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<sub>[So, you know what sucks about cold weather? Not having time to adjust to it after being somewhere warm. Olympus wasn't the hottest of worlds, but it was certainly better than Agrabah and definitely better than the chill he felt in this world.

He could easily just pull his hood up over his head too, but when the video switches on it's clear he can't do that thanks to the Lotad riding shotgun in said hood and peering over his shoulder with wide, unblinking eyes.]

Okay, I thiiiink it's recording...?</sub>

This probably sounds cliche, but does anyone know where I am? I didn't have a chance to ask the chick in the house before she pretty much gave me the boot, and I know I didn't fall asleep in some stranger's house 'cause these buildings aren't Greek. There's only one other person here but I think she's just as lost as I am too, so that's out.

_{[The Lotad behind him makes a strange sort of belching noise, and he peeks back over his shoulder for a moment.]}

Oh! Yeah! Does anyone know what this thing is? It's cute, but I don't think I can bring it back home to the castle with me.

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[badluckbabe]

1. You're in another world. Congratulations you're stuck here.

2. That's a Lotad. A grass and water type pokemon and your new best friend forever.

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[synchroswim]

what world tho cuz ive been to loads but i've never seen this one before

also a what and a whatmon

[badluckbabe]

Well I just call it "The Pokemon World" Because to the natives there are no other worlds.

How good are you at technology? You've got a device that should tell you all about your Lotad.

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[schachmeister]

I know this might sound a bit hard to believe, but you are in a different world. Nobody really knows how or why it happens, but somehow people from all sorts of different worlds and dimensions occasionally end up in this one.

And that is a Lotad. It's a kind of pokemon. That is what people in this world call their animals, though in general, pokemon are a lot stronger and more intelligent than the animals you might know from your own world. When people arrive here, they are given a Pokemon to serve as their companion, so that one is yours to keep. Though I've never heard of anyone who was able to take their pokemon with them to their own world, so you needn't be concerned about that.

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[synchroswim]

I've been to loads of other worlds before, but not one like, well... this. It's super normal looking compared to the rest.

_{[It's not covered in sand, there's no tyrannical goat drill instructors, weird talking flowers and doorknobs... Yep, super normal!]}

Has anyone ever tried? To take it back with 'em? I've tried to bring things back with me before but some of my coworkers jumped on my back about it so I couldn't exactly keep anything.

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[schachmeister]

Really? Well, I suppose that would be a matter of perspective. I have to admit, it was pretty overwhelming for me when I first arrived here.

[It had looked really weird to Armin, coming from, you know, that place he comes from. But if this newcomer had experience travelling through different worlds, his baseline for normal is probably very different from what it had been for Armin.]

Not as far as I know. Nobody knows when they'll be sent back to their world, if at all. So that sort of thing is hard to plan. And I suppose theoretically if someone had managed it, we wouldn't know about it here until they managed to make their way back.

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[adandyinspace]

...Sooooo, what? Is this, like...the world's smallest castle, ooooor...?

[What sort of castle doesn't have room for some weird water dog?]

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[synchroswim]

More like the world's bossiest coworkers. Doors aren't the problem.

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[adandyinspace]

Well there's your problem, baby. You need to move your ass out, pronto. I mean, castle or no castle, you don't room with your coworkers.

[islandshore]

[Huh, there's a familiar face... and one who doesn't remember. That's probably par the course for here, so Riku opts not to confuse Demyx any more than he needs to.

Instead, he cracks a crooked smile and gives a halfhearted wave.]

Don't worry about that castle. Chances are, you're gonna be here a while, so you might as well get used to your little tagalong.

[Some of the others must've chimed in by now, but eh. Castle talk seemed interesting enough.]

[synchroswim]

How long is awhile?

<sub>[He's dead meat when Saix notices he hasn't RTC'd in. A long time.

Here lies
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peperony and chease]</sub>

What's even keeping me here?

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[notvaljean]

Oh, you got a Lotad!

[Jean sounds far too delighted by this fact.]

They're great, you'll really like them. What's its name?

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[synchroswim]

Uh... name?

<sub>[HE CAN NAME THESE???

He glances back to the Lotad, his brows knit together in confusion for a moment--]</sub>

Do you have a name?

_{[If it could talk, it sure would! But since it can't talk like humans, all it does is make another burping sound.]}

It just burped. Is that it?

[forsaintcecilia]

Oh, hi! Still need some help? That's a Lotad you've got riding with you there by the way, they're cute little fellas.

[synchroswim]

What exactly am I supposed to do with it?

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[fuelthefire]

Sparky's got one of those.

He keeps it in a pond.

Don't know why you'd put one in a castle.

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[synchroswim]

a pond?? it's kinda cold for that isn't it??

and as for why i live in one
i mean it's not mine-mine but i live there with a few other people

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[thegreenhornet]

...that looks like a duck with a leaf on its head. Cool? Or not?

[Britt stares at the Lotad, like he's trying to figure out what to think]

What do you think?

[Apparently Britt doesn't have much of help to say]

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[synchroswim]

I'm not sure what it's supposed to be beyond the lilypad. I've seen a ton of weird animals and Heartless before, but never anything like this.

<sub>[The Lotad keeps staring for a long while while he speaks, and then it moves.

Correction, it blinks. One eye first, and then the other. It's... a little eerie, really.]</sub>

It's... cute? But I gotta admit it's kinda creepy when it does that.

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[rimeblaze]

Since you just left the house where 'Mom' greets us all when we arrive, you're in the Johto region.

[Shoto looks thoughtful as he says it, his tone less matter-of-fact than normal.

More easy going for once.]

I believe that Pokemon is a Lotad, but I'm not entirely sure. I've never encountered one before.

[Just behind him, in the fountain that Shoto is perched on, his Whiscash lets out a burble in greeting. Hello friends!]

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[synchroswim]

Are moms supposed to kick people out on their butts without answering any questions? 'Cause I could've sworn they're supposed to be, like... gentle. Mom-ish.

_{[He might not remember everything from his old life, but at least he remembers that much. And seeing other people with theirs too, so this 'mom' is clearly Not The Best. He barely had time to pick up the backpack he dropped before he was shoo'd out the door!]}

Do you know what it... does? Maybe? Because so far it's just stared at me and it barely blinks.

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[lifebloomsanew]

Isn't it the strangest thing? Waking up here all of a sudden, I mean!

Oh, but it's a very nice world! I don't think it has a name...no one's ever used a name for it...

You know I never realized that until just now.

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[synchroswim]

As crazy as it sounds, it's not the worst place I've woken up in.

_{[He offers a grin and shrugs his shoulder a bit to adjust the Lotad in his hood, then focuses back on the 'gear.]}

This place really doesn't have a name though, huh?

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[spacebaloney]

[No, cold weather just stinks. Lance is a giant tropical island baby and he's the biggest whiner whenever a stiff wind blows, so dude, he feels your pain. He feels it down in his bones like negative degrees seeps down into his bones.]

She gave you the boot? Man, you gotta please them before you fall asleep.

[Lance. Lance, please. This is not the time.]

It's a Lotad. And dude, sorry to break it to you, but you're not going back to any castle anytime soon.

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[synchroswim]

<sub>[He'll take tropical in a heartbeat on any day that ends in Y. A nice vacation on a nice, warm island where he can kick back and soak up some rays? Sign him up, because he is so in.

Snow can be a thing when he has proper layers.]</sub>

I-I know that!

_{[Wait. Oh no.]}

Wait, wait! Not like that! I swear--

_{[QUICK, FOCUS ON THE OTHER THING!]}

Y-You're sure I can't?