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Part One

[Anyone passing by the Battledome might notice a stranger sitting on the ground nearby, quite clearly disorientated as he rests a hand on his head and tries to make sense of what on earth had just happened to him. Where was he? What was this domed building all about? Why was he half-naked?! Aside from that he was obviously alone here with no sign of Hanpan, Rudy or the princess anywhere in sight.

Luckily, it didn't take long for Jack to spot his clothes neatly piled up beside him, though he had to wonder why whoever had done this to him had bothered to strip him of his clothes, only to leave them right next to him. There was a book sitting on top of it too. An explanation, perhaps? It's when he clothes himself that he realises there's something else odd about this situation. No... odd about him. Before donning his coat, he reaches behind him and realises that he's suddenly sprouted wings!]

...what the hell?!

[They were definitely real... and lead him to test the rest of his body for any sudden additional appendages, though he doesn't find anything else out of the ordinary. Well, nothing aside from the fact that everything he was carrying, including his sword, has also gone missing. Great. Now he was lost, confused and unarmed all at once.]

Part Two

[Later in the day, after giving the book a look over, Jack heads into the nearby village, noting all the rest of the people here who seem to have sprouted wings. Following the paths leads him past rows of houses, over a river and eventually into a town. At least he should be able to find supplies here, hopefully make some money too.

...he was about to head into the weapons shop to see if he could find something suitable, but becomes sidetracked by the bar there. After everything that had happened? A drink might be good right about now.]

(OOC: Feel free to meet him by the Battledome, in Good Spirits, or anywhere in between!)

Comments

[pokeboy]

[ Red was actually heading to the battle dome, knowing how to use it and finding it a better place to train than without any foes (real or not). It's the man's outward demeanour that slows him down (despite being dressed and looking fine otherwise), with Pikachu on his shoulder looking between his trainer and the other guy. ]

Hi. Are you okay?

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[When the kid approaches him, Jack's busy flicking through the journal he'd found looking rather bemused by the whole thing.

...that bemusement doesn't fade as he turns to the boy in red and his eyes rest firmly on the odd yellow creature on his shoulder. Suddenly he was starting to miss Hanpan...]

Uh, hey. I'd say that depends on your definition of 'okay'. I don't know where the hell I am right now or what's going on.

[pokeboy]

[ It takes Red a second to figure out what he means, but then clicks in the next. Ohhh. Oh righhht. ]

Oh, so you just arrived? I get it! [ Still though, it's weird to suddenly meet a new person... like he was one! His bag with him as well, Red moves it off his other shoulder with the intent to grab his journal, but pauses, looking over to confirm he had seen the man with one in his hands. ]

Did you find the guide that tells you about everything? No?

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Guide? Not yet, I'm still trying to get my head around what just happened, to be honest.

So it's normal for people to just suddenly turn up here, huh? I don't even know where 'here' is, it doesn't look like any place I recognise.

[And he'd been all over Filgaia so surely he would have known of a town as weird as this.]

[pokeboy]

[ He nods. ]

This is Luceti. And it's normal - people showing up suddenly. It happened to me too, but I ended up in the forest.

[ From his bag he takes out his own journal, flipping it open. Yet that thing is really long, isn't it? He keeps it in his hand, but for now... ]

I'll take you over to the welcome centre they have, and I'll make the guide thing show up on your book too. There's maps in the building and a bunch of other stuff. But I'll tell you stuff along the way to help!

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So it's not just me... but if people are suddenly being brought here there must be someone behind it, right? Who's doing this? Why?

[This whole thing was still surreal and would certainly take a while to get used to. Jack takes note of the book in the boy's hand, realising that it is similar to his own.]

They have a welcome center? Guess they're really not strangers to visitors in that case.

[Well, he can't stand around here forever and the kid seems to know what he's talking about.]

I'm Jack. What's your name, kid?

[pokeboy]

It's um... well, there's the Malnosso who bring us here to the village, but they don't bring us here here? Because there's a war outside with a group called a Third Party... but I don't think they're the ones who actually pick us up from our world.

[ If he got the guide correctly, the time that he read it. ]

I'm Red! And this is Pikachu. [ Nodding his head to the creature. ] We haven't been here long either. Everything's going to be really weird at first because everyone's from different places, but a friend told me it's easier to accept it than question it all the time.

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A war? [This was all starting to sound much more serious than he'd first thought.] I've never heard of the Malnosso or Third Party before and I'm guessing I'm not the only one. What exactly do the Malnosso plan to do with us?

[Food for thought at least, he'll have to see if he can gather any more information about these guys and a potential way out of Luceti.]

Well, it's not the first time something weird's happened to me, but it's different, I'll give you that. [His attention turns back to Pikachu again.] Pikachu, huh? Does he talk?

[pokeboy]

I think they want to send us back, and... you know, I don't who the ones are that actually bring us here. Uh... it's been a while since I read the journal.

[ He feels like he's confusing himself when he explains it, but it seems... right? Did the book even say about that? Jack didn't ask about who brought them there, but it did pop up in his head. Er. Anyway, as for about Pikachu- ]

Pikachu can talk, but not to us. [ Pikachu waves out a paw in greeting, and chirps a small sound. Piiii. ] He can talk to other pokémon like him -- like animals from our world.

[ Because that's a thing worth point out, in case Jack thinks they all look like Pikachu! Can't be having that. ]