about the rat [hunter]

[bebe]

As soon as Bebe set foot on the island, she wanted to leave. The island was too small for her liking, too in the middle of nowhere and had far too much nature surrounding it. But, until she had gotten what she had come for – even if it was just a little piece of the information she wanted – she wouldn’t leave.

She was more wary of the pirates than anything else. After all, they had always been the bad, ugly guys with missing limbs in children’s stories; it was hard to imagine them as nice people no matter how hard Bebe tried. At least it wasn’t a pirate she had to talk to. She was thankful for that. Actually, from the sounds of it, the person she was looking for sounded normal enough. Well, aside from his name… not that Bebe was one to talk about weird names.

Bebe had expected to spend hours scouring the island for this “Hunter” person, but that had been something she had underestimated along with the size of the island. It also helped that, Bebe guessed, he was the only person on the small island with purple hair.

“Excuse me.” Bebe said as she approached the man, aiming to get his attention. “Mr. Shigure?” Without having to be asked, she held up her ID for the man to look at; proof that she was on the same side as him. “I’m Bebe Cody,” she continued. “I’ve been assigned to installing the new security system at the lab in Mt. Moon.” She paused to let the memory stir up in the man’s mind. There wasn’t a doubt in her mind that he would figure out why she was here talking to him. After all, the connection was obvious.

[Hunter]

Having to spend any amount of time on the pirate infested dump of the Sevii Islands was tough enough to deal with for Hunter. Having to spend any amount of time on the Sevii Islands while waiting to meet up with someone who needed to question him about his recent folly at Mt. Moon was downright demeaning in a way. It wasn't that Hunter bore any ill will towards his superiors or, the person that he was supposed to speak with today, he simply hated to be reminded of what had happened, even if it meant that measures could be taken to keep such an incident from happening again. Of course, Hunter knew that he had to swallow his pride for a few minutes. It was for the greater good of Lux, and if he didn't talk there could be far reaching consequences that might one day come full circle.

Just as he was thinking about this, he noticed that someone was beginning to approach him. The Sentinel realized that this might be the person that was sent to speak with him. It was then, that she identified Hunter by his last name, and his suspicions were confirmed. She then proceeded to hold up an ID card to identify herself, and stated her name, and said in no uncertain terms that she had been put in charge of upgrading the security systems in Mt. Moon. Hunter leaned in, and looked over the ID for about 10 seconds, before he was satisfied that it was authentic.

He stood back upright, and said to Bebe, "Everything appears to be in order," referring to the ID. Hunter then continued by saying, "I want to be perfectly clear on this. That girl breaking into Mt. Moon wasn't my fault. I was interviewing the workers there, and she just happened to break in while I was conducting them."

[bebe]

It was unnerving to have someone consider her ID for more than a second even if it wasn’t in any way fake. The fear of being found out was an unfortunate thing that liked to hover over Bebe’s head whenever things like ID were brought to the playing field, but all she had to do to put those feelings at ease was remind herself that she hadn’t done anything.

Not yet, anyway. Who could say what the future held.

It was funny that the man had immediately defended himself. If the incident at Mt Moon had been his fault, then he would have been replaced along with the old security system. “I know,” Bebe said, not daring to poke fun at him. After all, didn’t this guy rank higher than an average soldier? It was a miracle for even the soldiers to take a joke lightly. “You were a witness. That’s all.

“If it assures you to know, I’m sure Lux are doing everything they can to find her.” That was a lie, but only because Bebe didn’t know if it was the truth or not. But if that was the case, they didn’t seem to be doing a very swift job of it. No blame had been put on any person – including the Nox girl – so the poor old security system had had to bare the criticism of not working properly.

“Speaking of,” she continued, finally getting to the point, “would you mind telling me your version of events? The cameras were out for the most part, so I’d like to hear from the main witness what exactly that girl did to...” Here, Bebe had to shrug. “Everything, really.”

Well, not only had the girl done a lot of damage, it had been varied too.

[Hunter]

It would be impossible for Hunter to describe in detail, every single, little thing that the girl had done at Mt. Moon. Reason being, he hadn't 'witnessed' all of what she had done. The Sentinel remembered that when he had first found her, she was disguised as a scientist, and was doing something at a computer. He figured now that what she had been doing was stealing data and transferring it somewhere else, since shortly afterward it was discovered, albeit not by Hunter, that several important files had vanished without a trace. At the time though, he hadn't suspected a thing, and therefore to say that he 'witnessed' it wouldn't be entirely accurate. In any event, Bebe had likely been given the general details of what had happened, and was only asking him for more specific details.

The Sentinel decided to not mince words about his thoughts on this matter, and so said to Bebe, "Well, I didn't exactly witness everything that happened, and I'm sure that you're aware that there's much more to this story than what one person can tell you, but I will try to be as accurate as possible in here." Hunter paused for a few seconds before continuing, and said, "I first came across the girl in a computer lab. She was disguised as a scientist, and was working at a computer on something, probably stealing valuable data of some kind. I'm not a computer expert though, so don't just take my word for it. Since my job was to interview every Mt. Moon scientist, I asked to see her ID so I could start with that. Her failure to provide one was a glaring red flag, since no one is allowed into Mt. Moon without a proper ID. Even so, I didn't suspect anything too serious until she used her Pokemon to attack me, and made a run for it. She made quite a mess of things while fleeing from me, and caused at lest 2 explosions in some way. I finally caught up to her in another room, but a combination of her using a Sigilyph to pelt me with broken machinery, and my Houndoom being weakened by the ceiling sprinklers deciding to come on, kept me from apprehending her." That was a basic overview of what Hunter had seen. If Bebe wanted him to be more specific about any part of that, she could ask him.

