Should We Make A Pros And Cons Chart?

(POV: Tom Cedar)

GLUB! WRRGRBLL! KECH!

What the--why am I wet?

And why are all of the Pokemon out--?

Erik, this isn't funny.  Let me sleep in peace--

Wait, Elekid? That's really you? That means...

Oh, holy hell, Ignacio's a Snorlax--

Looks like Arturo's noticed.  And hey, everyone else is up, too.  Okay...so what the hell is going on? Is this some kind of intervention? And where the hell did my Snorlax come from? He was in the PC.

ELEKID:   Okay, I may have accessed your account somewhat, but that's not important right now.  Tom, give me your Pokedex.

TOM:   What is it, Elekid?

ELEKID:   Your Pokedex.  You know, the thing you hold like this and point at Pokemon and it tells you things?

JESS:   What's up with Elekid?

TOM:   I don't know...but I think he needs to make a phone call.

ELEKID:   No, the Pokedex!

TOM:   Do you want the phone, boy--wait.  Did you bring all of these Pokemon out of their balls?

ELEKID:   Yes! But, the Pokedex--

TOM:   Why are our Pokemon having a pow-wow at 3:00 am?  Is this some kind of intervention?

KEVIN:   I don't know, but Chang seems concerned.

TOM:   Who do you need to call, Elekid? Professor Cherry?

ELEKID:   I don't need the phone--!

PIDGEOTTO:   FOR FUCK'S SAKE, JUST GRAB THE FUCKING THING! HE KEEPS IT IN HIS GODDAMNED COAT! RIGHT HERE--!

TOM:   Woah! Bird, calm down--Pidgeotto, what are you doing?!

JESS:   Pidgeotto actually wants to be inside your jacket? This is bad--

PIDGEOTTO:   HE'S ONLY GOT THE TWO POCKETS, DIPSHIT! TAKE IT!

TOM:   Wait, you wanted the Pokedex?

SOOT:   Oh my god, this is actually hurting me.

JESS:   I think he's looking for a Pokemon--wait! Tom, did you tell Elekid about the Zapdos--?

JESS:   Oh no, I did it again, didn't I?

TOM:   Elekid...do you know about the Zapdos?

JESS:   I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!

TOM:   We'll talk about this later, fella.  Just...just calm down.

ELEKID:   He...he's not in here.

TOM:   What, you didn't find anything? Doesn't this have data on all the Pokemon out there?

JESS:   They could be looking for a legendary Pokemon.  There's very little information about them, even in the Pokedex databases, and we we throwing ideas around about a legendary Pokemon maybe being the cause of the S.S. Anne attack.

TOM:   Is that what you're looking for? Here...these are all the legendary Pokemon in the Pokedex.  Do any of these look familiar?

ELEKID:   No...no...no...no, he's not in there.

ARTURO:   Okay, so does anybody else know about legendary Pokemon that might be not be in the Pokedex?

KEVIN:   We're all from different regions.  Maybe some of use know about myths or legends about Pokemon from our home regions that may not have spread elsewhere.  I know in Unova, there's rumored to be this Pokemon called Victini that's supposed to grant its trainer victory in any battle.

TOM:   Well, rumors aren't going to do us too good.  I mean, there was a rumor that the cave right across the river from my hometown of Cerulean City was home to some kind of super-monster, but I'm pretty sure the guy who kept talking about it is crazy.

NURSE JOY:   Oh my--what is going on in here?!

JESS:   Nurse Joy, what do you know about legendary Pokemon? Our Pokemon are trying to tell us something about one of them.

NURSE JOY:   Well...there's Arceus.  It's said that Arceus created the world and Pokemon, but he's supposed to be chaotic and bipolar...and there's really no evidence of Arceus even existing--

JESS:   Elekid, do you know the name of this Pokemon you're looking for?

ELEKID:  Yes! We know it's name!

JESS:   Okay! Maybe if we start naming the legendary Pokemon that we know about, our Pokemon will react!

