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[servedup]

[The Pokegear doesn't show anything but a view of the sky. But off screen, the sounds of a woman crying can be heard.]

No... no... change me back! I don't want this!

[By all means, she should be happy that she's here - alive and safe - but she's been through a lot in the past few hours. Giving her a human form is just insult to injury, and she's horrified by her new body.

This isn't what she wanted. She wanted to go home.]

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[standless]

[Oh! Oh dear. That doesn't sound very good at all.]

Miss?

I cannot see you but...are you alright? Has something happened?

[File under Things One Cannot Relate To,]

[servedup]

W-who?

[The voice came from the odd little device that was given to her by someone called "Mom". There's people inside this thing? She picks it up, and her stomach twists at seeing another human.

Her eyes are red from crying.]

Who is this?

[standless]

Oh dear-

My name is Jonathan Joestar- are you hurt? Is there anything nearby that you can use to get help?

[servedup]

I’m not hurt. Not anymore....

[She leaves that cryptic comment there as she fiddles with the PokeGear and damn is it awkward having fingers now. She finally sees Johnathan and her stomach sinks in fear before she hastily tries to convince herself she won’t be eaten.]

I don’t... I don’t know what’s nearby. I need to find the ocean.

[zenryokubatankyu]

...I'm pretty new around here but uh, this seems worrying. Like. Really worrying.

Someone...might wanna check on this lady...? Just a thought....

[servedup]

Who is this?

[Her voice is a little hoarse from crying, but she picks up the Pokegear. She looks like she's been crying all right.]

How are you in there?

[zenryokubatankyu]

[Oh! Oh jeez. This is...concerning at best. But he clears his throat before smiling.]

Uh...hi. I'm Osomatsu. This is a video. I'm not actually inside it, I'm somewhere else. This is just a communicating thing.

What's your name?

And, um, are you okay?

[servedup]

[The sight of a human makes her feel sick inside. If she wasn't human herself, how would he be looking at her? Just dinner?]

... I'm Padak. And no, I'm not. I'm not... supposed to be a human...

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[dreamsofahero]

My apologies for presuming, but I take it you were not human before arriving here?

*he's been around long enough to know that nonhumans getting turned human is a thing*

Video cw: slight gore warning

[servedup]

No! I was... I was...

[Watching herself get dissected, as she helplessly lay on the cutting board. It all happened so fast, but in her final moments she still understood what was happening to her.

She's only food, after all.]

I am a mackerel. I was trying to go home...

[dreamsofahero]

*a mackerel? As in... a fish? Oh, dear*

I see. While there's nothing anyone here can do to return you to your home, if it helps, you're certainly not the only person to have suddenly become human upon arriving here.

[servedup]

What do you mean? Are there other fish here that have been turned human?

[video]

[captainash]

Hey, are you okay? Are you injured, do you need any help?

[There are many reasons someone would panic like that upon arriving, but which is it this time?]

[video]

[servedup]

[The crying continues, but she finally answers.]

I don't... want to be human...

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[captainash]

Don't want to be- Oh.

[This is very possibly the reason he's least equipped to deal with, but he can't just leave her sobbing there, either.]

This place does that to everyone who wasn't human in the first place, from what I hear. I'm sorry. Are you missing powers, or was your whole body changed?

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[runicfeathers]

[Willow seldom checks the network, but upon seeing, or rather hearing the crying, it hits her with a strong wave of familiarity. She knows that pain all too well, not being her true form anymore and instead stuck with this one. When she speaks, her voice is calm, tones of understanding and relatability in it.]

You too? We... we all are turned into this when we arrive if we were not human before this. I myself did not want to be stuck like this either. Pray, tell me what it was you were before this?

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[servedup]

This place does that? Why does a twisted place like this exist?

[She's extremely unhappy about being human. Even if she should be happy that she's alive right now.]

I was a mackerel... I just wanted to go home.

[runicfeathers]

[She shakes her head with a soft sigh, keeping herself as calm and calming as possible, as if she were talking around a lost child in crisis.]

The answer to that, I know not. 'Tis a cruel fate we are all damned to I fear, for us who are not human but made to be, that is. Others accept it with glee, while the rest of us anguish over it.

You were a fish? Your... home... The water, I take it?

[video]

[cyclonely]

[John gets to this a bit later so he sees people get told she was a fish. That sounds...so complicated, and also jeez, he hopes she's from something, like the Ghostbusters are, and fish aren't actually secretly sentient. That would suck.]

Hey...I'm John. If it helps at all, uh, people are friends with a lot of fish here! You could just hang out with other fish all the time if you wanted to and people would only kind of think it was weird!

[video]

[servedup]

Friends with fish...? Humans are?

[After what she's seen and been through, it's hard for her to believe that.]

You can't be friends with someone that's going to eat you.

[video]

[cyclonely]

[John laughs a little awkwardly]

Yeah, I guess that would make it pretty tricky. But in this case I am almost completely confident that nobody eats real fish here and all the meat in stores is fake or something? Because you can get in a LOT of trouble for trying to eat Pokemon. And that's what the fish are here! Pokemon!

That is probably why fish are friends with humans here, anyway.

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[marmoron]

If it helps at all, you're not the only one who's had their physical bodies changed. You could try reachign out to some of them to see how they've adjusted.

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[servedup]

Others like me? There's been other fish that's been turned human?

[marmoron]

[ He blinks in surprise, but recovers fairly quickly. ]

Not fish, aliens. Haven't come across someone with your exact background here. What kind of fish were you?

[ Cuz really, who's to say she isn't a fishy alien? ]

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[insidegalra]

[Thace keeps his voice gentle, and doesn't look directly at the camera, although it shows him (human, even if the golden color of his irises is unusual) in profile.]

I would change you back into your original form if I could.

[He glances at the camera, finally.]

You're not alone, having woken up here in a body not your own. All I can offer right now is that I'm looking for a way to be returned to mine, and will share it will all others should I find one.