♕ NINETEENTH COMMAND | AUDIO / PRIVATE TEXT TO KIMBLEE & COBRA | REINTRO

[sadisticwarfare]

[ AUDIO ]

--what do you mean you have no idea how this happened!?

[Oh look, it sounds like Archer's in the middle of shrieking at someone. Isn't this the best way to let everyone know he's alive and well and back in Johto again?]

No, I don't particularly care that you're not the one responsible for it; someone needs to take the fall for this!

[The post is audio only so it's impossible to tell just who Archer is yelling at. The man that answers sounds like a generic NPC and it's difficult to make out what he's saying since Archer just interrupts him again and continues on loudly.]

This is the second time this has happened and I demand an explanation!

[A sudden clattering sound obscures anything else he says and for a moment there's dead silence.]

...Have you been recording this?

[More silence. Then there are footsteps that sound like they're approaching the 'Gear and abruptly the feed shuts off.]

[ TEXT - PRIVATE TO KIMBLEE & COBRA ]

[An hour later Archer sends out two identical private texts to Kimblee and Cobra, since they're the only two people in Johto he really cares about.]

My apologies for suddenly disappearing like that. I understand it must have been inconvenient. I am back in Goldenrod and expect to hear from you soon. I would like to know what has happened in my absence.

Comments

[text/private]

[explosivecombat]

[...Ah. Well, that's...

Ah.]

"Inconvenient" is something of an understatement, though it isn't anything requiring an apology. Of course, I'll accept it regardless, but that's really neither here nor there.

[private text]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Inconvenient is certainly one way to put it, but since it's beyond your control, there's no need to apologize for it. And I'm glad to hear that you've returned.

[Okay, that's not even remotely how he'd act if this was one of his minions, but since he actually likes Archer, he gets a pass, instead of some weird attempt by Cobra to outshriek the shrieking that Archer originally broadcast.]

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[Well, look who's back again. Envy certainly recognizes that voice.]

This place does give you a lot of trouble about that, doesn't it?

[Rocket-locked video]

[artfuldestruction]

Welcome, Colonel. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were pleasantly excited to be back.

[It's pretty subtle, really.]

Frankly, I find your enthusiasm inspiring.