IC Intro [Action/Text]

[hippocarnival]

Who: Yuya + Open

Where: New Bark Town

When: Nov 7th

Summary: Another teenager stumbles into Johto, and he's having a time with it.

Rating: PG

[Newbie Bark Town]

[1]
[Yuya was, at first, sleeping peacefully in bed. He wasn't in bed five minutes ago, but he is now and hasn't really considered that wearing his clothes and shoes in there isn't normal. A woman's voice telling him he needs to get up while he smashes his face into the pillow is normal, and it takes him a minute to stir and turn his head to face... a room?

This not his bed. This is not his room. That is not his mom.

A long, startled scream pours out the window.




Anyway, Yuya books it out of there as soon as he manages to untangle himself from the sheets and dodge around this lady, who is still not his mom. He's been kidnapped! His actual mom is probably worried!

Once he's out the door, absently grabbing the backpack sitting by the exit, he has one plan of action: figure out where the hell he is.

He heaves a heavy breath.] Okay, where... am I? And how did I get here?


[2]
[Once he works out the basics, he's not really in a rush to head down the path ahead. He has the sense, at least, to poke around his Pokegear until he can pull up a map. When he can't zoom out enough to see more than the surrounding cities he lets out a frustrated groan and drops it back into his bag.

He fishes around until his fingers finds the pokeball, and he turns it over in his hands before clicking what he assumes is the activation button. It sure activates something, and he jumps back as a light shoots out and materializes into a yamper.

It sniffs the ground, padding in a circle around the grass.] A dog?

[Network | Text]

i need to get to maiami where is the nearest airport from new bark town

what country is this??

Comments

[text]

[songstressedout]

Maiami!?

Like, Maiami City? Standard Dimension?

[hippocarnival]

yeah do you know how to get there

im lost

[songstressedout]

If only...

[ If only she knew who she was talking to, too. ]

Think of this like, another dimension, not a country. As far as I know, there's no way back at the moment.

[hippocarnival]

[IF ONLY THEY KNEW... If only he had enough sense to ask.]

another dimension besides fusion and xyz and synchro? did reiji not know about it because he didnt say anything about a fifth one

[What secrets have you been holding, Reiji!!

Though, that last bit is disheartening.] there has to be some way to cross dimensions

i have to get home

[songstressedout]

It's different than Fusion, Xyz, and Synchro... they don't even have Duel Monsters here!

They have Pokemon, though, so I've decided to call it the Pokemon Dimension.

...though I think we're probably further from the four dimensions, somehow. Like a completely different world.

[ Also... ]

You know Reiji?

[ Not that she knows Reiji, she only ever saw him and never actually talked to him. Still, to know the CEO of LDS... ]

Wait, who are you?

[hippocarnival]

[This is so much and continues to get more. Pokemon? No Duel Monsters??]

im sakaki yuya [If this is someone who knows about the dimensions... they must have seen that whole duel that went down vs Reiji, and a bunch of the other lancers, right? Well, either they'll know him by name or they won't.]

sorry i had so many questions i didnt think about introducing myself

[text] and then [video]

[songstressedout]

y

YUYA!?

[ She immediately switches to video, a very frantic-looking familiar face appearing onscreen. ]

YUYA!??

[ Again, but with her own voice this time. ]

[video]

[hippocarnival]

[Oh, that face. He knows that face!!

Let him press buttons until he switches on the video.] Yuzu?!

[songstressedout]

Yuya!!

[ And then they yell each others name for the next hour, yes. ]

Y-You're here!? Aah...!

[ And here come the waterworks. She's doing her best to hold it back, but her eyes are definitely watering. Something she tries to fix by wiping her face but to no avail. ]

[hippocarnival]

[She's crying! He didn't even do anything, but he needs to do something now.] I--yeah.

[And he wants to know why she's here too, but first he needs to find her.] Where are you? I'll come get you!

[songstressedout]

[ She's quick to wipe away her tears by the time she turns the video on again. ]

A-Ah, no, I'll come get you! I'm pretty far from where you are, but I can get to you faster...

[ But... Gongenzaka...

Yikes, her boys really just... came at the same time in completely different places, huh? Both of them are in bad situations as well! Truth be told, as easy as the Route to Cherrygrove is now, it was still hard for Yuzu when she first started heading out.

So to be frank, she fully expects him to get lost.

She's got a lot to explain, to both of them... ]

You're in New Bark Town, right? You've probably got a lot of questions...

[ She wants to tackle him to the ground and never let go, to be honest... but unfortunately impossible right now, and even if she dashed off right now it'd still take a good few hours for her to get to him. ]

[hippocarnival]

Um, yeah, that's what it's called. [He has a million questions, which he didn't stick around to ask 'mom' about because she kinda freaked him out.

But Yuzu has to have questions too, right? It's dawning on him... maybe she's had a much better explanation than he has.] Where are you?

[songstressedout]

I'm in Goldenrod City right now. I've... been here a while.

[ She lets out a sigh. She didn't expect herself to end up in this scenario twice in one day... ]

It'll take a while on foot, but I can warp over to Cherrygrove and then fly over with my Pokemon in a few hours. [ She's choosing to omit the fact she'll probably lose her lunch because of consecutive warping. ] There's a lot to explain... can you wait until I get to you?

[text]

[candyapplechild]

airport? maiami?

[ Behold, a baby. ]

i dont think theres one of those there

[hippocarnival]

how does anyone get out of here without an airport?

i was just in maiami and i dont know how i got here

[candyapplechild]

um... we all just wake up here

did yu wake up with the weird lady?

[hippocarnival]

there was a weird lady who thought she was my mom

[Which is alarming. What parent can't recognize their own kid??]

is it the same weird lady?

[candyapplechild]

yeah! everyone says she did that for them too

then she gives you things and puts you outside to go on a journey

[ Don't worry about it. ]

[hippocarnival]

everyone wakes up in her house? [Why does this feel less like real life and more like a video game.]


theres really no way back to japan?

[candyapplechild]

[ Hey, you come from a world where things are settled via card games. Hush. ]

i dont think so...

b-but its okay! its fun here, and i have lots of friends here too!

and the pokemon are super nice!

[hippocarnival]

[Maybe it's fun and she had friends but... he really would rather be home. He misses being home, without crazy things happening to him.

But he shouldn't put that all on her. Still, he's curious...] how long have you been here?

[candyapplechild]

ummmmmmm...

a few months, i think? i dont remember...

im sorry...

[ She's 6, even if Arceus shot her up to a 10-year-old for the sake of being the correct age for a "Pokemon Journey". she's... not actually keeping track. ]

[hippocarnival]

its okay i was just wondering [Could be really be here for months?]

since i just got here is there any place i should go?

[candyapplechild]

ummm... i think the place i went next is called cheerygrove?

[ Almost got it, Eri. ]

It was hard on my own, but I went there next!

[ Granted, you simply follow the path, and Eri was fortunate enough to get a starter that immediately took on the caretaker role with her until she met up with Ochako. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Cheery... Cherrygrove. He sees it on the map. Next town over.]

thanks ill check it out [He squints at... the nondescript ID.]

my names sakaki yuya