[video/action] 1/28 - It's not easy being green!

[stormstar]

[ Crookedkit has never touched the network before. In truth, it's a wonder he hasn't lost his Gear, considering he had no clue what it was and what explanation he was able to get only confused him even more about it. When the chips are down, though, one thing he always keeps in mind best is how to get help. And right now, gauging by the utter misery all over the face of the sparkling green Rattata that appears on-screen, that's exactly what he needs right now. ]

[ His voice is familiar to those who've spoken to him, at least as much as it can be when it's choked with sobs and tears, though the lisp he has now is not only different but much more obtrusive than before. A Rattata body may be mostly familiar to his most familiar one, but those huge incisors are an even bigger challenge for Crookedkit than his broken jaw ever was. ]

[ He appears to be hiding inside a hollow log of some kind, with rays of winter sun shining down on him through cracks and holes in the rotting wood. His cheek fur is streaked with tears and a smaller pokemon - Frecklepaw the Skwovet - is pressed close next to him and doing her best to give warmth and comfort with her big fluffy tail. ]

This is all wrong!! [ His cries are loud and hoarse, enough that anyone in this area of Viridian Forest will likely hear him. ] I'm not a Twoleg, I'm not a Rattata, I'm a cat! A RiverClan cat!!

[ Wait, no, complaining isn't why he got so desperate that he learned to use the network. He shakes his head sharply with his eyes squeezed shut in some effort to force his fear away. ] N-Never mind, what's important is that the Twoleg kit that looks like me isn't me! He just ran away this morning and I'm trying to follow him but he's really fast!



Option B - Meanwhile...

There's an extra-feral child on the loose! Notchpaw, now several times bigger and armed with his Trainer's face and tools, is taking full advantage of today's bizarre phenomenon, doing all the things a Trainer is supposed to do.

That is, catching pokemon with pokeballs and training them up through glorious battle! He's already "enlisted" a Silicobra and a Pikachu - two of the boldest, toughest, meanest pokemon he knows of around here. He's hardly done yet, though; Notchpaw wants to make sure everyone knows he's better at this than the wimpy human that pitied him earlier this month.

Crookedkit and Notchpaw have swapped! Crookedkit will be searching for Notchpaw in Viridian Forest, and Notchpaw will be off on a catching and battling spree further in!

Comments

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[woofdad]

[Grant can guess, right away, the basics of what's going on here, having already been exposed to some... similar cases among his housemates. But then he turns on the sound, and hears what the poor kid is saying - and that pings something in the fuzzy, dreamlike memory of the most recent Weird Weekend. The kitten.

He flicks his camera on and hurries to respond.] Hey-- okay, if you can, try and slow down your breathing, alright? Where are you?

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[demonpuppy]

You're a cat? Like a for real cat-cat??

[...they'll get to addressing the rest of that in a second okay, this is important.]

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[islandshore]

[...Well, that sure is a lot to unpack, isn't it? This whole thing is just so... weird. Waking up in a human body. No wings. No tail. No flames. No claws.

But human hands are easier to operate this kind of equipment than Charizard claws, and Flare's level-headed enough to handle such a weird situation.

Still... what a predicament. He breathes in slowly, then exhales.]

He's probably just as confused as you are. Think about it. You just woke up in a strange, new body. Nothing feels right. Everything from your size to your center of balance is off.

[There's a grumble from off-screen.]

Ugh! How do I keep this thing from setting the whole place on fire?!

[Flare pauses, turning toward the voice-]

Slow down, for one.

[Now, back to the camera-]

Do you have any others with you? If not, you could try using your sense of smell. I'm not a Rattata, but I'm pretty sure they have sharper senses than humans do.