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[fortunatetoaster]

[ 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. ]

Comments

[armoredsoul]

Ah, I wouldn't say dangerous, really. The Pokemon can be troublesome, but the time that I did have traveling by foot was really nice compared to when I was traveling back home. You just need to keep alert for those encounters, and if you leave your Pokemon out of the ball they'll usually pick up on anything coming and defend you from it.

--oh, but don't eat any of the berries you find on the road! Most of the stuff that isn't grown specifically for humans around here has some nasty side-effects. I made that mistake my first night on the road, and my stomach did not like me for it.

[fortunatetoaster]

So, I gotta pack my own food for travellin' -- well, once I get somewhere with food, I guess. I still got the lunch that lady made.

[ ... oh yeah that's right, she'll probably have to eat now. ]

What about the Pokemon? Do I gotta feed it anythin' special, or...? It looks like a sheep, so do I just let it graze like a sheep does or what?

[ ... sheeps graze, right. or is that just cows.

help. ]

[armoredsoul]

That should be fine--Pokemon can eat the berries, too, and in cities you can find bags of more specialized food for the different kinds of Pokemon. [Al frowns for a moment, thinking.] The only sheep Pokemon I can think of are...Mareep? I think that's right.

[fortunatetoaster]

Oh, uh -- I think that's what someone said?

[ she glances down and away for a moment, apparently at the Pokémon in question. ]

Is that yer name? Mareep?

[ that gets an excited bleat in response and she shrugs, turning her attention back to the video. ]

I guess so. S'dancin' around all happy now I said that.

[armoredsoul]

[Al chuckles, nodding.] Yeah, they're pretty attached to you from day one. You can find out more about the species in your Pokedex--it's basically an encyclopedia all about Pokemon in that one little machine. [Al's still in awe about that, really--so much information in one tiny little device! So cool!]

[fortunatetoaster]

Oh!

[ she visibly perks up at that and there's a bit of fumbling as she pokes around on her PokeGear, presumably to bring it up. There's a bit of beeping and then an electronic voice drones - ]

Mareep. The Wool Pokemon. Mareep stores static electricity in their wooly coat. They avoid battle and have mild dispositions.

Ah -- so it has info on all of 'em? All I gotta do is point whenever I find one?

[armoredsoul]

Yeah! Well, there were a bunch of Pokemon that showed up from another region of this world a few months ago, and we had to wait to receive data on them, but that was kind of a special case.

[fortunatetoaster]

Another region? So it ain't just this place? You got a whole world?

[ and immediately once she's said that, it strikes her how stupid the question is and she goes a little red before fumbling to recover. ]

I mean-- well, it's like -- j--just how big is this place, y'know? Ah... ahaha...