❥ FIRST DRAGONSTONE | ACTION [NEW BARK TOWN] / VIDEO

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[ ACTION (NEW BARK TOWN) ]

[Waking up in a strange world and being kicked out of the house you woke up in before you're fully awake is kind of weird. Nowi's still struggling to take in her surroundings as she leaves Mom's house. She's not used to getting up this early. "This early" is about ten in the morning, so it's not really early at all, but that's not the point. Nowi finally finds a nice patch of grass and flops down, lying on her back and stretching her arms above her head.]

Maybe I'll just get a little more sleep before I start that adventure or whatever...

[She should probably find the Shepards first though. Chrom will probably be annoyed that she's run off again. She doesn't recognize this place, but surely things will make sense eventually.

Nowi moves to push her hair out of her face only to come to a startling realization. She sits up immediately, reaching up to her ears.]

Wh-What!? What happened? Where are my ears!?

[Her ears aren't missing, they're just small. Instead of long, pointed ears, she's currently sporting human ones.]

How-- How did this happen!? What's going on!?

[Now that she's more awake and she's getting a better look at her surroundings, Nowi's beginning to tear up. Nothing here looks familiar. The buildings look completely foreign and not in the same way most of Valm looks foreign. They were last in a volcano, how did she get here? It isn't long before Nowi's in tears, rubbing her gloves across her eyes in a futile attempt to stop the tears.]

What's going on!?

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[About an hour and a half later Nowi posts a video to the network. Well, it's probably not Nowi doing it, since she's not holding the 'Gear, but probably some poor sap she roped into helping her. The camera is angled down on her, which isn't really hard since she's so short.]

Hi! I'm not really sure how to start this, so I'll get to the point. I've been told that this is "Johto" or something, but I don't really care about that. I'm looking for a bunch of people! An army! We're called the Shepards and our leader-guy's name is Chrom, so if anyone's seen them, let me know!

[There's a pause while Nowi tries to remember what she was going to say. She tilts her head as she taps a gloved finger to her lips. It seems the cameraman (or camerawoman) has decided to keep the 'Gear focused on Nowi's torso, so you're not getting the full horribleness of her outfit. It's still pretty bad though. Yikes.]

Oh, right! I've got a question about my ears.

[She pushes her bangs back to show off her perfectly normal human ears.]

They're not supposed to be like this! They're like... long and pointy and stuff! They're really cute and not... tiny. These are human ears! I'm not a human!

[Way to just announce that, Nowi...]

And one more thing! What's this?

[She points to the ground and the camera pans down to show a Dratini curled up at Nowi's feet. She quickly hurries before the cameraman can say anything.]

Yeah, yeah, I know, a Pokémon or whatever, but that's not what I'm asking! Is it a dragon? It looks kind of like a dragon. It's kind of nice that someone gave me a dragon, but why was it in a ball? --Yeah, a Pokéball, that's not the point!

[She balls her hands into fists and stamps her foot as the camera moves to focus on her again.]

This is really annoying! What's going on around here? I was in a volcano last time I checked, so why am I here!?

[But as quickly as the anger comes it leaves her and Nowi sighs and folds her arms.]

Well, I guess that's all the questions I've got. So if you're listening and you've got some answers, let me know, okay? Thanks!

[And with that, the video ends.]

Comments

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[Alright, that is an absolutely massive amount of questions, even by Jimmy's standards. But he's going to do his best to answer them all, so

HERE HE GOES-]

Well, what do Chrom and the other people in your army look like? Might be easier to figure out if they're here if I knew some more about them!

Second, everybody turns human when they come here, no matter what you were before! I know it's kinda weird, but that's just how things are. If you had powers and stuff, you end up losing those, too.

[Thankfully for him, that was never something he had to deal with. And...he's pretty sure he's human.]

And that's a dragon-type, yup! So, pretty much a dragon! That's a Dratini- and all Pokemon are kept in balls, usually, when they're not battling or just hanging outside with their trainers, yaknow?

[NO, JIMMY, SHE DOESN'T KNOW.]

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[OH MAN THAT'S A LOT OF INFO, where to start, um...]

Well, Chrom's really tall and he's got blue hair and he's got a really cool sword! I'd describe all the others but we'd be here awhile...

[...wait.]

Did you just say that everyone turns into a human here!?

[It finally sinks in!! That took awhile.]

Human? I'm not a Manakete anymore? But-- But how can I not be a Manakete!? It's who I am!!

[Well, so much for the rest of the info. Thanks for trying, Jimmy.]

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Uuuh, well...yeah! Everybody-

[...wait.]

...Manakete? ...what's a Manakete?

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You don't know what a Manakete is? Jeez, I thought everyone did. Manaketes are dragons! Not wyverns though, those are like...

[She waves her hands in the air a bit as if this will help somehow.]

Big dragons. Dragons that don't have any sort of kind-of-human form! Manaketes are like me.

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[....oh my god.]

