victory_road | [Video/Action] New Bark Town

[As the video feed switches on, there is a very timid and frightened girl on the screen. She's sitting on the bed in the house that she woke up in a day or so ago. After meeting up with a strange old man, being given a ball and this gear, she was lost, upset and ended up back at the very same house. A kind woman has taken her back in but it's quite clear that the woman was now hoping the young girl would soon set out on her journey. Like the others...

There was a skiddo on the bed next to her, her head resting on her lap and watching up at her with wide eyes. This skiddo has felt Prim's loneliness and pain. She feels it every time Prim runs her hand over her horns. And she didn't know how to make her trainer feel better.

Prim's making this Gear post out because of the suggestion of the kind woman. If there was somebody she was desperately looking for, this would be the way.

There were tears brimming on her eyes as she tries to stare into the camera of her gear.]

Katniss...? They said that...if you were here, you would see this and contact me. I don't know where I am...and last time...

[Her voice catches for a moment and she tries to clear her throat.]

Last time I saw you...they were forcing you onto that train. And...I really want to see you again.

Please come take me home....

[There is a moment that the video hangs as she tries to figure out how to turn off the recording and just before the clip ends, you could faintly hear her begin to cry, with the skiddo making soft soothing sounds towards her]

[ooc: I promise Prim won't always be so sad. She just needs some love at the moment! She will desperately pick up any messages sent to her gear in the hopes that it's her sister. Or if anybody would like to coax her out into the world, please visit her in the random house in New Bark Town that she's hiding in!]

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[Oh geeze. It's time for new arrivals again, looks like, but this girl...Jimmy's been here for a while, and he hasn't seen anyone this upset in a long time. The fact that he caught her starting to cry before shutting off the feed has Jimmy answering right away, trying to keep his expression as level and friendly as possible.]

Hey there...is everything alright? I see that a couple folks have already talked to you, but I just wanted to be extra sure you got the help you need.

[He pauses, glancing over at his Manectric, who is watching the Gear quietly along with his trainer.]

My name's Jimmy. I promise I'll help you out any way I can, okay? Now...you say you're lookin' for someone called Katniss?

[Unfortunately, he's never heard of someone like that here...but that doesn't mean there isn't a chance she won't show up.]

[Everybody has been so nice to her so far, she wasn't sure why. Usually people only offer such a helping hand when there's something they can get from you in return. Katniss had always warned her to stay quiet and don't do anything that would make it seem like you owe somebody something but she can't help but respond.]

Katniss...she's my sister. She was taken away by the reaping and I don't think I'll ever see her again...

[With that thought, she sniffs and tears start rolling down her cheeks again. There wasn't a way for her to watch the games here to make sure her sister was okay.]

[He isn't sure what she means by "reaping", but whatever it is it doesn't sound good at all. Not one bit. It takes him a moment to think of what to say, knowing that he can't promise that her sister is even here.]

I'm gonna keep my eye out for her for you. Could you tell me what she looks like, so I'll know who to look for?

[Jimmy pauses for another moment before deciding to throw caution to the wind with an additional offer. He did it with Molly, and he sure isn't hesitating to do it again.]

And...if you need somebody over there so you're not alone, I can come over there real quick. I'm with some others who really wouldn't mind havin' you tag along just so you're not alone. It's perfectly fine if you say no, a'course...I know you don't know me at all, but I just wanna make sure you're okay before I let'cha go.

[There have been so many people offering to come over and look after her. It was a little frightening trying to figure out what everybody wanted. The only person she could trust until now was Katniss. What if these people were trying to get her out of this house for the reaping? Maybe...maybe there was a technical rule that she had to go after all. She curls up in a little tight ball, the gear propped on a pillow in front of her. But she does summon up enough courage to talk about her sister.]

Katniss has really pretty dark brown hair. She ties it up as a big long plait. She's really brave and strong and ... when she talks everybody people listen to her.

[There was a hint of a smile the more she talked about Katniss. When she's done, she watches intently into the gear camera.]

Are you from the Capitol...?

Okay, I got it on lockdown. I'll let you know if I see her, don't worry. And, uh...the Capitol?

[Jimmy echoes, a look of confusion crossing his face. That's got to be where Prim is from.]

Nah, I'm 'fraid not. Is that where you're from?

[She goes very quiet for a moment, her gaze shifting along the sheets beneath her. After a few moments, she's finally able to respond.]

I'm from Panem. Where I'm from, the world... [...as she knows it.]

...is divided into districts. The capitol is where the people have lots of nice things and food.

[Food was the important thing really.]

I'm from district 12. We don't ... have very much there.

[Hm...Jimmy's unfamiliar with the concept of districts, but he does know about different areas of a town. It's weird, since his entire world seemed to consist of one, giant city.]

Gotcha. Yeah, I'm sorry...I'm from someplace else. Someplace that's, uh...a lot different from here.

[She doesn't need to know that his town is called "Miseryville", after all.]

I dunno how things are like there otherwise, but things are safe here. There's a lot of work going on with people trying to get the cities and routes cleaned up, but otherwise? It's a nice place, here.

[She nods quietly at the last piece of information provided. The kind lady that gave her food would tell her a little bit about what was happening on the route leading out of town. Telling her that she really should start her journey already but be more careful. A high level pokemon rampaging probably shouldn't be taken lightly even if they can't get injured here.]

People have been telling me that Lady has to fight....

[She trails off not really sure on how to lead onto the next topic. How do you talk about not wanting to let her pokemon fight at all when everybody else is saying it's a good thing?]

Oh...you mean battling, right? It sounds like a bad thing, but honestly? It's really not. It's actually pretty normal here, for Pokemon.

The Pokemon on the routes right now are kindof stressed out from what's been going on lately, so...it's prolly gonna be a better idea if you do let Lady fight. So she can keep you safe, yaknow?

[Video/Action] New Bark Town - Introduction

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