in_praetego | .001 | video, action for Route 29

[ Leaving New Bark Town was his ultimate priority. Despite the fact that he had been well supplied by whoever it was who called herself "Mom", it didn't sit well with him. That person wasn't his mother. There was just no way. That being said, it left a rather unpleasant taste in his mouth. So the boy and his Pokemon had finally settled themselves underneath a tree on Route 29, for him to sort things out and for the Pokemon to go around and play by herself as she was want to do.

The Happiny can be found running around in the background, diving in and out of the tall grass as Yukio sinks down against the tree. ]

I'm not sure how far this network goes but I figured there should be other people out there who can hear me and can maybe answer a few questions.

My name is Yukio Okumura, exorcist, middle first class of True Cross Academy. If there's anyone else from True Cross or anyone who has any idea where it is and how I can get back, I'd appreciate it.

[ He frowns a bit. The next part is a bit of a long stretch but it's worth a try. ]

Also, does anyone know of a Rin Ok--

[ Before he can say his brother's name, he's suddenly interrupted by loud crying. In the background, you can clearly see his Happiny had tripped and is currently bawling its little eyes out. ]

Airi?

[ He gets up, turning to look behind the tree. ]

Airi, I told you to be careful.

[ With a sigh, he decides to head over there before cutting the feed. ]

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Unfortunately, the names you mentioned does not sound familiar to me at all.

[a shame, considering he has all the intentions of helping him out with finding them.

But he supposes telling him about the nature of this world works too.]

I'm sure he'll let me know the minute he sees this.

[ He's rather relieved that the Happiny's stopped crying. If anything, her earlier stumble was all but forgotten thanks to the doll. A quick check confirms that her crying was only momentary pain from tripping. ]

Nice to meet you too, Maka. [ cue tiny awkward smile from that assumption. But the way he's hearing things, it seems like his brother's got a positive reputation at the very least. ]

Guess Rin hasn't been much trouble since he came here, has he?

[ He was never the kind to work in packs. Operating alone was a usual thing but then this was a rather unusual situation to begin with. ]

Right. I just left town myself so I'll probably see what I can find when I get to Cherrygrove.

[ Better sit yourself down, miss. ]

Right. I guess the first question would be how long you've been here.

I guess it isn't.

[ But their last name is pretty uncommon! ]

Listen, you wouldn't know an Okumura Rin, would you?

My guess would be that he's still at one of the beginning cities on the map, perhaps Cherrygrove or Violet. Your backdrop doesn't look terribly familiar...do you mind if I ask where you are?

It should take you a few days at most, but if you get lost the map should get you in the right direction. ...You'll probably want to use your pokemon to fight too--they get stronger that way, or at least I've noticed mine has. Thankfully the ones on Route 29 aren't that bad, so I think yours should be able to take them on no problem.

Oh, no, actually he's...really funny! He makes some odd statements and I don't know if he's that smart, but he's a good friend. I think the most trouble he's gotten into at this point was his Pokemon chewing on his head.

If you mean "has he gotten into fights," um...we did get into an argument? But it's not a big deal to me, who doesn't argue with their friends?

He'll show up if he's around, I'm sure.

[ A pause. ]

Would you know how many people have been brought here?

It was on the off-chance that he would've heard it if he was around... or maybe someone knew him.

Thanks anyway.

It's alright, I'll make sure to keep track of those names in case they're mentioned again within the network.

[that said and done with.]

Has anyone gave you a complete briefing of this place, by the way?

[ Cherrygrove... according to the map, that wasn't too terribly far away. In fact, that was his next location. Maybe the chances of catching up to him weren't so bad.

But then there's the matter of where he was right now. ]

Just left the town. I'm not too far away. Halfway down Route 29.

I'd appreciate that.

[ A pause though. ]

A complete briefing? No, I can't say anyone has.

I see, well in that case, I should probably start with the creature you found right after waking up. They're called Pokémon, native animals of this world that functions either as pets or creatures of battles.

Any questions so far?

Oh, good! Then maybe you'll meet up with him sooner rather than later. I didn't get to see much of those routes myself since I had a friend that picked me up as soon as he knew I was here. Quite handy to have Pokemon that can fly, I'll tell you.

[Rin experienced the horror of Botan the chatterbox, now it's Yukio's turn.]

But! They should take about two days to traverse? If you're running and making good travel time. It would probably be better if you were carrying your little friend there instead of making her run.

Actually, he didn't. Probably because the subject never comes up.

[Because Pokemooooooooon.]

Depends! Do you mean a headcount of all of us here currently, or through all time...? Because both answers I don't know exactly, but for the "here currently" I'd say we're on the higher side between one to two hundred.

Nope, sorry. I just showed up here today, so... [ He shrugs. His social network isn't really that large yet! ]

Never heard of the place but you're a long way from home. All I can offer is some help getting around.

[Huh, funny enough he does know a Rin. Is it the same Rin he knows? Those are some pretty damn high odds.]

You got two options: A hike or a ferry-ride. Either choice you'll be stuck in the outdoors one way or the other.

I'm starting to think I'm much farther from home that I first thought.

[ There's a small frown though. ]

Does anyone do anything here apart from move around outdoors?

[ Color him surprised because that's a lot of people. ]

And no one's figured out a way to send us back to our original worlds?

Not really!! I mean, part of the problem is that no one is sure how we got here, which would be useful to know in order to get back.

At the very least our being here doesn't disrupt our respective timelines, though.

No, it's alright.

[ Neither is his... and he's not very sociable to begin with. ]

Thanks for your time though.

[ It's still odd to hear his brother actually has friends. Real friends. Odd... and oddly warming. Seems he's been doing rather well for himself here. ]

Typical him... but thank you very much for looking out for him while he's been here.

Somehow, I'm kind of relieved to hear that.

[ Have a somewhat awkward laugh from it because really the things his brother would probably complain about. ]

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