istheindustry | 007. [video; technically a re-intro]

Well, my dear friends - it's been a long time for some of us, hasn't it?

[...oh, god, Reaver, what the hell do you want...]

While I've made my presence known to a few of you over the last...oh, I don't know, few weeks or so...I know full well that the rest of you may have been unaware of my return - and it's about time that we remedied that, don't you think? After all, I can't deprive all of you of my presence for too long, and the time for laying low is well over.

And if I didn't know you before, then you're more than welcome to introduce yourselves - don't worry about boring me any, if that's the case then I'll gladly tell you to shut up and get on with it. So in the name of that not happening, do try to keep it interesting, will you? Make up a story about the grand dragon-slaying adventure you just embarked upon for all I care.

[He pauses for a moment once that's out there, however; clearly that's not everything he wants just now.]

Of course, it's also come to my attention that a few of you might have what's rightfully mine - and that isn't going to do, either. So do be good sports about this entire business and hand over those Pokémon you may have received, will you? I would hate to have to...collect them, as it were.

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There's just one problem with that.

You'd have to catch me first.

We'll see, my dear; believe me, I intend to enjoy the game.

Not as much as I will.

I suppose that means the dinner I owe you will have to wait; making arrangements with you now would make things much too easy on you.

Indeed? I'm not above calling a temporary ceasefire, you know...

How quickly your attitude changes.

I prefer to think of it as adaptability, my dear.

Or a keen sense of opportunism.

The restaurant is in Olivine; that just leaves the question of who's getting there when, and how.

Well, unfortunately I'm short anything that would actually be useful in that regard.

You've been here this long and you don't have something that flies yet?

Oh, that's right - allow me to simply find and utilize that HM that fell out of nowhere upon my return. How could I have forgotten.

You're the King of Thieves. It's not an unreasonable assumption.

That may be so, but I also only do what I feel like doing; it hasn't been high on my list of priorities.

In other words, I'm either going to have to wait or I'm going to have to give you a ride.

What has been high on your priority list?

Surely you don't think it's that easy.

Are you worried I'll get there first?

Not at all, my dear; simply something that can't be discussed with the public at large just yet.

I'm not the public at large.

You're still not getting answers.

It wouldn't be fun if it were that easy, anyway.

Stay in touch this time, captain. It's nice to hear from you again.

Of course it is, my dear; it's been a while, after all.

[...yeah, the ego hasn't changed any.]

Don't let Zack give you a mistaken impression. I'm just fine.

Oh, I'm sure you are. 'Secrets' tend to be very helpful in that regard.

Maybe they are. Or maybe they're not.

Either way, you'll never know, will you?

My dear, statements like that don't come from a lack of experience; I have more than enough secrets - genuine and requiring quotation marks - to last several lifetimes.

Good. Then you won't need to add mine to the count.

And don't ask Zack about it, either. He doesn't know.

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