Set 1 - Video

[grandtrashking]

[The hell? How'd he end up here when he'd fallen asleep after texting Iwaizumi something stupid and getting called loserkawa again and told to go back to bed. Tooru is all levels of confused when the woman he knows isn't his mother is shooing him off out of the house that definitely isn't his.

After the confusing things are out of the way and he's told how the 'gear works, he immediately takes to whatever social media outlet would handle his whining. Not the maturest of things to do, but he's determined to get Iwaizumi's attention somehow if he's out there and there's no better way to get it than being a pest to him.]

Iwa-chan are you out there at all? This is one hell of a dream and it looks like it's one of the things that some of the Seijoh kids play.

[The camera points down to the Shinx next to him, looking a bit grouchy.]

Maybe I could just call you Iwa-chan, you look grumpy like him!

[The Shinx lets out a noise only described as a grumble, which only makes Tooru laugh and think the name even more perfect. He's going to keep the name, which he was joking about before to get the real Iwaizumi to come yelling at him for it, but now it's just too fitting. The camera points back to Tooru, whose cheeks are puffed out in a small pout.]

But if anyone's seen Iwa-chan-- Iwaizumi, let him know his best friend, Oikawa, is looking for him.

Comments

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[paladinlost]

Naming a Pokémon after a friend is usually a lovely gesture, but you may first want to be certain neither friend nor Pokémon will be insulted by the comparison.

[Cecil gets the strong feeling that little Shinx's name is now set in stone, but he can at least try.]

I cannot recall anyone by that name, I'm afraid. Still, if he's present in this world, he'll surely respond to your message.

[grandtrashking]

If he was here I don't think he'd mind! He'd just call me an idiot and leave it at that.

[The Shinx on the other hand seems like it's about to nip at him, but doesn't actually bite and licks its paw boredly.

Tooru nods with a smile regardless.]

I'll keep it in mind though if I name any others after friends!

I'll have to keep trying then, sometimes he ignores me calling for him.

[paladinlost]

Is that all? That hardly counts as a complaint or an objection, really. Even your Shinx is making more of an effort.

[Despite the aborted nipping and all.]

I've a feeling he'd not ignore you, this time. After all, our current situation is far from ordinary, unless you both have some experience with other worlds. People tend to be particularly glad to see new arrivals from home.

[grandtrashking]

He's done worse, but that's because he says I work too hard.

[because he's right, Tooru overworks himself too much and his best friend cares too much about his health.]

We don't have experience with other worlds, not unless you count watching movies where they go to other worlds? I don't think Iwa-chan would respond because he knows I'm trying to tease him to get his attention. He's ignored that before and yelled at me in person for it, but maybe you're right since this isn't our usual thing.

[paladinlost]

People who say such things tend to be right, more often than not.

[Not that he's in any position to judge.]

Seeing other worlds through a television does not count, I'd say. Certainly not enough to compensate for the shock of finding yourself in a different land, of waiting for months or years for your friends to arrive... Ignoring someone, even because of their teasing, would necessitate an iron will under such circumstances.