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[notrueking]

[Well, there’s definitely some kind of fiddling going on here from someone who doesn’t seem to know how to operate these things… but hey, it focused eventually, right? Well, anyway, right now there’s a rather imposing looking man standing on Route 29, who seem completely unfazed by by both the situation at hand and the fact that it is snowing pretty damn hard.

There is also a bird made of swords chilling in the background, holy shit. ...'chilling' is meant kind of literally, there's snow piling up on that thing. ...although if it minds it's not really giving any indication that it does.]

This device seems to be working, so let me cut to the chase. I’ve spoken to several people who seem to live here, and they seem to be quite capable of telling me about this place-and it’s definitely one hell of a place they’ve got here, I’ll grant them that!

>[Well, hey, at least someone’s taking this well! He does serious up a bit for the next bit of conversation, though.]

However, I’m not entirely clear on why I’m here-although, I do have some ideas. I assume that at least one of you will be able to give me a decent explanation without eventually starting to repeat everything that they just said.

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[notrueking.livejournal.com]

....hmm... I see.

[So his initial guess seems to be wrong, at least when applied universally. That... sounds like it can be confusing, but he's not going to question the 'different worlds' or 'different timelines' thing given how bizarre this is already.]

There are no hard rules on when one can be pulled from, then? This all seems very strange, though I didn't expect things to make much sense after some woman who's at most twenty years younger than me started insisting that she was my mother.

[weird as shit, man.]

Yes, it was. Although, I can't exactly be sure if that man was a professor...

[...or if he was even properly human.]

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

No rules that we know of yet, sir. [ He laughs a little at the professor comment, but doesn't really want to dwell on that, because... Maes never met the professor... ]

The rumor is that there is a challenge. Defeat all the gym leaders in each city, and then some group called the Elite Four, and they'll allow you to go home. Otherwise, I am uncertain if there is another route home.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't either, man. for the opposite reason.]

So these gym leaders and 'Elite Four' are in charge here, then? They must be quite powerful if they're capable of that sort of thing.

[sounds interesting. ...and not just because FIGHTING]

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ ... Sure, something like that... ]

I've heard the gym leaders are relatively straight-forward to defeat so long as you train your Pokemon well. There is a very basic leveling system, and they gain experience points for each Pokemon they defeat.

As far as I'm aware, though, nobody has ever challenged the Elite Four before.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

...what do you mean by "leveling system?"

[what the fuck is a game mechanic.]

Hmmm. Well, I suppose it will be confirmed or denied at some point.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ It's okay, it took Maes a while to get too. Good thing he's smart and catches on fast. ]

They've got a pretty organized system of showing you how strong your Pokemon are against others. Each Pokemon has a numerical 'level' which moves up with more experience it gains. A level 50, for example, would probably easily overtake a level 30. I believe the ones we are given to start out are all level 5.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

That's... hm. I suppose it is rather convenient to know what your chances of winning are! How do you go about checking what level your Pokemon is?

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

That device you're holding in your head. When you point it at different Pokemon, it reads off a list of statistics...

[ Saying it, even after being here for two months, is... strange... ]

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Hm! This thing really does everything, doesn't it...? I'll have to give that a try, then.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

It does... come in quite handy sometimes.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

I can definitely see how it would. I'll have to experiment with it a bit, then.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

Ah! Fuhrer, Sir. Your son, he arrived a few days before.

[ Yup. Son must be missing his Daddy, right? That's what sons and fathers are like... right...? ]

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Oh-did he, now? I suppose I should start thinking of this like it's some sort of family vacation, then!

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

That's a new way of thinking about it!

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[man hughes it is a good thing you do not grasp the full implications of that]

Is anyone traveling with him? From what I've gathered, this sort of thing seems oriented to children his age... but I can't help worrying, you know.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ What? You mean Selim isn't an adorable little boy and you're not just a loving father? ]

Just his Pokemon, last I checked. [ Awww, Daddy!Bradley is worried about his kid. This is really touching. It makes Maes happy. Also, he has not had the... pleasure... of meeting Sloth... ] Ah, but I was headed that way myself, and told him I would meet up with him. I can stay with him until you get there, if you'd like, Sir.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[perhaps we should just let you find that out on your own.

also yeah touching right uh... well, if Pride agreed with this, may as well go with the original plan]

That sounds fine by me. That would be in... Cherrygrove, wouldn't it?

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

[ Nods ]

I believe so!

[ Oh god, the awkward of taking care of the Fuhrer's son... ]

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[meanwhile he'll be enjoying some schadenfreude over here]

Good! I'll be there as soon as possible, then.

[eliciadaddy.livejournal.com]

I will see you then, sir!

[ .... Dear god, why? ]