XI. [Video + Action for Goldenrod City.]

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[All that Gorthan's feed shows today is this.



Fizzling blue noise and the Rotom that was formerly GLaDOS'. The voice coming from the Gear, however, is unmistakably Gorthan's. Dark, deep, pensive... and with the slightest hint of irritation.]

The songbird has flown back into her cage. A completely foreseeable outcome.

I understand that you miss her, and trust me, I feel the same way. I also understand that getting you to like me as much as you liked her will be no easy feat. But how are we supposed to get to know each other if you won't get out of there?

[The Rotom doesn't seem to be paying any attention whatsoever. It's just floating around the screen, smiling mischievously and making the blue noise fizzle some more.]

... You are broadcasting this, aren't you.

[Rotom's mischievous grin remains unchanged as it nods.

Guess whose PokéGear just got possessed by an electric ghost.

As for Gorthan himself, he's in his room at the Rocket HQ in Goldenrod, staring at the Pokémon currently in his device and wondering if the best way to successfully get it to come out is to just ignore it for a while.]

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[Private Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

They’ve sssent me a number of messages through the Gear. Every single one of them a text. A note was left with the tampered crate in the sssame style of their texts. Then they contacted me and persssonally admitted to the crime.

[But they’re anonymous so tracking them down’s going to be a pain.]

If anything, I would consider the thief to be a Team Rocket matter, more than the attack on my personal well-being. After all, they interfered with a Team Rocket ssshipment between Olivine and Vermillion. And that is unacceptable!

[Private Video]

[shakespearealien]

You're being stalked, and there is nothing you can do about it? Have you requested assistance with tracking down the culprit?

A shipment? Pray, what shipment?

[It better not be anything concerning the scientific division, oh Evron.]

[Private Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Not exactly. I was transporting some of my property on the sssame boat as the shipment. They managed to break into my crate, ssso there’s the possibility, although it appears that they didn’t, that they could have interfered with the rest of the cargo as well. And as far as I know, it was just a regular shipment between Olivine and Vermillion. Supplies for the Game Corner, various store items for Rocket use, that sssort of thing.

I’ve yet to request official assissstance from our comrades because when I discovered it ssstolen, I became…incredibly upset.

[Which is to say that he came very close to smashing his Gear in a fit of rage.]

Now that I’ve calmed down, I’ve begun compiling everything I know about the culprit and will formally request assistance once I’ve recovered my chair.

[Because that’s what all this is about. Someone stole the chair the Commander received for Christmas.]