cyan_maid: (Oh you cannot be serious.)
Jane Crocker ([personal profile] cyan_maid) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2016-07-18 12:36 pm

1st Recipe [New Bark Town, Video/Action]

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[There are a lot of things you don't expect when you're Jane Crocker. You don't expect the entire world to shift scenes in the blink of an eye, floating in the ruins of a golden moon one second and waking up in what looks to be a normal, sunny bedroom the next. You don't expect some woman whom you've never seen before in your entire life to come in, claim to be your mother, shove a backpack into your arms and kick you out of the house with vague directions to a - a laboratory? And you certainly don't expect to be given what you're darn tootin' sure is a Pokeball once you get there, and as soon as you go, are again booted out towards the only dirt road outta town: Route 29.

So forgive her if she spent the last night in town, pounding on the door of her "mother"'s house and demanding to be let back in and given an explanation. When her video comes on this morning, it shows a very tired, bespectacled teenage girl with prominent buck teeth looking about 110% done with everything around her.]


...Okay, it's on. I think. [She squints, as if looking for something on the Pokegear to in fact indicate it is on, before continuing.] Um...hello? I'm basically going on a hunch that this...weird thing can be used as a communicator of sorts. Almost like FaceTime on a smartphone, right? I-I really hope so, or else I'm making calls into the goshdarned aether. [She sighs, shaking her head.] Anyway. If someone out there knows exactly how someone can wake up in what should very well be a video game that isn't supposed to suck you into a virtual reality, and if there's a way for me to leave, I'd greatly appreciate it. I...was sort of in the middle of something. [A look of hesitance crosses her face, as if...she may be asking to go back, but she sure as fuck doesn't want to at the moment.] I'll be in this...New Bark Town place for a little longer, if you need to know where I am.

- Oh, and, one more thing? [The video blurs as it shifts to a very pink creature that's quietly munching on some trail mix by Jane's side.] Not that she isn't cute, but, um...is this really a Pokemon?

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[True to her word, Jane lingers in town for the day. The pink Pokemon - Audino, her Pokedex has explained - seems happy to sit nearby and play with the hood on her unusual attire. This seems to be proving endearing enough to get Jane to smile despite herself, but given how warily she looks at the natives, it seems she'd do well with some sort of human conversation that doesn't tend to repeat itself.]
monge: (🍦|| [Human] Monge as fuck)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Komasan was all set to explain how everyone gets to go home eventually, that everything will be okay honest, how she should just enjoy her time here while she can.

But then Audino happened.]


Monge...

[Look at it eat. Quick, someone feed it something else.]

I hope that's a Pokemon, because it's one of the cutest ones I've ever seen, zura...
monge: (🍦|| [Human] Squint zura)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[As if in some sort of trance, Komasan continues to just...eye the Audino once he sees she's still there, enamored by the simple act of eating. His eyes, they sparkle, and it's literally a few good seconds before he says anything again.

...Mostly thanks to his own Pokemon. A tiny tail pokes out from the bag he carries on his shoulders and in one swift movement, gives a gentle slap to the back of his head.

Right! Conversations...]


O-Oh, um...well, if I knew a way outta here, I would've been home a long time ago, zura...
gainedlove: (* Don't Pick On)

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[personal profile] gainedlove 2016-07-18 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, I don't think anybody knows how t' get home...I asked a lot, but everybody says you just gotta wait.

[At least they look apologetic considering the information they have to offer?]
Edited 2016-07-18 21:49 (UTC)
monge: (🍦|| [Human] R-Right zura!)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh dear, that is not a happy look either way.]

I-I mean, it's not all bad, it can actually be a lot of fun, z-zura! Some people even call it like...like a vacation, zura...

[A really, really long vacation...]

Um, I mean, i-if you're worried your friends might miss you or something, they say everything's just like how it was before you left, zura. L-Like pausing a movie, zura!

[Not that he really understands that himself, but Komasan's never been one to believe people would lie to him.]
harlequinhater: (sunny)

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[personal profile] harlequinhater 2016-07-18 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi Nanna!

[Well, at least there's a familiar face here, even if he might be younger and less taxidermied than Jane remembers him. John didn't get much of an opportunity to talk to his teenage grandma-slash-mother in the game, but he is definitely psyched to have a chance to talk now.]

There isn't a way to leave that anybody here knows about, but try not to think about it too hard. Time is paused in your original universe while we go and have Pokemon journeys here. So just think of it like... a vacation or something! You get to have fun Pokemon adventures here while Sburb gets put on hold. Everything will be just like you left it when you get back.

And yes, that is a Pokemon. There are lots of weird Pokemon. Your pink thing is not even the weirdest one!
monge: (🍦|| [Human] Peeking zura)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[And just to prove what a shining beacon of intelligence he truly is, Komasan can't help but look equally confused.]

Huh? How come, zura?

[He is kind of hungry...]
harlequinhater: (confident)

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[personal profile] harlequinhater 2016-07-18 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's me! I guess we must not have met each other yet when you're from.

[A pause.]

Speaking of which, when are you from? Either way, you're going to have to deal with all kinds of dumb timeline shenanigans. It seems like Pokemons can't decide when it wants to take us out of the timeline for our adventure vacation.
captainash: (happy)

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[personal profile] captainash 2016-07-18 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[First, the important bit.]

Audinos are great. Not so much for direct damage, but they can easily turn a battle around with their other moves. Love her, and she'll never let you down.

[And now, the rest.]

There's no way for you to get home unless you're randomly sent back, though. But this occurs about every two weeks, so you can be assured that this is relatively normal and that your message is reaching plenty of people.
monge: (🍦|| [Human] Pondering zura)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has to take a moment to ponder that.]

I guess that's true, zura...

[But man, they really need to get on the food camera. Technology has already come so far.]

Guess we'll just have to wait until you get into town, zura.
monge: (🍦|| [Human] Goodness gracious)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Who, me? I'm just Komasan, zura. ...It's a pleasure to meet you, zura.

[Although he supposes it would be better if it weren't for the whole kidnapping circumstances. Hm...might have to work on that greeting.]

A-Ah...if you need help with anything...all you gotta do is ask, zura. Believe me, I know how scary it can be when you first get here, zura.
monge: (🍦|| [Human] zura)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-18 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

...I dunno, I left that town the moment I could, z-zura.

[Wow, good, being a great helper so far.]

I think they just sell cakes for Pokemon over there, zura.

[He means Pokepuffs, but to be perfectly honest he never had a reason to check it out. It's just the cake store.]
monge: (🍦|| [Human] s2g komajiro)

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[personal profile] monge 2016-07-19 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
H-Heh, that's what everyone else does anyway, z-zura.

[And he even likes small, quiet towns, but there's something about New Bark that just feels...odd.]

The good news is the next town over is pretty nice, zura. I didn't get a chance to check it out while I was there, but I heard they got a spa, zura~
captainash: (thinking)

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[personal profile] captainash 2016-07-19 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. We're expected to train PokΓ©mon, but never actually forced to do it. And some Legendary asked for our help once, but that was years after people started arriving.

[There's planning ahead, and there's planning ahead.]

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