Yotsuba & Arrivals! [Action/Video, New Bark Town, July 11]

[4leafhair]

[ACTION]

[It's a new day in New Bark town, and the sun is shining on the eyes of one small girl who's trying to sleep. She waves her hand, flails more like, at the sun for a second before her eyes open, and then slowly and blearily opens her eyes, blinking the sleep away and looking around the strange room.

After a few fruitless minutes looking for her dad, Yotsuba is near tears. This is only helped by the friendly woman who says she's named mom and directs Yotsuba to start her journey, pointing her towards the old man in the center of town, who in turn welcomes her and helps her with the basics.

It's also helped by the delightfully large cicada she dubs Cicada-chan and begins to carry around. The people of the town insist it's hers and congratulate her on the start of her journey. They also call the bug a nincada.

Once Yotsuba receives her backpack, and pokegear, it's time to figure out how it works. Yotsuba can be found sitting in New Bark Town, fiddling with the pokegear. It's probably being held upside down.]

[VIDEO]

[The video starts shaky. And upside down. Soon enough though, the camera is righted and steadied, and Yotsuba starts grinning, even as the cicada-like pokemon perched on her shoulders starts to chew on one of her pigtails.]

Hello! It's Yotsuba's birthday!

[At least according to the pokegear it is. And she's 10? That's news to her. But she IS taller. Maybe she slept like in a fairy tale!]

Where is this?

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[dashdash]

[Mafuyu peers up at the Pokemon riding on the other girl's shoulder.]

Happy birthday!!

[She says... to the Nincada... The girl did say "Yotsuba's birthday" and not "my birthday," so Mafuyu can only assume the little bug is newly hatched or something, like all the other bugs that have been crawling up from the depths of hell ever since summer started.

She turns her attention back to Yotsuba though; she suspects she knows exactly where the girl is, as she's heard this same question so many times now, and has asked it herself.]

Turn the camera a bit so I can see around you. Maybe I can tell where you are.

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[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba nods and turns camera slightly back and forth, then again, further, a little quickly but far enough that the view leaves her face and exposes the houses of New Bark Town.]

Do you know where this is?

[dashdash]

[There it is, that house she came out of, the same one she tried many times to get back inside with futile results for all her banging and yelling and pleading.]

Yeah, I thought so. You're in New Bark.

[New Bark Town's the only town she can identify at a glance, not because the buildings are memorable in any way, but because there's so few of them. Just a couple of houses here and there, one side blocked by water, the other with a single path leading into the wilderness.]

.....I guess a name's not super helpful though, if you don't know where you are.

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[thatwasours]

[holy shit how old is this kid]

Hey, uh. You don't have a... parent around, do you?

[why does he feel like the answer is 'no']

[4leafhair]

Mmmm... The lady in the place said she was mom, but Yotsuba doesn't have a mom.

[She thinks, then shakes her head. She looks about ten, but speaks like a younger girl.]

I'm looking for daddy, have you seen him? He's tall and has long dark hair, and he's a trans-... a trans ladder?

[Or a translator, but she has difficulty saying that.]

[thatwasours]

He's not here.

[wait. too blunt. how do you talk to children?]

I-- he's probably not here. You came from somewhere else, right?

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[cardboard_boss]

Happy Birthday.

[Have a gruff, old man for company, as he wishes you happy birthday. He doesn't know you but what the hell.]

New Bark Town. It's where we all start when we're brought here.

[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba is all smiles.]

Thank you! I didn't know today was my birthday, but this thing says it is!

[She taps the pokegear, shaking the feed. The bug on her back tilts its head.]

[cardboard_boss]

[The thing? Oh the PokeGear. Yeah seems it's good like that.]

I'm still getting used to the PokeGear myself being a rookie here too. [Snake is a little surprised at seeing such a young kid here though.]

Aren't you a little young to be out on the road by yourself?

[Video]

[usedgravity]

Oh, um- Happy birthday! [She tries to sound happy for her because this girl sounds happy but, wow, what a birthday gift... a one-way trip to another world?]

So, did you just get here?

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[4leafhair]

[To be fair, it's not really her birthday.]

Yotsuba just arrived! I'll have to get souvenirs!

[usedgravity]

Oh! Umm... [Wow, this kid... doesn't really get the situation, do they? How to break it to them...] Well, Yotsuba... I'm Ochako, and this place is called Johto! It's probably a bit different from your home, huh?

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[bindingsoul]

[ What a cute child, wait where is her parent?]

Happy birthday, I don't suppose your mom or dad is nearby? You can't celebrate a birthday alone.

Sorry, gmail didn't tell me about this comment!

[4leafhair]

[Pink hair, this lady has pink hair!]

The lady in the house said she was Yotsuba's mom, but Yotsuba doesn't have a mom. And daddy's not here.

[Yotsuba is deep in thought. With whom can she celebrate now?]

[bindingsoul]

I think that women is called an NPC from what people have told me.

[ Oh no, this kid is just really cute and Maria understands only having one parent figure all to well. ]

Don't worry about that too much, for now what does your papa look like?

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[gainedlove]

Oh, oh! Happy birthday!!

[Frisk grins widely and bounces a bit.]

Um, you're in Johto now! I dunno where it is, but they didn't know where Mount Ebbot is from here.

[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba matches the grin with one of her own.]

What's a Mount Ebbot?

[gainedlove]

It's where I live! --um, it's next 'ta where I live, I guess. Th' city's kinda far. Um, but it's real nice!

[video]

[topiaries]

_{[And here is Edward with his tiny Sneasel on his shoulder.]}

Happy birthday! This is Johto.

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[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba stares at the video feed. Her nincada, hanging piggy-back style, does too.]

What's that on your shoulder?!

[video]

[topiaries]

This is Olive. She's a Sneasel. Olive, say hello.

_{[The little imp critter waves a deadly claw and squeaks a greeting.]}

[Video]

[wing_attack]

Oh! Happy birthday. You're in the world of Pokemon now. And probably in New Bark Town, if you haven't left it.

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[4leafhair]

[She's got a pokemon climbing on her back, but she still has to ask.]

What's a Pokemon?

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[placide]

[ The green hair and youthful voice both catch Rosa's attention, reminding her of another little girl left behind in their world. It's been a few weeks now... she really hopes that the rumors are true, that time back home does stop, and that their friends aren't traveling the world looking for where they have disappeared off to. Not that she believes Rydia to be in incapable hands with Kain to watch over her, but... she can't help worrying.

Just as she can't help worrying about this young girl. The last child Rosa had spoken with that had just arrived needed to be coaxed out with sweets and comforted after hours of crying. This one however has a brave face on, so perhaps she knew that life carried on regardless of her feelings.

Rosa sees little need in allowing her to continue this alone. Even if this world favored children wandering around vastly, it wouldn't hurt to reach out and make sure she had everything she needed. ]

Good morning. [ There's numerous Pokemon wandering around in the background around Rosa as she sits a fair bit away from the camera, fully relaxed indoors. Living the life! ] I'm Rosa, a new trainer to this world. Have you decided on a name for your friend there?

[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba nods, emphatic. It seems like she's either missed that she's changed worlds, or isn't letting it bother her. In point of fact, this town is enough like where she grew up that she's practically at home.]

Morning! I'm Koiwai Yotsuba, but you can just call me Yotsuba, and this is Cicada-chan!

[From her shoulders, the nincada makes a happy buzzing noise at the mention of her name.]