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Ocelot // Metal Gear Solid 3

[shest]

[For all of his brash devil-may-care antics in the past several weeks, all of Ocelot's actions have actually been pretty well thought out. Most, if not all of it, has been a careful act.

He doesn't normally get easily frustrated unless things go terribly wrong.

This?

This is one of those situations where everything goes wrong.

He's currently trying to run down some strange lizard thing with a giant flame on its back that is holding a red military beret in its mouth and frantically running as fast as it can away from him as possible on its little legs.]

Get back here dammit!

[enjoymyatelier]

[

...should kayneth help

or should he just stand back and be endlessly amused

...or should he help in the most condescending way possible]

Having fun, are you?

[paopuprincess]

[Oh look at you two, playing tag. Kairi will just giggle at your frustration.]

He'd probably stop running if you'd stop chasing him.

[majorcrotchgrab]

[Raikov knows that voice all too well. He'd only heard it a few weeks ago. And he was still bitter that the bastard never bothered to save him from the gulag or his imprisonment in South America. He's a bit surprised to see the little brat but when he catches sight of him chasing after a cyndaquil, he just smirks and watches]

Now, Katya... The man you see before you is a perfect specimen of a stupid, useless human.

Sakura Ogami / Dangan Ronpa

[400wins]

[Well, here's a strange sight in the middle of the road today: a beat up looking Tyrogue covered in bruisies and scratches kneeling on the ground and looking attentively up at an extremely tall and muscular individual who is staring right back. Anyone who can get over their shock at the sight of this fighting game like individual and who pays attention can tell it's a woman.]

[It seems as though she's lecturing the much smaller Pokemon.]

To have ambition and the energy with which to relentlessly pursue a goal are noble things. Yet one must know not to mindlessly attack any which are within reach. Such lack of thought will only harm you. You must focus your strength, and use it to defend, not harm with no care for others.

Do you understand, my friend?

[The Tyrogue gives an eager nod. It looks like the beginning of a teacher and student relationship... It definitely seems as though neither of them are paying any attention to anyone else coming along the path.]

[strategicnaps]

[It's a good thing Hanbei is pretty good at paying attention, then. After all, if he didn't think looks were deceiving, he'd be a pretty huge hypocrite.

It's a bit of a curious sight, so he sticks around. When she finishes that speech, he actually starts clapping, walking down the road casually. Sakura's voice is rough, but also has a quality that makes it easy to listen to. Some sense of wisdom, maybe.]

That is true! It's important for anyone to be sensitive to the situation and use their heads, Pokémon included.

[His Emolga settles on his hat. Hi Tyrogue friend C8] Any quality used well can be utilized to best your adversaries.

[...Don't mind how he just came outta nowhere, Sakura, he just finds you interesting...]

SMASHES FACE AGAINST also 1/2

[justkeptswimming]

[....Oh.

Oh, that's-

Is that really...?

We're sorry, Aoi Asahina is unavailable to take your call at the moment because even after being reunited with 4 dead friends in the past month and a half the fact her beat friend, the person she very nearly killed for, is standing right down the road from her. Please hang up and try your call again later.]

Sakura-chan...?

[But it is her. She's here and alive and standing tall and amazing as ever. For a moment Asahina forgets everything, why she's on this road, her Slowpoke is plodding along next to her, everything except the girl she wasn't sure she'd ever see again.]

[codeforhope]

[Sakura and her starter aren't the only ones not paying attention right now. Coming down the path a fair distance away is a figure she might have recognized right away, if she was looking in that direction. Chihiro is walking with his attention on the Gear in his hands, a Zigzagoon and an Eevee running along beside him, making a game out of weaving back and forth and around Chihiro's legs. They're careful not to trip him up, thankfully.

The Zigzagoon seems to notice the figure ahead first, skidding to an abrupt stop, resulting in the Eevee bumping into him from behind. He curiously sniffs the air, his ears twitching as he hears the figure speaking in the distance. Quickly he turns, running back to Chihiro to jump up on his leg and get his attention.]

Eh..? ..Henko, what is-

[His words are cut short when he finally stops, now close enough to clearly see Sakura and her Tyrogue in the middle of the path. He blinks a few times with surprise, his grip on the Gear tightening.]

...Sakura-san.....?

[ardent]

[Ah.

Ishimaru had never been particularly close to Oogami back in Hope's Peak; they spoke rather seldomly, and never in any sort of...personal capacity. But he's heard about what happened, and what she did for the rest of them, and it's more than enough to ensure that she has his respect. That said, however, he's not entirely sure what the last thing she remembers happening is, and she outlived him well enough to ensure that any meeting they might have is going to be strange, and...honestly he's still not used to his classmates just suddenly being here in a way that'll allow him to just wander up to them. So there's that, too.

Well. Just let him steel himself for a moment before - ]

Oogami-kun!

[He's been here for a year and still has no sense of volume control because of course he doesn't.]

It's good to see that you've joined us here!

[...OR GRACE, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT EITHER.]

Veronica | Franken Fran

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[The city of Goldenrod has probably seen more than its fair share of strange happenstance. It would seem that every other day something was happening.

