video [backdated to somewhere mid-week]

[actualhumandisaster]

[ Pokémon have taken over everything, indeed. And this video is no exception. Have a small group of them all sitting side by side.

There's a very cheerful Charmander blinking right up at the screen. Next to it sits a Noibat, also looking up but seeming a little confused, its head tilted and those huge ears tipping to the side a little. he next one is Litten, making it a point to not look directly at the camera. Slugma by its side curiously waits and the Ducklett next to Slugma already seems impatient enough.

Now what else there is, are those little makeshift-lightsaber toys each of these Pokémon holds in one way or another. They all do so quite dutifully, even if they don't know what to do with this item.

The camera remains on the Pokémon as Anakin's voice can be heard off-screen. ]

I feel like I've assembled a miniature version of the Jedi High Council. I even got Master Yoda and Master Windu here.

[ The camera settles on Noibat and Litten for a moment, then shifts over to Ducklett and Slugma, with the latter now trying to eat the toy weapon. ]

You guys can be Master Nu and Master Mundi. And then there's--

[ The camera jerks away and around abruptly, settling to show a sideways-view of Anakin's Charmander, now happily waving the toy saber around. ]

Okay. Where's that other one? It had been here a moment ago- Oh. Oh no. No, you didn't, you little-!!

[ The image shakes and moves and after a few moments of blurry action must have ended up with one of the Pokémon, because now Anakin is on the screen, cursing and shaking his right arm and more or less stomping around in circles. ]

Get out! Get out now!!

[ The Jedi gives his arm another strong shake and out of seemingly nowhere one more Pokémon appears, spinning around itself with a gleeful chuckle. There's further chuckling from the Pokémon now behind the still recording camera while Anakin scowls at Rotom. But just as he's about to scold it, the video ends. ]

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[actualhumandisaster]

[ So Anakin gathers himself, sighs somewhat grimly,but nods. ]

...yeah. I... I guess you're right...

[ And he's pondering now. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

[Interesting range of emotions you went through there, Anakin. Drays eyebrows raise a little but he says nothing at first.]

Remember that you don't have to do it all alone either. Others could help.

[actualhumandisaster]

They're just animals.

I can handle them.

[ That may not entirely be the point, but... Welp. Let's avoid that for now. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Humans are animals too. So are Editions.

We are all handful to handle, my friend.

[actualhumandisaster]

We may all be living beings, yes, but there's still a difference between a sentient, self-conscious being and an animal that does nothing but follow its instincts.

[ Guess he didn't take that comment too well. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Some pokemons even speaks, it's tricky to define their level of sentience.

[actualhumandisaster]

Well, seeing that some of them like to chew on toy weapons, their intelligence may be just as tricky to define.

[ Welp. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Have you seen some of the people who posts on the comm.?

[He's not saying certain people's common sense is doubtful but...Marco comes to mind.]

[actualhumandisaster]

What about them?

[ Do they chew on toys as well? ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Sometimes I doubt people's intelligence, especially of those who only post to be mean to others, to be what you humans call 'trolls', and to cause trouble.

I'll take a pokemon over them any day.

[Some might, actually.]

[actualhumandisaster]

...what's a troll?

[ Asking the important questions. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Someone who makes post or videos with the only intention to stir trouble, disrupt the peace or make people argue.

[actualhumandisaster]

I see...

[ Does he feel tempted to try that now?

Maybe... ]

Maybe I need to pay more attention to the network.

[mother_of_monsters]

[Anakin, no.]

If it's to see their posts, it's not worth your time.

[actualhumandisaster]

[ Anakin, yes! ]

Maybe it isn't, but even a Jedi can amuse himself from time to time.

[mother_of_monsters]

[That's he opposite of what he should be doing!]

Uh....if you say so.

[actualhumandisaster]

[ That's how this Jedi works. ]

Come on. Not even I can spend all my time building droids - Or sending these little critters into battle.

[mother_of_monsters]

[The jedi needs to find others ways to entertain himself,says the Eidion.]

You build droids? Like those in nova city? Or Cassian Andor's boyfriend?

[actualhumandisaster]

[ But he just found another way! ]

I do. Kaytoo isn't a design I'm familiar with yet, but it usually doesn't take me long to figure them out. That's why I picked my job here in robotics and AI engineering. I grew up doing those things before I became a Jedi.

[mother_of_monsters]

[Yes but it is a bad way.]

You must be really smart, normal technology is very complicated. Technology to make a metal person, I can't even imagine. What's a jedi?

[actualhumandisaster]

[ Bad Life Decisions. They're his specialty. ]

It's not as complicated as you may think once you got the hang on it. As for a Jedi... That's a Force-sensitive being trained and raised to abide to the Jedi Code.

[mother_of_monsters]

[That's...a good point.]

Perhaps I just need more practice. Oh right...the Force and jedi Code.

[He understood some of those words. Separately.]

[actualhumandisaster]

Yeah, well. Not every Force-sensitive is a Jedi, you see? There are rules. Strict rules.Rules you... Have to follow.

[ Which he doesn't always do, but he never claimed to be a perfect Jedi? A powerful one, yes, but not perfect. ]

There are also Force-sensitives that aren't Jedi. Or aren't trained at all to use their connection to the Force.

[mother_of_monsters]

Are those good rules? Because strict ones usually cause discontent and trouble.

[That's okay, Dray's the last person who would judge him.]

And what exactly can one do with the Force? Jedi or not. Is it like magic?

[actualhumandisaster]

And yet even the strict ones are often necessary. A Jedi would never take the life of a living being unless there is no other way for example. Jedi do not conquer or act out of selfish reasons - That, too, is part of the Code. It's not always easy to entirely adhere to it, but I think it's still right.

[ At least he's somewhat aware of it. ]

And I guess you can compare it to magic, if that's the closest to it you're familiar with. But basically, the Force is life. It's what binds all living beings in the galaxy together and there are way too many things you can do with it to list them all. An item can be moved, a weak mind can be influenced, a normally deadly fall can be cushioned. Sometimes it shows you the future or warns you of impending danger. It's very versatile, really. Mastering it takes many years.