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[Egon is sitting next to Ray's bed, his hands clasped together in a very polite fashion, bag resting at his feet. Riley, the Trapinch Spengler picked up at the ruins, is lying at the foot of Ray's bed and nibbling on the sheets.]

If we had spent a few more minutes, we could have modified the containment unit to contain physical human matter. You've done it before with the ghost traps in your dimension, haven't you?

We have! It was more like a cage than the traditional ghost trap though, but I think I could have notified it so it could have sucked me into the containment unit!

Pete’s just a big jerk.

[Cerabus notices Riley and wiggles out of Ray’s arms, going to sniff the ant curiously.]

[Riley doesn't shy away at all from the fire-type Pokémon--in fact, she waddles over and gives him a friendly headbutt. Hello, friend! She makes an excited chittering noise.

Egon frowns, then starts digging through his bag for something.]

Well, I brought something to occupy your time here. [A pause.] Don't tell Venkman.

[Out of his bag, he takes out a small, nondescript box that rattles when shaken. He presents it to Ray, and inside, there is a breadboard, several nine-volt batteries, various electronic parts and wires, a soldering iron (probably not allowed in the hospital)...so on and so forth.]

I also brought you your books on legendary Pokémon.

[Cerberus is stunned back by the headbutt for a moment, before he happily jumps up and headbuts Riley back. Hi friend!!!

Meanwhile, Ray is overjoyed by the gifts Egon gave him. In fact, almost instantly he flings his arms around Egon and kisses him on the cheek.]

You’re the best!

[He quickly lets go however, and gets to work, pulling out an empty Pokeball and examining curiously.]

Well there’s no harm in seeing if we can configure these to contain humans.

Hm... what do you think, Spengs? Do you think the type of Pokeball would matter in this
situation?

[Egon makes a small noise as he's embraced by Ray, his face flushing slightly. Ripley clacks her jaws together, swaying her head back and forth. Then she goes to tackle him, trying to playfully bite at Cerberus's tails. Egon briefly glances over at them, then back over to Ray.]

I believe Great Balls and Ultra Balls are somehow more effective at catching Pokémon, though I believe the actual grade does not matter in this case. In the end, all containment units serve the same purpose.

[He peers into the box and digs out a small screwdriver, cleaning it with his shirt. He then pulls a spare PokéBall out of his pocket.]

Where should we start?

[Cerberus barks gleefully as he rolls around, trying to keep Ripley from biting his tail.

This might be not a great thing to have around Ray but it's fine.]

Good point: if we can prove that a human can be obtained within one it shouldn't matter the power of the containment unit.

[Ray hums thoughtfully to himself.]

I have a theory: I think human beings, at least in this dimension, are a sort of subset of Pokemon. And so I think the one thing keeping them from being captured in a containment unit is something in the device that prevents it from capturing any humans inside.

The problem is finding out where it is and how to remove it.

[It's fine. They're just roly-poly friends, they probably won't cause that much trouble for Ray.

Probably.

Egon looks thoughtful as he considers Ray's theory.]

I've never considered that theory, actually. If humans are a subset of Pokémon, does this mean that the humans native to this dimension can produce eggs?

...I'm getting off topic. [He presses the button on the PokéBall, causing it to swing open and expose the inside.] The problem with these devices is that due to their foreign construction, we do not know each individual part's purpose in the overall design. It will be entirely up to us to understand how these work.

Well I've heard that you can't get pregnant in this dimension, so it's a possibility!

... Maybe we should test that out later.

[Ray don't encourage him.

He frowns slightly]

I guess we could reverse engineer the devise and go from there!

[Egon inclines his head towards Ray, grinning ever so slightly. He carefully begins to unscrew the hinge so the PokéBall comes apart into two hemispheres, linked together by a few thin but sturdy wires.]

Here, I'll work on this half. [He scoots forward a little and places the PokéBall on Ray's bed so he can easily reach it.] Though, how we'll test any of this is a mystery.

[Riley notices that something is going on with her dads. She pauses in the middle of nibbling on Cerberus's tail and flips herself upright, skittering over to poke her nose into the PokéBall.]

[Ray pulls out a screwdriver (where did he get that?) and starts tinkering with his half, grinning as he does so.]

I think the best way is so figure out how each individual part works. It will take awhile but this way we can learn adjust the Pokeball to our own needs-Hey there Riley!

[He doesn't even try moving Riley out of the way. Meanwhile Cerberus gets up and hops up on Ray's head, trying to get a good look on what his dads are doing.]

Absolutely. If we ever run into a rut, I can try and look up what information there is on electronic engineering in this dimension at the library.

[Egon rubs Riley's snout before directing his attention back to the Pokéball. He scratches his head, then begins to work. Riley lets out a satisfied clicking noise before tilting her head and looking over at what her dads are looking on.]

Let's hope we don't accidentally get sucked into the containment unit while we're working on it.

Hey, if we do get sucked in, then we'd know we're on the right track!

[Ray goes to tinker on his side, but he soon pauses, looking guilty.]

Hey, uh, I want to apologize for scaring you guys back there, especially after I already scared you guys for falling into a coma awhile back.

[It's sadstuck time.]

[i hate you keep using sadstuck and keep reminding me i used it in the first place :^(

Egon doesn't look up from his work, though he does frown lightly.]

There's no need to apologize. I've noticed there is a statistical tendency for harmful incidents to occur to us while exploring unknown areas charged with psychokinetic energy.

[...So he's saying they're trouble magnets.]

And, anyways, this is only a slight hiccup in whatever plans we had. You'll be back on your feet sooner than you realize.

[;) ;)

That earns a smile from Ray.]

Still, I feel like I've been on the brunt end of a lot of pain lately, I think it's about time for one of you guys to have something bad happen to them!

[True love: telling your bfs they should get hurt.]

[Oh, Ray. Oh sweet baby Ray. Don't say that. Because as soon as he does, Egon pokes at a part in the PokéBall, and an arc of electricity hits him right on the back of his hand. Cringing, he pulls his hand away and says flatly:]

Ouch.

[The electricity immediately makes Riley react. Dad hurt?! She'll fight it! Before Egon or Ray can react, she dives towards the offending PokéBall, jaws opened wide as she crunches right down on the device. The wires sputter and spark as bits of metal get ground between her teeth. Satisfied that the evil is dead, she spits out the other parts onto Ray's lap and trots up to him, expecting to be pet.]

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