1st Musou [Video/Action]

[nolongerachild]

VIDEO

[The feed starts with... complete darkness, before the hand obstructing the view slides away. There's a guy lying on the floor, with a Rufflet on his head. He's wearing an almost unreadable expression, but some might be able to identify his gaze as belonging to someone very curious about whatever he was looking at. He grabs the gear.

...And brings it... right to his eye?! WHY.]

Is this what a magic mirror looks like...? I thought it would have more bronze... [With how he's referring to the gear as a 'magic mirror', he might just think of the video recording as his own reflection. Whoops?] But why a mirror be here? Especially the kinds that the 'Queen of Wa' might use-

[And his mutterings stop as he drops the gear- it leaves his hands and pan out to the room, revealing the technologically inept man getting pecked on the head by his Rufflet. If anyone can understand Pokémon speak- that's not what it is! That's not what it is!]

What is it now? [...] Oh, yes- I can't be distracted, I have to find a way out of here. [And right before he turns around and is about to accidentally stomp on his own gear, he picks it up.]

...You can stop pecking at my head now...

[The feed finally cuts out as the Rufflet flies down to stop the recording herself. What a great first impression to leave, Guan Xing.]

ACTION FOR GOLDENROD ROCKET BASE

[Before the broadcast is made, Guan Xing can be found wandering (read: running and rushing around incoherently) in the Goldenrod Rocket base. Guess who's a new recruit here? Fresh meat, everyone!

Except he's not really in a mood to talk, because he's ducking here and looking in that corner there and staring up the ceiling and-- is he looking for something? He's probably looking for something.

(This must be a dream, right? But how can he have a dream during the middle of battle...? Or was that battle a dream? Xing really hopes it is.) You may have the unfortunate luxury of being, ah, in the way as he's waltzing around frantically--

--aaand let's just say that he crashes really hard into people. Ouch.]

Comments

[Video]

[awesmazings]

[DID SOMEONE CALL THE WELCOME WAGON??

Of course not, here he is anyway.]

That's not a mirror! It's your PokéGear! You use it to talk to people- if that's what magic mirrors do in your world, anyway.

[...Also Jimmy miiight not be the best one for this, BUT OH WELL.]

1/??? give me a moment...

[nolongerachild]

[And after he sends a text to Flynn, the fucking thing talks.

OH GOD IT TALKS WHAT]

2/???

[nolongerachild]

[just

put it on the floor

what the fuck]

3/???

[nolongerachild]

[Wait, if it's a communications device... does that mean someone else is talking to him through it? And not the device itself?

...]

4/6

[nolongerachild]

[...ten...tatively... reach for it...]

5/6

[nolongerachild]

[praying that it's not haunted]

6/6 [video] FINALLY

[nolongerachild]

...Hello?

[THERE HE GOT IT. There's a... moving picture of a blonde boy on screen. It's jarring, but something this advanced would do wonders for the Shu forces.

He'll have to jot down its capabilities somewhere...]

[video] AMAZING

[awesmazings]

Hi there!

[Jimmy offers the screen a wave once the poor man actually gets a hold of his Gear again, his expression overtaken by a wide, gap-toothed grin.]

[nolongerachild]

[Actually, Jimmy, you're one of the best people to do this. Because Xing hasn't seen a smile so wide in ages.

It reminds him of his sister.]

Can you hear me? ...Can you see me too, then?

[awesmazings]

[Well you're in luck, because Jimmy has a smile that goes on for miles.]

Sure can! My name's Jimmy, Jimmy Two-Shoes! What's yours?

[nolongerachild]

[With a smile like that, you can almost forget the land is at war. Someone should tell him he's farther from home than he thinks.]

My name is... Guan Anguo. [In Eastern order.] It's a pleasure to meet you, Jimmy Two-Shoes.

...Do you know what this place is called?

[awesmazings]

Nice to meet you, Guan. This place is called Johto!

[Huh...doesn't look like he's in New Bark, though. It actually looks like he's in a building? That's a little strange, but then he remembers he woke up inside too, and just waited until he got outside to mess with his Gear.]

I know it's prolly a lot different than home, but trust me, this place is great!

[nolongerachild]

[Hold on. Different from home? You expect him to stay here?] Johto... [And Johto doesn't sound like anything near Chencang.]

How far is this place from Chencang?

[Guan Xing you're in for a shock.]

[awesmazings]

Uuuhhh...

[Jimmy frowns a little, rubbing the back of his neck.

Friend he needs to explain you a thing...]

Real far, prolly. Like....not the same world levels of far.

[nolongerachild]

[...He doesn't seem to be lying. And that's the worst part.]

Please, I can't afford to waste time here. I have to return and find-- [Xing Cai and Zhang Bao where are they weren't they ambushed] --the rest of the Shu forces as quickly as possible.

[awesmazings]

Aw gee....I'm sorry, but there's...not really any way to leave. Not that we know of, anyway....it kinda just happens sometimes.

[nolongerachild]

[He's not going to hassle a child for answers. No, he hasn't fallen that far. But- god, there has to be a way out, there are people waiting for him-]

How was I even brought here? There must be a way out if there's a way in. [He's the thinker, he'll find a way out. He will!]

[awesmazings]

I don't know that, either. I don't think anybody knows, actually...I'm sorry.

[Shh Jimmy he knows.]

[nolongerachild]

[...Is that... so...]

You did mention that leaving 'just happened' sometimes, though. What's the longest time someone has been here?

[awesmazings]

Umm...a couple years, I think! Maybe around...four years? Something like that.

[...A LONG TIME, BASICALLY.]

[nolongerachild]

[OKAY JUST GIVE HIM TEN MINUTES TO FREAK OUT]

Have there been cases of people returning home far too late?

[You know what he means, right, Jimmy?]

[awesmazings]

[...Sorry friend, he ain't got a clue.]

What'cha mean?

[nolongerachild]

[...CHILD... he takes half an hour to reply, opting to just. Talk to other people first.]

This is a separate world, correct? [He's taking longer than he likes to type this out.] And people seem to come from different worlds to here, if I understand.

If their worlds are in turmoil, has anyone returned to a barren wasteland?

[awesmazings]

[Jimmy takes note of the switch to text, switching himself. It's better anyway, since he's on the move.]

Yeah, it looks that way.

And I don't really know the answer to that. I haven't talked to people much about going home, since a lot of people go home and don't always come back to talk about it.

[nolongerachild]

['Don't always come back', huh? Sounds like a good thing, but also exceedingly ominous.]

I see. Thank you.

Sorry for being a bother.