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Pikachu says that as he expected, there was an incident at the cave. Tim says they found no clues, but Pikachu brings something out. They say it looks like a broken vial, and there was something like that in Harry's notes. Pikachu asks Tim to mark the location of Harry's accident on the map. He's bothered by the fact that it wasn't even close to any of the marked locations. But there's an arrow pointing off the map of Ryme City, so Pikachu thinks it was on the way back from there.

Chapter 3. PCL. Damn, I was that close to the end of Chapter 2 when I decided to call it quits last time? Baker is giving Tim a key...oh, he's borrowing the company car. He's got a part-time job as a lab assistant...probably to investigate. So I guess Tim's older than he looks. Apparently official sources say that he's going to be aged up from 18 to 21 in the movie? He doesn't look 18 here. Then again, I've noticed that there's a definite tendency for people to have trouble judging the ages of those younger than themselves. To me, high school students generally still look like children, and in situations where I'm in the presence of both high schoolers and older adults, the high schoolers never mistake me for one of their own but anyone above the age of 50 invariably mistakes me for a high schooler. But back to the game, Tim says he's more of an errand boy than an assistant, and that PCL is the lab. A well-known Pokmon research facility. I ask Baker some questions before leaving. Harry didn't mention PCL at all, and Baker says that Pikachu acted like a normal Pikachu when Harry was around. More evidence that this "accident" somehow transferred Harry's consciousness into the body of his Pikachu! I'm really hoping this isn't actually the case because after the twists and turns of ZTD, something this obvious is kind of lame. Amanda also mentions that Pikachu's behavior has changed.

Tim encounters another Pikachu and mistakes him for the Detective. Once the Detective comes by to talk to him, there's an implication that he's actually Ash's. Ryme City police inspector Frank Holiday enters the detective agency. We heard his name mentioned. When he learns Tim's here, he says he hopes Tim's not looking for his father. Baker says that's exactly why he's here. They're worried about the danger. PCL stands for Pokmon Comprehensive Laboratory. Tim's using the last name "Ottman" here, just in case someone here was involved with Harry's disappearance. The company car is a red convertible. Amanda's choice. The receptionist is Rita Partridge, and her partner is Floette. Pikachu flirts with her. We find a map of the facility. I search everything that can be searched, talk to everyone that can be spoken to, and eventually realize I have to sit on the couch to progress. I miss the director's full name, though she soon introduces herself as Dorothy, but turn back to the game in time to catch the name of the accompanying researcher, Frank Hartfield. Dorothy introduces him as "Fridge". He speaks in a stereotypical surfer dude accent, and his beard is a darker color than the hair on top of his head. I suspect the former is natural, as the lighter hair "goes better" with the surfer dude thing. I mean, my hair and beard don't exactly match, either, but it's more like that the former is fairly uniform and the latter isn't. I used to have a lot more blonde in my hair when I was younger but it turned a more uniform brown eventually, but my beard--and eyebrows--still have both colors. I don't know why; it's weird. Fridge is a hugger. He says that the guy before Tim quit suddenly, and Dorothy says he was doing so well, too. We follow Fridge to his lab. His partner is a Garbodor, and he's researching its ecology in assisting garbage disposal. He demonstrates by tossing it some garbage, and it emits gas, eliciting a scolding from another researcher, Nina. She says they can't even go to the courtyard for some fresh air, and Fridge asks if Wallace is up to his old antics again, which Nina confirms.
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