>>53711135Thought Cabinet: Monster Detective
+1 Empathy - You teach me and I teach you, POKE AYYY MONNN
+1 Interfacing - MY UNCLE WORKS AT SEOLCO AND YES YOU HAVE TO TAP B FASTER TO CATCH MEW
-1 Authority - You're not too old for the power of love, but try telling that to non-nerds
-1 Esprit de Corps - Trespassing to play Go and annoying the beat cops
Better rapport with kids
Able to "speak" to animals
Basic understanding of Seolese culture
Interfacing with handheld devices restores 1 Morale
Your first thought is "Hey, kid, explain to me what the fuck a Pocket Monster is, because it's the 90s and I'm an old man".
Your second thought is "omiGods lookit those cheeks it's so cute!", regardless of your feelings towards Seol products and artistic designs (and, if you're a racist, their march towards conquering the rest of the world with catchy pop tunes, advanced CPUs, and comic books starring people with large eyes).
Your third thought is that you wish you had a snapback to turn around as you face down Team Rocket, those darn poachers, and get your little mouse partner to ready his High Voltage strike. With your swimmer not-a-girlfriend who absolutely CANNOT decide if she hates your guts, and your stoic Samaran strongman who always seems to have his eyes closed, you're going to complete the Monster Diary and log 1000+ Monsters across all the not-an-isolas, and win the Monster Combat Tournament, then retire to your Monster Farm.
You know it's all very silly, but you've read somewhere that the Seolese creator was a collector of bugs - and as he traveled the world outside of that Protectorate, the art of bug collecting was the same everywhere.
In a way, you're just collecting art.
But first, you have to complain to the Seolese company for replacing the voice actresses - you preferred the MC's old voice, who sounded like a kid trying to be a detective.
You imagine you sounded like that when you were young.
