(06) i feel that I'm somewhere else bound

[natural_set]

[Action(75%)]

[Such a lovely day! A good day for a stroll, a day to appreciate America's most important day. N is out for a walk(well, crutched hobble - that skateboard accident really had been brutal!) through the streets of Mayfield, dressed in his finest patriotic attire, and followed suspiciously closely by his closest friend, an odd-looking

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[b_as_a_criminal]

[A man with a strange, hunched posture follows N with his eyes.

Crutches from a recent injury? That seems out of character for the wonderful town where nothing bad ever happened. Also, the brief glimpse of his face accessed B to his first name consisting of one letter. Despite his certainty that it is coincidence, that calls back memories of The Wammy House.

The cat hasn't registered yet, though. It looks normal enough to the droned half of his mind.]

[natural_set]

[Oh? Someone new! N lifts his hand up from his crutch to wave.]

Isn't today a wonderful day?

[...Isn't it? It should be. It's a holiday, after all!

His cat is less convinced, twining around his ankles and keeping alert. This man is strange, and the Pokémon's trainer isn't seeming to notice. Someone has to be paying attention.]

Sorry this is so late! My voice was a little shaky on him for a while.

[b_as_a_criminal]

[he starts to wave back, but it stops halfway.]

Is it?

[he looks down at the cat, and it slowly registers that the thing is purple. Technicolor animals are apparently quite in style in this town. Like his dog- ... pony. He tilts his head.]

Does your cat talk, too?