[bebe]

“Of course not. You couldn’t have seen everything.” That’s what the beautiful and very useful thing called cameras were used for – when they weren’t disabled or frozen or tampered with in any way, of course. Bebe ignored the small temptation to get side-tracked and kept quiet as Hunter began to tell his version of events with ears open for certain keywords. Disguise was one. Pokemon was an even bigger one. Of course the girl had used Pokemon to help her out – on a mission like that, who wouldn’t?

Every now and then Bebe would nod, almost subconsciously, as she listened and pieced together this new information with the old. The Sentinel had almost been right about the data theft, except that more data had been destroyed than stolen, and only time could tell whether the stolen data was valuable to the girl and her interests or not. Maybe, Bebe thought, that could be something for her to try and find out later; a nice afternoon activity when she next had the day off. Even if a day off seemed far away until she had sorted out her new job.

For Hunter’s benefit, Bebe said, “More data was destroyed than stolen. It’s better like that than the other way around. But anyway…” There was no point in talking about something that was out of their hands, and Bebe still had some questions. “A Sigilyph, huh? How rare… What about the other Pokemon she had with her. Did she have a Porygon or any electric-types?” Already Bebe had her suspicions about this; after all, only so many Pokemon were useful when it came to electronics. The Porygon seemed like a given too, being the “Virtual Pokemon” and all. The Sigilyph on the other hand, now that was unexpected, although from what she was just told it was easy to deduce that the Pokemon wasn't there to play with computers, cameras and wires like it's trainer.

[Hunter]

A Porygon? Hunter hadn't recalled seeing a Porygon with that woman during her destructive spree. Then again, as he had mentioned, he couldn't possibly see everything that the girl had done, and she could very well have had a Porygon in her possession, but simply hadn't used it while trying to keep him at bay. As for any other Pokemon that she had, Hunter did in fact recall her use of a Rotom. He remembered a Rotom as being the Pokemon that put him to sleep when he had first found her. He also remembered seeing an Excadrill with her as she was making her escape. Other than that he couldn't remember seeing any other Pokemon with her. Hunter said to Bebe, "Well, I don't remember seeing a Porygon with her, but she did have a Rotom. I can only assume that she used it to tamper with the labs electric system. I believe that she also had an Excadrill with her. I'm not entirely sure what purpose that Pokemon would serve, but if I had to guess, it would be so she could escape underground."

OOC: Hunter fell asleep before the Porygon exited the computer

[bebe]

Bebe frowned at the mention of a Rotom. No one had mentioned the Pokemon to her before now. Had Hunter been the only one to see it, or was someone just plain bad at knowing what information was important to relay? The Excadrill, on the other hand, was less surprising as the entire lab, and maybe some people on the outside, knew about the hole by now. “Haven’t you heard? They found a hole. I can’t remember if they decided she used it to break in or out though…” That hadn’t been her problem, so Bebe had hardly taken note of all the details.

“Her having a Rotom explains a lot,” Bebe said, holding back a sigh. “It can be such an annoying Pokemon to deal with when it’s not on your side.” Annoying, yes, definitely but at least it presented a challenge; using a Rotom could well become a popular thing after this – the girl, at least, was bound to use it the same way many more times – and it was a problem worth preparing for. Already the gears in her brain started to churn out ideas, but Bebe pushed them to the back of her mind. She didn’t want to zone out in the pirate capital of the region.

“Well, those are all the questions I have for you.” And the sooner she wrapped this up, the sooner she could get away from the pirate capital of the region. “And unless you have any for me, I think we’re done here.”

[Hunter]

Hunter had in fact heard of the hole that officials had discovered following the incident at Mt. Moon. What wasn't know, at least for certain, was how it had been made. Ergo, it couldn't be known for sure that it was the girls Excadrill that had created it, and Hunter was simply following this notion. In any event, explaining his 'ignorance' wouldn't solve anything, and would only start a meaningless argument, so Hunter decided to drop the issue for now.

The hole was almost certainly how she had been able to escape detection by the facility's security apparatus, and the Sentinel figured that this meant that underground motion detectors would be central to the installation of the new security system. He wasn't an electronics expert though, so what did he know?

As for the Rotom, Hunter had only caught a small glimpse of it before it had confused him, so he couldn't say that he knew anything else about it, although he definitely agreed with Bebe that it could be quite annoying. The Sentinel was surprised to hear Bebe tell him that she did not need any more information from him. He was almost tempted to ask why, since he had needed to come out all the way to the Sevii Islands for this interview, although he figured that such a question would be better posed to his superiors than to Bebe. Furthermore, his satisfaction that he would be done talking about this incident held more importance to him than a simple case of curiosity. He said to Bebe in response, "Nope, I don't have anything to ask you, so I guess I'll be on my way. Best of luck with the security system." Hunter then turned around, and began to walk away from Bebe.