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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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I--I'm totally calm!

[ no you're not, Labrys

But to her credit, she seems to recognise the inherent hypocrisy there and takes a deep, somewhat shaky breath. ]

... Sorry. Shouldn't be yellin'. S'just... A little weird.

[He gives her a moment to calm down.]

Yeah, I know it's a little weird. Many of us used to be like you, new and confused, so we know what that's like.

[It's why, if he's not too busy, he try to help out any new people he can.]

Many of ya, huh...?

[ that sounds kind of ominous. while it's nice to know she's not entirely alone here, she still doesn't like the sound of that. ]

So, how many people you figure are here? Like, a guesstimate.

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[He pause for a moment. He never really count how many of them are around.]

I don't know how many of us are here. People that wakes up in this world, I mean. I say...about over a hundred of us?

A hundred.

[ she echoes it back a little numbly, not entirely sure of how she should feel about that. On the one hand, it's reassuring that she's not completely alone.

But on the other hand, one hundred. ]

Y--you sure about that? Really?

Yeah, I'm sure. There's a whole lot of us here, and we sometimes get more people coming in like you. The number adds up.

[He even includes people in Team Rocket in his estimates. So over a hundred of them is a good minimum guess by his count.]

Any of us actually worked out why we keep endin' up here? There's gotta be a reason. Somethin' like this doesn't just keep happenin' over and over by accident.

Someone's gotta be doin' it on purpose. Right?

Nope. If there's any leads, we sure haven't find any. That or someone did, they didn't say anything. I have my own theories, but it's hard to back them up without evidence.

[Or meeting the llama PokeGod of creation.]

What kinda theories? Might not be a bad place t'start.

[ it might not be real information, but it's a lead of some kind so -- why not? ]

My main theories are either...

[There's a bunch of variations of them, but Atsuro decide to stick to the basics.]

...Either a very powerful Pokemon brought us here. Legendary Pokemon are practically like powerful gods in this world, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary.

Another theory is there's a a time/space hiccup and we got sucked into it, like something out of a sci-fi story! It's more of a phenomenon than someone's fault, but that can be tricky to prove unless we can see it in action.

[Which might be dangerous.]

There's another theory I played around with that we're all kidnapped and get placed inside some sort of virtual reality simulator, which can explain some of the weirder physics in this world.

[ she's not entirely sure if it says more about herself or the people she keeps company with (usually, anywau) that the last option sounds the least outlandish of all of them. After all, it's not like she hasn't had experience with that kind of shit before.

She lets out a sigh. ]

Fill me on on some a'these 'weird physics' would ya? I haven't been here long enough t'see anythin' in action.

[It doesn't take him much to shifts into exposition mode. At least it's somewhat better than conspiracy theories mode.]

The easiest example with be the ledges. You seem them a lot on the road and in some cities. You can jump down from them but you can't climb back up. Even if they're not that high, literally no one can climb up the ledges.