6. Video | Fuchsia City

[starry_forehead]

[Hey pokemon world, there's a cardboard sign in front of the camera. It reads, Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. You can also hear a lot of kids in the background. And the sign goes away to show...yup it's Dipper. He's standing inside what looks like a kids restaurant.]

Welcome to the first pokemon world edition of Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. We're on, Anomaly number 13 "The Pizza Parlor." Now I know what you're thinking. Dipper, this is totally just a normal place, where kids come and play games, eat pizza and learn to fear animatronics, right?

[The Camera shows scenes of all three of these things, ending with a creepy looking animatronic Mienshao. It is dressed like a ninja and very purple. The camera goes back to Dipper and you can see the group of animatronic ninja pokemon in the background.]

Wrong! This is no ordinary pizza place. I found it on a map that I got at the end of the last summer for doing the scavenger hunt. So there's definitely something different about this place. Plus I've been hearing some rumours since I got here about strange things happenin-

[Whatever pokemon is holding the camera seems to make a noise and Dipper glances behind him. Have those animatronics moved? Probably not. He looks back.]

So we're going to investigate the place and see what we can find out!

[And we go to Dipper investigating the place, talking to people. And probably something you at home might note is that the animatronic Mienshao Ninja, now seems to be orange. And around. Like a lot. Like Dipper is starting to notice. He glances over at the camera as another person almost runs off, claiming that nothing is wrong here he just really needs to leave NOW. Totally nothing to do with animatronics! Also don't work the night shift here!]

Okay so there's something....huh, we might be getting lost, Moon. I think we've passed this one a few times.

[Dipper scratches his head and then turns around.]

Well so far there's the usual, the animatronics are creepy but that seems to be it. ...Maybe Nephelis just really liked pizza and-

[And as the camera looks away there's a zapping noise and a scream and then the camera drops to the ground. The gear is dropped and there's a sound of a fight before Dipper manages to grab the gear back up. He looks slightly singed. There's also very angry Gothitelle who had been holding the camera till now. And may have just attacked something.]

I knew it! It's....

[The camera is now pointed at a beat up, now purple again Mienshao ninja animatronic. With a smug looking Rotom floating above it.]

Really!? Well I guess that explains the weird rumours, since I got here! Faraday, really? This was-

[There's suddenly a voice in the background. Apparently someone heard the fight]

"Hey, what happened to Ninja Nickie! She's all beat up!"

Uh...and that concludes Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. Tune in next time and maybe we won't be filming this from a jail cell... Run!

[Dipper will pull the Rotom in the pokeball and make a break for it with his other pokemon. So much for the first episode.]

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[insidescoop]

Hohhh..!

Those things really can just take over anything huh..! [Impressive! And potentially alarming, since she's pretty sure her Rotom egg is close to hatching!!]

Uh... ....I hope you got away?

[Fingers crossed?]

[starry_forehead]

Anything electronic. They're more limited then ghosts at least.

[He's totally not hiding behind a building....he's behind a building and he peeks out to make sure there's no one after him still.]

Yup! Their security guard chased me for like ...five blocks but I lost him in the crowds. And I don't think the cops got called. ...but I might leave the city for a bit just in case.

[insidescoop]

Oh! That's good, yeah!

Though I've never seen Mimi-chan possess... [Carly is slowly looking back and off camera where her Mimikyu is.

Suspicion grows.]

Oh! That's a good idea- I mean, they probably can't follow you out of town right?

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[pkemeter]

[Egon watches the stream with interest--after all, investigation into any sort of incidents that can be considered paranormal activity are bound to reveal something about the world. More importantly, it's genuinely exciting to see a younger individual be equally as interested in uncovering the mysteries in the Pokémon world.]

If I may make a suggestion? Invest in a Silph Scope or any other devices that can pick up on spectral or supernatural activity. Although one should rely mostly on physical observations, it doesn't hurt to have that second opinion.

...Beyond that, however, this is an excellent way to record and catalog your research, lest anything unfortunate happen. You're well on your way to be an excellent parapsychologist.

[Did he...just imply that Dipper might die during one of these???]

What other strange occurrences or locations have you investigated so far?

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[starry_forehead]

Oh that's a good idea.

[He's writing that down. No actually he's got a notebook open and is writing that down.]

Thanks! It's something I've been interested in forever. I think I'll probably end up setting up a webpage or a staryutube account for most episodes though.

Here or in my own world?

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[pkemeter]

The more people you share your research with, the more input you can receive. Of course, there is the fact that people might not be professionals and will give you unwarranted advice, but with time, you can learn to discard the irrelevant comments.

[HMMMM....]

I was more referring to this world, but you say you've encountered unusual events in your own dimension?

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[neverstudied]

[... He will never say this out loud, but that was kind of adorable. It's reminding Venkman of every single time he's seen kids try to play "Ghostbuster", or the ones that try to sneak into the firehouse to poke around the place.

Or that one kid he gave experimental dangerous equipment to, because he's terrible at knowing how to be a good influence towards children.]

