Something clearly happened to destroy whatever civilization was here. It's hard to say whether it's natural or man-made, given the chaos.

[ these aren't ruins, necessarily . . . well, they are, but they aren't. they're certainly not ancient, but they definitely haven't been inhabited by anyone for some time. ]

There's evidence of people, with what's left of the machines. The arcade . . . which indicates some level of infrastructure. But whatever is happening here is clearly having an impact on whatever modern technologies we have.

[ like the pokeballs, and blue's pokedex, and lance's phone and pokegear and any other modern conveniences they have. . . lance is mostly talking to think out loud, but he soon shifts the conversation back to blue, amused. ]

I'll admit that I wasn't looking forward to being bored at the Plateau.

[ now that team rocket is gone, and giovanni is still deep in hiding and doesn't want to show his pathetic stupid face. ]

The normal chaos of new blood at the top is sorely missed.

[ the other chaos, of team rocket, and giovanni, and hunting down corrupting influences at the top . . . lance will be glad to have a break from that. for a little bit, anyway. until the next person attempts to encroach on the peace of johto and kanto. ]