charcoalfeather | First Feather - [Video/Action for New Bark Town]

[Seems like it's a busy day for the network, and it wasn't about to stop just yet! The feed of the Pokegear's video setting flickers to life, showing a young face fixating on it with her wide, brown eyes. It's likely immediately obvious that this person is new to the world, as the snowy setting of New Bark town sits in the background visible behind her. ]

... O-okay, then that must mean...

[Rakka looks away for a moment, and the sounds of paper being flipped reaches the Pokegear. Looks like Rakka's found a bench to sit on while she slowly, carefully makes her way through her Trainer's Handbook. Flip, flip, oh.]

... So that means it has to be on now. [She says quietly, affirmingly. To herself. Okay, you can do this, Rakka. Just breath in...

Give her a second, she's nervous.]

H-hello? Can anyone hear me? [Dumb question, she's trying.] If anyone can hear this... I think I really need some help.

[Her voice trails away a bit, confused and worried.] My name is Rakka, and I'm a Haibane from Old Home, in the town of Glie? I... I was there a moment ago, and now I'm here in... Joh-to? A woman calling herself "Mom" pushed me out of a house, and wouldn't let me back in. A-and now I have this little ball that had a bird inside it!

[Everything blurs together as Rakka moves the screen until it focuses on... a disinterested Doduo, plodding around in the snow, both of its heads trying to snatch snowflakes out of the air.]

... I think she's a bird. [The view returns to Rakka. Her tone has equal parts wonder and anxiety.] But she's also a 'Pokemon' and it's so much bigger then the birds I've seen, and it walks around instead of just flying, and it has two heads...! And now... I'm all alone here.

[She's trying not to panic, oh she is. But it's plain-as-day that she's feeling the stress as she speaks up:]

If anyone can tell me the way to leave this place, or if you know Kana, Hikari, or Nemu... please tell me. I'd really appreciate it! [A slight nod and an added:] Thank you!

[... She doesn't know how to turn this off. Uh. Hang on. She'll get it eventually...]

Around New Bark Town.
[Rakka was positive she'd never been here before... yet, there were a number of similarities that she couldn't just ignore; they were literally standing all around her.

Windwills, turning ever so slightly in the breeze. There's one situated almost in the middle of town, and Rakka's almost instinctively drawn towards it. It's big, noticeable, and it's something she recognizes. Which is comforting because a LOT of things seem to be happening today, and they don't seem to be stopping. She reaches out to touch it, big mistake. Cold! Cold. But real all the same.

So that's where she decides to be right now, standing at the base of one of the windmills, rubbing her hands together and giving a jolting sneeze while she watches those giant blades turn.

It's boring, but something to focus on.]

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[Well she's just going to almost... drop the pokegear. That sure is someone's voice coming out of it. She didn't expect this!]

No way out...? T-that can't be true! I mean, there's always some way out of somewhere... right?

[Ahh another non-tech savvy person, this will be fun.]

That could be true, if you weren't in this crazy universe but no. Unless this place decides to toss you back where you came from, you are stuck.

[It will certainly be fun for one person involved in this conversation.

Meanwhile, Rakka's expression is dropping by the second, but it seems that something Killua said has caught her interest.]

Is... is that what this place does? Taking people and bringing them here to... Uh [Wait.] What are people supposed to do here?

Honestly we are here to raise, breed and if you desire battle with pokemon. There isn't much other than that and getting a job so you can get paid.

[He shrugs before remembering something.]

Oh and there are times when the world will go sort of nuts but it doesn't happen often though, sadly.

You fight with the animals?!

[YUP WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT KILLUA SAID, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THAT FOR NOW.]

That kinda unavoidable for the most part, but don't worry if you can ask them if they want to fight or not. They can understand what you are saying.

[He'd rather just fight himself but no, he doesn't get to have that sort of fun anymore.]

... Really? That's amazing! I didn't know animals could do that. [Hmmm! She tosses a glance over to the Doduo currently out of frame. Would they listen to her? She'd have to try and give that a shot when she wasn't worrying so much.]

I-I still don't understand why people would do that, though.

It's hard to explain, a lot of it has do with the people's relationship with them. Pokemon are the front and center of their society. In the case of trainers, people that battle Pokemon, they are like mentors teaching them to get stronger to prove themselves.

That makes sense... [Sort of. She's following along with his logic here, and it's certainly different from... just about everything she's learned.

Still, she's looking mighty uncertain about this whole thing, for one reason or another.]

You are gonna to get into your first battle soon enough, so you'll get a better grasp of what I mean.

[Now that didn't sound ominous at all.]

[...Gulp.]

Uh, okay? How soon, do you think?

Once you step out of that town, you are free game.

Oh my... That's pretty big.

[Which is an understatement. She really shouldn't have expected any less; this world seemed to be full of the animals like this.

Leave the town, or stay here forever. Choices.]

They should have a fence set up or something!

[Or we can focus on this part.]

The native Pokemon are polite enough to not just into town to attack people, unless they live in certain builds. There isn't anything like that in new bark. The same can't be said for random swarms though, they come through do want they want and leave.

[They are like rude and unexpected house guests.]

[She wouldn't know anything about those.]

This world sounds so strange.

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