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cantgofast[This was ridiculous...]
[Sonic found himself wondering away from New Bark Town. He didn't know where he was or what kind of people lived there but he wanted no part of it. If they were anything like that weird lady (who, by the way, claimed to be his MOM), there was no point in sticking around.]
[Tucked under his arm was a dopey Slowpoke, the one that had come out of that weird red and white contraption (which was probably built by that egghead Robuttnik). He was looking for a place where he could safely put the poor, dumb critter before dashing off to properly investigate this strange place. Looking up the tall trees that surrounded him, he already had a pretty good idea of where he was going to be looking out from. Trees always gave him a pretty sweet vantage point.]
[But before doing that...]
[With his other hand, Sonic reached into his pocket and withdrew his brand new PokeGear... Which he had already dropped twice. Opening it back up and turning on the video, he had it look at himself, examining his new human face again. Though what he didn't realize was that he was recording what he was doing... He felt very uncomfortable looking at himself, but he couldn't look away. How could he possibly be turned human?? Did Eggman do this to him? Why?]
[Either way, when he saw Eggman again, he was going to get him GOOD.]
Slloooowwww.
[Sonic stopped looking into the 'phone' and turned his attention to the long-tailed pig he held, looking somewhat annoyed.]
Is that all you ever say?
[It didn't look up, only straight ahead. Sonic followed it's 100-mile gaze and stopped walking when he noticed that they were about to stroll into some tall grass. Oh! Maybe he could put the pig here! The grass was tall enough for it to hide, it was perfect!]
[He walked right in and made it to the center, putting the pig down.]
There you go, little buddy! You stay out of sight, ok?
[It stood there.]
[...]
... Aaaalright then. Later, dude. I guess.
[Sonic turned around to move on but felt his foot step on something, a large SQUAK following. Immediately he lifted his foot and looked down, realizing he had stepped on what looked to be a bird. Before he had the chance to apologize, it flew into the air, turned, and took a dive at him.]
AHH!
[He ducked out of it's way, but it just came back, diving again and again and again.]
HEY! STOP! I didn't mean to walk on ya, dude!
[After a few dives, it came down and fluttered around him, pecking and pulling on him.]
Ow! Cut it out! I'm sorry, ok?!
[Sonic tried waving his still recording 'Gear around, trying to get the bird to stay back. But it still didn't let up, not even close to intimidated by the poor human.]
[And all this time, the Slowpoke stood there, watching, seemingly not taking any of the current situation in.]
[Sonic found himself wondering away from New Bark Town. He didn't know where he was or what kind of people lived there but he wanted no part of it. If they were anything like that weird lady (who, by the way, claimed to be his MOM), there was no point in sticking around.]
[Tucked under his arm was a dopey Slowpoke, the one that had come out of that weird red and white contraption (which was probably built by that egghead Robuttnik). He was looking for a place where he could safely put the poor, dumb critter before dashing off to properly investigate this strange place. Looking up the tall trees that surrounded him, he already had a pretty good idea of where he was going to be looking out from. Trees always gave him a pretty sweet vantage point.]
[But before doing that...]
[With his other hand, Sonic reached into his pocket and withdrew his brand new PokeGear... Which he had already dropped twice. Opening it back up and turning on the video, he had it look at himself, examining his new human face again. Though what he didn't realize was that he was recording what he was doing... He felt very uncomfortable looking at himself, but he couldn't look away. How could he possibly be turned human?? Did Eggman do this to him? Why?]
[Either way, when he saw Eggman again, he was going to get him GOOD.]
Slloooowwww.
[Sonic stopped looking into the 'phone' and turned his attention to the long-tailed pig he held, looking somewhat annoyed.]
Is that all you ever say?
[It didn't look up, only straight ahead. Sonic followed it's 100-mile gaze and stopped walking when he noticed that they were about to stroll into some tall grass. Oh! Maybe he could put the pig here! The grass was tall enough for it to hide, it was perfect!]
[He walked right in and made it to the center, putting the pig down.]
There you go, little buddy! You stay out of sight, ok?
[It stood there.]
[...]
