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

[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.

[awesmazings]

No, it's okay! I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.

WHY DOES JIMMY REMIND BOTH MY CHARACTERS OF CLOSE AND POSSIBLY DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS

[nolongerachild]

[Hm... maybe he's else of Yin Ping, and more of Ping. Trying to be a big brother instead of the child.]

Thank you very much. [No really. Thanks.]

Are there any conflicts here?

IDK MAN IM NOT SURE IF THATS A GOOD OR BAD THING

[awesmazings]

It's no problem. And not usually, no! You get a few crimes here and there I guess...but that happens anywhere.

[LIKE HAVING YOUR POKEMON STOLEN.]

JIMMY...

[nolongerachild]

[Crimes, as usual. lmfao xing has no idea he's gonna get involved in them, and not in the good way]

There's isn't any battles? Or war in this world?

[...?]

[awesmazings]

[OH WELL-]

No no, there are battles! Like- people battle their Pokemon, but that's what trainers do here.

[nolongerachild]

[isn't that just cockfighting]

The Pokémon don't seem to be affected too much by battling.

Is that normal? [He wouldn't battle if his Pokémon don't want to...]

[awesmazings]

[MAYBE.]

Yeah, it is! Don't worry, I thought it was a little strange at first too...but it's actually really fun!

[nolongerachild]

[...Huuuh...]

Where do I find other Pokémon for mine to battle, then? [Because they're itching for a fight now.]

[awesmazings]

There are always a bunch of Pokemon on the routes outside of town! You'll sometimes see them in town too, depending on where you're at.

[nolongerachild]

Are there any you recommend battling?

[awesmazings]

Hmmm....well lesse...what town are you in again?

[nolongerachild]

I believe I am in Goldenrod City.

[WHICH MEANS HE'S A ROCKET BUT SHHHH]

[awesmazings]

[PSHHH LIKE JIMMY KNOWS THAT.]

Oh! Well you should see if you can find a Houndoom, then! I caught mine in Goldenrod, and he's a Houndoom now. He's a really good fire type.

[nolongerachild]

What does a 'fire type' mean?

[sorry jims]

[awesmazings]

[...Okay maybe he should back up a bit.]

Each Pokemon has a type! Fire, Water, Grass, Normal, stuff like that. Houndour is a Fire type. My starter was Electrike, an Electric type.

I've never seen the Pokemon you got as your starter before, but if I had to guess it looks like a Flying type!

[nolongerachild]

[...Ooookay?]

Each type involves an attribute associated with the Pokémon, then?

What is the function of this categorizing?

[awesmazings]

It's really important when you battle! Water types will be strong against Fire types, and Fire types will be strong against Grass...and both of those are weak against the other.

Make sense?

[nolongerachild]

So some types are weaker and stronger against others? [Thankfully, it's similar to the Heaven-Earth-Man system in his canon.]

That makes sense.

[awesmazings]

It's pretty easy, once you actually start battling and stuff. Some of the types are kinda weird, like ghost...but once you've actually been up against one, it's not so bad!