Song #1 - Video

[fourwayconnection]

Jeez, and just when I thought things were calming down...

[The kid who comes up on the screen of the 'Gear looks to be around 15 or so, squinting a little from behind a pair of square glasses before he sighs.]

Okay so this obviously isn't Nevada, let alone Death City, so can anyone help me out? If this is broadcasting like it should, anyway... I'm Kirikou Rung from the DWMA and part of the Spartoi. [Does that even matter now??? oh well, gonna say it anyway.] I tried to call the rest of my team but man is this thing useless. I can't get a hold of Kid either...

If anyone sees a pair of little kids- they're twins with short blond hair and caps. Their names are Fire and Thunder. If anyone sees 'em, lemme know. I don't know how they got separated from me, but it's important I find them again, okay? They're my responsibility.

[He looks like he's about to hang up while a curious Doduo starts to poke its heads into the screen, only for him to pause.]

Oh yeah, and there's a lady here in this town who's either brainwashed or needs her meds. Someone should look into that or something.

[NOW he hangs up.]

Comments

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[soundmind]

[!!!!!

No way, is that really somebody talking about Death City?

Maka turns up the 'Gear so the video is facing her--the image Kirikou would see is certainly Maka, though she looks slightly older somehow, and no pigtails?? Yet she's staring at him like he's the weird one.]

2/3 oops

[soundmind]

Kirikou! I can't believe you're here--I--

[soundmind]

[--Oh, he...mentioned Fire and Thunder...then Mom.]

...Ahh...Mom is like that with everyone, I'd say she's more brainwashed.

[Then she frowns.]

As for Fire and Thunder...sorry, we're the only ones that have been brought to this world so far.

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[fourwayconnection]

Maka! What happened to your hair!?

[PRIORITIES]

[fourwayconnection]

[The mention of Fire and Thunder gets him back on track, 'tho, and he frowns. He's been with those two for a good few years now- all their lives. NOT being near them really worries him especially with... Whatever the hell is going on here.]

Okay, hold on, rewind. "World"?

[soundmind]

My h--?

[What the hell kind of question is that even. God, why are boys so obsessed with appearance?]

I'm just not wearing pigtails, geez. [It's not rocket science.

Ah, he's ready for the exposition dump, okay Maka gear up your "helpful NPC mode."]

Someone probably said to you "welcome to the world of Pokemon" right? Well, that's...where we are. The world of Pokemon. Right now the region you're in is called Johto, when we're brought here we're expected to catch and train little monsters to fight, that one you have with you right now has been assigned to be your partner. None of us know how or why we were brought here, but...we're here. And we're going to be meeting a lot more people from different worlds...can't tell you how many times I've had to explain how our world runs in the--[she takes a moment to consider]--eleven months I've been here.

[fourwayconnection]

[Hey don't get that tone with him]

But you always wear pigtails, it's weird.

[BUT OH, OKAY, HELPFUL NPC MODE, HE GUESSES HE'LL LISTEN???]

...Okay, that's not the weirdest thing we've had to deal with, I guess, but 11 months? We would've noticed if you were missing that long, especially after everything. You're our friend and not even Black*Star would be THAT oblivious.

...Nevermind, he might actually be, but still, the rest of us woulda noticed.

[soundmind]

And you didn't always wear glasses and used to have a cap, but you don't see me calling you weird. Sometimes when you get older you make changes!

[BOYS.]

I don't know how to explain that part...it's just, even if someone is brought here from their own world, when they get back they won't even remember they've been here and nobody will have noticed they're gone. It's like they never left. I don't know if it's magic or some other temporal distortion stuff, but it is what it is.

[fourwayconnection]

[She does look sort of older, now that he's actually taking a good look at everything. But he stays quiet for the rest of the explanation, frowning more and more. Like they never left, huh...]

So... Fire and Thunder, they'll be alright..?

[soundmind]

Of course they will, it'll be like you never left when you get back home.

[A beat. Man, this is awkward to say, or think, or feel.]

But for now, I'm glad you're here. I was starting to think I'd be alone until I actually went back home.

[fourwayconnection]

Man, I still don't like being separated from them. But I guess if they're alright...

[He'll just have to deal, he guesses.]

So, what, you've been on your own here for 11 months or whatever it is you said?

[soundmind]

Yeah, I have. That werewolf--um, what was his name again--he visited for a day and was nice enough to give me all the bad news before he left again. I still don't know how that business works or why this place does that to us, but it is what it is.

[fourwayconnection]

That guy? [UUUGH] He was with that frog witch who was helpin' out...

So you missed out on the whole fight on the moon?

[soundmind]

No, not the whole fight, we got to final boss and the dramatic reveal that Kid is Asura's brother, and then I ended up here.

...He told me about Lord Death and...Crona.

[killer_sweets]

Oh no worries everyone already knows that the Mom is disillusion. It's an accepted fact of living here. You wont see her again unless you watch the news.

[fourwayconnection]

Yeesh... It's definitely not even close to my top ten creepiest things, but it still feels really weird.

[killer_sweets]

You get use to it, just wait until you see the clones though. If you thought the mom was weird, the clones take it to a whole new level.

[fourwayconnection]

Clones? Man, do I even want to know?

[killer_sweets]

You really can't avoid them, so yeah you need to know. In every town you'll run into a place called a pokemon center. Each one headed by a lady named Joy, nurse Joy to be exact. They all look exactly the same and some times there is more then one in a center.

[fourwayconnection]

[....Why does he feel like this is something he'd probably find back home-]

So have ya found the mad scientist responsible yet? [Because there's always one.]

[killer_sweets]

They joys don't do much but heal so they're fine, same goes for the officer Jennys. [Jennys are kinda useless honestly like the rest of the police here.] People are more interested in finding the person responsible for bring everyone to this world.

[fourwayconnection]

Sounds like you guys aren't having much luck on that. My friend Maka has been here for 11 months and just info dumped all over me, but she didn't include anything about that sort of thing.

[killer_sweets]

I've been here for about three years, no one has found any reason as to what is causing it.

[fourwayconnection]

Holy crap. I guess the one brightside you got is that it doesn't seem too dangerous, or has turned me into a chick or something.

[killer_sweets]

[Killua give him a look that screams "you poor naive fool"]

...Yeah, no one changed sex when they come here.