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[yousayyes]

[As Winston's second day at sea starts, he feels the distinct creeping anxiety of his mind preoccupying itself with worry over what could be happening back home in his absence.]

[Normally, he'd try reading to pass the time and keep his mind busy from those thoughts- but Mom only packed him two books, and he's already read through both of them cover-to-cover multiple times by now. ...he started to realize somewhere in the middle of his fifth re-read of the trainer's guide that he wasn't actually working to absorb the information. By that point, he was just glancing down at the turning pages to feel some amount of productivity as he's stuck waiting for the cruise ship to reach Kanto.]

[Setting the books back in his bag, Winston opens his Pokégear, thumbing through its features until he reaches a text posting option. ...it can't hurt to put something out there, right?]

Hi.

Current events outside of my control have left me temporarily unemployed, seeing as I'm now stuck in a different dimension from my former workplace.

I know- we've ALL been there before... /endsarcasm

While I'm sure my coworkers will be understanding of the situation and leave my spot open until I return... I don't see that reunion happening anytime soon. So in the meantime: if anyone could point me towards a job listing in the Kanto area, I would appreciate it a lot.

Many thanks.

- Winston Zeddemore

Comments

[pikapikajankenpo]

I would make a crack about Jersey but I'm sure someone would come to it's defense somewhere in the multiverse. Somewhere, somehow.

Yeah, if I could manage to figure out what my old Dimension Jumping ability was, I wish I could manage to use it here and show people my old world. But I highly doubt it works here either.

Have you met your friends, or gotten into communication with them? None of mine are here, but I've made friends here to last me a lifetime.

I'm Yayoi Kise, from Rainbow Hills Japan.

[yousayyes]

I'll admit I can't rag on Jersey /too/ much, at least not while my mom's living there.

...the three of them did reach out over the network a little while ago. But none of them arrived at the same time as me. It wasn't a difference of a few minutes, either. They say they've been waiting on me for months now.

[...and it's still a little complicated to figure out how he's supposed to process this when those were months of separation he didn't experience for himself. But that seems like such a minor concern compared to Yayoi not finding any familiar faces in all her time here.]

It feels weird that we came into this place at separate times, but... I wonder if that means you could still hold out hope on finding your old friends here, in the future.

[pikapikajankenpo]

That's a good reason to not rag on Jersey too much.

Makes sense. I've been here for a few years already, so whoever finds me from my world is going to be completely surprised. Doubly so if they're from ten years ago or something.

[yousayyes]

There really isn't any rhyme or reason behind when people arrive here, is there?

...that "when" being both "what point in time they're plucked from", AND "the day they get slotted into this dimension". (God, time's confusing to talk about here...)

Yeah... I can imagine it'd be daunting to catch up on all that missing time. I mean, a LOT can happen in just /one/ year- even in your completely average, mundane, non-magical life.

But if it's any consolation, speaking as someone who's had to catch up before, and needs to catch up again- everybody you meet comes with a lifetime of experiences you don't know about. Becoming friends, getting to know someone to begin with, that already means getting to learn about the years you haven't been there for.

The shock might get to them at first, but once it's settled down, they shouldn't have trouble hearing out more of your years.