worktodo | Voicemail

DON'T READ THIS u will get kissed on the nearest possible friday by ur crush. Tomorrow will be the best day ever and u will catch a rare pokemon. HOWEVER IF U DONT FORWARD THIS TO AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE u will get chased by 50 beedrills and sprayed by a skuntank!!!!11!

[Is this a garbled message due to the storms? Someone trying to get Albert to head out to the PokeMart in this terrible weather? Or code from Gordon? Who knows?]

TYLENOL IS ON SALE TODAY BUY 9 GET 13 FREE.

[Slid under Albert's door are several pieces of paper--each has multiple drawings of whatever structure that page is dedicated to, with little notes neatly scratched out next to them. As simple-minded or mundane most of them are, they have a near-obsessive amount of detail put both into the art and accompanying writing. Each page is labeled, too. First in the common language this world pushed on everyone, then shakily in a set of runes, as if he'd had to concentrate very hard on his own home's writing system just for a few letters.

The top designs are the least impressive, with a clip-in attachment for a roller blade and by extension, an alternate prosthetic that is a roller blade in itself, and various saddle types for different pokemon. There's a Seadra-assisted irrigation system for potted plants, should he ever want to expand his current supply of berries, and a weird combination of a ship and a sled, complete with harnesses for the water-types leading the sailing. Several pages alone are dedicated to hot-air balloons and gliders.

(Oddly enough, it is between these that a paper dominated by paragraphs of facts, instead of being balanced by sketches, can be found. Each and every one concerns light bulbs in some way, should Albert bother investigating it, whether it be notes on what they look like or theories on how they function. It seems the viking has left his musings in by accident.)

All in all, everything is influenced by Johto in some way until the very end--catapults, swords, and something labeled 'YAKNOG SHIELD'. That one may or may not be a joke.

After a few days to fully calm down and talks with both Carmen and Cooper, Hiccup has decided that answering the question posed to him by Albert might not only work as a peace offering, but it could be interesting as well. So enjoy your new reading material, Mr. Rosenfield.]

[Later that day, the same sheaf of papers are rather inelegantly (but carefully) shoved back under Hiccup's own door, still in the same order as they were left, but curiously, with two new pieces of paper torn carefully from a Breeder's notebook inserted into the middle.

The first is an equally painstakingly drawn schematic, annotated and supplemented with a list of materials and quantities inscribed in one of the margins; the other is a scrap of paper with "runes" of a slightly different variety sketched quickly onto it, with two lines of symbols printed clearly beneath.

Should Hiccup take the time to decode those two lines of symbols with the help of that sketch, he may discover that they read:

DA VINCI KNEW TO WRITE HIS NOTES IN CODE, KID.
THIS ONE IS CALLED PIGPEN. MIGHT AS WELL KEEP THINGS IN THE BARNYARD.

...how utterly mysterious, eh?]

[The following morning, a single page is sent via door.]

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[More of the same from Cooper's faux answering machine: lots of wind, and Harry yelling.]

YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DRAGONS, AGENT ROSENFIELD.

Harry? The hell are — what, are you calling from a wind tunnel? I can barely hear you.

I'M CALLING FROM THE SKY.

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So, uh. Quick hypothetical, here. If I were to, uhmn. [Yeah, that's a definite pause there.] Bleed or something in your house while I was coming to find you to maybe get patched up, would you, uh, be mad about that?

[...what the hell kind of voicemail is this? HELLO.]

Would I be — to hell with the house, start with why are you bleeding?

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[Downloading Zack's voice modulation app was a bad idea.

Leaving the Gear unsupervised was also a bad idea.

Doing both of those things with Clara on the loose was the worst idea of all. Harry is, therefore, not surprised when he finds her messing with his stuff, but he doesn't make it to the scene in time to stop his precious little Cleffa from leaving Albert a message.

So the next time he checks his voicemail, he will be greeted by the Vader-like proclamation of one word:] BUTTS.

[OH, YOU BEST BELIEVE HE IS CALLING THIS NUMBER BACK.]

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[As promised...]

Pokémon that naturally learn Teleport: Abra and its evolutions, Natu and Xatu, Ralts and its evolutions, Claydol. Looks like it can be taught by TM, too. Clara could learn it, if she ever evolves.

[It's not that Harry sounds panicked, but Harry sounds panicked. It's a restrained panic, though.

...not that that makes it any better.]

Albert? Albert, you gotta pick up. I know it's the middle of the night and I'm sorry but Waldo's —

I don't actually know what's happening to him.

[DAMMIT, HARRY, HE WAS SLEEPING —]

Hnnnnnghwhat.

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Albert? Albert, it's Norman. I need a favor.

[A favor? Well, this sounds reasonably urgent. Certainly worthy of his undivided (save for, of course, coffee) attention.]

Hello? Yeah, I'm here, what's going on?