Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, local cryptid (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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victory_road2020-10-26 01:22 pm
nastyboy) wrote in victory_road2020-10-26 01:22 pm
video - 001
[For those who happen to check into this particular Pokegear feed, they'll find a... bit of a mess at first. It's the awkward fumbling glitch of a person who has never used technology: random noises, constantly shifting camera views, going from selfie mode to camera mode... a mess! But eventually, after a few minutes of this mess, the scene finally stabilizes...]
[To a view of a video game loading screen. To be exact, Misty Mendacity.]
[After another second, a smaller screen pops up in the corner of the video - the camera of the Pokegear that's streaming this whole mess. And it's not a person, despite the name attached to this Pokegear being "Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd". Rather, it's.. a Rattata.]
[Yes, someone's Pokemon has learned how to use it before the actual owner.]
[Yes, a purple rat is streaming what the kids call a "let's play".]
[The head of a rather skeptical Shinx joins the Rattata as the game starts, leading through the opening scene with an ominous Mismagius explaining the story, and then the first level starts off with what looks like a hotel and way too much Aipom imagery scattered about. It seems to play sort of like a 3D Pacman, for those familiar with that game...]
[And, also, you know, murderous looking Aipom animatics with enormous teeth that lead to a jump scare and "death" screen.]
[The first time this happens, the Rattata shrieks and scurries off while the Shinx merely jolts in surprise before leaning forward with the glare of suspicious cats everywhere. After a few moments, the Rattata creeps back with morbid curiosity, and hits the 'continue' button.]
[Encourage the Rattata's endeavors? Or wait a few hours later until there's the sound of a door opening into what's clearly a hotel room behind the little Rattata and a confused (and deep, if you're into that) voice speaks up.]
What are you doing...?
[To a view of a video game loading screen. To be exact, Misty Mendacity.]
[After another second, a smaller screen pops up in the corner of the video - the camera of the Pokegear that's streaming this whole mess. And it's not a person, despite the name attached to this Pokegear being "Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd". Rather, it's.. a Rattata.]
[Yes, someone's Pokemon has learned how to use it before the actual owner.]
[Yes, a purple rat is streaming what the kids call a "let's play".]
[The head of a rather skeptical Shinx joins the Rattata as the game starts, leading through the opening scene with an ominous Mismagius explaining the story, and then the first level starts off with what looks like a hotel and way too much Aipom imagery scattered about. It seems to play sort of like a 3D Pacman, for those familiar with that game...]
[And, also, you know, murderous looking Aipom animatics with enormous teeth that lead to a jump scare and "death" screen.]
[The first time this happens, the Rattata shrieks and scurries off while the Shinx merely jolts in surprise before leaning forward with the glare of suspicious cats everywhere. After a few moments, the Rattata creeps back with morbid curiosity, and hits the 'continue' button.]
[Encourage the Rattata's endeavors? Or wait a few hours later until there's the sound of a door opening into what's clearly a hotel room behind the little Rattata and a confused (and deep, if you're into that) voice speaks up.]
What are you doing...?
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[And then more window smacking! That seems to eventually rouse Dimitri's attention, despite the fact that a Flabebe has landed on his head because of his careful slowness. Dimitri looks up, blinking to the sight of his rat beating on a window again, and visibly sighs. And he walks away, off camera...]
[And, a minute later, the Gear's view shifts as Dimitri picks it up.]
I gave this to you for use in the room.... Do not break it.
[He adjusts it to look down onto the screen, which makes it clear that Gremlin is scrambling up his shoulders, and pauses.]
....Is this one of those video games, or is this something else?
[Gremlin just chews on his hair in answer.]
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Hi! No, I'm a real person. Your Rattata was talking to me.
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[....Give him a second to just come to terms with this all over again.]
...He was talking?
[And then come to terms with this possibility.]
[Listen... Maybe his rat can talk. Dimitri hasn't tried! He doesn't know! There are no rules here!]
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[Pokémon are basically animals, and animals are pretty simple, right? There's not a whole lot that they care about. Food, safety, sleep, maybe their favourite human... They're not so hard to figure out.]
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[The afterlife is at least not this strange. That's... something, he guesses.]
Then.... Greetings. I am Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
[Giving his whole name is simply a habit by now. What isn't a habit is stopping his Rattata from eating his hair, because it's still doing that.]
Was he... doing the video game again?
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And I guess he was! Has he been playing it a lot?
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I am from... Faerghus. Northern Fodlan. Yet that seems to be a distant land for many people, even before all of this...
[Gremlin makes a muffled noise, mouth still preoccupied with air, and Dimitri nods.]
He has... begun to use it, today. I did not know it was capable of such things...
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The PokéGear, you mean? It's really fancy, isn't it? It almost feels like a tiny laptop you can have in your pocket...
sorry for taking a while, nano devoured me
[He's just going to accept he doesn't know what a laptop is. Possibly never will. That's fine.]
Do all- Paliens have such a fascination with Pokegears...?
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Hmm, I don't think so? They all have their own likes and dislikes, you know... like regular animals. [Or people, but hey.] They're called Pokémon here, by the way.
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Chip says they are paliens.
[Yes, he has following the child's lead on this. And he is not budging.]
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[Please. It's easier for literally everyone (except, perhaps, Chip).]
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[Dimitri might outright dissociate at times, but he's still managed to pick up on that. It's... admittedly been pretty hard to ignore. Pokecenter, Pokemart, hundreds of posters and things on the Gear and whatever is spoken by people...]
[It's... A Lot.]
However, I will still continue to refer to them by that name, in an overall sense. Individually, I will call them by the names they are known by here.
[Chip hasn't said anything on that front, after all.]
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[Just wondering. Maybe that's why he doesn't want to make them upset...]
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[Is that good enough a reason to stick to the name? Who knows. Dimitri is doing it regardless.]
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[Wow. More people must come here with close company than he thought.]
Well... Okay! You do you.
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[In fact, they smashed straight into Dimitri's back like two seconds after he arrived.]
I aimed on doing as much regardless.
[And before he can leave the conversation on that rude ass note... Gremlin perks up, chittering some more, and Dimitri stares down at the rat a moment.]
...Thank you for keeping Gremlin company.
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...Have a pleasant day.
...Gremlin, how do you turn this off again...
[Excuse one very confused viking as he and his rat fumble with the Gear until they turn it off.]