Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
The Children of War
Prologue: Incident Report: 1st of the Dawn, 152 A.S.
"N's heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence." - Concordia, Pokémon Black & White
Incident Report: 1st of the Dawn, 152 A.S.
The following is a transcript of Ruggiero Traina, Tyranitar, senior member of Her Majesty Queen Octavia Skarsgard's Castle Guard, interviews by Lennon O'Burke of Commander Thomas Fennell's Home Defense Military, transcribed by Erebus Hurricanrana.
Traina: It happened in the Icebox.
O'Burke: This is an official report, Traina.
Traina: It happened in the Jailhouse, Ward C, Block F. We were restraining them (Dreigo and Zweil Varia), waiting for Officer Ermanno to take Dreigo to the Hovel. Including him there were 9 of us altogether. We had Dreigo by the neck, both arms, the legs, and the tail. We had a guard each on Zweil's necks and one restraining his torso. We had them in a tight grip, we were doing exactly what we'd trained for.
O'Burke: Clearly you hadn't trained hard enough, had you?
(Traina remains silent.)
O'Burke: Please continue.
Traina: Officer Ermanno came round the corner. He asked us who caught them, we told we'd found them in the water supply room by the exit pipes.
O'Burke: The pipes?
Traina: Yes, sir.
O'Burke: Dreigo and Zweil couldn't possibly have fitted through the pipes.
Traina: No, sir. I don't believe that was their plan. When we reached the water supply room, Dei was gone. I think he's escaped, sir.
O'Burke: We are aware of Dei Varia's disappearance. Details of your incompetence will be taken by all nine of you at a later time. For now, let's focus on the two elder brothers.
Traina: They didn't really resist when we seized them. They were in a bad way. The human fucked them up pretty bad.
O'Burke: Traina, this is the last time I will remind you.
Traina: Sorry, sir, but you asked for my opinion.
O'Burke: I asked for your recollection of an incident in which you failed to restrain a criminal, and you are currently the only Pokémon in adequate condition to do so. If you are incapable of treating this situation with the gravity it deserves I will be forced to escalate the matter, do you understand?
(Traina is silent for several moments.)
Traina: Yes, sir.
O'Burke: And what happened next?
Traina: We had them restrained. Officer Ermanno asked me to step aside so he could approach the Hydreigon.
O'Burke: Officer Ermanno specifically requested that you release your hold on the prisoner?
Traina: He did, sir. I think it was a personal vendetta.
O'Burke: Let's keep the speculation out of it.
Traina: I'm trying to… Fine. Sir. I was restraining the Hydreigon's neck at this point. I stepped aside and Officer Ermanno slapped him across the face. He called him a coward and a failure. He said if there was any fight left in him he would strike down then and there, but he doubted there was so much as a bite left in him. That's when Dreigo used Draco Meteor. He knocked Ermanno out in one hit. Sir?
O'Burke: Sorry, yes. Carry on.
Traina: I raised my axe and swung for him. We've been trained to move in for the kill if any of the Varia brothers attempted to escape. He twisted his neck around and bit down on Kyra's shoulder; if I'd swung then I could have killed her in the process. Unfortunately Kyra also loosened her grip and he managed to pull free. He fired another Draco Meteor from his left hand the struck Judah between the eyes. From the force of the blast he was able to pull free enough to knock Amelia's grip loose with Dragon Tail. She landed on top of Shinichi who had been restraining Zweil's right neck. His right head's Dragon Pulse disarmed Kiera and allowed him to pull free enough to use a Shock Wave attack. It hit everyone. Everyone except Dreigo, of course.
(I wait for further explanation.)
O'Burke: Is that it?
Traina: That's it, sir.
O'Burke: A single Shock Wave knocked out all 8 of you?
Traina: I was still conscious when the other guards arrived, sir. I was able to point them in the right direction which is how we were able to prevent the prisoners' escape. If it wasn't for me-
O'Burke: I need you to explain to me how a team of 8 highly-trained elite Royal Guardsmon were rendered unconscious by a single mid-tier electric-type attack by a dragon-dark-type.
Traina: We believe Zweil had been using Nasty Plot, sir. He would have been able to maximise his stats fully in the time we were waiting for Ermanno. I've had the move in my own arsenal at one time, sir, it doesn't take ten minutes.
O'Burke: It doesn't take ten minutes to walk from the entrance of the Jailhouse to halfway down Ward C.
Traina: No, sir. But I can't answer for another guardsmon's actions, only my own.
O'Burke: You hesitated to attack Dreigo during his attempted escape, correct?
(Traina stammers for a moment.)
Traina: Yes, sir. I didn't want to injure my colleague.
O'Burke: And you made no further attempt to attack in the ensuing brawl?
Traina: I… I tried, sir. It was insanely fast. There was no opening.
O'Burke: No opening. Right. So let me review your story: You were waiting in Ward C for a total of ten minutes. During this time, despite ample opportunity to, you did not render either captive unconscious.
Traina: We were instructed not to, Ermanno said it would be cruel.
O'Burke: Then on verbal instruction you released your hold on the prisoner. The prisoner then attacked your senior officer, knocking him unconscious instead. When an opening came to disable the criminal, you did not take it. When the criminal began attacking your colleagues, you did not strike.
Traina: Listen-
O'Burke: Zweil Varia then managed to decommission every single one of your fellow guardsmon. Except you.
Traina: If you think-
O'Burke: It was then down to the junior members of the Jailhouse Guard to find and recapture them. Does this sound accurate to you, Traina?
Traina: What the fuck is this, Lennon?!
O'Burke: I told you I would not remind you again. You have failed in your duties to protect your superior, your colleagues, your Queen, and your country. If not for the heroic acts of your direct inferiors, the two greatest enemies of Itori would now be on the loose. And that's not to say anything about the fact that Dei Varia did, in fact, escape the castle, when it was your job to locate him. All of these facts combine go far, far beyond incompetence. You've left me no choice.
Traina: You can't-
O'Burke: I can and I am. Ruggiero Traina, you are hereby under arrest on suspicion of treason. The Jailhouse Guard Junior division are standing outside ready to escort you to your cell. You'll be taken to Ward G where you will await your trail before Her Majesty Queen Octavia Skarsgard.
Traina: The Dojo?! Lennon, you can't-
O'Burke: Guardsmon Akemi, the suspect has now become hostile. Please escort him to his cell immediately.
Traina is escorted by the Jailhouse Guard Junior guardsmon. Expletives are used to an extend that I am unable to record them in writing. According to Akemi, the suspect became aggressive during transport, and the guardsmon were forced to render him unconscious. A following incident report will be given by Akemi tomorrow, transcribed by myself.
CERTIFICATE
ITORI REGION
CROWNLANDS DIVISION
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a wholly truthfully and unabridged account of the aforementioned proceedings.
These events occurred on the 20th of the Drake, 151 A.S.
Transcription was taken on the 1st of the Crossing, 151 A.S.
Signed,
Lennon O'Burke
Lennon O'Burke, Lead Guardsmon of Commander Sapphire Ritchie's Home Defense Military.
Erebus Hurricanrana
Erebus Hurricanrana, Senior Guardsmon of Commander Sapphire Ritchie's Home Defense Military.
