# 0_0 Fine Actor
# 0_1 Mystery Man
# 0_2 River: You're quite stubborn...
# 0_3 VAR(256, 1): Arrrgh!
Please give up already!
# 0_4 River: Why do you care?
For you, it's just some kind of Poké Ball.
# 0_5 ???: Excuse me...
# 0_6 VAR(256, 1): Who are you?
# 0_7 ???: My name is River.
I sold you a Poké Ball the other day.
Do you have a minute?
# 0_8 VAR(256, 1): Er...
I'm sorry.
I'm busy right now.
# 0_9 River: I see.
Then I'll get right to the point.
That Poké Ball I sold you...
I need you to give it back.
# 0_10 VAR(256, 1): Uh, why?
# 0_11 River: ...
There was a small slipup, that's all.
Mind you, I'm not asking to get it\f
back for free.
I'll pay whatever price you want.
# 0_12 VAR(256, 1): Well, er...
I'm sorry. I can't give it back.
# 0_13 River: Truly?
I'm sorry you won't agree to give it back.
Sadly, I have to get it from you anyway...
By force, if I have to!
# 0_14 VAR(256, 1): Huh?
# 0_15 River: Again, sorry...
It's not your fault, but I have no choice.
# 0_16 VAR(256, 1): Huh? You mean--violence?
# 0_17 River: I know, I know, and I'm sorry.
But it just cannot be helped...
# 0_18 VAR(256, 1): No way!
What have I done to deserve this?
# 0_19 River: Apologies all over again...
But...
I must get that Poké Ball back at any cost!
# 0_20 VAR(256, 1): That's totally unfair!
Besides, no matter how much you want it,\f
the Poké Ball was...
# 0_21 River: W-was? What happened?
Did you...
Have you...used that Poké Ball already?!
# 0_22 VAR(256, 1): Well...er...
# 0_23 River: No matter.
Whatever happened,
I'll get that Poké Ball back!
# 0_24 VAR(256, 1): It opened all by itself!
# 0_25 River: Opened all by itself...
That's what I was afraid of...
# 0_26 VAR(256, 1): It wasn't me!
# 0_27 River: What are you talking about?
There's no one else here.
Now stop making trouble and
give the Poké Ball back to me!
# 0_28 VAR(256, 1): Never mind! No way!
# 0_29 River: Talk, don't talk... I don't care!
But I'm getting that Poké Ball back!
# 0_30 River: Urk...
You're quite good...
# 0_31 VAR(256, 1): Hfff, hfff...
Whew! Enough!
I can't give you the Poké Ball back!
So please leave now!
# 0_32 River: I am sorry, but I cannot leave.
I wish I didn't have to go this far, but...
# 0_33 Wham!
# 0_34 VAR(256, 1): Eek!
# 0_35 River: I apologize.
But I cannot permit the existence of
this Poké Ball to be made public!
# 0_36 ...I was attacked by a man
who identified himself as River...
I lost consciousness...
...When I regained consciousness,
the man had disappeared\f
and the Poké Ball was gone.
On the table in its place, there was
a pile of money I'd never seen before...
My big sister's inside the Poké Ball...
Oh, what will happen to her?
# 0_37 River: Apologies.
I didn't want to get rough with you, but...
# 0_38 VAR(256, 1): Hfff, pfff... Hfff, pfff...
# 0_39 River: Sorry, but I must take the Poké Ball.
# 0_40 VAR(256, 1): Wait!
My big sister is inside the Poké Ball!
# 0_41 River: Heh.
What are you talking about?
I don't have time for jokes.
Excuse me, if you please.
# 0_42 VAR(256, 1): Agh! Hurry!
I have to catch up with him!
# 0_43 The man who identified himself as River
took the Poké Ball by force.
My big sister is inside the Poké Ball!
I have to catch up with him right away!
# 0_44 VAR(256, 1): Hfff, pfff... Hfff, pfff...
# 0_45 River: Heh heh...
You continue to challenge me,
and you're not afraid of me...
I'm impressed.
But...
It's just a Poké Ball to you, right?
Not to mention the money I offered!
Why are you going to these lengths
to keep this Poké Ball?
# 0_46 VAR(256, 1): Hfff, pfff... Hfff, pfff...
I have to!
Inside the Poké Ball is my big sister!
My own sister, my only family,
is trapped inside that strange Poké Ball!
# 0_47 River: Family?
# 0_48 VAR(256, 1): Yes, my family! That's why
I can't let you have the Poké Ball!
# 0_49 River: Heh.
It's touching that you can consider a
Pokémon as just like a sister.
I like that.
I respect your feelings.
# 0_50 VAR(256, 1): Wha...?
# 0_51 River: Heh.
Fine. Here, you keep the Poké Ball.
You can live happily ever after
with your Pokémon...
# 0_52 VAR(256, 1): But...er...
# 0_53 River: Heh heh.
You don't have to thank me.
Be happy with your “family"...
# 0_54 VAR(256, 1): Er...
That's not what I...
# 0_55 The man identified as River, who had
suddenly appeared, left just as suddenly,\f
having misunderstood my words...
Alone once more, I tried to open the
strange Poké Ball and rescue my sister.
But it would not open,
no matter how hard I tried.
Oh, my sister, my family...
What will happen to you?
# 0_56 VAR(256, 1): Argh! What is this?
Knock it off!
# 0_57 River: Sorry.
But I have my reasons...
I can't afford to be picky
about my methods.
# 0_58 VAR(256, 1): What do you mean?
# 0_59 River: Never mind.
What matters is getting the Poké Ball back.
# 0_60 VAR(256, 1): Thief!
# 0_61 River: Me? A thief?!
You're not a very good judge of character!