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There is something I have been thinking about for a while, so I wanted to get some opinions from others about it.

The PokéGear has a lot of useful functions. Some of them are pretty standard, like the Pokédex, Map, or Radio, and most of us use the PokéGear connect to speak to the Network like I am doing right now. And of course you can play games or listen to music on it, too.

The Gear is useful for both trainers and breeders when it comes to having ready information on Pokémon, but I think most of us do tend to use it mostly for communication purposes. But that's why I wanted to ask...

Are there any sorts of applications that you think might be useful additions to the PokéGear? Something that could be helpful for you as a trainer, or breeder...or possibly just something you would like for recreational purposes, maybe.

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Well, I think Zip would be very disappointed if I didn't let him help. I could always use the extra assistance, too.

And if you know any other Porygons who may be interested, I wouldn't mind their input, either.

That depends on the application. Zack's written a few of them himself, but at least one isn't really coded for human consumption.

...The voice-changer, on the other hand, he offers around freely to anyone who wants it.

[Now see, that just makes him curious.]

The voice-changer? How does that one work?

It operates through the Gear's microphone and speaker; when it's activated, you can talk through the microphone and the program will change the pitch of your voice before playing it back out the speaker.

[...oh no that's adorable.]

I see! I wouldn't mind having that application on my Gear, if he would like to send it sometime.

Zip has not written any applications himself yet, but he has been practicing a lot with his own Gear. I think he would love to see the one Zack made.

This may seem like an odd question, but do you let him stay up and out all hours of the night?

Porygon don't need to sleep, so Zack usually does his heaviest work during the eight or so hours that I'm asleep.

Hmm...I don't, actually. I usually return him before I go to sleep at night.

[Mostly since...well, Zip still really thinks it's necessary to check up on his children as often as possible, so Chihiro tries to keep an eye on that so he doesn't become too overbearing on people.]

But I wouldn't mind letting him stay up if it would give him more time to work on things.

It's your decision, naturally. But that's where a lot of Zack's productivity comes from — he makes the most use of his time that way.

That makes sense. Though, Zip is still a bit inexperienced. He's done very well with some things I offered him to work with when I first got him, and he's getting better all the time...he just tends to get a bit distracted.

But I think if I have a definite project for him to work on, then he might not have that problem as much.

What did you give him to work with?

I usually have him work with basic formatting, and he has been practicing changing things on his own Gear that way. Nothing quite as far as writing his own scripts, but he has been able to manipulate most anything I give him so far.

He has also been learning to write things using binary code, and I think he enjoys it a lot, but I haven't been working on anything during my time here that would be complex enough to require it.

Now that's interesting. Zack may be slightly more of a prodigy than I'd realized; he'd led me to believe that those sorts of activities were inherent to Porygon. Something about it being his natural language, I think it was.

It would be like him to be modest, come to think of it.

I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. I have never known another Pokemon to be able to work as well with technology as Porygon can, but I think they can be at all different skill levels too, just like any other Pokemon.

I don't know if this would have anything to do with it, but perhaps it has to do with the fact that Zack has evolved, too? Zip is still at Porygon's first evolutionary stage...so maybe it could also be compared to Zack having a higher 'upgrade'.

That's also very possible. Plus you always have to take into consideration that Zack can be something of an unreliable source of information — not intentionally, mind, but he's young, and doesn't always have the...perspective that I imagine he would if he were older and more experienced.

Ah...yes, that is true, too. Zip is fairly young himself, though I guess I could say he's one of my older Pokemon, since most of mine hatched from eggs I bred.

How long have you had Zack for, if you don't mind me asking? Zip was the second Pokemon I ever got, next to my starter.

[He was a birthday present from Nanami c:]

A week shy of the day I arrived — and that was all hatching time. He came into my care the day I arrived here, which makes it close to three years now.

Wow...it must be strange to have lived here for all that time.

Mm...not that it's bad or anything, of course.

[He knows plenty of people who have been here at least a year or more, but it's still strange to think about.]

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