#rattodile

This is the first of my vocaloid song analysis things, started when I first joined the tpp lore server and only finished recently. Crystal is my favourite run so expect a lot of that from me.

Evan’s thoughts on and interactions with the former vessels. Next up, AJ 

omg

immediately begins to shimmy when maroon 5 comes on: aj~~~ hes the best dancer. its him

wakes the other up at 3am demanding pancakes: joey.......

brags about knowing karate even though they never made it past yellow belt: joey

comes to a complete halt outside bakeries/candy shops: j O EY. . .

blows sarcastic kisses after doing ridiculous shit: hmmmm....... probably aj i think

killed the guy (also, which hid the body): i feel like aj would be more likely to kill a dude......... but joey wouldnt really hide a body, would he....... aj would absolutely hide the body for joey though,,,,

HELL YEAH IMMA LISTEN TO THIS SHIT. my tpp days may be over, but my love for joey (and aj/joey) is UNENDING!

AUGH………. augh………………………………. requests still closed…

"But she was innocent!" AJ yelled.

Red, Camila, Alice, and Napoleon stared at AJ, surprised that he spoke out. In the void of nothingness in which they reside in after they became champions, the four stood side by side as the Second vessel released his anger. They could return to their land anytime they wanted, but found peace here after they encountered the voices. This way, they will not be able to approach them.

With their pokemon behind them, Red held out his arm, stopping his Pidgeot, Bird Jesus, from attack. “Let him talk.” He whispered, his voice being the most horsed and damaged out of all of them. The voiced did not give him a say and his screams were all that he could do during his journey. He respects every opinion, even if it were against what he believed in.

"She was not suppose to have this struggle! This pain! It wasn’t even a fire type this time- it was ground!" AJ ranted, his fists clinched tightly against his sides and his feet stopping on the invisible surface. "The mob even planned strategies with one another so that an event like this wouldn’t happen! So why!? Answer me, Helix!"

There was a collective hushed over the chosen ones, their jaws tighten and their lips seals. Camila gritted her teeth together and looked away, letting out a huff.

Lord Helix walked from beside Red, approaching AJ with one of his tentacles raised high. “My dear boy. It was enviable.” the Deity stated. “Believe me when I say that I did not want this to happen just as much as everyone else did. But there is a price to pay with organized chaos.”

"Bullshit!" AJ hissed, grabbing the Helix by his shell and picking him up. In an instant, all of the protagonist’s key members stood their ground. Camila’s Azumarill M4, Alice’s Slacking DJ, and Napoleon’s Roserade Queen Sunbrella all stood ready for their trainers’ command. Sensing the hostility, AJ’s Feraligatr, LazorGator, stood in front of his trainer and let out a vicious roar, his body tense and ready to attack.

"W-Wait!" Red called out, already having calmed down his Bird Jesus, but his harsher, much quieter voice was unheard as Camila gave out the first command. "M4, use-"

"Stand down my children!" Helix called, the chosen vessels besides Red confused by his command. The omastar stared into AJ’s narrowed gold eyes. "I will handle this. Do as I command. AJ, this includes your LazorGator as well."

AJ growled before looking at his pokemon. “It’s okay, Gator.” He stated. As the Feraligatr retreated back to his master, the other ace pokemon did as well. The trainers, however, continued to stare at AJ with worried and dismay. AJ dismissed it, never caring for it anyway. They always gave him that look. He was known as the godslayer, after all. “Explain yourself, Helix!”

"My second vessel, I assure you that this, although tragic, was needed. She was getting too comfortable in the randomizer." The deity stated. "She does not understand that Bill, the PC creator, was the enemy. It was her own naivete and the mob’s lack of security that brought the pain that they are trying to endure right now. But it was needed."

"Liar! Death is never needed!" AJ hurled the god over to Red, who caught him easily being use to the two conversing like this. "Eight Badges without a single incident! The mob still worships you and yet you still repay them with this crap!"

