determinator | ♕ TWELFTH COMMAND | VIDEO / ACTION [MAHOGANY TOWN, TEAM ROCKET BASE]

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[The video feed opens to Archer playing with a Venipede. Said Venipede is glaring at the camera - how dare it take his trainer's attention away!]

I've been in Johto for one year.

[Yes, this is a very important announcement. Archer doesn't look up at the camera, instead continuing to toy with Kann's anntenae.]

To those of you who have been here for quite some time, have you decided that you want to stay here? Why or why not?

[To those of you familiar with Archer, he seems quite a bit distant today. The fact that he's not looking at the camera is one sure sign, but he's also looking a little... down, for lack of a better word. He's not even trying to be threatening. This must be a first!]

I'd appreciate any opinions, even from those of you who haven't been here for very long.

[He gestures airily and the Alakazam running the 'Gear turns it off.]

[ ACTION - MAHOGANY TOWN, TEAM ROCKET BASE ]

[Should you find yourself in Mahogany Town today and you decide to explore the Team Rocket Base (which really shouldn't be all that difficult to find if you know what you're looking for), you'll find that the place is rigged with Voltorbs that will explode as soon as they enter a battle. They're not the only threat, however! There are five Psychic-types just waiting beyond there, all with orders to attack any intruders. They're also high leveled, but don't worry! They'll at least let their trainer know before attacking you!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to enter the base and either defeat the Psychic-types or persuade them to keep from attacking! Show them you mean no harm and they won't hurt you! After all, there might be something valuable or useful inside that base ~~probably not~~...

Archer is holed up in a room inside the base (Kimblee's old room, to be specific), still amusing himself by playing with Kann, the ridiculously powerful Venipede. Feel free to come bother him!]

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Why not? Are you dead in Amestris?

[That's the only explanation he can think of; though you wouldn't exactly go anywhere if that was the case...]

No, not dead. Just...

[It's not like he minds Archer knowing about the more general details, but how does he explain this while sounding the least insane? ...we'll just go with the easy way. And also lock this conversation.]

I was traveling to another world, some place called London. And it was probably a one-way ride.

[Pause.]

It's complicated. But I'd rather be here than some new weird place. [Even if it means he can't chase his dad all over Earth.]

London?

[Wait, hang on, that place Emmy is from? ~~And her mafia!!~~]

How did you manage to travel to another world? I can certainly understand why you would choose a place that's familiar over a new one, however.

[He nods.] That's what the Fullmetal half-pint said it was called.

Do you know anything about a place called the Gate?

[Are you ready for some learning, Archer?]

The... Gate?

[Oh boy, this sounds fascinating!]

I've never heard of it. What is it?

Thought so, not many people have.

It's the source of alchemy, and the force that makes sure equivalent exchange happens. It's not really...[he gestures vaguely with his hands]...on the same plane of existence as everything else. But more than that, if you can manage to push through then there's something on the other side of it. A whole other world.

The source of alchemy... And you can just... go through it like that?

[This is fascinating. He's going to have to ask Kimblee about this whole Gate thing. Because what is being an alchemist. :| ]

Did you see what was on the other side of the Gate?

No, I got pulled back here while I was still going through.

[Which he is still annoyed about, and it shows. Damn it Johto why do you pick the most inconvenient times to do these things?]

But the Gate is a doorway, so if you can open that door, you can get through. Of course, you also have to be able to survive the trip and whatever equivalent exchange it takes from you.

Do you know if Equivalent Exchange took anything from you?

[Judging from what little he knows about it... hopefully you're not going to lose an arm or a leg, bro.]

I'm pretty sure it didn't want me leaving at all. The Gate's where I came from in the first place, it probably wanted me back.

[And now time for some bravado! Because he's not scared of the Gate, not at all.] But I got past that part, it couldn't get in my way. And whatever it could take from me shouldn't be too bad. Probably just an extra life or two.

[He's perfectly happy to never think about what might have happened if he hadn't gotten past.]

[Oh... dear...]

An extra life or two?

[Envy, what it he supposed to do with this knowledge...]

Do all of your kind come from the Gate?

[This is fascinating.]

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