Sixty-Third Launch

[shieldofjustice]

[Action for Violet City]

[Not long after they get in, Athrun seats himself in front of the computer in the Pokémon Center. First, he opens up an Internet browser and begins running a series of searches. However, it doesn't seem like any results he was looking for are popping up.]

...Figures.

[Eventually, he closes the browser and pulls something

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[swordofimpulse]

...Well. There is one person we both know who probably has a chance in cracking it.

[Except... welp.]

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[shieldofjustice]

...To be honest, I'm not completely sure. There's no recognizable syntax in the code whatsoever. Even Kira would struggle.

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[swordofimpulse]

Still.

[So, another question.]

The heck is that for anyways?

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[shieldofjustice]

It's supposedly a tool for evolution. Trading a Porygon2 while it holds it is supposed to make it evolve.

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[tensaizenzai]

My teammate said Ecruteak was like Kyoto. That's about all I know. I've only been here two weeks.

I'm good with computer programming. [For a fourteen year old. But at least he should be able to recognize if he knows the language.]

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[shieldofjustice]

That's the impression I got, too, though the most I've seen of Kyoto has been in pictures. I wouldn't know what region of Japan it lies in.

All right, give me a few seconds. I took a screenshot of the program I was looking at.

[His Gear will get an image file -- the screenshot in question. The coding is unrecognizable.]

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[tensaizenzai]

Kansai. [same as Osaka.]

[He stares at it for a few minutes. Some parts look familiar, but not quite right. Some parts look totally alien.] Yeah...I've got nothing. Where'd you get it from?

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[shieldofjustice]

Kansai...

[He says it aloud to help ingrain it into his memory. At least that's potentially one mystery solved.]

Goldenrod City's department store sells a type of item they call a "Dubious Disc." I wanted to see if I could figure out what kind of program it runs, but when I examined the code...that's what I got.

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[shieldofjustice]

I am proficient, which is why this is all the more worrying. There's not a single remotely recognizable line of code.

[Yeah, he's kind of bugged about this.]

What do you mean by "how far back you're looking?"

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[shieldofjustice]

Not in such blanket terms. Some technology is, some isn't. I know for a fact that the computer programs here run on Java.

Right, I've found that out myself. That tends to happen when one is two centuries ahead of his friends' worlds.

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[shieldofjustice]

I noticed the cultural similarities myself. But right now I'm talking about a geographical similarity. I'm not an expert on Japanese geography, but this is supposedly extremely similar to a corresponding region in Japan.

Though someone else gave me a region's name. Are you at all familiar with the Kansai region?

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[shieldofjustice]

I see.

Anyway, I believe that this is more than coincidence.

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[restardom]

You know, it does remind me of Japan, a little... especially Ecruteak. Goldenrod was sorta like Tokyo, too.

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[shieldofjustice]

Right, I noticed the same thing. But in terms of physical geography...not quite as much.

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[restardom]

Not really at all... I'd have to look pretty closely at the map, though. But Pokémon's a Japanese game, so maybe...

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[shieldofjustice]

And yet, this isn't the region that appears in the games. This just feels like more evidence to support my theory about the origins of this world.