Case 007 | Audio/Action for Goldenrod Radio Tower | Fourth Wall

[canthearyou]

[Those checking their Gears right now might hear a familiar voice. What’s odd though is that the same voice is also coming from the radio if one is listening to that.]

HELLO. IS THIS THING ON? THIS IS GORDON, GORDON COLE. I SEEM TO BE IN A RADIO STATION OF SOME SORT. I’M NOT SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT PLEASE SEND HELP IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU.

I APPEAR TO BE OKAY, JUST DISPLACED. SORT OF LIKE WHEN I GOT HERE. IF SOMEONE COULD ALERT AGENTS COOPER AND ROSENFIELD TO THE SITUATION AS WELL, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS AGAIN.

[It’s just dead air after that since Gordon’s not really sure how to turn the music back on.

The message repeats every twenty minutes or so. In the meantime, Gordon will be wandering around the studio trying to figure out how he was magically whisked from Albert’s farm to the Radio Tower.]

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[canthearyou]

APRIL? NO, IT'S NOVEMBER. ALMOST DECEMBER, IN FACT. TIME'S DIFFERENT HERE. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD.

AND YES, ALBERT AND COOPER ARE HERE. BOTH OF THEM GOT HERE BEFORE I DID. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, COOP'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER A YEAR.

[littlebitlouder]

A DIFFERENT WORLD IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO OF US.

[Sure, okay. Why not.]

WHAT'S THAT? YOU AND COOP TALKED OVER A BEER? ABOUT WHAT?

[canthearyou]

BEER? WHO'S HAVING A BEER?

AND YES, TWO OF US. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT MYSELF, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. IT'S WEIRD THOUGH, AS STRANGE AS THIS PLACE IS, NO ONE MENTIONED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

[They mentioned the weird animals, and the music, and all sorts of things, but being teleported and talking to yourself? That was left out.]

[littlebitlouder]

SURE, I'LL HAVE A BEER WITH YOU. MIGHT BE A BIT CREEPY, THOUGH. NO OFFENSE.

[So what Gordon has gleaned from this conversation is the following: Everything is weird/strange/odd/creepy/confusing.

Sounds about right.]

BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO COME FIND ME. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I AM. HOLD ON.

[There's the muffled sound of Gordon shouting "EXCUSE ME, MISS, WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME WHERE I AM?" at someone.]

...SORRY, GORDON. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE INTERESTED IN ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I GOT HERE. I'M CURRENTLY STANDING OUTSIDE OF A RED AND WHITE BUILDING.

[canthearyou]

NO, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ASK WHO WAS HAVING A BEER. I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU EITHER, BUT I WAS ONLY ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION OF YOUR EARLIER STATEMENT, NOT OFFERING AN INVITATION TO HUNT DEER WITH MYSELF. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF TO BACK THIS UP, BUT I IMAGINE THAT ACTIVITY IS FROWNED UPON HERE.

[Now then, on to the other topic.]

THE RED AND WHITE BUILDINGS ARE CALLED POKEMON CENTERS. I'M AFRAID THAT DOESN'T REALLY NARROW THINGS DOWN SINCE THERE SEEMS TO BE ONE IN EVERY TOWN WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

[littlebitlouder]

[Well, that ends that, though he's not sure why Gordon would want to bring a deer to a bar.]

POKEY—WHAT CENTERS?

[canthearyou]

[Gordon's starting to understand why people seem to run for Tylenol after speaking with him.]

POKEMON CENTERS. LIKE HOSPITALS, BUT FOR THE ANIMALS HERE. NOT PEOPLE.

[littlebitlouder]

[Gordon Cole is giving himself a headache.



Somewhere in the vastness of space, a black hole just yawned to life and is now sucking in the entire universe.]

SO—A VETERINARY CLINIC?

[canthearyou]

NO, NOT A VETERAN'S HOSPITAL. IT'S CLOSER TO A VETERINARIAN CLINIC MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

[littlebitlouder]

SO ARE THESE ANIMALS PETS? I HAD ONE FOLLOWING ME EARLIER. LOOKED LIKE A FUZZY BAT. DUNNO WHERE IT WENT, THOUGH.

NOT REALLY THE KINDA THING I'D CONSIDER PET MATERIAL.

[canthearyou]

A BAT? THAT'S SOMETHING RECOGNIZABLE AT LEAST. I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT MINE IS, BUT THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT IT'S REALLY LOUD WHEN FRIGHTENED. IN FACT, I CAN HEAR IT WHEN IT STARTS YELLING.

THIS THREAD IS MADE OF DIAMONDS

[littlebitlouder]

I HEARD THE THING FOLLOWING ME, TOO, BUT ITS CALL MADE MY HEARING AIDS GO HAYWIRE. I SHOOED IT AWAY. FELT A LITTLE SORRY FOR IT—THE FUZZBALL WAS ALMOST CUTE.

WHAT'S YOURS LOOK LIKE?

[canthearyou]

WHAT'S MINE? IT'S CALLED A WHISMUR, ALMOST LIKE WHISPER BUT NOT QUITE. IT'S A SMALL PINK CREATURE WITH RABBIT EARS AND CROSSES FOR EYES.

[Pokemon are weird.]

[littlebitlouder]

HUH. BIZARRE.



—SPEAKING OF BIZARRE, EXACTLY WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW? I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON HOW I ARRIVED HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[canthearyou]

YOU ARRIVED WITH A DEER? I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS A BAT.

[That would make the hunting thing easier though.]

IF YOU'RE AT A LOSS FOR WHAT TO DO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY GETTING A HOLD OF COOPER OR ALBERT. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER AGENT HERE BY THE NAME OF SPENCER REID TOO. HE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT I DON'T THINK HE HAS AS MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THESE THINGS AS THE OTHER TWO DO.