Wait! Wait, you're a dragon!? Sweet corn, that's so cool!!

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Isn't it!? It's so much fun, just flying around wherever I want and doing loops in the air and blasting some Risen...

[...]

But if I'm human here I guess I can't do that anymore.

[................]

Wait! I know how to test it, um...

[And with that, Nowi starts going through her pockets, searching for something.]

Let's see, I know I had one on me... uhh...

[.................................]

Where's my Dragonstone!?

[awesmazings]

Iiiif that's 'sposed to help you turn into a dragon...it's prolly not here.

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Why not!? What am I gonna use to hit snakes now!?

[NOWI YOU NEED TO NOT]

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I wish I could tell you, but I really don't know! Powers n'stuff like that just don't work here, usually.

If it helps any though...as cool as being a dragon is and all, I think you'll be okay without it. The only thing here you'll really be fighting is other Pokemon, and your Dratini will help you with that.

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Oh... right, right, yeah, Pokémon...

[She manages to keep from sniffling but it'll take her a moment to get back to her usual cheery self.]

So um... what am I supposed to do with this?

[She leans down to pick up the Dratini, holding it up to the camera. These things are really long! It's longer than she is tall, dang.]

I mean, you said there's nothing to fight but Pokémon so is this like... a dragon war or something?

[Not all Pokémon are dragons...]

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No, not exactly! Uhh...hang on.

[Jimmy leans back and looks offscreen, gesturing with a slight jerk of his head to...something over there. There's a shuffle and a squeak of the cot he's sitting on as a blue and yellow dog from nowhere jumps up onto it, moving to settle down next to Jimmy's side.]

This is the Pokemon I got when I first came here! He's more of a dog than a dragon...actually, I'm pretty sure he's not dragon at all. He's just an Electric-type.

[Leader gives a sort of low 'awroooo' in the back of his throat as a sort of confirmation of that statement.]

Anyways, trainers- like me, and prolly you, unless you're a breeder- battle their Pokemon! It's for sport, mostly, but the Pokemon seem to like it a lot.

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Oh wow! That one looks really cool!

[Nowi sets the Dratini down and leans closer to the 'Gear to get a better look.]

So it's not a war at all? Huh. I guess that's better than pointless bloodshed. But if they're battling then don't they get hurt?

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Nope!

[Unless you count the everything October decided to be, but he'll just...not talk about that for now.]

They do get a little roughed up, yeah, but there are Pokemon Centers in all of the towns that you can take them to to get healed when that happens, so it's not a problem!

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Oh, that's handy! So do they just attack anything they see or what?

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No, you gotta tell 'em what to do! ...unless you've got a Pokemon that won't really listen, but that's what getting badges are for.

Anyways, your Dratini knows some moves already. When you battle with them they'll get stronger!

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...Ohhhh so you're a Tactician!

[Nowi nods, like this makes perfect sense. She can't even reclass into Tactician, but sure, why not!]

I don't think I'll be very good at that, but I'll try my best!

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[...SURE, LET'S GO WITH THAT.]

It's not really so hard, once you've done it for a while! And your Pokemon learn along with you, and kinda know what to do on instinct...if that makes sense?

It'll prolly just be easier once you start traveling.

My name's Jimmy, by the way! What's yours?

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Okay! I can handle that!

[She puffs out her chest a little and jabs a thumb at herself.]

My name's Nowi! It's really nice to meet you, Jimmy! You've told me a lot more than that "Mom" lady!

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Haha, yeah, Mom's...well, she's nice!

[She...yeah...]

If you've got any more questions, I'll do my best to answer 'em for you! I've been here for a while, so I'm more used to how things work around here.

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Hmm... Oh! Where am I supposed to go? That Mom lady said I was supposed to go on an adventure or something. I think. I wasn't really awake so I wasn't paying too much attention.

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Well...there's two ways you can go. You can take the ferry over to Kanto, but it costs some money...or walk to Cherrygrove, which is about three days from where you are now.

I went to Cherrygrove myself. It's not really all that bad of a walk, and there are a lot of Pokemon to see on the way!

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A little walking never killed anyone! I didn't really like being stuck on a boat for too long. I mean I could turn into a dragon and fly around, but here... Hmm. I'll think about it! But is there like, some specific place I'm supposed to go?

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Not really? I mean, you can go pretty much whichever way you want. A lot of people just go straight along the paths and stop at towns and get badges and stuff. Once you get something that can fly, it's a lot easier to backtrack or jump ahead to a new town you wanna visit.

My friend Joker and I did that one month last year. We kinda just flew to different towns every couple days.

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Oh wow, so you can fly on one of these Pokémon? I've got to get one! That's probably one of the things I'll miss most, I think. Besides y'know, being able to turn into a dragon.

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Mhm! I've got a couple that can fly...but your Dratini there will actually evolve into a form that can fly, one day! If they want to, of course.

[How Dragonite can fly with its teeny wings is another mystery entirely.]