001 : Day One, Can I Go Home Now? (video)

[standingonmyneck]

[Your video suddenly clicks on. Someone's already started their journey and hadn't bothered coming online yet, and only was on accident. There was a scene unfolding before you, a girl with thick glasses and really pale skin sat by the base of a tree and had a book in her hands. She appeared to be barely attentive to a stranger in from of her. The stranger was obviously a trainer, but the girl was in no rush to get up and engage. She obviously wasn't holding the camera, something else was.

The scene would go as follows:]

"Come on...just ONE go? We both got one Pokemon, I only see one ball!"

"Your eyesight does indeed work. But I told you, I'm not interested."

"But this is where trainers hang out! Why come where trainers go if you're not battling?"

"This is a good spot, no one said non trainers weren't allowed. But if you look just around the corner, I bet you'll find thousands. So why bother with me?"

"Don't you want to have your Pokemon DO stuff?"

"Fitzgerald is just fine. You're seriously barking up the wrong tree, I'm not making him fight if he doesn't want to."

"Aaaaaabraaaaaa..."

"Look, we'll double the wager. I really want to see what my Haunter could do!"

"Your Haunter."

"Yeah!"

"Haunter is a Ghost type."

"...Yeah?"

"So...Riddle me this, why bug me to battle your Haunter with my Abra? A Psychic type. Putting up a good wager on top of it."

"...Uh."

"So I take the bait with a high chance of you winning this glorified cock fight, and taking away money. You win, I lose. That's what I call glory."

[The trainer then turns around, very quickly. The girl then gets up, exasperated. She placed her book in her backpack before motioning over to what had the camera the entire time. Expressionless, and appearing apathetic, she dusted off her black skirt.]

"Let's get out of here, Fitzgerald. Before other trainers attempt at being smart. I'm feeling a bit too claustrophobic."

"Aaaabbraaaaaaaa."

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[sunnysidewalkstreet]

[ She's sort of cute... but Prompto is still trying to. Cope with new world okay. But he's giving a little frown to himself. ]

Wonder if there's anywhere for people who don't wanna be trainers in this place.

[standingonmyneck]

[Meanwhile, Daria has internalized all if not most of this situation. Making various notes to herself just how stupid and ludicrous it all was. Not that she was in the mood to share those kinds of feelings with random people. She just found herself dissociating in such a situation. Trying to figure things out for herself and keep her distance as she got her footing.

Didn't mean she was patient with locals.

So when she noticed her Abra had her camera, she noticed a person. Uh-oh. She was live. Great. Conversation.]

I'd want to guess that it's the train back home.

[sunnysidewalkstreet]

[ He is fidgetting - holding his own camera though, thank you very much. Gotta get nice-looking shots out there. Look his best. ]

Has this guy called Sion hooked you up with the newbies' guide? Because there's apparently no way home.

[badluckbabe]

[ Wow. That is an unsettling amount of apathy. She reminds Jinx of someone...]

I mean...that's one way to handle conflict resolution.

Not how most people handle it but you can't argue with results.

[standingonmyneck]

Should I have put money aside for a swiss army knife?

[Look, lady. She's was going to deal with this her way.]

[badluckbabe]

Ugh no. Those things are useless. Might as well just buy each of the tools individually.

Anyway just because so many people are getting dropped in this world doesn't mean we gotta play by it's rules right?

[Jinx what do you know about it you've been here less then a week.]

[ video ] (I'm so sorry but I could not)

[rambling_runner]

Holy shit, that's a cool Pokemon! And a cool shutdown.

[ Hey it's a fellow newcomer! Although he's taken to this whole scenario a bit more enthusiastically than Daria had. ]

So he's floating cos he's psychic? What else can he do? Ur, if ya don't mind me asking.

:>

[standingonmyneck]

[That enthusiasm was well noted. It was just harder to deal with chipper people, even if they aren't rude to her for not being so. So there would be more genuine social awkwardness here.]

Well, other than teleporting out of convenience or inconvenience; he takes the longest naps I have ever seen a living thing take.

[rambling_runner]

Like a psychic koala? [ That's awesome and pretty damn cute. Danny, Ash's Riolu, jumps up to stand on Ash's shoulders, holding onto his hair so he can see Daria and Fitzgerald. ]

Oh right! This is Danny! He's not psychic but he can sense what people are feeling somehow. Oh, and I'm Ash. It's nice to meet ya both. [ Danny grinned and waved in greeting to them both, with a happy Rioo! ]

You just got here too?

