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[nastyboy]

[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...?

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[cyan_maid]

[Not gonna lie, Jane kind of found this post on accident and just...has been watching it to destress from her Badgequest. It's been a long and eventful few months, and it's nowhere near finished, but moments like this? A cute lil Ratatta playing a video game, a kind of interesting one to boot? Very soothing.

Why yes, she does watch long enough to encounter mystery deep voice, just as she's in the middle of commenting-]

Try turning left at the - oh! Um, sorry? I guess you didn't know your Pokemon had gotten into an app, huh?

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[zukeini]

[...what heck the heckie

Zuke was scrolling the gear for people with tips on how to survive This when he stumbled onto this. Huh. Huuuuh...

Looked like someone hijacked the gear and went to town. This was a lot like the stuff online he would watch at home. But nah, he could check off watching a rat play video games now. This place was proving a first for everything.

So he got out a bag of cheesepuffs from his bag and Zuke and his own little green monkey started to chow down watching it play.]

...Uh oh, that was a close one.

-Oop, got caught in a different way though.

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[demonpuppy]

[Chip had been curled up at the head of the other bed in the room, watching the Gear avidly (and occasionally looking up when Gremlin scampers away from the screen). They barely even blink when Dimitri walks in, looking up and answering without a beat--]

They're streaming!

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[epitaffio]

[Doppio here happens to tune in a minute or so before yet another jumpscare, which is unfortunate because a) he has no idea what he's watching at first and b) he is very definitely NOT expecting a horrible bug-eyed monkey to come running straight at the screen, so he flings his PokéGear away with a yelp.

So he's just going to... retrieve his PokéGear now... while being unaware that his end of the feed turned on somewhere in the middle of his screaming and flailing.]

[forsaintcecilia]

[Kazuki, once he realizes that it's a Pokemon playing a video game, simply watches as if he were browsing StaryuTube. Because it's cute! But when the jumpscare pops up, he yelps and flinches back along with the Rattata.]

It's one of those games? I can't deal with horror...