85th moon [video]

[paladinlost]

[Cecil sits at a table, smiling pleasantly while holding a cup of coffee. His team is nowhere to be seen.]

Have you ever regretted teaching an attack to a Pokémon?

[For a few seconds, the feed suddenly shakes wildly, before stopping just as quickly. Outwardly, Cecil does not react to this incident.]

...Any attack.

Comments

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[paladinlost]

That seems to be the most common answer, whenever I ask others. At least people become used to dragons as they travel in this world.

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[imthe_shit]

... The closest things we have to dragons in my world are these giant bipedal tanks called Metal Gears. I've been doing my best to destroy any and all of them I come across...

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[paladinlost]

...How can tanks be bipedal when they have wheels? I've seen mechanical dragons, but walking tanks...

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[imthe_shit]

These ones don't have wheels.

They have legs. And they launch nukes.

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[paladinlost]

I imagine those nukes are not particularly pleasant ammunition, if their use is only associated with that particular sort of tank.

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[imthe_shit]

No, not just for that tank. Just that kind of tank would allow them to shoot nuclear missiles from anywhere.

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[paladinlost]

Which would be extremely practical for the pilot, but not so wonderful for the target.

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[imthe_shit]

Isn't it always like that?

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[paladinlost]

...Always, and it never ends well.

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[imthe_shit]

How could total annihilation ever end well.

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[paladinlost]

By being stopped in time, but then that's not truly annihilation.

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[imthe_shit]

[ Rubs his temples. ]

I don't know what you're talking about now.

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[paladinlost]

It's nothing. Merely some... unpleasant memories from home.

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[imthe_shit]

[ Snake nods, his eyes looking briefly sad. ]

...I can understand that much. Being here's a welcome change.

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[paladinlost]

Potentially during the first few months, at least. After three years, you start thinking fondly about your world's worst aspects.

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[imthe_shit]

Hheh. So you're rather be back there? Must be a nice place.

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[paladinlost]

It's quite lovely. We lack most of the useful technology present here and our monsters are more dangerous, but we have magic to compensate for that.

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[imthe_shit]

Magic? Hhuh. Must be nice.

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[paladinlost]

Knowing Teleport makes traveling much simpler, I must say. And Cure spells save you quite a lot of money you'd normally spend on potions.

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[imthe_shit]

... Teleport?

Hnnn... I'm jealous.

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[paladinlost]

Don't be. It's not as if I was allowed to keep that power here, or any others for that matter.

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[imthe_shit]

If I could teleport back home, it'd make my job a hell of a lot easier.

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[paladinlost]

Does your work involve traveling a lot, then?

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[imthe_shit]

Yeah. [ traveling all over the world and breaking metal gears. The NOMAD was good and all, but it still took a long time to get anywhere. ]

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[paladinlost]

In that case, an airship might be more efficient and less tiring.

[It has a better range, too.]