♕ FOURTEENTH COMMAND | VIDEO

[determinator]

[Good afternoon, Johto! Archer is seated at a desk, glancing over a list of papers when the feed turns on. He smirks at the camera after a moment and folds his hands.]

I have several eggs here that I'd like to sell. I'm willing to give anyone who replies on this channel half off. I can assure you, the eggs are definitely worth it.

[It's shortly followed by a list. It's missing ten of the eggs, but that's nothing you need to worry about~ The feed ends there.]

[Several minutes later a public broadcast goes out featuring the same list, plus ten other eggs.]

As you can see, I have quite a few eggs I need to sell. The prices and egg moves are listed, just let me know which ones you're interested and--

[He's suddenly interrupted by a Tynamo floating into the screen near him. Archer tries to shoo her away, but that just seems to upset her. She moves to latch her x-shaped mouth onto his hand and shocks him.

Archer yelps and tries to pull her off, finding it impossible. Clearly there's only one solution.]

Kimblee!

[...yell for his Kimblee, obviously. The feed cuts out there.

It comes back on shortly thereafter, with Archer looking even more pissed than usual. His hand is bandaged though the injury doesn't seem to be too bad. Tynamo aren't very powerful, after all.]

As I was saying, I'll send the eggs wherever you need them, either through the Centers or with one of my Flying-types. Thank you for your time.

[And end feed!]

Comments

[determinator]

Oh please. You'd be stuck working for Cobra.

[explosivecombat]

He's not that terrible.

[...he says, while being completely unable to keep a straight face.]

[determinator]

No need to try to defend him, Kimblee. We're both aware of just how terrible he is.

[explosivecombat]

And yet we've agreed to work with him anyway. This is certainly going to be interesting, if nothing else.

[determinator]

I'd much rather work with him. His antics are amusing and do tend to gain a lot of attention. He could easily serve as a distraction.

[explosivecombat]

Well, there's that, and I also assume we dodged a bullet by getting him involved early; I can't even begin to imagine the fit that would have been thrown if we hadn't.

[determinator]

That too. He'd be insufferable.

[explosivecombat]

Mm, but we should probably give him some credit, at least; he's been here for well over two years, and he seems to know this world and how it works better than we do, even at this point.

[determinator]

Yes, that is very true. He's also rather fearless - he was fighting that Suicune as well and apparently he battled something else similar before we arrived. I'll give him that much, yes.

[explosivecombat]

Impulsive and fearless, then.

[Archer, this takeover is going to be like herding chickens.]

You really are going to have your work cut out for you.

[determinator]

Then you'll see how well I can command.

[You won't be doubting him after this okay!!]

[explosivecombat]

[Oh, come now.]

Concerned about disappointing me, Archer?

[determinator]

Not at all. I'm sure you're underestimating me.

[explosivecombat]

In which case, I do hope you prove me wrong.

[.......]

You do need to keep in mind that death holds no real consequence for us here, however. It's been verified multiple times; even if something should happen to me, I'll be fine.

[determinator]

...Yes, I know that.

[He just wasn't thinking that way at the time.]

You'll be fine.

[explosivecombat]

[Sigh.]

And yet this isn't the first time something like this has upset you.

[determinator]

No, of course not. In that battle with Suicune I... didn't consider that death isn't permanent here. It won't happen again.

[explosivecombat]

And the incident in Goldenrod...?

[determinator]

You could have been captured or outed as a member of Team Rocket. That was less fear of you dying and more fear of your cover being blown. Yes, yes, I know you said you could handle it, but that doesn't change the way I felt.

[explosivecombat]

Perhaps, but the point is that the argument was made that you believe I'm reckless and unable to handle myself in general.

You expect me to trust you to suddenly know how to handle yourself in battle when you have next to no prior experience, yet you talk down to me and act as though I'm completely unable to take care of myself when I've seen more battlefields than you likely ever will. Is there a reason you expect me to simply take you at your word when you can't trust me based on years of experience?