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[mightdoriya]

[It could have all been a dream, given the way Izuku wakes up in a bed that isn't his own. It could also very well be the hospital- a fact that wouldn't have been surprising- but the stark lack of a sterile atmosphere leads him to believe otherwise even as he sits up with a start. His heart is hammering in his chest and between his ears with such ferocity that believing this is anything but reality would be difficult...

He isn't afforded much time to collect himself, because someone has noticed he's awake and immediately lept up onto his chest to greet him, his fluffy tail wagging excitedly.

Okay, maybe this is a dream after all.

Everything happens pretty quickly after that. Your usual fair of arrival: Izuku's "mom" comes in the room upon hearing his Eevee chirp at him, ushering him up-and-at'em even as he's stammering questions and trying (and failing) to get her to give him a straight answer. She is in fact not even remotely his mother but she doesn't seem to know that or care, and before he's able to get a word in edgewise he's out the door with a bag over his shoulders. Eevee had taken advantage of the chaos to climb up Izuku's back, sitting pretty on his shoulder as if he belongs there. So what does Izuku do? Well...

He starts to walk, hoping he'll be able to come into a town and maybe someplace more familiar than the route ahead of him. ...only for a Pineco to drop from a tree and attack both him and his Eevee pretty much immediately. It's a pretty sudden and surprising introduction to Pokemon battling before he's even finished reading up on it, leaving him to find a tree to sit down under for a while before anything else can happen. He has the PokeGear, so let's just try to contact someone. Anyone.]

Hello? I don't know if anyone can hear me on this, but it's worth a try...

[He pauses as Eevee pushes his head into the screen's view, hello he's here too.]

My name is Midoriya Izuku. I'm not sure what's happened, but I'm really not where I'm supposed to be right now. My only guess is this all is due to the effects of a Quirk, but I don't remember anything that could have lead to that.

[Unless Shigaraki had some tricks up his sleeve he really wasn't prepared for. Doesn't explain how his injuries have ceased to exist, either.]

I've been reading the guidebook, but it's really just giving me more questions than answers. Not only that, the pet the lady had in her house where I woke up followed me outside and I can't get it to go back home to her. She won't answer the door now so I'm not really sure what to do about that.

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[nastyboy]

[It's morning, and Dimitri and Claude are already packing up to continue their search along Route 38 for any signs of Chip. It's honestly been a rough night - he doesn't have Kent with him, which means no Munna eating the worst of his nightmares, and so sleep has been... difficult. To say the least.]

[But besides packing up, well, Gremlin has been looking over the network Just In Case anyone says anything... No one has.]

[But there is someone asking for help.]

[When the screen lights up, it's with a super close up of a Rattata's face, before Dimitri patiently pulls the little creature back by the scruff of his neck. The bag under his one good eye is a dead giveaway for how shit he feels, but...]

That pet - a Palien known as Eevee - is your partner. That is... where we should start at.

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[fortuna_tenax]

[ Congratulations, Izuku! You've definitely got someone connecting to respond. You are heard, and your eevee's additional presence is appreciated. Jinx looks a bit drained, admittedly, but she still speaks clearly and confidently for the most part. ]

I'm assuming that "quirk" is your home's term for powers? If that's the case, this isn't anything like that- we've been brought to a different world, likely by the 'powers that be'... which I've seen described as a space llama god? And we're stuck here until it decides to send us back- some people have been here for years, but I've only been around for a couple months now. I wish I could tell you more, but that's all I know at the moment.

Admittedly, I find the guidebook kinda... bad. But pay attention to the part about berries.

[ She looks so serious when she says it, oh my god. Then again, food poisoning is no joke. ]

Anyways, the "pet" isn't hers- it's yours now. We're all given a starting partner to help us out- they handle the fighting, and in return we take care of them... which sounds awful, I know, but they legitimately enjoy it. It's like sparring for them- and if they don't want to, they'll let you know in their own way.

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[ GUESS WHO HEARD NOTHING BUT "HI MY NAME IS-" ]

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[cyan_maid]

Don't worry too much about "Mom", she does that to everybody.

[The girl who responds is older than Izuku by a few years, but no less friendly - she smiles and waves in her response, having been relaxing with a hot coffee.]