... Aaaalright then. Later, dude. I guess.
[Sonic turned around to move on but felt his foot step on something, a large SQUAK following. Immediately he lifted his foot and looked down, realizing he had stepped on what looked to be a bird. Before he had the chance to apologize, it flew into the air, turned, and took a dive at him.]
AHH!
[He ducked out of it's way, but it just came back, diving again and again and again.]
HEY! STOP! I didn't mean to walk on ya, dude!
[After a few dives, it came down and fluttered around him, pecking and pulling on him.]
Ow! Cut it out! I'm sorry, ok?!
[Sonic tried waving his still recording 'Gear around, trying to get the bird to stay back. But it still didn't let up, not even close to intimidated by the poor human.]
[And all this time, the Slowpoke stood there, watching, seemingly not taking any of the current situation in.]
[video]
Date: 2014-02-07 07:32 am (UTC)You'll never get rid of it that way. Use your pokemon.
Re: [video]
Date: 2014-02-07 05:42 pm (UTC)You know I'm getting really tired of hearing about 'Pokemon'!
[Going from offensive to defensive, he shielded himself so he could look around for the person that was talking to him. There was no-one around.
... Then it registered in his brain that the voice sounded kind of hazy, like a transmission... Only shielding himself with his free arm, Sonic pulled the 'Gear towards himself, looking into it.]
H-hello??
[The attacks got worse. All of a sudden, with just the flaps of it's small wings, sand whirled around Sonic.]
Geesh!
[When it started to get in his eyes, he closed them and ducked down as low as he could, curling up as if he were still a Hedgehog.]
[video]
Date: 2014-02-07 08:05 pm (UTC)[she explains amid the flurry of bird attacks and the unhappy sounds coming from the gear's owner. She sounds almost maddeningly calm amid the chaos, though makes no effort to hide the thin smile as she watches him get divebombed, flapped at, and pecked.]
It's called a Pokemon. If it's not out already, let it out of the red ball in your bag, give it a name, and tell it to fight that pidgey for you. That's its job in this place.
[Her brief tutorial may or may not be lost in the ensuing sandstorm engulfing the immediate area]
[ video ]
Date: 2014-02-08 04:10 pm (UTC)That's your Pokemon, smart guy. You can't just leave it there.
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Date: 2014-02-08 04:47 pm (UTC)[Riku shrugs his shoulders, trying and failing to fight back a smirk.]
You gonna need some pointers or something?
[video]
Date: 2014-02-08 06:09 pm (UTC)Y-you mean that pink pig??
[Ok first of all, FIGHT? It was a BIRD. While he was really irritated with it for attacking him, it was his fault for not watching where he was going. Second, what could that pig do, anyway? He squinted over where he had placed the Slowpoke and through the dust he could see it was still standing there with it's dopey expression. It was too slow and, frankly, really dumb. There was no way it could fight...
... But did he really have much of a choice in trying something else? The bird wasn't going to leave him alone and he wasn't comfortable in hitting it himself...]
It's already out but it's not doing anything! How do I name it? Just call it whatever, or what??
[video]
Date: 2014-02-08 06:15 pm (UTC)[It's her experience most pokemon are pretty lax about what they get called, considering some of the unsavory names she's heard fly over the network from others.]
Try pointing the gear at it. It should tell you what it is and what it can do.
[Poor boy, so helpless...]
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Date: 2014-02-08 06:18 pm (UTC)My Pokemon? What are you talking about?! That thing is some kind of weird pig and I set it free!
[The only living things Sonic had owned were Chao, but they were more like children than animals and needed to be raised in order to live on their own. With animals, unless they were orphan babies, had instincts and parents to teach them the ropes! He wasn't sure if the pig had parents but it didn't look like a baby to him.
... Wait a second, where did that voice come from???]
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Date: 2014-02-08 06:28 pm (UTC)You need to use the PC in the Pokemon Center for that kind of thing, last I checked. [ Sigh. ] Use the Slowpoke to attack the bird so it'll leave you alone.
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Date: 2014-02-08 06:29 pm (UTC)Battle? Pokemon?? What are you talking about?!
