One Ghost

[brokethecycle]

[The pokegear flips on and there is a very confused, somewhat bewildered looking kid looking into the camera.]

Okay, um. I ...really don't know what's going on here. This isn't my house, or my mom, and this place is definitely not Blithe Hollow.

Is anyone listening on this? I- this is crazy. I'm walking around this place like I got trapped in a video game- I don't think I've even played this version. What does- Ack!

[And it's at this point, Norman gets cut off because he's being bodily tackled by his pokemon, which can be seen as a Duskull shaped blur. Norman grumbles off screen as he's at the mercy of its affection.]

I'm just making a call, I'm not going anywhere- Okay, okay we can go in a minute. I kind of need you to get off me first.

[The funny thing is that he's actually also having a conversation with it.]

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[razputin]

[It looks like he's having a conversation with it? That's what pings Raz the most, his Gardevoir off-screenly using powers to levitate up the 'gear. On screen, a Weavile is next to the kid, a Hoothoot is floating around behind him dancing around a Charizard, and a Woobat on his head.

All but the Weavile have goggles on.]
Hey -- are you talking to that guy?
[Raz may have his Gardevoir talking to him right now. Telepathy is awesome Norman.]

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[show_my_cannons]

... You okay there, kid?

[He seems like it, but hey, it can't hurt to check.]

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[timelymaid]

This is Johto! At least, this region is. And I'd be happy to answer any questions you have!

[ Pinged by ghost pokemon and new person, honestly. There's a Gengar in the screen of this reply, although Aradia doesn't mention her partner, who seems content to watch. ]

[thisonetime_withkeith]

Oh man, you got a ghost!

[Excuse him, that's... Mostly all he took out of this whole thing. He hasn't seen a ghost type since coming here! He's been too busy trying to make sure he has enough food to feed Suee, that he hasn't left the first town yet. That, and he's been trying to find a boyfriend for her to no avail.]

I'm kinda jealous. I've been wantin' one ever since I got here!

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[cakelover]

[ ...Since he's also in New Bark Town, this answer might be heard over the network as well as in person, depending on where Norman is and if he feels up to meeting a boy who looks his age or younger hanging off the back of a Kangaskhan. ]

Kan-chan and I are listening! It's kind of funny, isn't it?

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[foolishwren]

_{[Kids who get dumped in this place always sort of tug Heather's heartstrings, if only because she knows if she'd gotten poofed here when she was, like, twelve, she'd be super wigged out.]}

Yeah, don't worry, that mom lady is harmless.

She does that to everyone.

It's sorta sad, really.

Like a case of Empty Nest Syndrome gone horribly, horribly wrong.

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[triptoprofiling]

[Well this Norman can certainly feel your pain. Especially when a kid has to deal with this craziness. He wouldn't want any kid to be subjected to this even if this is a real life simulation of cutsie animals boppin' around spitting fire at each other.]

Hey, you alright there?

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[islandshore]

[There's a close-up shot of a... very big ghost. Haunters are typically 5'3'', after all. But, oh, he rubs his hands together, cackling at the camera annnd that brief Duskull shaped blur until--

Ope. Gear's snatched right out of his hand. Bummer, right?]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume people've already at least tried to fill you in. Consider it part of your newbie orient--

[And cue what can only be described as white noise combined with a warped version of Skull Kid's laugh from Phantom. Though, Norman may understand it more as irritated mutterings over how he was so ready to scare the pants off that kid.]

Anyway, this place definitely teeters on a weird line between video game and reality. Magic ledges you just can't climb, nonstop music, no real death... Kind of weird when everything else feels so real.

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[ghostytrainer]

Well if you've played Red or Blue version, then you've played half of this world at least. You are in Johto right now, but Kanto exists here as well, it's just a separate region.

[John grins. It's always great to meet somebody else who knows what Pokemon is.]

But this isn't actually the video game...at least I don't think. I mean it's pretty real, you know? But some of the natives are a little...NPC-ish. Also, you totally lucked out on your starter, man. The Duskull line is awesome.

[Video] Late, but I had to. <3

[otherfathering]

Last I heard, this place was a video game- 'least it was to some folks.

Welcome to the wor~ld of Pokémon, kiddo.