"... and cut! Awesome. OK, Ryan, Kyle should be here in a few minutes. Are you ready?" Devan inquired.

"Sure. Just let me get my interview questions in order."

Suddenly, a door on the far side of the room opened and a fifteen years old kid with short red hair and blue eyes, wearing jeans, a blue and green jacket, and a black t-shirt, entered. He looked like he'd been running most of the way here, except he had a skateboard tucked under one arm.

"Sorry I'm late, but I kinda forgot where you said you were filming this." Kyle Specter stated, nearly exhausted.

Ryan and Devan exchanged 'are you gonna tell him or should I?' looks.

"... Um, Kyle?" Devan interjected.

"Yeah?"

"This isn't an actual place, per say." Ryan explained. "It's just a temporary single building structure file floating around in the POL servers. All you had to do was key in the http code we gave you."

"You mean you actually *found your way here*?" Devan wondered out loud. "How???"

"Um, I dunno. I just kinda found it."

Ryan, Devan, and most of the recording staff exchanged weird but meaningful glances. Ryan shrugged it off and offered Kyle a seat.



"Hi Kyle, welcome to the show." Ryan greeted as the cameras began rolling again.

"Glad to be here." Kyle replied.

"Excited about what awaits you on the POL islands?"

"You bet! I mean, since there's really no telling what's out there, this'll probably be the greatest adventure of my life!"

"Tell me, Kyle. Being Jason Specter's son, how will his reputation affect your training technique?"

"Well, good question. In Team Rev my dad was known to have only one Pokemon: a Charizard... level 400. That's what made him a nearly unstoppable force when it came to Pokemon battles, because my dad realized one of the base concepts about Pokemon battling, and that's that, in a League-regulation match, each trainer can only have one Pokemon out at a time. Dad figured 'hey, why bother with a six Pokemon team? If it's always one-on-one, a single strong Pokemon can beat a team of six regulars any day'. Also, my dad had great respect for all Pokemon, and never bought into that 'gotta catch em all' line. In my journey, I plan to battle just like my dad, only instead of using a Charizard, my battle strategy is based around Cyndaquill, Quillava, and Typhlosion."

"Can you tell us anything about your planned battle strategy?"

"Well, pretty much it's gonna emphasize speed, power, and involve attack techniques from three other elements besides fire. Beyond that, I don't wanna give anything away just yet."

"Cool. Now, as the main character in Heatseeker, you've got a lot of responsibility towards the audience to keep the storyline unpredictable and yet enjoyable. Got anything particular in mind for that?"

"Not really. I figure POL is so unpredictable by it's own nature that it'll keep audiences coming back. Additionally, there's the interactive element. Say somebody reads the series and wants to, shall we say, make a guest appearance. All they'd have to do is find me and battle me in POL and they instantly get a spot in the credits and become a part of the adventure. That's really all there is to it."

"Well, thanks for joining us, Kyle. It's been a blast."