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[rosehecate]

[There's a soft, almost lyrical little giggle coming from the purple-haired girl who answers this post. She's sitting down in a little cafe somewhere, a cup of tea in front of her, while the Aipom on her shoulder claps approvingly at the shutdown.]

Ahah, for not wanting to battle, you sure do know about about the different types, hahah! How clever!

[standingonmyneck]

[How much of an audience did she get?! Fitzgerald, this was all his fault!! At least this one was also kind of nice, if again, very chipper.]

All that not battling has made my schedule free for reading.

[rosehecate]

Hmhm! That's a great way to use your time not-battling...I haven't been nearly as productive...

[The giggle fit is subsiding, though from the way she's still smiling, you'd never suspect that she'd just told an outright lie. Anthy's been productive indeed...just, in her own way.]

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[coolskeleton_95]

DON'T YOU WISH FOR YOUR POKEMON FRIEND TO GROW STRONGER, THOUGH?

[standingonmyneck]

[This remark bugged her for some reason. Like her righteous indignation was screaming at her.]

Why should I want that? Fitzgerald doesn't want to fight, and I'm not interested in battles.

[coolskeleton_95]

HMM! WELL, OF COURSE, YOU SHOULD NEVER FORCE A MONSTER TO FIGHT THAT DOESN'T WISH TO! HOWEVER! THERE ARE AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF DANGERS IN THE WORLD! TRAPS, BOSS FIGHTS, AND FACE PUNCHES! A MONSTER UNABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT HIS OR HER HUMAN FRIENDS WOULD SURELY DEVELOP A GUILT COMPLEX!

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[thenightsky]

I'm pretty sure people pestering us to fight is the worst part about this place.

[Hello there, Daria. Have someone that feels similar to the way you do.

He's already gotten bombarded by a few little kids looking for a fight and frankly it's just been weird.]

Watch out for little kids. They're the worst.

[standingonmyneck]

[Oh my god...someone out there finally got it. Hallelujah Merry Christmas Happy New Year.

There was maybe a hint of relief about it, someone who understood her language AND helped out was a bit of a blessing.]

People who do that where I'm from get the sentiment returned in the form of alleyway punching. So much for cultural boundaries.

Avoid the munchkins, can do. Used to doing that.

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[meowbel]

Wow, that's a first! I don't think I ever met a trainer who didn't want to be a trainer here before! Color me impressed!

[But then again, it wasn't as if Mabel wanted to battle in the first place either with her Pokemon]

[standingonmyneck]

Could be maybe that I'm not a trainer. Don't really plan on being one.

[Happy cheerful people...not in the mood today. It actually almost sounded sarcastic how she put it, but nah...not jerkassey enough.]

[islandshore]

I'd say it's a 50/50 chance, personally. Ghost's super effective against Psychic. Psychic's effective against poison.

But given the other trainer's apparent lack of brain power, something tells me strategy's not their strong point.

[So says the silver-haired twenty-something year old, who watches the feed with a crooked smile. Well played, Daria. He likes the sass.]

[standingonmyneck]

Gastly evolves to a Haunter at Level 25 and Abra does at Level 16 into a Kadabra. Regardless if I actually had any powerful Psychic moves or not, I was at a type and experience disadvantage.

[At least someone was talking brains with her again here. Despite the debate, he seemed to be pleased at least with the "performance". So there was a light shrug, not in any way hostile or disagreeing. Just stating. Which was a great thing.]

He wanted to take advantage of a newbie but he probably took in too many of Gastly's fumes.

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[torsion]

I've found traveling just a little off the trails is useful to avoiding fights.

Seems that grabbing a travel partner or partners can help deter it, too. Haven't seen much of it since I grabbed my friend to travel with.

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[standingonmyneck]

[Oh my god, someone else sensible. Today was her "lucky" day. She found it easier to type for some reason. Less picture time. Less of a pain in the ass.]

Duly noted, I just hope I don't run into way too many wild Pokemon. Tell them I'm not trespassing.

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[secondhandsome]

Ha, wow. You sure told her, huh? Don't blame you one bit, battling's uh... not really for everyone.

[The only reason he trains up his Pokemon is that they keep bugging him if he doesn't.]

omg hell yes;audio

[standingonmyneck]

[She was fortunate her Abra was a bit more Lax than most. Anyway, more people more talking.]

Exactly. Thing is, there are other fish in the sea. As well as a whole bunch of Sharpedo.