Pokemon Umbral Theatre 6: Player Conspiracies

[Bard The 5th LW]

I don't think that really helps my view of it.

[Dracorion]

How does "AB is a sick bastard" grab ya?

[Bard The 5th LW]

Very much. Still bugs me.

[Dracorion]

Come on, you know AB's going to say Mio's operation is irreversible.

As for recruiting her, some bullshit like "but she's really really mature!"

[Bard The 5th LW]

Yeah I'm aware, but I just felt like I had, I don't know, say something about it. Make it feel like I tried.

edit: By the way, I totally call dibs on having Charlotte say "Why don't you take a seat?" to Bretton.

[Dracorion]

I call dibs on being the one that actually kills Moera.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Charlotte will fight you.

Speaking of Moera, I had this thought. We have been abusing her pretty much more and more each mission. I envision that by the end, she will be so messed up that her head is completely wired to all sorts of machines and she can't really move from one spot.

That thought lead to this doodle in Muro.

[Dracorion]

I have no idea what that is.

But I think it's more likely that Moera will just end up being one big blob of floating consciousness that's constantly a pain in our asses.

... Is that what's on that drawing?

[Bard The 5th LW]

Sorta.

I see it as Moera's head stuck onto some machine with a bunch of wires jutting out or something. All sorts of sketchy lines of psychic vagueness are there to. Really, it isn't necessarily Moera, I just sort of doodled it with that concept in mind. Sort of reminds me of Giyaga from Earthbound.

Its whatever you interpret it as.

[Geminex]

Huh, did you?

I did. Look it up.

And yeah, Renny getting some nice cash for providing detailed and potentially important information about a newly discovered pokemon doesn't really scream decadence all that much to me.

How did Renny provide this information, though? I mean, yeah. Mollesk belongs to him. He brought it in. But that's pretty much the extent of his contribution. He didn't really do any work.

Ricewood probably analyzed Mollesk and got a tons of data on it that could be used for scientific purposes

Huh. Really. "Tons of Data".
Yeah, gonna call bullshit on that one. Unless she dissected it, and analyzed the processes going on in its body, I don't think she could get anything useful from it.

An external examination might give her some info on how to best kill it, which would admittedly help law enforcement. But this pokemon's unique, so unless Renny's planning to go rogue, that wouldn't help.
And once again, I really don't think she can learn enough by studying it from the outside to gain much scientific knowlege. Certainly not make any new discoveries that could be integrated into Slayer weapons or accessories.

And even if Renny let her dissect it, I think what she could get would be very, very limited indeed. Biological knowlege is good for solving biological problems. Dissecting Mollesk would get Ricewood some very detailed anatomical knowlege. She'd understand what vulnerabilities to disease it has, how its metabolism works. She'd be able to cure one much more easily if it got sick, maybe gain some understanding about similar mechanisms present in other animals. But that's pretty much it. And I very much doubt she'd gain any information pertaining to other branches of science.

Certainly very few, if any, theoretical discoveries in physics or chemistry. I mean, maybe she'd discover a chemical process or two and then go "Huh. I didn't know this could happen", but that'd be pretty much it.

One point which I may have to concede is Bionics. That's the practice of looking to nature in order to find solutions to engineering problems. You want a really strong, yet elastic rope? Look towards spider silk, find a way to replicate it. Want better hydrodynamics for your ships? Penguins or Dolphins might be your salvation.

But see, I don't think it applies to pokemon. Because I'm pretty sure that whatever pokemon gain their power from, it ain't science. Mollesk's armor isn't as strong as it is because of its chemical makeup, and it isn't capable of exerting pretty huge physcial force because its tentacles are so well-muscled. I don't think any of the biological mechanisms Mollesk uses can be replicated by science, or would be of any help to engineers.

I'm not even arguing about the money here, mind you. Let Renny have his 100 000, make if 500 000 if you want to! Just sayin' that pokemon research has absolutely no scientific value, outside from better understanding pokemon.

I call dibs on being the one that actually kills Moera.

First come first served.

Also, I assumed the whole "Using Mio" thing is just another way of showing the fact that PATCA, and Hommnyran society in general will embrace incredibly immoral actions if they are necessary in times of crisis.