001 Shot Fired [text; action for Rocket Base]

[shest]

I'm going to list a series of words.

If they are at all familiar to you please respond otherwise dismiss this.

Cold War
Spetsnaz
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nikita Khrushchev
Tselinoyarsk

[About an hour later on the Rocket frequency:]

My name is Adamska. Code name Ocelot. Call me either. I'm a GRU Major if that means anything to any of you.

I would like to speak with whomever is in charge here.

Comments

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[shest]

Not long before I arrived here.

It was either a long time ago or a short while ago, depending on perspective. There's no such thing as immortality. Of course people can be killed.

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[imthe_shit]

Not immortality, but how about ghosts? I don't really believe in them, but it's hard not to when one of your enemies is possessed by the ghost of your dead brother.

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[shest]

[Well, there is the whole "The Sorrow talked to the dead" thing, which given the powers the until recently living members of the Cobra had, was probably a literal thing, but there's no reason for him to be honest about that.]

I've never given much thought about ghosts.

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[imthe_shit]

Yeah, me either.

[ Let's ignore all those LET'S TAKE PICTURES OF GHOSTS stuff. ]

Unavoidable right now, though. There are a lot of Ghost-Types in this world. Makes me wonder if they were always ghosts, or if some Pokémon died and turned into a Ghost only to be caught again.

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[shest]

I've got one of those. It doesn't bother me, but I can imagine it would be rather unpleasant for some people.

It was a little freaky, seeing it at first. But it's fine now.

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[imthe_shit]

They look distinctly enough not like people that it's not too bad. If they looked like people or other Pokémon, then yeah, it'd be pretty freaky.

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[shest]

You have a point.

Even the humanoid looking Pokemon look different enough that there isn't much of a problem. It would be rather disturbing if they looked more human.