Subject: I donÂ’t know anything about Mega Rings, but
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Posted on: 2014-02-02 17:33:00 UTC

I may have learned something here:

a) Owning a Mega Ring is unusual and needs a good explanation.

b) Both your agents owning a Mega Ring each is nearly incredible and needs a very good explanation.

c) You don’t already know a point in a mission you are planning where it would be more funny (or more dramatic, but the PPC mostly goes by funny) if your agents could surprise the Sue with their ability to Mega Evolve their Pokemon.

d) Nor do you plan a mission in a badfic that is so dangerous that you know already that your agents will need the assistance of mega-evolved Pokemon. (If it even works this way. Mind, I know Pokemon only from watching my daughter play the early editions several years ago.)

e) Also, you haven’t planned a mission-surpassing story arc in which your agents and their Pokemon will develop in a way that necessarily includes mega-evolution at some point.

f) You just want your agents to have this ability for no apparent reason, or you want to keep your motives secret.

As far as I can determine, you may well end up getting Permission, writing five missions and three interludes, finding something more interesting and leaving the PPC without ever using these Mega Rings. Thus, it seems unreasonable to go through the trouble to explain the Mega Rings just to keep them.

On the other hand, you have already been called out for retreating whenever you are challenged. Saying now that your agents don’t own Mega Rings, and then bringing it up again when you actually find an opportunity to use these Mega Rings, would be weird.

So, your best strategy may be to put a meta-joke on your agent bios, like:
"They both own Mega Rings, but keep this secret, because they are aware that they cannot use them until their author comes up with a very good explanation for this incredible fact."
Or more simple:
"They may own Mega Rings, but this is still just a rumour."

Thus you get more time to think about it, and only need to confirm the rumour by telling the back story when you actually make use of it.

HG, trying to be as helpful as he can be

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