TOM:   Alright.  Let the campfire stories begin.  Nurse Joy, try to fill in the gaps if we don't appear to have all the info, if you can.

ARTURO:   Alright, Remy, let's see.  Is it Kyogre? No? Groudon? No.  Rayquaza--?

REMY:   Rayquaza! Yes we know...well, he's not who we're talking about, but--

ARTURO:   It's not Rayquaza...but you know about it?

REMY:   Yeah!

KEVIN:   You're telling me that our Pokemon saw Rayquaza?! THE Rayquaza?!

ARTURO:   When the hell did this happen?! Did you just run into every legendary Pokemon on the planet when the tidal wave washed you guys away?!

REMY:   ...kinda?

TOM:   And you're sure it's not Zapdos? Well, the only other thing I know about is the Cerulean Cave monster, but like I said, that guy was a lunatic.  He'd spend hours just standing outside that cave.  "Guarding" it.

JESS:   Okay, well, I know about Reshiram and Zekrom...Tornadus, Thunderus, Landorus...the Swords of Justice--oh, and Darkrai! Was it Darkrai?! No? Damn.  Well, there were stories that there was a Pokemon trapped in a kind of prison on Liberty Island outside of Castelia City, but that's more like your story, Tom--

ELEKID:   Wait! I mean, the prison thing! Mewtwo was kept in a prison on Pelipper Island!

TOM:   The prison thing.  They responded when you mentioned the prison thing.  What the hell is going on?

ARTURO:   Who told you about this? Were there other legendary Pokemon who told you about this--?

TOM:   Yes! They nodded!

KEVIN:   That means there's a lot more than one legendary Pokemon here in Cythos.

ARTURO:   Guys...legendary Pokemon came to our Pokemon and told them about all this.  This is fucking intense.

JESS:   If we could reach out to Unova and find out if the light from Liberty Island is gone, we can assume that the Pokemon that was there left, but the phones won't work yet.

JOY:   Well, there is Jirachi, who's said to reside somewhere in the Ombos desert.

ARTURO:   Yeah, but it only comes out once every thousand years or so to grant wishes, and that's only when there's the Millennium Comet passes by--wait, when is the next time the comet is set to come by?

KEVIN:   Maybe Tyre was onto something--

ARTURO:   Three weeks from now...but I can't pinpoint an exact date or time.  The Bed of Jirachi is definitely worth investigating, but it's going to be risky.

TOM:   Can we really afford to try to find the Bed of Jirachi, that we don't even really know if it exists, when there's clearly a crisis in Mastam?

JESS:   But the Bed would be right on our way to Mastam.  We would be able to take care of both much quicker if we just stopped at the Bed first.

KEVIN:   You want to go into the desert without working phones? Good luck with that.

TOM:   I mean, would could potentially split up and take care of both, but we'd be weaker individually and we would be out of contact.

JESS:   No, we need to stay together.  We'd never be able to reconnect if we split up.

ARTURO:   Look at the region map on my holo-display.

ARTURO:  The Bed should be here.  If we each bring fifty feet of rope, some rations, a canteen, a light shovel, and an Escape Rope, we can make quick work of it if it's there.  If not, we can keep moving.

TOM:   And if we decide to go to the power plant, just be sure to bring a Ground-type.  I've got spares.

KEVIN:   We don't know if there's a problem with the Bed.  We DO know there's a problem with the plant.  It's gonna be easier going straight to Mastam via the roads, but I don't want to backtrack.

TOM:   Should we make a pros and cons chart?

ARTURO:   I say the Bed.

JESS:   I say the Bed, too.  Tom, do you really want to go to Mastam first?

TOM:   I mean, I'm fine doing either.  We just need to be quick about it either way.

KEVIN:   I guess it's the Bed, then.

TOM:   Okay...but it is three in the goddamned morning, and I'm not going anywhere without a decent night's sleep.  We did say noon, right?

JESS:   Fine by my.  Noon, we're move out.

TOM:   Alright.

TOM:   ...now all y'all get back in your balls.  It's three in the goddamned morning.