[VIDEO]

[ironchef]

Hi. So. I'm Hunk. And I need help figuring out how to wake up. [Yup, he's going to be one of those people, utterly convinced that this is some flashback to school days dream except that it's an open woods adventure and he's not yet looked down to discover his pants missing. Which, believe him, he's been checking.]

[He's holding a little Nidoran under around her midsection and she's just kind of ragdolling in his arms rather than causing any sort of disruption, content to be carried.]

I left this one lady's house. And I mean, she seemed really nice. I think she's my new dream mom or something? And I traveled a while and just tried to enjoy it. Anyway, I need to wake up because this dream is a little too real and I really don't want it turning into a nightmare on me. It's fine so far, but, you know. Never know what that curry I had yesterday ['real world' yesterday] will do to me.

[He's obviously already made it to Cherrygrove, there is ocean backdrop happening, so he's been walking for a few days. He just wrote it all off as dream time. It's now starting to be a concern.]

Comments

[crystalmaster]

It sure does. That only makes it stranger, though.

That's great. I hope so too. Are there a lot of people here from your place? I've only met one from mine, and we didn't really know each other back home.

[ironchef]

I am... and we were close.

[Were. There's something in his tone saying he's a little lost and worried about where they stand now. People having been there for years. Just wait until he finds out more. He's really going to be thrown for a loop, even if at their heart it's still his friends.]

I just think I need to get settled.

[crystalmaster]

"Were"?

[He hopes there hasn't been a rift torn between them. He knows how painful that is with friendships.]

That might help. It can be overwhelming at first.

[ironchef]

Er... are. Sorry. They've just been here a really long time.

So I don't wanna assume too much. [He doesn't think they're the type to forget or reject them, he just doesn't know how much has changed.]

[crystalmaster]

Ahh, I see. Yes, I can understand that would be awkward. I've wondered what might happen if I'm here a long time and suddenly someone I know comes. I can't imagine I wouldn't be happy to see friends, but ... if it's been a long time, I might not be the same person they remember.