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[Guess who woke up inside the Team Rocket base today? Guess who's apparently been gone for at least a month? And guess who's currently staring at the camera like it's the source of all his problems?

If you guessed Mondo then congratulations!]

Okay, what the hell happened? Apparently I can't even go to fucking sleep without something stupid going down. Did I get sent home?

[He rests his elbow on his knee and then places his chin on his hand. It's apparent that Mondo is still in the base - to those who recognize the base, that is - and it looks like he only just got up. Somehow or other his hair is completely unaffected. Don't question it.]

I don't really give a fuck either way, but I've got a major problem.

[He reaches out offscreen to grab something that makes a high-pitched shrieking sound. It's revealed to be a Scraggy who is trying vainly to get Mondo to let go. Those of you who know the biker gang leader might remember that he had a really bitchy Scrafty at one point. ...Yeah.]

Ryder's de-evolved. Unevolved? What-the-fuck-ever. She's not a Scrafty anymore. And she's fucking level thirty. She was level 100 last time I checked! Does this shit happen here? I've never heard of it happening. So what the fuck's going on?

[He finally lets her go and she scurries offscreen. Mondo resettles and while he still looks annoyed, his tone is at least a bit more conversational.]

...So what did I miss anyway?

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Ah, shi-- seriously?

[WHOA THAT'S A KID let's try not cussing in front of the kid even though he said "fuck" a few too many times on the post, that's not important.]

So you lost yours too? That sucks. I mean, you can catch others like 'em, but they'll never be the same. Oh, but I think I heard that someone found their Pokémon in the Breeding Center once, so who knows, maybe they ended up there?

[They certainly weren't the expletives she was used to -- not sugar-based or an annoying bleepblurp -- but she was onto you, man.]

Breeding Center, huh? [She'd seen the building... But Vanellope had never actually set foot inside of it. She should probably do that, this time around. It was a place that the "good guys" went to, right?] Maybe. Though I guess I wouldn't mind so much if Wheelie wasn't there. He was kinda a Lemon Head, y'get me? Real sour -- like super, mega sour. Mountain of sour.

Booger Bat's the one I'd be worried about, if she weren't around.

[...what interesting names...]

Well, if you really like the species you can always catch another one. But yeah, check the Breeding Center and see if they got hold of any of yours from last time! I should probably do that too... Oh, and if you were friends with anyone here last time they might've gotten your Pokémon!

[Well she really only had...one friend... She should probably go ahead and check up on him.]

Right, 'cuz Bossy wouldn'a been enough for him.

[Vanellope shakes her head, causing a short chittering from Boogie.]

Anyway, it can't only be us two, right? Maybe someone reset the game. Things were kinda screwing up lots last time I was around.

They were?

[...wait.]

"The game"? You think we're actually in a Pokémon game?

Sure. I mean, maybe not towards the end, there, but...

[She raises an eyebrow, seemingly unimpressed.]

What, you think we're not? Go on, try to explain it all, then. You don't exactly find all this stuff outside of that game, do you?

[...SHE'S ASSUMING, HONESTLY, like hell she actually knows.]

Well, uh, no, but... It doesn't make sense. How did we get sucked into the game in the first place?

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