[Battle?! This was a BIRD we were talking about, not some threat against humanity!
... It wasn't long before he realized that the guy on the other end had a smarmy look on his face, making the boy get a bit more riled up.]
Hey, I don't need to deal with your attitude, dude.
[video]
Date: 2014-02-08 07:55 pm (UTC)[The Sand Attack ended and Sonic seized the opportunity to point his 'Gear at the Slowpoke.]
Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokemon. It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail.
... You've got to be kidding me.
[The sand started to pick back up again, not giving Sonic enough time to look at the Gear for the Slowpoke's specific moves.]
Uh, UH! UM! Too Slow! Do something! ANYTHING!
[The newly deemed Too Slow stood there for a few moments, it's brain slowly registering it was being talked to. As soon as it figured out it had been addressed, it's mouth opened wide, taking in a really slow, deep breath.
When it finally exhaled it's Yawn, a steady white puff of air moved over to the Pidgey and hit it. The sand attack disappeared again as the bird became pretty sluggish, looking tired. It then landed, unable to keep itself up in the air.
Sonic looked over to the Pidgey, unsure of what was happening or what to do next.]
... Is it ok?
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Date: 2014-02-09 05:16 am (UTC)First of all, every animal you'll bump into here is a Pokémon. Second, this whole world revolves around pitting them against each other in battles-- think dog fights, just with fire breathing dragons, aliens, and living ice cream cones. Does that clear things up?
[If not, well... hey, it's not too surprising. The world's a lot to soak in.]
[video]
Date: 2014-02-10 01:18 pm (UTC)She really needs to get herself one of those pokemon at some point...]
You could catch it now, if you wanted. Or just leave it where it is and walk away.
[If it were her, it would be Option B]
It should be fine after it sleeps, and even if it isn't, nothing can die in this place.
[Video]
Date: 2014-02-12 06:22 am (UTC)[If Sonic actually has the time and presence of mind to look at his screen in the middle of this, he'll see a scruffy-headed twenty-something in a dark coat.]
Throw a rock at it.
[She literally has popcorn. She's eating it as she watches him flail around with the bird. Sonic may want to second-guess any advice coming from this person's mouth.]
Re: [video]
Date: 2014-02-12 10:36 pm (UTC)[Was she kidding him, here? Animals, Pokemon, or whatever deserved freedom. It was WAY not cool to take that away. So Sonic decided to definitely go with walking away.
... Then the girl on the other end said something... Particularly interesting.]
Nothing dies??
[... Oh geesh, was he already dead?? A slight expression of panic crossed Sonic's face, trying not to jump to that conclusion... But it was hard not to.]
W-what do you mean?
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Date: 2014-02-12 10:41 pm (UTC)Slowpoke?
[The pink pig thing, he means? Guess it kind of makes sense since it did only say "Slowpoke". But why does it say it's own name in the first place?
... No time to really think about it. This bird, even if it was an innocent creature, was really starting to peeve Sonic off. It's pecking was starting to drag on for far too long than it should have for an accident.]
Gah! It's too slow to do anything!
[Sonic took another warning swing at the Pidgey.]
Isn't there any other way?!
[video]
Date: 2014-02-12 10:55 pm (UTC)[The way she explains it, it's almost as if this ought to be common knowledge.]
Humans and pokemon have lived alongside each other so long in this place, apparently, that they've come to depend on one another. If a wild pokemon goes out of its way to attack you, it's usually testing you to see if you're worthy of making it your partner.
[Thinking it over, she allows] Sometimes they're just out to give people a hard time, though. Especially the ghost-types.
But like I said, as long as you're here, nothing can kill you, and you can't kill anything. It's a different game board from where we've all come from. Are you familiar with the idea of kakera?
[Because...that would make explaining this a lot easier, if he happened to be. By now, she's not especially hopeful]
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Date: 2014-02-12 10:56 pm (UTC)[... What kind of nightmare was this?! Pitting animals to fight each other was wrong, for one thing! He didn't care if they were Pokemon, dragons, aliens, or-
... Wait, did he say "living ice cream cones"???
