Josuke Higashikata Meets Pokémon (part 1)

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Whoa whoa whoa hey, don't touch the hair - and you better explain what I'm doing here, now!

[Josuke is practically being forced out the door of "Mom"'s house not only by the mystery woman, but also by the Pansage riding his shoulders eagerly waving and pointing at everything in sight. He's sure never met her before, and it's really freaking him out. He thought his real mom could get crazy.

The door gets slammed on him before he realizes he's outside.]

Oh, now this is just great.

[He's gonna be strolling around looking for answers. You look out of place, maybe you know something?]

[Video...?]

[That... is the side of a face. Someone seems to have not noticed the lens... or maybe not.]

Apparently this thing I got is a phone, not just a camera? Fancy stuff. Guess the first question is, who am I even calling? Wouldn't think it'd make one with no number.

[He'd been poking around, and found some things that looked phone-like, so he gave it a try. It is acting odd, but maybe it's like a Stand or something. There could totally be a phone stand.]

Wouldn't be right to just say that, though. Name's Josuke Higashikata. A little confused by all this, but I guess I've got time to work it out since it doesn't look like I'm going anywhere anytime soon.

Got a song stuck in my head something fierce, though.

[He finally moves the Gear away from the side of his head, giving everyone a really clear look at his pompadour and face, finally. He's managed to get Yes to calm down, at least, but he also forgot to hang up.]

Wait, maybe...

[He's taking off his jacket on camera. It's midsummer so sure, that makes some sense, but the way he's looking over it might seem more like there might be a problem with it than just looking at it strangely.]

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It's nice to meet you, Josuke. My name is Luna. [Immediately after introducing herself, she bows.] And this is...

[With that said, Audino steps forward, bows just like Luna did a while ago and greets Josuke with a wave and a friendly sounding "Audino, Audino!"]

I haven't picked a name yet, but I guess it has to wait. Let's figure out where we are first, shall we?

[It's kind of weird, actually...there are quite a few houses around, but there's no one on the street, save for the two of them.]

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Right, right.

[Knock knock on the door of random person they don't know. Are you home?]

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[Luna is quick to follow him, listening carefully to any sounds that may come from the other side of the door. Nobody answers, but she can swear that she has heard steps.]

D-Did you hear that?

[She lowers her voice as she turns to Josuke. Maybe her senses are trying to trick her, though?]

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[!!]

Sure wasn't nothing.

[But was it someone inside the house, or outside...?]

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[Before speaking up again, she takes one more look around. Nothing unexpected to see here, apart from one thing.

Namely, a Sentret with its ears perked up in alarm, it's eyes fixed on Josuke and Luna.]

Could you please turn around very, very slowly?

[Did this Pokémon make that noise? She's not sure if that's the case, it seems to be rather quiet, after all...]

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[Okay, don't move suddenly and don't be moved suddenly. In the interest of not surprising it with yet more noise, he'll just nod and turn.]

[...That's a... thing, all right. Let's keep the volume to a whisper.]

What do you think it wants?

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Food?

[It's the first thing to come to her mind.]

Do we even have something to eat, though?

[All they would have to do is to check their bags, but it may be a bit difficult to do without startling the Pokémon.]

Do you think that it may belong to someone?

[It's difficult to tell, really...but she can't rule it out; its trainer may be inside this house or just somewhere nearby.]

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I don't have anything on me that I know of. As for whether it's got an owner, we can't rule it out either way...

[He's going to carefully, quietly reach into the bag, and...]

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[Luna can see the Pokémon in the corner of her eye, but before the quiet rustle reaches her ears, Sentret already breaks into a run.]

L-Let's follow it!

[She points to the corner of the house behind which the Sentret disappeared. It could mean that there's another entrance to the house somewhere.

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[Maybe, but what if that entrance is Sentret-sized rather than human-sized?]

I'll go around the other way, see if we can corner it.

[That would at least stop it from running away provided such an entrance does not in fact exist...]

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[They're going to have a small problem, then...]

Alright.

[There's no time to waste, so she's tiptoeing as fast as she can to follow the rather fearful pokémon. It's indeed still here in the back, standing on its tail and looking around, before approaching the door which seems to be closed. It effortlessly bounces up on the tail and pulls the door handle to make it open.]

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[He rounds the corner just as the door opens, and... that thing's smarter than he'd expected.]

It's gonna get away at this rate!

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[Before Sentret disappears behind the door, Audino throws a berry she grabbed when they were trying to chase the other pokémon. It seems enough to lure Sentret out again, even though it's first reaction is to jump up even higher in surprise.

Luna looks at Jotaro and without saying anything, she tries to ask him through a series of gestures whether they should try to catch it together or just walk inside.]

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[Josuke motions Luna forward, let's just get inside. They'll deal with the two-foot animal if the house is empty.]

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H-Hello? Is anybody here?

[Her voice is a bit shaky, but it's mostly because as the door close, everything around them becomes dark.]

Maybe...maybe there really isn't anybody here. It could be an abandoned house.

[How will she explain the creak of the floor, though? It might have been caused both by a person, or by a pokémon alike.]