001st Case // My life is a 90's Video game? // New Bark Town

[chocolatgenius]

[The feed clicks on to show a good looking young man with a disapproving look on his face. He looks strangely spooked, highly unnerved, and strangely like he might just be sick at any given moment.] Shawn, this isn't funny. How the hell did you even pull this off?

[Behind him you can see other new arrivals in New Bark town milling about, Gus is

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Voice;

[usedtherapy]

Unfortunately, you are not dreaming.

If you've yet to convince the offending monkey to return your Pokegear, there is always the option of distracting it. You should have received a satchel of some sort. There's a small bag of trailmix in there.

I bet the monkey would be delighted if you shared.

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[chocolatgenius]

[It takes Gus a second to figure out how to reply to voice alone, especially with a fussy Aipom trying to play keep away, so he dives for his bag and finds the trail mix. Aipom is standing a few feet away but has stopped long enough to watch Gus curiously, his tail is pressing on the button so she can probably hear all this.]

Yeah, that's right. Here you go, crazy monkey. You want some of this?

[Aipom chitters warily bt moves slowly closer, then stops at Gus' extended hand to reach out and grab two fists full of trail mix while Gus snatches the gear.]

HAH! Whoever this is, thanks for the tip. How did you know I had trail mix in my bag?

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[usedtherapy]

Quite welcome. Everyone who is brought here is given a bag by the woman claiming to be your maternal figure, filled with nearly identical contents. Differentiating only if you are a Breeder rather than a Trainer, and even then the contents only deviate by adding items to your inventory relative to breeding Pokemon.

Which, speaking of, I am going to take a guess that the monkey you are dealing with is your Pokemon companion. You may want to look into obtaining more trail mix once you reach Cherrygrove.

Also, Mister Whoever Yourself, this is Rose Lalonde. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

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[chocolatgenius]

... Why did I get stuck with a monkey?! I don't remember the main character getting stuck with a monkey in the games!

[Aw man, are you serious?! And now the monkey is throwing some trail mix at Gus' face.]

Hey!

[Aipom climbs up on Gus' shoulder, making him instinctively lean away warily, but Aipom just sits there grinning that grin and actually behaving now that it's been fed and treated nicely.]

... Burton Guster, call me Gus. It's a pleasure to meet you too, Rose. [Considering his alarm at the situation he sounds awfully polite, going out of his way to be so.] So do you know how I'm supposed to get out of here?

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[notrlychaotic]

[Hi, he's a little tied up at the moment. Uh, literally. But at least they let him keep his PokeGear as he sits and heals on a cot in the Pokelab]

It's not a dream. You're gonna have to get used to that.

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[chocolatgenius]

[Gus has heard this from a bunch of people by now, he's starting to believe it, but holding onto hope.]

You'd say that, of course, you're part of the dream too. Why would you believe this is real? [And why else would I be talking to a guy from a video game?] There's no WAY this is real! It's scientifically, physically impossible! [TELLMEIT'SNOTREAL!]

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[notrlychaotic]

[Because video games are that hardcore]

It doesn't have to be impossible for it to still happen. This isn't the first time I've been to another world, I have no reason to believe it's a dream.

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[chocolatgenius]

Uh, yeah, that pretty much IS the definition of "impossible". NOT POSSIBLE. It cannot happen, the end.

[SORRY FOR THE SARCASM CLOUD. He's cranky and freaked out.]

[video] gus omfg so excite

[usedreturn]

M&Ms on pizza?

That sounds brilliant.

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[chocolatgenius]

[OH GOD YOU'RE ONE OF SHAWN'S PEOPLE AREN'T YOU?!]

It sounds nightmare inducing! Look at the mess it's gotten me into!

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[usedreturn]

[THIS IS A MAN WHO REJECTED A LAUNDRY LIST OF PERFECTLY NORMAL FOOD]

[A MAN WHO IS MORE THAN A LITTLE OFF HIS ROCKER]

[A MAN WHO HAPPILY ATE FISHSTICKS DIPPED IN CUSTARD]

Oh, we're not dreaming. At least I don't think we are. Pretty sure. Ninety percent. Okay, sixty.

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[chocolatgenius]

video /dies happy

[kaboomlawyered]

Dude, I know! Those monkey-demon-things are killer, but once you train them to high-five, it's totally worth it. [ He brings up his hand and, lo and behold, a large third-hand comes to slap it. \o/ ]