006 | Avert Your Ears

[diehardreaper]

[ And today, you are greeted by the sound of what seems to be a meowth being stretched on a rack. The camera isn't pointed at anything in particular but it does seem to be a rather good view of one of the routes. Too bad those sounds are ruining the scenery. These are screeches and yowls so vicious, you'd probably think it was two meowth fighting over a rattata. It goes on for probably five minutes in what seems to be a poorly attempted "Ode to Joy" and then stops abruptly due to a vicious

CRACK. ]

Ow!

[ Ow? Rattata don't go ow. And neither do pokemon. What you do get afterward though is the sound of ruffling and a "funf" as someone deposits himself right next to the Gear. ]

Blimey, Niccolo, can we take a break? At the rate you're going, m'prolly going to end up being unable to use this hand for a week!

[ And then you hear chittering.

ANGRY Kricketune chittering.

And a sigh from the poor belaguered Mister Knox. ]

Listen, I appreciate you trying to teach me the violin and all but could you take it e-- [ CRACK ] OW!

Alright, alright. Let's have at it again then.

[ To which the yowling begins anew. ]

Comments

No problemo yo!

[diehardreaper]

Could be! Do all dead folk become Pokemon here, d'you think?

[ There's a sigh though. ]

wouldn't put it behind Nico either. Crickets always did sound rather pretty at night so that'd make sense, eh?

[styxiedust]

I hope not, there's also an implication behind it that people who do simply couldn't reach the afterlife. I wonder how difficult it is to get there if even Pokemon are acting as guides? It certainly doesn't sound like they have any system in place.

[William was already not very happy with that.]

[diehardreaper]

Doesn't seem so, no.... M'sure Mister Spears'd given anyone who'd listen a piece of his mind about that...

[ And a thought ]

what if that is their afterlife though, d'you think? They live as a pokemon for a bit then when the pokemon dies, they become human? Or prolly another pokemon?