[video]

[pidge_out]

[Unfortunately for the current residents of Johto, they might be unfortunate enough to find what might be one of the worst video feeds ever on the network. It seems to cut in and out at first, and even after it manages to stay on for longer than ten seconds, the video is really just... the world spinning endlessly. Ground, leaves, sky, ground, leaves, sky -- Occasionally a tree is visible for half a second and the direction of movement seems to change, but other than that, it's an endless loop of ground-leaves-sky.

It might eventually be obvious that the camera appears to be attached to something that is rolling quickly down a hill. It probably helps that the entire feed is accompanied by the sound of what's clearly a Pokémon "hooting" over and over - rather excitedly, at that - and a voice somewhere in the distance. Pay close enough attention and the words being yelled out are things along the lines of--]

Wait!! Come back!! Just-- Spread your wings and stop rolling already!!

[Does that sound like a new trainer in need of help? That's probably because that's more less exactly what it is.]

Comments

[icecastlemadonna]

Like I said, they have different abilities... [Yuuko's still wringing water out of her hair.] And that depends on a Pokemon's typing. There's a whole bunch of different types; Flip is a Water type, and I think yours is a Grass type by the looks of it.

[pidge_out]

[Another blink, and Pidge then moves to pick the little owl up and hold him out at arm's length. Just to give him a solid once over.]

Grass type.

[Because of course he is. How does the universe always seem to know exactly when to remind Pidge of what it means to be the Green Paladin, Guardian of the Forest.]

So if there's water and grass, there must also be fire, earth, and... [What does "sky" translate to...] ..Flying?

[icecastlemadonna]

Yep! Though I think the earth type is called "Ground" here. There are a lot of other types besides that, like Ghost and Fairy...I also have an Ice type.

There's a lot to know about Pokemon, but it's not too hard to remember once you've learned it. [Just like with anything, really. And this kid seems pretty smart.]

[pidge_out]

["Ghost and Fairy"? That gets Pidge to blink back at the camera, stunned. It's easy to get behind other aspects of nature - ice makes sense, maybe there's also light and dark or something - but ghost and fairy feels like a whole other concept.]

...I... guess I'll have a lot to learn before I get used to it.

[icecastlemadonna]

There's a lot to take in, I know. There are some things I'm still trying to process, myself. Ghost and Fairy types do seem pretty out there, don't they? [There's also the question of, you know, how people manage to get here in the first place, though she does remember Armin theorizing about how it could be the work of legendary Pokemon.]

But I'm sure you'll catch on before too long. It never hurts to ask people on the network if there's anything you're wondering about.

[pidge_out]

[Pidge nods slowly, thoughtfully, lowering the Pokémon again.] They do. So do a lot of other things about this place.

[But really that's neither here nor there at the moment...]

Thanks for your help, by the way. [And, after the smallest beat of hesitation-] I'm Pidge.

[icecastlemadonna]

I'm Yuuko Nishigori. Nice to meet you. Though I guess I'd probably be more help if I were there in person and not just a face on the screen...

[pidge_out]

[That gets a small, awkward smile.] That's okay. It's still nice to meet you.