"Watch yourself, punk." Camila decided to speak up. "She isn’t the only one that had a sacrifice! We all lost someone! Someone we planned on taking with us to victory with the voices! To be with them forever in peace after all of this was done."

"Besides, if it was bad for us, think about how painful it is for the pokemon." Alice pitched in, her soft voice firmer than any of them are use to. "The constant fear it places on them. You should be thankful for Camila, too. That’s M4 child she’s letting you have around for this mission. If you carried around LazorGator, Bill would have known it was you from the beginning."

AJ huffed, taking his hat off, rubbing his fingers through his black hair. “… she didn’t deserve it.”

"None of us did." Napoleon spoke up. "None of us deserved to have our friends taken away from us they way they did- by the mob and the PC. I did not even like pokemon at that time, but I did not even get a chance to spend an entire day with her before she was killed."

Alice sighed. “Believe it or not, AJ, you are the luckiest one of out all of us. At least you were able to keep your started. And by the looks of it, she might be, too. I wish the best of luck for her.”

"It shouldnt be like that!" AJ yelled. "If only I had gotten there in time! If I did-"

"Your cover would have been blown." Helix boasted. "You can only appeared but so many times before Bill get suspicious. If you came at the moment, your emotions would have gotten the best of you and he would have known you were there!

"You are there to guide her when need be, but also to fix the region and stop Bill once and for all! While Alice is an expert in his randomization scheme, you know the Johto region better than anyone else. Your mission is to find Bill and end his schemes as she makes it to champion and reside with us.

"Granted, AJ, if I could give this task to anyone else, I would. But it has to be you." Helix started down at him. "If you mess this up, you doomed us all and this- my followers and my people, my faith and my powers, will be all for nothing."

The helix raised a tentacle and a portal opened, the other side filled with the Johto air and grassland that was familiar and nostalgic to AJ, but he could tell that something was amiss. “I am sorry, AJ, that this has upset you. But really, you should be use to this. Now go, my child.”

"I am not your child." AJ hissed before stepping outside, the portal closing instantly as M4’s child followed along. The Crystal protagonist screamed out and got on his knees, punching the ground. "It! Is! Not! Fair!" He screamed some more before catching his breath. "She could have been the one to break the curse… it’s not fair…"

The Marril walked over to AJ, placing a sympathetic paw on his shoulders. She had gained a liking to the trainer, despite her mother warning her to be careful.

"S-Sorry." AJ sat down in the grass, picking up and holding the Marril. It wasn’t like holding his LazorGator when he was a totodille, but it was close enough. "I shouldn’t be acting like this in front of you. You are still too young to understand." The Marril just stared and smiled at him, confirming his theory.

Soon, he grabbed his pokegear. He knew the Helix would be in disapproval of this, but he never cared for him. Dialing a number, AJ placed it to his ear and began to silently pray. To Helix? To Dome? To Amber? To anything higher than them, if there was?

Click. “Hello?”

AJ smiled. Rather the Helix decided to be generous still or something else answered him, his prayers have been answered. “H-Hello, Joey…”

"Hey? Is this Ethan?" Joey exclaimed.

AJ bit his lips and gulped. “Y-Yeah… this is Ethan. S-Sorry I haven’t been calling you lately… I’ve been… busy…”

"It’s cool, man!" Joey continued. "I’ve got time to talk. I tried to call Aoooo a few minutes ago, but she’s not answering. Actually, I don’t know why I was so compel to call her in the first place. She usually calls me."

"It’s okay." AJ began to tremble. "H-How is your Rattata?"

Joey laughed. “You’re funny, Ethan. You know I don’t have a Rattata. I had a Bonsly, but now I have a Haunter! Can you believe it?”

"… Yes I can." ‘In this world,’ He thought.

"But if I did have one, it will be better than all the other Rattatas! Like, way better! It would be the best out of all of them. A-"

"Top Percentage of Rattata…"

"Yeah! Wow! It’s like you know me!" Joey laughed, then stopped once he didn’t hear anything from the other end. "Ethan? Ethan, are you there?"