Not bad, kid. You've got experience with this sort of paranormal investigation stuff, huh?

... They put kids in jail here?

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[starry_forehead]

[Thank you for not calling him adorable out loud.]

Yeah, back home my sister and I ran into ghosts, monsters, gnomes, demons and stuff like that for like an entire summer.

[It was a long and wonderful, terrifying summer.]

They will totally put kids in jail. They stuck us in jail the first day we got here because Mabel saw the lady giving away free Skitty's and decided to run off with all of them. I ran after her, we got caught and then we got locked in jail.

It was okay though, Grunkle McGucket broke us out that night with his flying robot Pidgey he'd built. And we were planning to break out anyway.

[Yes, Dipper finds this totally normal.]

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[neverstudied]

... They put kids in prison for kitten theft. [He looks bemused. After a moment, he shakes his head.] You know what, that sounds about right for cops.

Only a summer of that? I dunno if that's a lucky break or not. Guess that depends on your perspective. My partners and I've been at it for a few years- and that's not including the years of them building and testing equipment as professors, dragging me along to supposedly-haunted places to try to get readings back in grad school...

Wait, this guy built a working flying robot in this universe?

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[schachmeister]

[Please don't end up in jail again, Dipper. ]

You got a map from Nephelis too? I didn't know anyone else got one too.

Which marker on the map is this? I haven't been there yet.

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[starry_forehead]

[He's really going to try not to!]

Yeah. Wait, you got one too?

Here just a second.

[And he'll pull out his version of the map and point to the mark labeled 13]

It's this one right here.

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[schachmeister]

[Armin whips out his own version of the map.]

I see. So that one is just a pizza parlour? Strange. Usually, the things Nephelis marks are a bit more... out of the ordinary than that.

[Who can ever really understand the mind of a legendary? Unless there is more there that Dipper didn't find.]

Wait, what is that mark in the East? Near Vermillion. [the one marked 18] My map doesn't have that one.

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[thedifferencebetween]

Ya know, you outta hone your stealth skills, kiddo. Less getting jumped by asshole Pokemon that way.

And cops. Way less cops.

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[starry_forehead]

He's on my team, he's not supposed to be jumping me at all.

[Faraday doesn't care and would indicate that much if he wasn't in his pokeball.]

I think they skipped the cops though. I just had to outrun a security guard for a few blocks.

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[thedifferencebetween]

Oh that doesn't matter. A couple of mine torment me constantly, some of'em are just assholes.

Security guards are rent-a-cops, still a pain to deal with. Gonna give you some advice - bring a camera Pokemon when you do this stuff and that's it.

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[thegreenhornet]

If you get locked into jail shoot me a message and I'll break you out of there.

[Britt says, saying this in video with his face and all, because apparently leaving evidence is the way he rolls]

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[starry_forehead]

Thanks.

I think I'll be good though. So far they only sent their security guard after me. And I managed to lose him a few blocks ago.

....I'm totally leaving town though, just in case.

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[sociallychallenged]

Well, that's not creepy as hell or anything. But Jesus, I've not seen a fuckin' Pizza Parlour with a stage show since the mid teens.

Everybody over there alright that's not a cross between Chuck E Cheese and Master Splinter?

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[starry_forehead]

Well the last one I was at before this ended up being taken over by a self aware A.I from my friends dating game and tried to kill us so ....actually this one went a lot better.

[It was one summer and yet he has enough weird experiences that this is almost normal.]

Everyone's okay. ....I think some of the people who work there might be freaked out now but no one got physically hurt. Also now I know that I can't trust Faraday outside their pokeball anymore.

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[keep_surviving]

Oooh, someone's quite the delinquent, huh?

[Diana's smirking down the device.]

Breaking into private property and destroying their stuff.

Fuck yeah, teenage rebellion.

[Diana no.]

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[starry_forehead]

What?

Ah yeah...that was totally intentional. ...totally.

[Diana were you watching the same video as the rest of us?]

......wait, are you being sarcastic?

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[colorpalatable]

Soooooo...what was the tip-off that this place had some weird biz going on, exactly?

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[starry_forehead]

Well it was less of a tip off at first and more of an unknown place marked on a map I got last summer from a scavenger hunt.

I was hoping it might be interesting and when I showed up and talked to people for a while it seemed to have something odd going on.

...er that turned out to just be Faraday though.

[ghoststanning]

Hey sometimes you gotta risk property damage to get to the bottom of the supernatural!

[Please don't listen to Ray]

And wow, I knew about Rotom and the various electronics they like to possess, but it's amazing seeing this little guy control a whole animatronic! I gotta try that with Crackle some time!

[starry_forehead]

Yes, though I will deny ever saying that if the police end up wanting to talk to me about the incident.

[It's too late for Dipper. He's related to ...his family. And friends with Wendy.]

Yeah. I'd be more impressed if Faraday wasn't using their powers to try and scare me and everyone else. ....I mean those things are creepy enough.