[video]

[the_original_clone]

(Mewtwo is hooked up in his power armor and is staring directly at the camera. He looks away for a beat to get his thoughts in order before speaking.)

I have seen that many of you have used this site to find personal answers. I, as much as I hate to say it around you humans, have a profound issue that I can not answer alone. So I want to ask you a few things in hopes of finding some answers...What is life? Is it decided by your origins? Can you only be classified as 'alive' if you are born a certain way?

(Mewtwo sighs heavily.)

How can one know why they came to be? I wish to hear your thoughts.

Comments

[shiningwaters]

I...don't think it has anything to do with how you were born. I think if you have a heart, you're alive. But then, it's hard to say.

Is there any way you can give me more information? I'm not sure how to answer.

[video]

[docfoul]

A very interesting question. I would gladly discuss it with you, but you did specify "humans".

[The words come from a short man with a white globe for a head. Somehow, it feels like the sickeningly green background of his living room makes him easier to hear.]

[fairyofwind]

I don't think you have to be born a certain way. I guess it's more about the way you lead your life once you've got it.

[Video]

[material_guy]

Yer alive if you want something!

[the_original_clone]

(Mewtwo remains quite for a beat.)

...I am a clone. I was made from the genetics of Mew, the ancestor of all Pokemon. I was told that I was made to be an experiment for humans trying to play god. It makes me wonder if I am truly alive or if I am but a shadow of my other.

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[the_original_clone]

I mentioned humans simply because I am aware that many of those that use this site are human. Truthfully, I hate to ask them for anything so having a discussion about with another who isn't human is welcomed.

[the_original_clone]

So what defines life is how the individual chooses to live it? What does that say about me then? I have existed for only a short time but I have always been confined in walls. First in a tube which I was made in and now in the hideout of a crime lord. I have had little chance to choose how my life has been led. Does that mean my life is not my own?

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[the_original_clone]

I see. The urge of want is what defines life then? So, is it fair to say that I am alive since I want to find my purpose?

[Video]

[material_guy]

Sounds fair to me. But, wanting something to want's kinda sad... You really don't got somethin' you already want for itself?

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[the_original_clone]

Truthfully, that is what I truly want. There is one other want though. I want to prove myself to be stronger than my other. When I have fully learned my abilities, I want to seek out Mew and kill it.

[Video]

[material_guy]

"Mew" ? "Other" ?

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[the_original_clone]

(Mewtwo sighs a little.)

The circumstances of my birth are not natural. I was created in a lab from the genetics of Mew, the ancestor of all Pokemon. I call Mew my other as I am a clone of it.

[Video]

[material_guy]

What's with that sigh? That's nothin' to get down about! You're the new model! The improvement!

[Video]

[the_original_clone]

(Mewtwo scoffs a little at that.)

An improvement, hmm? That is what those scientists said I was. That I was stronger than Mew. But when you think about it, am I not still a shadow of Mew?

[fairyofwind]

Well...you still have thoughts and feelings of your own. It hasn't all be taken away.

But that really is horrible of whoever did that. Isn't there any way you can get free?

[Video]

[material_guy]

I don't even know what a Mew or a Pokaymun is.

[the_original_clone]

Maybe. But that still doesn't my life hasn't been the fabrication of men who wanted to see if they could make life for their own wants and needs.

I could break free whenever I wish. However, my powers are immense and need to be trained more first. If not controlled they will destroy everything like a wildfire. Plus, the man I am working with now says he has knowledge of what my purpose is. I need to see this through.

[Video]

[the_original_clone]

A Pokemon is a form of monster in my world. They come in many shapes, sizes, and types. They also live everywhere in the world, even the places where no human can live.

Mew, as I said before, is the ancestor of all Pokemon. It is a special category of Pokemon known as a Legendary Pokemon. Meaning unlike other Pokemon, there is only one Mew and it is naturally more powerful than most Pokemon.

[fairyofwind]

I guess I get the part about training. I've seen what too much power can do...

But that doesn't mean you can't decide what your life is about.

[Video]

[material_guy]

Hnnn... So what's so bad about bein' a descendent of that? Sounds like most of you guys came after him or from him or whatever anyway.

[Video]

[the_original_clone]

(Mewtwo's eyes glow a little as the camera shakes and parts of the room get crushed.)

That is the problem. I was not born a Pokemon. I was made one. I am a freak compared to the rest of them. I was cloned directly from Mew in some experiment that was held by humans just to see if they could do it. Foolish humans who want to play god.

[the_original_clone]

What would my life be about though? You who have been born have it easy as you are slowly shown the way. I however, have to suffer in confusion just to figure out what path to take in any aspect of my life.

[Video]

[material_guy]

Kh--H, hey, calm down before you cave the roof in on yourself there!

[fairyofwind]

You aren't always shown everything and it's never easy. I mean, obviously it's different for you from what you've told me, but that doesn't mean you don't have time to figure things out.

Even this community could help with that.

[shiningwaters]

I'm sorry that they treated you like that. But I don't think you're just a shadow. You're whoever you want to be. You have the freedom to make that choice.