Warning: Satirical allusions to drugs and paedophile rings
Having 'visited' your dodgy neighbour's acquaintance, and been introduced to another man who gave you a strange machine and told you to seek monsters, your neighbour has given you a nighttime call summoning you back to his laboratory. On your way, while the creepy guy who offered to 'teach' you some things watches, you are stopped by the youth who shoved you outside the laboratory. On realising that you went to the laboratory in the first place...
Is he caught in this ring too, jaded by his experiences? Or is he a member of the ring, disappointed by its newest child? Either way, the creepy guy doesn't intervene when this youth attacks you, yet again leaving you defenseless with no support from the adults around you.
Eventually you get back to the laboratory. Your heart lifts when you see a policeman talking to your neighbour. Perhaps he's been discovered? If not, surely you'll have the chance now to tell him about the situation you've found yourself in?
No, he just wanted information on the youth who attacked you. Not to charge him with assault, he shows no interest in that, he only cares about an alleged theft. The police are on your neighbour's side, despite saying that the youth attacked you, the policeman just takes his name and thanks you for helping him. He then leaves before you have a chance to tell him anything else.
Abandoned once again with your neighbour, you hand him the egg. He is clearly delighted to have it, and thanks you for bringing it to him. Your role as a runner is over for now, but the professor now has something else in store for you. He has learned that his acquaintance's friend has met you, and now he thinks again about you.
Now seeing you as someone with promise, who can bring him more rewards evidently, he 'suggests' (again with no room for refusal) that you visit all of the gym leaders in the land, to train and prepare you for meeting the Elite Four who hold the greatest power and esteem. Just what 'training' is involved in these 'gyms' remains to be seen, it's likely at this point that they're a cover for something more sinister. Visiting gyms brings money, perhaps what your neighbour gets out of this is taking a cut of your earnings. Perhaps he hopes to make himself more famous if you visit more renowned leaders.
Now that you've brought him the egg, and now that he knows that you won't tell the police anything, he knows that you're not going to leave the network anytime soon. He taunts you with this:
An adventure isn't what you'd call it. Is she deluding herself, or does she genuinely not care that you're in danger? To add insult, her only offer of help is to save some of the money that you make, before sending you on your way.
Again, none of the adults from your hometown, who all seem to know you, have intervened at all, despite at least some knowing what your neighbour is forcing you to do. Your mother wants you to go, claiming that it's an 'adventure' and only caring about the money that you'll bring in. The men who you've 'visited' so far are all big names, as a child you're sure that you won't be believed if you say what's happening, and they almost certainly know that. The police hasn't given you a chance to explain your situation. And now you're being sent to 'visit' eight leaders in preparation for the final four, and who knows what you'll be made to carry next. With nobody interested in your welfare, you head out alone again.
Having 'visited' your dodgy neighbour's acquaintance, and been introduced to another man who gave you a strange machine and told you to seek monsters, your neighbour has given you a nighttime call summoning you back to his laboratory. On your way, while the creepy guy who offered to 'teach' you some things watches, you are stopped by the youth who shoved you outside the laboratory. On realising that you went to the laboratory in the first place...
Eventually you get back to the laboratory. Your heart lifts when you see a policeman talking to your neighbour. Perhaps he's been discovered? If not, surely you'll have the chance now to tell him about the situation you've found yourself in?
No, he just wanted information on the youth who attacked you. Not to charge him with assault, he shows no interest in that, he only cares about an alleged theft. The police are on your neighbour's side, despite saying that the youth attacked you, the policeman just takes his name and thanks you for helping him. He then leaves before you have a chance to tell him anything else.
Abandoned once again with your neighbour, you hand him the egg. He is clearly delighted to have it, and thanks you for bringing it to him. Your role as a runner is over for now, but the professor now has something else in store for you. He has learned that his acquaintance's friend has met you, and now he thinks again about you.
Now seeing you as someone with promise, who can bring him more rewards evidently, he 'suggests' (again with no room for refusal) that you visit all of the gym leaders in the land, to train and prepare you for meeting the Elite Four who hold the greatest power and esteem. Just what 'training' is involved in these 'gyms' remains to be seen, it's likely at this point that they're a cover for something more sinister. Visiting gyms brings money, perhaps what your neighbour gets out of this is taking a cut of your earnings. Perhaps he hopes to make himself more famous if you visit more renowned leaders.
Now that you've brought him the egg, and now that he knows that you won't tell the police anything, he knows that you're not going to leave the network anytime soon. He taunts you with this:
Obviously she didn't say anything to him then, despite your telling her about why he called you in the first place. You tell her again about everything that's happened to you.
An adventure isn't what you'd call it. Is she deluding herself, or does she genuinely not care that you're in danger? To add insult, her only offer of help is to save some of the money that you make, before sending you on your way.
Again, none of the adults from your hometown, who all seem to know you, have intervened at all, despite at least some knowing what your neighbour is forcing you to do. Your mother wants you to go, claiming that it's an 'adventure' and only caring about the money that you'll bring in. The men who you've 'visited' so far are all big names, as a child you're sure that you won't be believed if you say what's happening, and they almost certainly know that. The police hasn't given you a chance to explain your situation. And now you're being sent to 'visit' eight leaders in preparation for the final four, and who knows what you'll be made to carry next. With nobody interested in your welfare, you head out alone again.
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