Video 1: A Challenger Appears!

[justanexpression]

[The angle when the gear turns on is... strange. Like it’s being held by someone too distracted to pay attention to where it might be pointing. There’s part of a chin, a shoulder, and plenty of scenery. The top of a whitish blob flops past the bottom of the screen. From the sound it makes, it must be a Seel.]

This is really weird. You know that?

[The Seel gives a cheerful affirmative from somewhere. Suddenly, the picture shifts, moving erratically until it stops with a soft thud as the gear is dropped and lands in the grass. At least it has a good view, now, framing most of a boy in his teens, crouching on his toes next to a backpack as he rummages through it, occasionally pulling things out for a closer look. His blue hooded sweatshirt has seen better days, and his pants don’t seem to be from quite the right century. Together with the ice-white hair, it makes something of an odd picture.]

If this is... Naw, it’s way too cutesy to be one of Pitch’s tricks.

[He looks up, past the gear at where the sounds of the Seel are coming from. His smile grows, just a bit.]

You sure you’re not a Selkie?

[A negative. The gear is nudged closer, and he laughs as he reaches for it.]

Okay, okay. Remind me to introduce you to Sandy sometime.

Now what am I supposed to do with it?

[Cue the random pushing of buttons. Electronics-abuse is always the answer, right?]

Comments

[video]

[bywiseguidance]

You are supposed to use it to communicate with other people here. Hello.

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[justanexpression]

[Sorry. Excuse the staring. He'll get over it soon.]

You can see me, too?

[First that 'mom' person, then all the ones he'd dodged to get out of town, now this?]

[video]

[bywiseguidance]

...yes? You do have the video on, you realize.

[video]

[eclectical]

What's a Selkie?

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[justanexpression]

[This whole 'people seeing him' thing was so WEIRD.]

It's a... selkie? Right, not helpful. [Hope no one gets motion sickness, but eventually the view stabilizes again on the Seel. It looks happy to have someone else paying attention to it, in a derpy sort of way.] They're people. Sometimes. And sometimes they kind of look like that, except more brown and less spikey.

Bigger vocabulary, too.

[video]

[eclectical]

Oh, so it's a kind of shapeshifter? Neat!

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[starspangledavenger]

Selkies were one of my favorite stories when I was young.

[Steve has an Eevee draped across his shoulder at the moment, who's looking at the camera curiously]

You can use that device for communication or to learn more about Pokemon, just aim it at one and it will spout information about it. It has maps, radio, and games too, it'll be very useful so keep it handy.

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[justanexpression]

[That's a cat... sheep... thing... what? Okay, no, the not-Selkie is WAY less confusing, he'll never complain again.]

Trust me, they're not just stories. Kind of stuck up, though.

[The gear is getting a much more considering look now.] Games, huh?

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[starspangledavenger]

You know, after everything I've seen, I can believe they're real.

[grins and nods]

Yeah, you just go to the Pokemart and they will upload games and other things on it. I use it more for drawing, but yeah, they are pretty handy.

[Video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[It's been a while since Jack has welcomed a newcomer!]}

That'll be your link to the rest of the world when you're lost in deep caves or stranded at a train station for two hours.

[Video]

[justanexpression]

...Starting off with the best case scenario, huh? Nice to meet an optimist finally.

[And to be entirely honest, Jack wasn't sure which one would be worse. Probably the train station.]

[Video]

[quickattackjack]

Get yourself trapped in Union Cave for two weeks and this little gizmo will be your best friend!

_{[That is the voice of experience.]}

Glad to see you made it in one piece, but I'm afraid you'll be staying with us a while.

[hammerfell]

Teach it how to fight.

[Hi Jack. Thor is sitting in the grass, his cape-wearing Pichu on his head, his Emolga egg in his lap, and his Shinx chewing on...something...nearby.

Big burly guy, teeny Pokemon. It's a thing.]

You are indeed correct though, your creature does rather look like a selkie.

[justanexpression]

[Finally! Someone who knows what he's talking about. Sort of, anyway. Blink.]

Why would I teach it to fight? [He and the Seel stare at each other.] Nobody mentioned that.

[hammerfell]

[Well...His Pichu pokes him.]

...you do not have to, should you wish merely for companionship. However, many of them have warrior spirits, and enjoy the challenge of battle.

[His Pichu grapples. It's a thing. Thor didn't even teach him that one.]

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[colorsofthewind]

[ Hello Jack. Enjoy this extreme close-up of a pink penguin as Talim's Delibird is very curious about that Seel. Arcturus makes a noise of greeting and waves.

HELLO FRIEND. NOTICE ME!! ]

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[justanexpression]

Hey, what the-

[Suddenly, Jack has a lap full of Seel. Well, that's not comfortable.

The Seel really doesn't seem to care. Finally, there's someone interesting to talk to! HELLO! :D]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Just a tip-- do too much button-mashing and you'll wind up, like, accidentally putting the text display at like, 1-point, and not knowing how to put it back.

Which sucks.

New, huh?

[Video]

[justanexpression]

[Hopefully the sheepish laugh will distract from the fact that he has no idea what "1-point" is or why it would be bad. He'll just... not button-mash, how's that?]

That obvious?

[Video]

[moveslikestrider]

Up to you what you do with your new buddy. [Says the blond haired kid in shades with the fire unicorn just chilling out at his side.] How much of the run down have you gotten? Don't want to go over the same shit if it's already been dished out.

[Video]

[justanexpression]

[Don't mind the wary stare at your pokemon there. Jack's just understandably a bit distrusting of hot things. Like fire.]

Uh, well, let's see. [He counts them off on his fingers.] We've got walking, fighting, getting kidnapped, ledges, something called Team Rocket, games, the fact that this place does get good weather once in a while, and... probably stuff I've already forgotten.

[The ledges bit was going to stick pretty well, though. You'd think they'd murdered the guy's parents or something.]

[timelymaid]

Hi! And welcome to Johto! This might help.

[ She's attaching a file, yep. ]
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ATTACH: beginnersmanual.doc

[justanexpression]

[It takes a minute, but Jack figures out how to open it. That's... a lot of reading. His shoulders slump, just a bit, but he's already pretty well figured out that people are just trying to help so he should be polite.]

Thanks. For the welcome and the book. I'm starting to think this place might be even more trouble than it looks.



((Unlike Jack, I totally think that's the coolest thing ever. XD Whoever made that is amazing.))

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[nasa_dreams]

The heck's a selkie, man?

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[justanexpression]

[This look? This look here says KIDS THESE DAYS. Highly hypocritical of you, Jack.]

They're shape-shifters. Sometimes they look like him. [The view shifts, taking in the Seel which has rolled over onto its back and appears to be either deeply asleep or dead. Jack's voice from behind the camera is amused.] Except less lazy, I think.