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[ it's pretty clear that whoever's putting out this video has little to no idea of what they're doing - not only is it being shot upside down, but it's framed pretty badly, with only one red eye and a few locks of blue hair visible against the familiar backdrop of New Bark Town.

Though it's hard to make out her expression, her one visible eye is a little narrowed and when she starts talking, her voice is understandably nervous. ]

Uh... H--hey... Is this some kinda messed up prank? Mitsuru-san, Akihiko-san, Aigis - or whoever's watchin' this - w--well, it ain't funny, yeah?! I dunno where I am! I ain't never heard of New Bark Town an' I never heard a' no Pokémon either!

And-- an' all this--!

[ she jerks the camera down to point it at her body, revealing the slight build of a high school girl, still dressed in her summer uniform. ]

I don't even wanna know how you did it but-- but just quit it, alright?! [ her voice wavers a little and she sounds almost like she's close to tears. ] Just stop it! It ain't funny at all!

[ there's a little bleat from off camera and then an exceptionally fluffy Mareep wanders into the shot at the girl's feet. She sniffs a little and when she speaks up again, her voice is a little calmer and gentler. ]

Oh -- s'you again. What are you, anyway? Some kinda--?

[ and that's when either her finger slips or something and the video abruptly cuts off. ]

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This isn't a prank.

[Says the soft voice on the other side of the Gear, hoping that maybe a gentle tone and some calm words will help ease her anxiety.]

But where you are is safe, don't worry. As...a lot of people have already told you, you aren't the only one who has shown up here suddenly like this.

[Most if not everyone arrives in a rather confused, sometimes alarmed state, his own self notwithstanding. How well they end up taking it in the long term remains to be seen.]

If you have any more questions, I can try to help answer them for you.

S'what it's startin' ta sound like. Unless this really is just a huge prank an' you're all just playin' along.

[ the other alternative -- that she's been shoved back into the TV World and she's running around inside someone else's head -- is just a little bit too scary for her to consider right now. ]

S'this how it happens for everybody? They just wake up here without any idea of how they actually got here?

[He nods slightly.]

Yes, that's correct. We...haven't really been able to figure out why people show up here the way they do. They just do, sometimes.

[Very regularly, too, as if it weren't strange enough.]

Huh.

[ well, that makes more sense than there apparently being something super special about her that was noteworthy enough to get her dragged here but. ]

Do people ever go home? Or are we stuck once we turn up here?

Oh, no. People go home too. There is no way of telling exactly when that might happen, though.

[People seem to go just as often as they come some times, and then others no one leaves at all. The fact that you could wake up one morning and one of your friends could be gone is one of the more unnerving things, at least in his opinion.]

... s'kinda scary. Like, what if you settled down, got married, or somethin' -- an' then ya wake up the next day and find 'em gone. Or y'wake up back home and you've got no way of gettin' back.

[ that's probably the thing that sounds scariest out of everything she's heard so far.

There's that human cliche, isn't there, that you never know when you're going to die so you should live every day like it's your last -- and she supposes that this really isn't that much different. You just get even less warning this time around. ]

[..Honestly he hadn't ever thought of someone taking it that far, but considering the fact that people have homes here...that sort of thing is probably very likely, isn't it?]

It is a...very strange way to live, I agree. But...even so, you have to try not to let that stop you from living how you might normally would. For some people this is a strange place away from home...and for others it's more of a home than what they had before was.

[ she doesn't ask what kind of home someone would have that being basically kidnapped is preferable -- it's not as if she can't relate. But instead of actually saying that out loud, she just nods. ]

Guess it don't hurt that y'get money and a friend the second you wake up here. I figure that sweetens the deal a little.

It really isn't so bad. I quite like it here, myself.

[As if to punctuate that, a Leavanny leans into view behind Chihiro and gives a small wave, some blue yarn twined around one of her leaf-claws.]

Ah...I'm sorry. I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Chihiro Fujisaki.

[ holy shit what the heck is that thing

Super glad she ended up with a cute little sheep rn. ]

Oh, uh-- y-yeah, that's-- I'm Labrys. Nice to meetcha.

... Even though it's in a place like this.

[Scuse u she's adorable. She used to be an adorable caterpillar and now she is a majestic....praying mantis thing.]

You too.

Um...so is there anything else you think you might be unsure about about this place?

[He's sure there's a lot, but Labrys probably would prefer to take it slow anyway.]

[ (UNSURE)... ]

Uh-- well, yeah. I got some money here but... that's gonna run out eventually, yeah?

And I'm gonna need money t'buy stuff. So I was wonderin' -- what stuff can I do to get some more money? I ain't really got any experience, but...

Well, there are several ways, but how you go about it depends on what you were assigned to be when you arrived. You can get money from the trainers you battle, but most people get jobs in the different towns.

I am a breeder, and if I needed extra money I can sell the eggs I breed for a profit.

[Of course, thanks to Togami's moneycats, he doesn't have to do that.]

So it...really all depends on what you think you would feel most comfortable doing. Trainers can still breed, but they will not find as many eggs as quickly as a breeder would.

Breeder, yeah!

[ she nods along. ]

I got a handbook an' an apron so I guess that's what I'm s'pposed ta be doin'. But I dunno how I'm actually gonna do it.

I need two of 'em, right? And I only got one. And I don't like the idea a' grabbin' one from the wild just t'make it drop out babies.

That's right. Though...not all Pokemon will actually be able to breed with one another. There are certain groups that each Pokemon fall into, and only those in the same group can produce eggs.

There's no rush. I didn't start breeding until after I was here for a few months...it does take some learning to get used to, after all.

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