1st page; video/action for new bark town

[bookslap]

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{Hello Route. Nanao's sitting at a picnic table in New Bark Town, hands folded neatly on the table. One hand's knuckles are wrapped in a handkerchief, but she stares levelly at the camera, eyes utterly serious.}

Hello. I would be grateful if someone out there was able to provide an answer to my questions. Don't worry, I only have two. {She looks away for a moment, swallowing.}

How were we brought here, and does anyone know why? I think I understand where we are, even if the premise is absurd, but it is the how and why that yet eludes me.

{A Pidgey chirps somewhere off camera, and Nanao's fingers clench and uncurl.}

A precis on what happened might be nice as well, considering that this town looks like it's been ravaged by a storm.

{That said, she reaches out and clicks off the feed. She'll be wandering around New Bark for a while at least, so feel free to approach her if you see her!}

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[exeggutorhead]

[Envy didn't think he'd hear this voice on the network again. But it's her, she came back after all and...]

[...and she doesn't remember.]

[He doesn't respond until he thinks he can control his expression.]

You just missed the worst storm I've ever seen.

["And it's a good thing you did with your luck, huh?" The phrase runs pops into his head, unbidden, and the casual smirk he had on wavers more than a little. He continues on, voice hurried and hoping it will be a distraction:]

But if anybody knows why we're all here, they haven't shared it yet.

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[bookslap]

{Well, hello. Nanao narrows her eyes - something about his facial expression and voice trips warning bells. She's perfectly polite when she replies, but she does peer curiously at him.}

Well, I'm glad to have avoided it. As exciting as storms are, I don't exactly have any of the supplies necessary to weather such an event. {puns}

I... see. May I ask - how long have you been here? {She doesn't want to be here any longer than she has to be; she needs to get home. There's a war she needs to be a part of.}

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[Damn it this is already harder than he thought it would be.]

It's going to be four years, in a few months. But not a lot of people stay here that long.

[Like her.]

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Well, there sure is a familiar voice and a familiar face in that message. But it's a familiar voice that would not be asking those questions if the familiarity was mutual.

How lovely.]

The 'how' is unknown, the 'why' is possibly 'to raise local creatures and sustain the tourism industry', and that is a very apt description of New Bark Town at the moment. ...Is your hand injured?

[video]

[bookslap]

{Ah, a man who looks vaguely like Captain Ukitake! Nanao is mildly reassured by this, even if she doesn't know Cecil yet.}

The local creatures... those are 'pokemon', aren't they? Are there any, well, normal creatures?

{At the mention of her hand, she blushes faintly and looks away.} It's just a graze. Nothing too serious.

{This is what happens when you punch trees, Nanao.}

[video]

[solas_ion]

You're--!

[Lancer was momentarily caught off guard--but no, if she was asking things like that...]

[She couldn't be the same one.]

...you're kind of stuck, is what I meant to say.

[video] LANSAAAAAA

[bookslap]

{What is it with people and that kind of reaction?! It's really starting weird her out.}

{also why do you have blue hair, what the heck.}

Well, it's good to know that I'm not alone in being stuck here. {There's a pause, then she raises an eyebrow.}

If you don't mind, what were you going to say before you corrected yourself? I'm... a little curious.

{She's a sharp one, Nanao is.}

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[codpieces]

[ oh you people with your silly answers man. someone get the holy faygo so he could shower some sweet beverage all over your possessed questioning self all like "the power of the capricious minstrels compels you!!" ]

Ain't the eluding part is the best fuckin' part though-?

[ come. abandon your rational ways and embrace the miracles ]

Knowin' the whys and do hows swipes the magic away, sis.

VIDEO i have a literal :D on my face rn

[bookslap]

{Nah, rationality is her bread and butter.}

I... beg your pardon? {give her a moment}

I've found that knowing how and why can make... certain things more palatable.

{like the actual genocide the shinigami waged against the quincy}

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[That's... a familiar voice. And a familiar face.]

[But it... doesn't sound like she remembers this place. Which means it'd be pointless to ask if it's her, or pull the whole DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING? thing.]</sub>

No one'll probably be able to give a satisfactory answer to either of those questions, I'm afraid.

The other one, though, that was a hurricane.

Yeah.

[Audio]

[bookslap]

{Nanao grimaces - she's heard it from several people now. Looks like there's no secret, sneaky way around it.}

A hurricane? That must have been, well... Exciting seems like the wrong word to use.

