks his head.]

Do you know their movesets? Else I'll just make up my own.


...Aerodactyle is a Rock type, isn't it?

[namesaquestion]

[G r o a n.] Her name is Kris. My rival, I guess.

[More like someone I don't know how to feel towards but I guess I can respect her strength because she's earned it. And now that's been dragged out of him.-]

Not the first two, no. I-we need to be stronger before we can fight our way to the top and fight her. Because we're not ready yet, I haven't studied them in detail.

Lance gave all his pokemon Hyper Beam. There's Twister and Surf too. And Flamethrower too.

... Don't tell me, it can learn the move in your world?

[h2no]

Okay. [STILL NO IDEA WHO THAT IS.] She just has a Typhlosion?

[he hums, though don't think he missed that we correction.]

Tch. All of them with Hyper Beam? What a cop out strategy. Send me a list later and I'll sort it out. Like I said, you'll have to wait a couple of months for me to do this. It's not easy.

Yes? It's a Rock type move. Charizard can learn it too. Sometimes types can learn moves that don't match up with their types, like a Thundershock and Earthquake Gyarados.

[namesaquestion]

[GOD ARCHIE, KEEP UP- ok, no. That is fair.] The only one I remember off the top of my head.

[Even though this is voice, he still nods.] Aww whatever. I'll do what I can. Same with my dad's - the Gymteam at least. Tch. Not like I got much to do than wait as it is.

I know that! So what? Boo hoo. It can learn Rock Slide in your world. What, can it also do that Mega-evolving crap too?

[He's trying not to be bitter, but he is. How much is there he doesn't know about his own team? What other moves can they learn? What else could they do?]

[h2no]

Alright.

[he huffs.]

Yeah, it can. I think it's the only fossil Pokémon that can, though. W--wait. Why are you saying boo hoo? I'm a water type expert. I've never had trouble with Aerodactyls. Even mega-evolved ones.

[namesaquestion]

Because I can, that's why! [He every nearly throws his com at that.

Almost.

But he doesn't, because he sort of understands why he had trouble with Lance that one battle. It wasn't because he was too but because he didn't have faith in his team. Didn't trust them to act without his say so. He's still feeling the ripples and consequences from that. Especially on bad days.]Tch ...What other's can mega-evolve? You said Gengar can, right?

[h2no]

Uh huh.

[he hums thoughtfully, taking a moment to remember.]

The ones I know of are... Sharpedo, Camerupt, Blaziken, Swampert, Sceptile, Charizard-- it has two forms. Don't know why. Venusaur, Blastoise, Gengar, Aerodactl, Metagross, Absol, Sableye, Lucario, Gardevoir. Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza's Primal forms were a version of mega-evolution. Alakazam, Pinsir, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Mawile, Aggron, Medicham, Manetric, Banette, Garchomp...

[he's missed a few; naturally he only really knows of the hoenn based ones. he studied this hard, when he was teaching himself how to evolve sharpedo.]

Ah! Beedril, maybe Vespiquen? Not sure. Pidgeot, Slowbro, Altaria, Glalie, Gallade, Audino... I think that's most of them.

[namesaquestion]

Tch, and here I thought a ghost couldn't get any better.

[Niko, no-]

Maybe the Porter'll upgrade my powers and one day I'll have Baku mega-evolve! Or better yet, bring in my alakazam! Then I'd have two-

Wait. None of these match dad's team. This means I'm finally better than him!

[One can almost hear the ruthless, happy smirk in his voice.] All I need now is my alakazam and some mega-stones, right?