♕ SIXTH COMMAND | VIDEO

[determinator]

[The video opens to a nondescript room, focused on nine different types of eggs, all neatly propped up by pillows. Curled around the eggs is a sleepy-looking Persian, who seems rather annoyed that her nap has been interrupted by the video. Archer isn't in the shot.]

I have been experimenting with Pokémon breeding. Sheska has assisted me. These are the results.

[To those who actually know Archer, the strange, clipped speech might seem a bit odd. He hasn't been feeling well lately, no big deal!]

The following Pokémon are available for sale: Shinx, Murkrow, Zubat, Porygon, Hoothoot, Mime Jr, Pawniard, Litwick, and Audino. I also have two hatched Onixes for sale. The majority of these have egg moves as well. If you're interested, I can give you the prices. Thank you for your time.

[And end feed!]

(The egg post is here! Anything that isn't sold will be shoved in Archer's PC box forever. You don't have to comment to the egg post if you're interested!)

Comments

[derpsaboutfamily]

Because someone obviously did something. And if it were something he did, you wouldn't be so [ don't say desperate, don't say desperate, don't say desperate... ] eager to track him down.

[determinator]

[...Thank you for not saying desperate.]

I suppose I might have been partially at fault.

[That's the closest you're getting to an admission here! Congratulations, Hughes! That's better than he'd give anyone else!]

...We had an argument during the masquerade. I suppose I was being a bit... controlling.

[Understatement of the year.]

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Controlling? Really now? ]

... And what did you do after...?

[ Somehow, he thinks that there's a bit more to I've done all I can do short of tracking him down myself. ]

[determinator]

I've attempted to get in contact with him through the Gear. I've called him several times.

[At least once a day...]

He's not going to forgive me for what I said and did. There isn't anything else I can do.

[He sounds more frustrated than anything else; he's not actually mad at Kimblee anymore.]

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Oh my gosh, Archer. Are we in high school? Are you a girl? What is this conversation? ]

Maybe you should give him some time to think things over. He'll be back in Goldenrod eventually, you know. There's a gym here.

[determinator]

[Hilarious. This is serious, Hughes!!]

...I know. He has to return to report in for Team Rocket at some point.

[But who knows how long that will take? What if he decides to ditch Team Rocket just to avoid having to run into Archer?]

I'm not a patient person, Hughes. I don't like waiting. I prefer to act.

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Uh huh... very serious. He's taking it really seriously.

... Seriously. ]

Acting isn't always the best course of action. There are times when you have to step back, gather all the information you have, and consider all your possibilities, don't you think?

[ You're in investigations, Archer. Seriously, get your act together... ]

[determinator]

[Oh come on, he keeps his personal life and work separate! ...Or at least he would if he actually had both at the same time. Team Rocket doesn't count as work, shush.]

...I suppose. But still, I feel like I should be able to do something here.

1/2

[derpsaboutfamily]

You can't.

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Give it a second to sink in, and then he softens a little. ]

You trust him, don't you? So give him the chance to come back on his own.

[determinator]

I did trust him. I don't anymore.

[Yes, this is the equivalent of a five year old whining about how their best friend took their toy and now he hates his friend forever because of it.]

[...The five year old probably has better social skills than Archer, however.]

...He's not going to come back. I know him well enough to know that.

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Shrugging and taking a sip of his coffee. ]

Perhaps he'll surprise you, then.

[determinator]

[Archer doesn't respond for a long time, glaring down at his coffee instead. When he does find words they're very quiet, almost as if he'd rather not have Hughes hear him.]

...I hope so.

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Oh Archer, stop being a baby... ]

Come now, Colonel. You should like your wife just left you!

[determinator]

Like my-- What?

[Oh come on, he is not interested in Kimblee! Or women! Ugh!]

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ ... right. ]

Your wife, Colonel. Like your wife just left you.

[determinator]

No, I heard that. I don't see any similarities here.

[LINEFACE.]

[derpsaboutfamily]

Have you ever had a wife, Colonel?

[determinator]

Of course not. I have no interest in getting married.

[derpsaboutfamily]

Then how can you draw similarities between the two?

[determinator]

[Oh facepalm.]

And your wife hasn't left you, so how can you?

[derpsaboutfamily]

Oh, thankfully, no. But I'm here, and she's not.

[determinator]

...Well, I can assure you, it isn't the same thing. I don't even like Kimblee.

[Okay, that's the most blatant lie so far but! There's no need to go into detail about that, right.]

[derpsaboutfamily]

[ Nods. Takes a sip of his coffee.

Oh, as an afterthought... ]

Of course you don't. That's obviously why you're upset over him leaving.

[determinator]

[Hey, how dare you point out holes in his perfect logic!]

...I'm not that upset.

[You're getting into tsun territory, Hughes. What do?]