The rageful Pidgey's attacks on Sonic got worse and interrupted his thoughts.]
Augh, b-but getting animals to fight each other is way past not cool!
[It makes NO sense to this hedge- ... HUMAN.]
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Date: 2014-02-12 11:09 pm (UTC)[Heather you little shit.][Trying to shield his delicate face with his arms, Sonic tried looking around for the person that was talking to him. But no-one was there except the dumb pink pig.
Sonic might have come to the conclusion that his brain was telling him that but that voice was definitely a girl's. There was no mistaking that!]
I don't want to kill it, dude!
[Geesh, he really hoped he wasn't talking to no-one and was imagining the whole thing. That would only make this nightmare worse...]
video - no worries
Date: 2014-02-14 02:29 am (UTC)[He shakes his head, tossing a Pokéball up and down.]
It's just the way this world works. Besides all that, fighting's the only way for Pokémon to mature. If they don't battle, they'll be stuck as small fry, barely able to fend for themselves.
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Date: 2014-02-14 11:36 pm (UTC)... Or just throw a Pokeball at it and hope that works.
[ Yeah, the kid's new... He's also pretty sure he recognizes him... But if he met him here, the kid sure doesn't remember it. ]
[Video]
Date: 2014-02-18 02:44 am (UTC)YES HELLO SONIC, THIS IS GOD SPEAKING.]Oh yeah. You're new, so I guess you haven't figured it out yet.
Trying to kill these things is like trying to break down a door by hitting it with a pillow.
You could chuck a boulder at it and it wouldn't die.
[Faint, maybe. But not die.]
[video]
Date: 2014-02-27 10:26 pm (UTC)[Sonic scratched his head as the girl explained to him exactly what kind of world he was in... A lot of it didn't make much sense to him, though... Especially the whole "you can't die" thing. That was great and all, but things do die eventually, as sad as that is.]
Uhh, I think you're reading too far into why the bird attacked me. I just stepped on it by accident.
[He seemed a little embarrassed by it, looking away from the screen for a moment in awkwardness as he kept scratching his head.]
I don't understand why things can't die in this, uh... World, I guess. It's good, but it seems impossible. What about old age? We get older here, right?
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Date: 2014-02-27 10:41 pm (UTC)[Sonic took a bit of an offense to the idea of hurting an animal himself, but shrugged it off when he mentioned something about a... Pokeball?]
Pokeball?
[He raised a brow, thinking about what he meant by that... Well the only ball-things he could remember was the one attached to his belt. Where did he put it again... Oh yeah, in this heavy bag he was given!
Setting the bag down, he kneeled and quickly dug into the bag for the Pokeball he had taken the Slowpoke out of, using his back as a shield from the Pidgey's attacks.
Once he found it, he held it up to the 'Gear.]
You mean this thing?
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Date: 2014-02-27 10:50 pm (UTC)[Sonic then turned his attention back to the pissed off bird for a moment, waving his noodle arms all over the place to try to scare it off.]
AUGH! I'm sorry ok?!
[Poor dumb hedgehog.]
[Video]
Date: 2014-02-27 11:04 pm (UTC)little shitteenage human on the other end, looking at he like she was crazy.]That's... Impossible.
[Everything dies dude. Did your parents lie to you all your life??]
And even if it was true, I don't think I could hurt the bird. It's just not cool!
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Date: 2014-02-28 12:15 am (UTC)Yeah, that thing. You should have extras... [ The old soldier takes a Pokeball out of his own bag, showing it to the gear. ] Your Pokemon starter should have come in one of these. You probably have four or five more in your bag that you use to catch other Pokemon.
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:17 pm (UTC)[He sighs, rubbing at his forehead.]
It's just the closest thing to them, but believe me, Pokémon fights aren't deadly. If they were, I'm pretty sure the locals wouldn't endorse them. To them, it's a sport and a huge part of their lifestyles.
[Video]
Date: 2014-03-02 05:32 am (UTC)You'll see.
[She speaks with the flat, easy confidence of someone who's been here for almost four years and knows what's up.]