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[ossifragant]

You get used to this place after a while.

Haven't been here all that long myself, but I know a few people who have been here for years.

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[bookslap]

Years? That doesn't sound... good. {Her voice is uncertain, and her brow is furrowed.}

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[dreamsofahero]

*oh, he remembers her... or at least, someone who certainly looked and sounded exactly like her and who mistook him for a woman the first time they spoke, though as it's obvious she has no memory of this place, well, he may as well treat her as just another newcomer*

We've yet to learn anything about how we've been brought here, let alone why. And that would be because there was, in fact, quite a large storm just recently.

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[bookslap]

Not a single hint? A shame. {Nanao frowns, sighs.} At least I missed the inclement weather - I don't have the greatest of luck with natural disasters.

[video]

[quickattackjack]

_{[Oh, now there's a sight for sore eyes.]}

You're quite right--it was a terrible storm! I'm just glad it didn't bring a flood with it this time.

[video]

[bookslap]

Storms and floods - how often do these kind of weather events happen?

{That's a heck of a hairstyle.}

[Video]

[francia]

[France perks up upon seeing Nanao on the network again but deflates rather quickly. Ah, it's that then, one of the many little ways this world is very cruel. His response comes a bit later, after he's finished work and cleaned up. Make a good impression and vanity and all that.]

Bonsoir. No one yet knows how or why we of other worlds come here. It's a question I've been asking for more than three years now. It wasn't quite a question, but we have had a bit more than a regular storm in the past few days. You're lucky to have missed it.

[Flying sharks might have been a shock.]

I'd be happy to answer any of your questions, mademoiselle, if you have more.

[Video]

[bookslap]

{That is a very handsome man. And apparently French, too.}

Mm, so I've been told. {She thinks for a moment.} I do have one question - there wouldn't happen to be some kind of bus to the next town, would there?

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[usedwrench]

[Hey, she's ba-- ... Oh, she doesn't remember anything. Typical. That doesn't mean Winry would hang up, no. Just means they're going to start from square one again.]

Please don't think about the how or why too much, okay? It's like an eternal mystery at the moment, and all kinds of people wake up here from all kind of circumstances, so at least there's no common ... pattern to it!

[video]

[bookslap]

{There is a huge range of people here, clearly.}

I'd be far more reassured if there was some kind of discernable pattern to it, but I at least made it from home to here in one piece.

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

Miss--["Miss Nanao", he would say. But her questions finally caught up with him. Oh, she doesn't...remember.]--well, at the moment, we have no idea how we're brought here or why.

Some of the common theories involves the legendary Pokemon's whims, but it's hard to verify that for ourselves. As for your other question, basically a hurricane happened. You're lucky you came after it passed.

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[bookslap]

{...hm. Seems that this person also knew her, once upon a time.}

...legendary Pokemon? What are those?

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[noctuam]

[ it's been a bit since nagi himself arrived— he's filled himself in, though, with any source he could find since "mom" was a bit out of the question ( how long has it been since he's seen his mother? a very long time ).

despite only being vaguely familiar with pokemon ( he'd probably only recognize pikachu ), it wasn't so bad, and neither was it too hard to follow once you knew how to walk a straight line. there are quite a few questions lingering in his head ( for example: he's never heard of a limbo like this, or an after life— ), but those would probably come to him in time.

he wasn't in any hurry, after all.

the skies are a bit cloudy and dark, though— with drizzles every so often. nagi is checking out new bark town himself at this time, his bulbasaur accompanying and sometimes wandering a bit too far from him in favor of curiosity.

like in this case, where she's the first to go over to nanao and sniff at her feet, looking up and sitting as she observes and greets while nagi is asking a citizen for small pecks of information. once he notices, nagi comes soon after, giving a sheepish smile, speaking with a mechanical-like voice. ]

There you are—

[ the smile is more directed to nanao now, as aster, his companion, continues where it is ( there's no problem in saying hello! is what she thinks. nagi would agree, but going off like that . . . ! he wondered if that's what it felt like to lose your kid at the park ). ]

I hope she didn't bother you, Miss.

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[bookslap]

{The first thing she notices is a small plant-dinosaur snuffling at her feet, and she kneels down, extending a hand for it to sniff.}

You're a curious little one, aren't you? {As Nagi wanders over, she looks up, and returns his smile.}

No harm done, none at all. A sense of curiosity is a healthy thing to have, provided the little one's guardian is close by.