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

[charcoalfeather]

[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.]

Comments

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Well, neither name is one she recognizes, so.]

Okay. They sound nice. What do they mean?

[charcoalfeather]

[....Umm....]

"Air" and... "Feathers"?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...Well, they're nice. And fitting.

[charcoalfeather]

...You think so?

[Please think so. She thought them up on the spot and feels quite embarrassed.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

I do! They're sweet.

[...and besides, it's like naming a dog Fido in being on the nose, but there's nothing wrong with that.]

[charcoalfeather]

[Hopefully not.]

Well, uh, thank you. I guess I wanted to name them something that means something? [Even if it's so... literal. Hey, she was named after "falling".]

So... yeah.

[Shuffles her boots a little. This has been an astounding conversation she thinks.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

I understand. Agatha's named after an author, so...

[...]

...Where...do you think you're headed after this? Down the path?

[charcoalfeather]

An author, like for books? That sounds so interesting!

[.... oh, right.]

You mean... oh, out of this town? [She pauses, then nods.] I... decided to go down the path leading to the next town. Someone who spoke to me on my pokegear said they would meet me there.

[It's the traveling part that's going to be the most difficult.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

You've got someone meeting you? Huh. Well, that's pretty cool. And sweet of whoever it is, make sure you don't have to travel alone.

[Yeah, preaching to the choir here...]

...I'm waiting for someone, myself. Well, someone's Pokémon. Uh, he sent her to watch over me, so...staying here until she arrives.

[Which won't be until nightfall, unfortunately.]

[charcoalfeather]

Yeah it's nice! I mean, I still have to get to Cherrygrove and meet him there, but it doesn't look that far away.

[Little does she know. Watch her try and say that three days later...

Her head tilts a little as though a visible sign of her thought process at work.]

Oh. Uh, that sounds good, isn't it? There's so many people here that want to help, it's...

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...Surprising.

[Probably not what Rakka was going to say, but.]

Surprising, but nice.

[charcoalfeather]

...Yeah.

[It's close. But did Rakka really want to talk about that, and how could she describe it? It was new, and frightening to the mind when you considered just what was going on to them. But, in the face of that, they'd received quite a bit of kindness.]

It's definitely a new world... but people are the same.

[Did she say that out loud? Must be a thought that escaped her.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Ashley's eyebrows raise, slightly. That's...not quite what she'd say to it. She wets her lips and shrugs very lightly.

The mines. The bite. One year ago.]

They're people. [...] Bound to see all sorts.

[charcoalfeather]

...I guess.

[Mmm... There isn't much Rakka can say to that, leading to a natural silence setting in where she glanced from her Doduo to Ashley. She shuffles her boots in the light snow, her face, unreadable.

Maybe... no, there are things she definitely can't talk about right now.]

Uh... Good luck with your trip, I bet you'll do just fine with that Pokemon showing up!

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Ashley offers a taut smile.]

Mm. I sure hope so. ...You too. Good luck.

[charcoalfeather]

[And Rakka replies with her own smile, small but honest.]

Maybe... we'll see each other again?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Well... There's only one road out of town that she wants to take.]

We probably will.

[charcoalfeather]

[....There is that, yeah...]

Well it was nice meeting you, Ashley!

[Kuki and Feza squawk earnestly. Apparently you're good people now. Congrats!]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Nice? This place, well...
Sure.]

You too.

[An awkward wave; they'll meet up again in the future.]

[charcoalfeather]

[It was nice after a certain point. Probably after everyone stopped freaking out.

She gives a little wave, equally as awkward, but adorably so? It's been a very long day already.

But, maybe not the worst first day in a new world? Yeah.]