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[The video feed starts and focuses on a young, thin, tanned skinned teenager with a Yamask laying over his shoulder. One might use the stereotypical term "exotic" to describe him. He softly clears his throat before speaking.]

Ah, hello. My name is-

[The boy pauses, obviously mulling something over in his mind.

I don't need to hide who I am here. Even if there is someone I might know, they all know who I am now so...]

-Marik. I just arrived the other day and I'm currently traveling along Route 29.

[He looks around at the area off screen.]

I've never seen so much green before! The grass is so soft and the way the wind blows through the trees... It's all so wonderful.

[I never thought I'd get to experience any of this.. Domino City had pockets of greenery here and there but still place is so different.]

I'm afraid I'm still not 100% certain on how things work here but I've got the jidst of it. The music is going to take some getting used to, that's for sure. Is there some speaker system it's coming from...?

[Another pause as he debates whether or not to ask the question that pops into his head.]

Hn... Is there another way to catch pokemon? Other than fighting and weakening them, I mean. It seems... kind of cruel to beat the poor thing up and then stuff it into a pokeball. I'm honestly just used to handling cards, not live animals.

[He mutters to himself]

It's still strange to think that these are real creatures and not just holograms...

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Yes, it's still hugely popular. Maybe even more than it was at first. It is pretty different, though, in general. I kinda prefer the old-school cards myself.

...

A dumb question but what does "old school" mean?

Ah, it's just an expression that means the older things. I have no idea how it got started! It is pretty random and weird, when you think about it.

Ahh, okay. I... guess that makes sense?

I've got a lot to learn...

I get that, to some extent. My family kept a pretty tight hold on me, growing up. I only learned a lot of things when I got away from them.

Yeah, same here.

[Sort of.]

That begs the question... when we leave this place, does anyone know if we remember everything that has happened?

... That's a good question. I had the impression we do, but I don't know. I hope we do. I wouldn't want to forget the good things about this place. Although that would mean I'd probably think about and worry about my Pokemon a lot. I wish I could take them with me, but I doubt that can happen.

Yeah... I've only been here for about 2 days now but I know I wouldn't want to forget about it.

And you're right about worrying about the pokemon. I don't want to leave Chenzira behind...

Yeah. They really are endearing right away, aren't they?

[Radley smiles a bit.

His four Eevees and a Skitty pop up at the bottom of the screen. The Eevees warble and the Skitty says her name with a meow.]

I have a Rookidee egg too. It's probably gonna hatch soon now. I hope it will get along okay with the Skitty, being a bird....

They are.

[He has to look these up pokemon because he has no idea what they are.

Chenzira slinks a little further back on Marik's shoulder, trying to hide himself. He shy.]

Do they seem to have the same habits as our world's animals? Cat eats bird, dog chases cat, that sort of thing.

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I'm not sure, actually. I've definitely seen them act like animals back home in some ways, but they have their own unique habits too. I'm hoping they'll get along better than those stereotypical ways.

I'll admit, I never thought I'd be learning in depth things about animals. Especially ones that enjoy fighting.

I guess I could say that about everything here though...

[Radley laughs.]

Yeah, there's a lot of new things to learn, that's for sure. I still don't get why Pokemon like to fight. Maybe a lot of it's similar to why humans like to fight, and even to play Duel Monsters.

Given that they seem to have more sentience to them than the animals back in our world, that makes sense as to why they might enjoy it.

Yeah. I wonder how much they really do understand. The Eevees seem to get everything I say, although they might not understand why I'm saying it. And Evie here, she can actually type.

[Radley chuckles.]

Hunt and peck with one key at a time, but that's amazing! She's typed completely normal sentences.

[Evie beams with pride.]

That's quite impressive! They must understand a lot if they're able to communicate like that.

Oh yeah. I've seen that from other Pokemon too. We had an event recently to rate everybody on attractiveness, and most of the people's entries were submitted by their Pokemon!

[He chuckles.]

[Marik just stares because how do you even process that statement.]

I... see. That's... something.

Yeah, that was pretty wild. Really cute, though. You could see how much the Pokemon loved their owners.

This place is going to take some getting used to.

[Radley laughs.]

As far as strange things go, that was probably the least strange compared to other things I've seen here.

I guess I should prepare myself for literally anything.

That's pretty much what I decided too. And yet I can still be surprised.

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