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[nellacerniera]

[So, originally, Bucciarati hadn't intended to give the network more than a passing glance unless it was completely necessary.

But then sometimes, as you try to get your bearings, you see a news broadcast about giant birds being menaces at an event, and you manage to spot a somehow familiar face in that footage. Then it becomes necessary.

(Plus, as it happens, he did have a couple of questions that occurred to him when he had been making plans. Funny how such things happen.)

And that's why the video opens on an Italian man, no older than twenty, with a Slowpoke in his lap. The man is rather intent on what he's doing--adjusting his Gear so that the camera's steady--while the Pokémon just... vacantly stares off into the distance, as a Slowpoke is wont to do. Once the man's apparently satisfied, he leans back a bit.]

There we are... Ah... Hello, everyone. I'm a recent arrival. My name's Bruno Bucciarati, and if anyone has the time to spare to answer a couple of questions for me, I'd appreciate it. First of all... Does anyone happen to have any advice for a newcomer that the provided handbook doesn't somehow cover?

Secondly... [He glances down at the Slowpoke, patting the Water-type's head briefly, but frowns when it takes the Slowpoke at least a full second or two to acknowledge the affection.] For Teodoro's species here, are the delayed reactions normal or something I should be concerned about?

Comments

[crystalmaster]

Hi there. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things the guidebook doesn't talk about that you can't really prepare for, like the giant bird attack and the naughty little foxes that like impersonating people as a joke. Pretty much, you've gotta brace yourself for almost anything.

[nellacerniera]

[... Give him, like, a minute to process all of that.]

... Pardon?

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, we've had a crazy month. First these giant birds showed up and started attacking people and carrying them off. Then these shape-shifting foxes swarmed us and caused a lot of embarrassment and awkward situations by turning into people and having them say stupid things they wouldn't really say. And apparently this kinda thing is par for the course.

[nellacerniera]

I... I see.

[This is, uh, quite a bit to take in! He's not sure this was the sort of info he was looking for when he'd asked the question, no, but... good to know, he figures. So, filing that away.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley chuckles a bit, amused.]

My reaction when I first got here probably would have been "What the HELL?!" Now I'm just kinda burned out wondering what's next.

[He hasn't told everything.]