[Track 1]: Route 29 || video

[colorpalatable]

--Oh, hey, it records!

[There's a pale, black-haired young woman on the network today, inspecting her new 'Gear. She has a little Noibat chilling in her mass of hair like an adorable bat-shaped barrette. She studies the Pokegear seriously for a moment or two before noticing something else:]

Oh snap, and it broadcasts! Sweet!

Hey! Barkeep guy! You were right, that Mom lady was really weird! She gave me a lot of snacks, though, so that's cool.

But, uh, I kind of. Already ate them all? Look, I got carried away, okay? Does anyone know if there's anything else to eat on, what is it, Route 29? Besides the berries, I mean. My girl here - [she gestures to her new Noibat pal] - really digs them buuuuuut I still think they seem kinda suspect. For me to eat, that is. Thanks, peeps!

[Marceline: Out!]

Comments

[video]

[colorpalatable]

....Okay, who's Arceus?

[video]

[paladinlost]

The closest this world has to a god, more powerful than any other Legendary Pokémon.

[A beat.]

It's a big white llama.

[Another beat.]

It may or may not be responsible for our presence here, and it likes sandwiches.

[video]

[colorpalatable]

I mean...that lines up pretty well with everything I've seen about this place so far.

[It's more or less the same level of "weird" she's used to back home, though dressed up differently. Despite that, it still feels pretty homey.]

Though I won't lie, I definitely want to know how you know it likes sandwiches.

[video]

[paladinlost]

After asking us to participate in a battle that nearly ended the world, it stayed long enough to answer a few questions. And to accept any snack we could offer.

[Honestly, he's not quite sure there was anything it didn't like.]

[video]

[colorpalatable]

You know what? Fair. Food is really excellent.

[....Wait.]

What was that about world ending, though? How'd the stakes get that high? This place seems way too chill for world-ending battles.

[video]

[paladinlost]

It may be a generally peaceful land, but it still has its share of criminal groups and terrifyingly powerful Legendaries. When two opposing criminal groups manage to take control of two opposing Legendaries... the results are not pretty.

[video]

[colorpalatable]

[She can't help it, she snickers a little at that description.]

Wow, that sounds like something out of a Saturday morning kids' cartoon.

The criminals staging a world-ending battle, not the actual almost-end-of-the-world.

But since I'm here talking to you, I'm guessing everything worked out in the end, right?

[video]

[paladinlost]

It did, thanks to everyone's efforts. There was some damage to the battlefield, but it was far less extensive than the destruction that would have occurred otherwise.