IC Inbox - Victory Road

[officerdown]

You have reached the voicemail box of

[Five seconds of silence]

Please leave a message after the tone!

Comments

[bugbeverage]

hes hangin out

[ Another photo is included. This one depicts the Pidov poking out of BJ's shirt where he's stuffed him. There are other Pidove in the background. ]

im thinking of calling him rat

[officerdown]

He will be confused.

[Rat sounds MEAN :(]

[bugbeverage]

fine u name him then lol

[officerdown]

[He really should have seen this coming.]

What is he like?

[bugbeverage]

hes a fuckin bird lawrence

[officerdown]

If it's truly so simple, call him Bird, then.

[bugbeverage]

thats not funny or cool

what if i name him The Plague

thatll inspire fear on the battlefield

[officerdown]

Or irony. The name cannot do all the lifting.

[He is currently sitting in your shirt, after all.]

[bugbeverage]

oh dont worry about that buddy im gonna train this little guy to be hell on wings

he can sort of fly and he has a sharp beak so hes already got that going for him

hey when would you wanna hang out

i havent left for kanto yet because that kid never delivered on my good deed i did

[officerdown]

[Does he look like a man who Hangs Out?]

What kid?

[He vaguely remembers something about this, but he also remembers not fully listening.]

[bugbeverage]

a kid on the internet said hed wire me like 10kP for the train if i reported back to him with a good deed

[officerdown]

And you believed him.

[bugbeverage]

yeah this guy is ALL about honor and shit

[officerdown]

If he feels the need to announce himself as such, there is a very good chance it isn't true.

Have you tried winning Pokemon battles?

[bugbeverage]

well see i guess lmao

i beat a few bug catchers on my way to cherrygrove but they didnt have much cash

now that i have two guys i can tangle with the big boys

say we should have a battle!

[officerdown]

I have some that battle.

[He can concede that much, but if Scar has no choice but to battle, he generally lets his Pokemon do what they will. Telling them what to do feels odd. The whole thing feels odd.]

I have also had luck washing dishes when I need money.

[He's actually hireable here. It's never lasted, but he has successfully been An Employee a few times.]

[bugbeverage]

great!

i got mimikyu and this bird what do you got?

[ He's not ignoring the job advice he's just not commenting on it. ]

[officerdown]

[Beetlejuice receives a surprisingly well-shot photo of a Zangoose that is definitely doing a pose while pretending to make it look natural.]

I have yet to retrieve the others from Kanto. She fights, though.

[bugbeverage]

aw she looks just like you!!!

[officerdown]

In what regard?

[No, BJ is definitely right, there's Something.]

[bugbeverage]

you have the same eyebrows!!!

[officerdown]

[Let it be known that Scar makes the exact same frown at his 'gear that his Zangoose made at the camera.]

We do not.

[bugbeverage]

[ For a little while, it seems Scar has won this little argument. There's no reply. But then, a single image comes through. ]

[It's the same photo of the Zangoose that Scar sent but now Scar's face from the day they went to the second hand store has been overlayed on top of it with a primitive photo editing program. ]

[officerdown]

[UH?]

How did you do that

[bugbeverage]

smearglestudio

you can make cool stuff with it like this

[ Attached is a selfie, only his skin has been smoothed to SHIT and his eyes are huge and full of sparkles and his lips are so, so wet.]