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[The camera opens to some slight shifting as it traces the path of the ethereal being it has been pointed at, there is a slight bit of delay and the furious sound of a pen on paper in the very near background. Anima, a Misdreavous, is eagerly flitting about somewhere in Goldenrod while a certain mad scientist is taking notes.]
...not entirely unlike their p-p-power, however so very different in so very profoundly many ways. So many subspecies with infinitely many different potential uses and talents. A nearly inexhaustible amount of resources here for research...
[The camera pauses as Anima is now staring directly into it and beyond it. It makes a few cries, then passes through the camera and begins to do...something. Immediately the camera shifts wildly in various directions and Agnus makes a very obvious noise of irritation.]
...not entirely unlike their p-p-power, however so very different in so very profoundly many ways. So many subspecies with infinitely many different potential uses and talents. A nearly inexhaustible amount of resources here for research...
[The camera pauses as Anima is now staring directly into it and beyond it. It makes a few cries, then passes through the camera and begins to do...something. Immediately the camera shifts wildly in various directions and Agnus makes a very obvious noise of irritation.]
Anima. Anima! Return that at once, you m-m-m-miserable phantom! Anima! I am p-p-perfectly aware of where I need to be.
[Cut to Agnus' face, sans monocle, noticeably irritated. Anima hovers around him enthusiastically.]
It was my assumption that these strange c-creatures would prove vastly less unwieldy to a keen wit and immovable will. They most certainly do not. [He reaches out and snatches the monocle back up from the creature when it is unexpected, then places it back on his face calmly.]
If any members of the O-order of t-t-the Sword are present on this band, I advise you to contact me immediately. Chief Alchemist Agnus, reporting. Awaiting c-c-c-contact, over and out. [The broadcast cuts out, but the link is left open for contact.]
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Date: 2012-05-06 10:52 pm (UTC)From:[He grits his teeth momentarily, but continues.]
Dante, son of Sparda. For what purpose do you stand there, opposite of me by this contraption, and pose mockery to my research once more? What force moves you to this strange place as it has moved me, and how many others from our world are present here? I charge you, demon; hero, speak. Answer.
[video] The greatest thing ever. Marvel in its glory.
Date: 2012-05-06 11:12 pm (UTC)From:'Tis a force that remains a mystery to all who brave the ominous lands, known...formally...as Johto!
(And a dramatic fist pump.)
The only reprieve, that you will receive, is clearing your mind of that which you were deceived. Should you not grasp what makes a human powerful, you will never learn that which powers the fauna of Johto, your future and eternal companions, those which are only known...as pokemon!
(And he points the camera over at his Scizor, who raises a pincer over his head while outspreading his wings.)
"SCIZOOOOR!"
[video] HAM TO HAM COMBAT: BEGIN.
Date: 2012-05-06 11:26 pm (UTC)From:Humans... Indeed, it came to my...attentions quickly that I have been miserably cast back into this frail, pathetic shell. And yet, you, a demon of insurmountable power no less would tell me that it was my error to cast that aside. How pregnant, how profound your reply now seems. Trapped as I am again in this...thing called humanity. Foolish, stubborn, miserable nature that I am once more possessed of...
[A poignant pause that stretches out for several moments, punctuated by the call of Anima. She looks irritable and is not fond of this ham-ery. Agnus grins wide and malevolently and breaks the silence once more.]
Very well, then. With these creatures in tow, I will find that which I had so sorely missed before. I will discover now what was unknown to me in that life.
[Agnus flings a hand up in a dramatic pose and glares down at the camera.]
Hear me! Bear witness, son of Sparda. I will find that error. I will correct the mistakes. And, then, once I know the true form of power that binds us both I will surpass even you. Dante, when that day comes. Vengeance with impunity will. Be. Mine!
[video] FIGHT!
Date: 2012-05-07 12:42 am (UTC)From:To surpass me, you say? Me, who has done away with armies of demons and even your blind eyes? Your claim does nothing more than make me laugh.
But I suggest...(Pausing.)
...that if you truly plan to take on the great mystery which has deceived you and many before you, the mystery that continues to loom over your head and beyond your reach, that you climb on what your hands can grasp; not to trample over them, but to ascend with their assistance.
(And in a darker tone, pointing a finger at the camera.)
You have many a steps to climb before the answer is yours to claim, for to do away with your doubt...you must do away with your wrongs.
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Date: 2012-05-07 03:38 am (UTC)From:...We will see, demon. But, know this: I have not climbed a mountain of corpses, sacrificed countless lives, and offered up innumerable souls to be told that power which I was able to wield is invalid. A hero is nothing without a villan. Without angels or demons humans would know neither moral boundaries nor the meaning of 'good' and 'evil.' I will continue down the path I have chosen, Dante. If, at its end, I can see no answer to the eternal question then and only then will I turn from it.
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Date: 2012-05-07 07:20 pm (UTC)From:Humans have and always will be able to choose for themselves right and wrong, but know...that the answer you seek will reveal itself when you are with mankind...and not against it. The darkness in your mind will only blind you; with it, you will be unable to see what you seek...as well as the bullet that releases you from your torment.
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Date: 2012-05-07 09:36 pm (UTC)From:Watch your words, devil-child!
[He fumes for a few moments, then forces himself to be calm enough to continue.]
Your precious humans created those very guns to take lives, to protect silly little fleeting bits of property, and to take from others what they desire by force. Humans, as I'm certain you are well aware, are as miserable and foul as any Devil in existence. More-so, perhaps, in the fineries of their nature. No, Dante, oblivion does not lie at the end of my path nor another b-b-b-b-b-b-b-....
[And he grows to a fever pitch with this part.]
BULLET. Here is where I will see the ultimate answer, Dante. Here is where I will parallel demonic power with human nature. Here is where I will prove to you that humanity means NOTHING. For if it was your...intention to show me that humans possess some moral or spiritual quality that sets them apart from demons somehow, that our so-called virtue is a supreme and defining thing, I will prove you utterly wrong beyond the wildest of your imaginations. And I. Will. Laugh.
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Date: 2012-05-08 12:07 pm (UTC)From:Just as easily as a demon can do good, so can any human...except for you and your precious order, save for two very specific people. Care to take a guess? One of them, while part demon, is more humane than you could ever hope to be.
(Yeah, Nero's totally better than you. Ask his fangirls.)
Power alone will get you nowhere. That logic was one that many before you have followed...and those many all learned, through, action, just how wrong they were. It is foolishness to think that. Foolishness! Someday, you will have to come to terms...someday, you may realize that those with power and no morals...the empty space is filled instead, by a bulls-eye.
[video] VICTORY: DANTE.
Date: 2012-05-08 12:29 pm (UTC)From: