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[believeinwarmth]

[When Claire speaks, she sounds... deeply upset and confused, but trying to stay calm.]

Ah, this is some kind of portable phone, isn't it? If there's anyone on the other end, I'd appreciate some information, if you don't mind. My name is Claire Folly; I'm afraid I don't remember how I came to be here at all. I'm supposed to be... [Dead.] ...

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[antiscience]

[ yeaaaaaah he knows you. but keeping mum for now. ]

Sorry, but I'm afraid you're in the same predicament as the rest of us. We've all been brought here from our homes without a reason why.

[believeinwarmth]

[...She recognizes that voice.]

You're here too, Clive? Did you just arrive?

[audio] SORRY FOR NOT SAYING SO EARLIER

[antiscience]

...Clive? [ he suddenly turns cold. ] I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.

[audio]

[believeinwarmth]

...This isn't London, Clive, there's no reason to pretend here.

[audio] ffff You did not see that fail

[profpuzzle]

[T-That voice...Could it be? But she died ten years ago. But...]

....C-Claire?

[audio] <3

[believeinwarmth]

[...She remembers Hershel. She remembers how upset he was when she had to leave. She tears up a bit again at the memory, but... she's happy to hear his voice again at the same time.]

Yes, it's me. Is that you, Hershel?

[audio] This icon pretty much forever

[profpuzzle]

[It's been about ten years since he last heard her voice, but he remembers it so clearly. He's from a time before he met up with Claire again in the present, so this makes everything so much harder for him.]

Y-Yes, it is...

Claire...Are...are you really there?

[audio] Baww :<

[believeinwarmth]

...Of course I am, Hershel.

It's good to hear your voice again. [She still seems shaken, but that, at least, sounds sincere.]

I'm just rather confused at the moment.

[Voice] Also, lol Layton music just came on my player

[savedinapinch]

It's a Pokémon. The animals from this world. This is Johto.

[Audio] lol

[believeinwarmth]

...This "world"? Isn't this Earth?

[Audio]

[savedinapinch]

[....]

I'm not sure what the Planet is called, but where is 'Earth'?

[Audio]

[believeinwarmth]

The third planet from a medium-sized star named Sol. You're... not from Earth?

[hintcoinplz]

Hello miss, did you just get here?

[believeinwarmth]

Ah, yes, I did --

Aren't you Hershel's little apprentice?

[hintcoinplz]

Ah, yes-! I'm Luke, the Professor's number one apprenti-

U-uh, wait. How did you know about me?

[believeinwarmth]

You two are inseparable, though I never learned your name back then.

...Don't you remember me?

[voice]

[hairoftheweek]

A lot of us are wondering the same thing, Claire. Something, or someone, is bringing us here.

As for the sheep, animals aren't 'normal' in this world, they're called 'Pokémon.'

[voice]

[believeinwarmth]

I wonder what their motives are.

So that lightbulb... is part of its body? Someone didn't sew it on?

[voice]

[hairoftheweek]

Wish we knew, honestly. It's kind of annoying... but being here isn't really that bad. You get used to it.

It probably is. That is not a normal sheep; I can tell you that without even looking.

Re: [voice]

[believeinwarmth]

[It was better than being dead... but she wasn't supposed to be alive. And if she was in some kind of bizarre afterlife... that meant everyone she met here was dead, too. And the little sheep...?]

It certainly doesn't make sheep sounds. It makes a "mareep, reep" sound.