|1| [Video/Action for near New Bark Town]

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[There's a... very uncertain-looking young man peering into the camera. He's really not sure what to make of any of this. It's a little hard to believe that he's like this, and he can't morph, and that there are Pokemon.]

[... He's trying to keep it together.]

So... uh.

[Great start, Tobias.]

I guess... I'm stuck here? No one in town really had anything useful to say. None of this makes much sense. And I'm guessing asking how to get home isn't going to get me any real answers, either.

[There's a squawk off-camera, and he looks concerned for a minute.]

I'm guessing the first step is to head to the next town, right? And start building up a team...

[... Why did he make this broadcast anyway?]

... If anyone's got any advice for that kind of thing, feel free to give it.

[He clicks the broadcast off.]

[Action]

[He's not in New Bark Town anymore. He's nearby, but he's sitting in a small area free of tall grass, staring down his Pokemon. What's a Rufflet, anyway? ... At least the body language is familiar. He holds out his hand, waiting for the little Pokemon to approach.]

[... This might take a while.]

Comments

[video]

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I don't know anyone here. Traveling in a group is a bad idea.

[Not letting anyone get the chance to shove his head in a toilet again, nope.]

Re: [video]

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_{[Henry shakes his head.]}

I didn't either, but it's better than getting attacked by hypno-owls in the dead of night.

[video]

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I can handle some owls.

[... Well he could. He can't right now. But he knows how to read bird body language.]

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

Suit yourself...and if your pokemon are low on health try not to make eye-contact with anybody who looks like they're from this place.

[video]

[wing_attack]

Make eye cont - oh. Right. The... the book said that.

[So did the game. But shh.]

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

It's weird...wearing sunglasses doesn't even work. I don't know how they know but they know.

[video]

[wing_attack]

I guess... it's just something weird to this world. I'm not sure you can really explain something like that.

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

There are a lot of things like that...the way people repeat themselves, the background music...it's enough to give you a headache if you think about it too hard.

[video]

[wing_attack]

Great. So we're... what, stuck in a video game?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

That's a good way to look at it.

[video]

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[No this is exactly what's happening Henry you don't understand.]

How far away is the next town?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[It's called denial.]}

Hmm...your 'gear should tell you. It's been a long time since we were down that way. If you find a pokemon big enough to ride it really helps.

[video]

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[... Well okay he knows that well enough.]

... I guess? Maybe if this little guy grows up big enough...

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

He might surprise you.

[video]

[wing_attack]

Maybe. It wouldn't be the first time an animal surprised me.

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

Really, though. Watch out for those owls. Good luck.

[video]

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... Thanks.

[Social skills what social skills.]