"… Don’t ever change, Joey." AJ said, then ended his call. He huffed, wiping his tears away as he stood up, the Marril sliding down his leg to the ground. He smiled at the pokemon before dialing another number.

Click. “H-Hello?”

"Aoooo." AJ started. "How are you? Where are you?"

A sniff and a cough came from the phone. “… I-I don’t know.”

AJ raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean you don’t kno-“

"I don’t know and I don’t care!" Aoooo hissed, her growl predominately taking over her voice. "It doesn’t matter any more! The badges, the journey, the voices! It doesn’t matter anymore!"

"Aoooo-"

"I was different then them, Ethan! The vessels before me! I'm not even completely human! I have to hide my ears in this stupid hat just so I can have fun for once!

"And I did! I was having fun defeating team rocket and getting gym badges! I embraced Helix because he gave someone like me a chance! He gave everyone like me a chance! But forget him! He and his stupid mob and their victory riots and their goal to become the champion because none of it matters anymore! None of it matters without her! Without Kenya…" Her growls faded until it was replaced with a wail and hiccups. "My Kenya is gone… S-She’s gone… Kenya…"

AJ bit his lips. “I-I’m sorry, Aoooo.” He responded. “Truly I am. But you must not give up. Not yet.” Silence. “Can you still hear the voices?”

Aooo hummed. “I can still here them. But they cannot control me right now. I somehow block them with a radio signal, but I still can’t move much.”

"Because you are still their vessel." AJ stated. "Listen to me, Aurora."

"Ethan, I told you not to-"

"Just listen to me." AJ stopped her. "If the voices can’t control you, that also mean Bill can’t contact you, so listen to me quickly."

A sniff. “O-Okay.”

"You need to continue this journey." AJ started. "I know its hard. You felt powerless as they released her. That its the end of the world, but it’s not. And despite what happen, you are still different from the others. You are never going to be like the one before, so continue to have that mindset.

"Aurora, do not allow Kenya’s death to go in vain. Kenya may be the only one, and maybe there might be more. But you have to keep fighting for them. You have to defeat the elite four and the champion. You have to defeat the Kanto leaders and head up to Mt Silver. Only then can you revive this world back to its former glory."

"Former Glory?" Aoooo questioned, and AJ realized his mistake. However, he figured that he was too far ahead to quit now.

"At the top of Mt. Silver, there will be someone. I do not know who it is. It could be someone affected by the randomizer or one of the past vessels." AJ took a breath. "It could be me. But whatever it is, you have to continue this journey to the end. They would want that. You would like that, too, and so would Kenya."

"B-but after I become champion, then what?" Aoooo asked, the sniffing stop. "What would happen to me? I-I know I haven’t given any thoughts to it until now, but every vessel seems to disappear. What about me too?"

AJ smiled. “Do not worry. You will be in a safe place. After this, nothing can and will harm your pokemon anymore. But you need to win it, okay.”

He could tell Aoooo was nodding before she realized he couldn’t see her and replied. He smiled softly. “That’s good.”

"Ethan."

"Yes, Aurora."

"How do you know all this?"

"… I’ll tell you that another time." AJ stated, sighing. "It will be after Mt. Silver. I don’t have enough time to explain it to you. I know that the voices right now are trying to get through to you as we speak right now. I don’t have much time left."

"O-okay… thank you, Ethan. You are such a great friend." Aoooo smiled.

AJ nodded, mostly to himself. “Also, when you get off, try to get the voices to call Joey.”

"That won’t be a problem! They love Joey-sempai!" She barked. "They think its the same one AJ been with. But they are silly! He has a rattata! this one has… everything else."

"I know. Call him for me and tell him what I am about to tell you." AJ smiled. "Tell him everything will return back to normal. And I will get him out of here soon."

"Ethan, you are scaring- ah!" Aoooo stopped mid sentence and AJ knew his time was up. He could hear her trying to speak, but it was no use. At least she will be the most likely to keep her voice. He was glad, since it was beautiful, especially when she howls. 

"Goodbye, Aurora. I’ll see you soon." He ended the call.