That pet is your new partner here - looks like that's an Eevee? It's a kind of Pokemon!

[forsaintcecilia]

Hi! [Hello fellow green hair guy! Also another Japanese person! That's surprisingly rare these days.] I don't know what a Quirk is, but that's probably not what's happening. Also, that pet is probably yours! I'm guessing it's your starter Pokemon!

[ohmylord]

Ohhhh. I guess you met Fake Mom too, huh?

[The girl who's peering out at him from the other side of the screen is about his age, give or take a year or two. She's dressed in a baggy grey sweater with a monster pattern and wearing a necklace of chunky beads shaped like clouds of gas with faces with matching earrings. Her long black hair is piled on her head.]

Yeah, nobody knows what's up with her. She's probably crazy, though. But, uh, you said something about Quirks? Are you from Kirishima's world?

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[machismost]

Woah, Midoriya, it really is you!

[ Someone might have heard screaming from across the house.

The video feed is mainly looking up at Kirishima's face from a rather unflattering angle - the 'Gear is in his lap - but there's no mistaking the hair or the sharp teeth within the soft grin. Eijiro's really happy to see him after all this time, though it feels weird being too happy since it's so obvious Izuku's discombobulated. And it was all too recently that Kirishima had been reminded of leaving their world in a lurch. ]

Don't worry, man, you don't have to figure it out all at once. Or alone! Though I gotta say I really appreciate a smart guy like you saying you think it's a Quirk. Bakugou called it dumb when I suggested it back when we got here!

[ Vindication! Ahem. ]

But anyway, you're in New Bark Town, right? Want me to come pick you up? It's a lot faster getting around with Pokemon you can ride.

[ Oops, was he supposed to be playing hard to get...? He hasn't popped in to review whatever Bakugou's already said yet! ]

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[vrdantwind]

[If Claude weren't currently preoccupied with hunting for Chip, he might reply to Izuku with a video. As he is, though - distracted, anxious, not feeling or looking his best - he sticks to text.]

Hey, Midoriya! [Claude doesn't understand Japanese naming conventions yet, so as far as he knows, Midoriya is Izuku's first name.] Welcome to Johto! They really drop you in at the deep end here, so don't worry about being confused - we all started out that way.

I'm sure other people have explained this already, but that little guy is yours, not Mom's. He's meant to follow you around and be your partner! These creatures are called pokémon, and they like to partner up with people. Some of them do it just for companionship, but some do it because they really enjoy competition in the form of fighting with other pokémon, and fighting alongside a human trainer helps them bring out their full potential. Some of them can even evolve into new, more powerful forms once they've gotten strong enough! Also, you don't have to stick with just the one you started with - you can catch more to add to your team.

Honestly, normally I'd go a lot more in-depth but I've kind of got pressing business right now.

...boy, I'm really scattered, I almost didn't introduce myself. Name's Claude von Riegan.

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[epitaffio]

Hey! So I'm guessing you might have figured it out by now, but that little guy is all yours. I think it's called an Eevee, but you can give it any name you want. They catch on pretty quick.

[What he's actually curious about, though, because the phrasing rang a bell...]

If it's okay to ask... what did you mean when you said "the effects of a Quirk"?

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

Quirk? Are you from Kirishima's world?

[stardiving]

Tis naught of your world--or any of ours--that brought us here. Where none of us are 'supposed' to be, for what that is worth.

[From a bored-looking guy with long, white hair. Though he is looking at the screen fairly intently all the same. It's cold out, is this kid going to make it to the next town safely? Arceus, or whatever power actually is bringing people here, really isn't doing so with winter safety in mind.]

The animal is yours.

[islandshore]

[Ah, quirk. He's heard that word used before. Interesting...

But more on that later, as this mid-twenties, silver-haired stranger greets the camera with a faint smile.]

I'm guessing by now you've already gotten some answers, but if you have more specifics, I can try to help out. Got a decade's worth of experience under my belt, and I've seen this world at its best and worst.

[He pauses, as something clicks, and he's quick to add-]

And no. Sticking around for a decade's not normal. There's maybe a handful of us who've lasted more than five years.