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[Izaya is abrupt when he turns the feed on. His smile is bright, cheerful - harmless, even.]

Johto is always so interesting. So many people coming and going - town to town, route to route. Seeking out challenges, gyms, trainers. Really, there's never a dull moment!

Curiouser and curiouser though...

[His eyes narrow slightly and his grin twists. It's colder, more calculated. Those who've dealt with Izaya extensively in the past may recognize this from when he's questioned things in the past.]

Yet the Gym Leaders, no matter how human they seem are completely inhuman. No matter how many battles they win or lose, their Pokémon remain at the same level. They say nearly the same thing to each trainer. I recall this with Whitney-chan and her crocodile tears... but Falkner-kun too.

Really, it's all the same in every town.

Doesn't it make you wonder, Johto? Just who's real and who isn't? Are we, the captive, the only real ones?

And what about the ones who brought us here? Professor Elm? Oak? The Elite Four? The Champion? Team Rocket?

So many possibilities and yet... so few answers. And yet he we go, day-to-day without much of a thought or care for it. It never ceases to be interesting, really!

[He lets out a laugh, followed by a calm breath. With a blink, that bright, much warmer smile reappears on his face and he changes the topic without a hitch.]

Really, I just had a favor to ask! You see, I'd really like to get back to my own Johto routines, but doing that as it stands right now means I need to go through a whole lot of needless work for the second time around. I know there are plenty here with a Plain Badge and a squirt bottle, so if someone would kindly assist me in moving it, I'd pay well as a token of gratitude.

[And then Izaya cocks his head to the side, giving his most genuine n_n before cutting the feed entirely. Now? Now he waits.]

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Otherwise... [ shrug. ] You just deal with it.

And what have you decided on, Alto-san?

There are some people I have to help look after.

How noble of you.

It's nothing like that! It's just something I have to do. What about you?

Me? Finding just who brought us here. [Whether or not this is the truth remains to be confirmed.]

If you find out, let me know. I should give him a little payback for all the trouble he's gone to.

I'm pretty sure there's a line of people waiting to do just the same thing.

Then it's a contest to see who gets there first.

More or less. After all, nearly everyone you talk to here arrived in just the same way.

Most people seem to forget that... they're all happy enough just doing what they're supposed to.

Is it that they're happy, or they're just coping without complaint?

What's the difference?

One who's happy with their situation has less reason to harbor a grudge. After all, there are people here in Johto who have no reason or intent to leave. Those who cope without complaint make the best of their situation, but if an opportunity were to arise, they'd take their chance to either leave or get revenge.

Hm... That makes sense. But what starts out as coping usually ends up becoming getting comfortable... the more comfortable you get, the sooner you end up in that first group.

There's little denying that for many - very many here, really. But I have little doubt there are plenty who never get to that position of "comfortable," especially not in a more permanent sense.

I won't. [ he can say that rather firmly... after living his entire life on a space colony and never being comfortable there, he knows he's the type to never just settle into something. ] I'm guessing you're the same.

Perceptive enough, Alto-san! [And it's true, if only for that the only place he ever feels comfortable is in his own living space back in Shinjuku. It's his only safety net.] Though I'd like to think I can achieve the best of both worlds.

How do you plan to do that? [ they seem pretty mutually exclusive to him. ]

Taking it one day at a time, of course. It really wasn't so different when I was here previously, after all.

Previously...? You mean you're one of the people who left but got dragged back into this mess?

That's right. [Seems completely neutral about this, too.]

[ if it was him he'd have been rather upset, but at least this guy doesn't really seem to care. ]

Well if you did it once, you can probably do it again.

Possibly, though I'd really rather speak to whoever is behind this before that point comes!

...same here. After going through all this, I wouldn't feel satisfied just leaving either.

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