JPP 21: The Debeate.
Back at the Johto region, on Skull Island, Professor Oak was in a room, sitting at a table with Lady Venus, Dr. Hammer, a woman with blue eyes and blond hair that stopped at her upper-back, and a man with long black hair that went down to his neck and brown eyes. The blond haired woman was Brook Forest and the black haired man was Ridge Forest. They were Amber's parents.
Brook wore pink lipstick, a long sleeve, gray suit top, a short gray skirt, black stockings and gray high-heel shoes.
Ridge wore a black and white tuxedo, a black tie, and black shoes.
"More adventures, yes, of course. Come up for our jungle river cruise all for a close-up look at our majestic areas. None of these new attractions are ready yet, of course, but when they are, they will open with the basic tour you and Ash and his friends took. And then other rides will come on line six or five months after that. Absolutely spectacular design spared no expense." Said Dr. Hammer.
"And we can charge anything we want. 2000 A day, 10'000 a day and people will pay it because all they have to do and use their passports, like they do in LaRousse City. And then there's the merchandise." Said Brook.
"Thank you, Brook, but this park is not a place only for the super-rich. Everyone in the world has the right to enjoy this amusement park." Said Ridge.
"Then we'll have a coupon day or something." Said Brook before laughing, along with Ridge.
"See, the lack of humility before nature is being displayed here. Staggers well." Said Professor Oak.
"Well, thank you, Professor Oak, but i think things are a little bit different than you and i fear." Said Brook.
"Yeah, i know, they're a lot worse." Said Professor Oak.
"Now wait a second now, we haven't even seen the newest attractions. Do you have any..."
"No, no, no, Brook, let him talk. I want to hear every view point, i really do." Said Dr. Hammer, cutting Brook off.
"Don't you see the danger, John? Inherent in what you're doing here. Genetic power's the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his Dad's gun." Said Professor Oak.
"It's hadly appropriate to start total allegations..."
"If i may." Said Professor Oak, cutting Brook off. "I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here. Uh, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You know, you read what others had done, and then you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves. So you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could. And before you knoew it, you had. You patened it and packaged and slapped it on a plastic lunch box and now you're selling it."
"I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our scientists have done things which nobody's ever done before." Said Venus.
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with wheather or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Said Professor Oak.
"Well, some of today's pokemon are on the verge of extinction. If i was create a flock of those certain pokemon on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say." Said Dr. Hammer.
"Now, hold on here. This isn't some species that was obliterated by deforestation or the building of a dam. Prehistoric pokemon had their shot and nature selected them for extinction." Said Professor Oak.
"I simply don't understand this. That's a shocking attitude, especially from THE professor Oak. I mean, how can we stand in the light of discovery and act?" Said Dr. Hammer.
"Oh, what's so great about discovery? It's a violent, penetrative act that scars what half explores what you call discovery...i call the defile of the natural world." Said Professor Oak.
"What are you saying, Professor?" Dr. Hammer asked.
"What i am saying is how can you know anything about an extinct ecosystem? And therefore, how can you ever assume that you can control it? You have plant in this building that are poisonous. You picked them because they look good. But these are aggressive, living things that have no idea what century they're in, and they'll defend themselves. Violently if necessarry." Professor Oak explained.
"Where exactly are you getting at, professor?" Dr. Hammer asked.
"Well, it's just change so ratically, and we're all...running to catch up." Professor Oak said. "I don't wanna jump to any conclusions, but look. Prehistoric pokemon and man, two species separated by 65 million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?"
"I don't believe it. Ha! I don't believe it. You're meant to come down here and defend me against these protesting characters, and the only ones i've got on my side are Venus, Brook and Ridge. Ha!" Said Dr. Hammer.
"Thank you." Said Venus, Brook and Ridge in unison.
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