And it just so happens that today is the day that the door to a appliance store busts open and a cloaked girl sprints out into the open as fast as her legs can carry her, followed shortly by a smoking Murkrow who seemed to be just as spooked as his owner.]

No one... [Veronica panted lightly, brushing herself off while keeping a wary eye on the store.] No one said there would be... ghosts.

[fatalissimo]

[Well. That's definitely something that just happened, what in the world. Admittedly, haunted appliance stores aren't anything Nonon had figured for having to face either, but like hell if she's going to say that - and really, it's better that some other poor sap worked this out the hard way before she did.]

No one said there'd be a lot of things, but here we are, right?

Ibuki Mioda | Super Dangan Ronpa 2

[ibukisays]

[ This girl is hard to miss, with her wild hair and loud voice. Her whismur seems a bit terrified as she speaks with it. ]

Come on, do it with me. SCREAM! [ and then she appears to be screaming, albeit excitedly. The whismur makes a small noise, then... WOW YEP, NOW IT'S SCREAMING TOO. THAT SURE IS HAPPENING.

> Approach...?
> Run away. ]

poteeeential spoilers

[konpeitoqueen]

[SWEET JESUS OH GOD GIVE HER EARS SALVATION

Obviously, this is the best thing to hear when traveling down the route. Her Froslass seems equally disturbed, but not as outright hostile as her trainer.]

WILL YOU SHUT UP? Your screaming can be heard all over Johto, moron! It seems you've only gotten more dense in the time I haven't seen you!

[Best way to greet a new classmate popping up, obviously. Hi, Ibuki.]

[perfectstrike]

[ > Run away.

You cannot run from a trainer battle!

> Approach...]

Mioda.

[Pekoyama's Sneasel might be initially more visible than Pekoyama herself as the swordsman approaches from behind; the little weasel is running ahead to try to smack a clawed paw to shut the Whismur up.]

Audrey Ramirez | Atlantis: The Lost Empire

[motorized]

Dios mio, if you're going to follow me around, we need to work on some ground rules. And the first rule is: don't trip me up!

[ This is directed at a sheepish-looking Makuhita, who had in fact raced in front of his new trainer as she was walking. Audrey's hands are on her hips as she scolds, breaking off to mutter darkly in Spanish. ]

We have to get to the next place in loco land, yeah? If I can't work as a mechanic here, we'll just have to try the next city.

[ Stupid town with its stupid rules and stupidly only offering positions at the center or the pokemart or other things she doesn't care about... ]

When we find a place, I'll teach you some tricks. Eh, I could have used someone with your strength back on the ship...ah, too late now.

[gentlechild]

[Itachi watches her curiously, his Growlithe staying at his heel as he moves. They seem to be going in the same direction, but his pace is leisurely while hers seems to be more driven. Interesting.]

Why are you in such a hurry? To go be a mechanic?

oh my god

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Casually overhearing people bitching about work opportunities is pretty much par for the course when you're sitting around at an outdoor cafe, and Heather can totally relate.Job offerings in the first few towns are totally BS.]

[She's just gonna go ahead and lean out from her table a little.]</sub>

If you're a mechanic, maybe you can head over to Olivine and make them a functioning light for that lighthouse. I swear it seems like every week that stupid Ampharos is catching a cold or something.

Edward Elric | Fullmetal Alchemist: Manga/Brotherhood

[heartofmetal]

[If you into the library in Viridian, you may just find this young guy almost buried in books that talk about the history or this place. Mostly about Pokémon and legends and such. What kind of legends does this place hold?

It looks like he's been here a while, from the amount of books set aside.]

[misster]

Um, excuse me...?

[If Ed actually decides to tear himself away from the books and look up, he'll see a young girl with long hair and... heart-shaped pupils, yes. The bell on her neck is too big to be reasonably considered an accessory, and as if to match that, there's a Chingling sitting on top of her head. She's watching him with a somehow uncertain expression and, after a brief moment of hesitation, she points to the pile of the books next to him.]

Would you mind if I borrowed some of these? They look pretty interesting...

[usedwrench]

[Well, this might take a while is what she's thinking when she sees all those books. That's okay, she just gets her own pile of books and they're about cooking, medical knowledge and things mechanics tend to read. ...But mostly about cooking and baking, and she also has pen and paper for taking notes or more likely for writing some of these recipes down, so she can try them later.]

Kazuya Minegishi | Devil Survivor

[kazubel]

[Things that should have happened after Kazuya became the King of Bel:
> Go to the demon realm
> Gather an Army
> Fight God

Things that actually happened:
> Get thrown into a completely different world
> Join a shady organization
> Receive two demons in some kind of balls

Something tells him this wasn't what Naoya planned.

He's currently contemplating this on a bench in Goldenrod, reading some sort of a guide book (wait, did we have those for COMPs...)]

incoming bro reunion

[babel_hacker]

[Atsuro's in Goldenrod to check on some sales the department store is having. Sure, he can swing by Celadon's, but Goldenrod have things Celadon doesn't have in stock. Because of that, he planned on heading into Goldenrod from time to time, if he's not busy travelling in Kanto or working on a project.

It's supposed to be a normal shopping trip.

However, that's before he stopped and stared at the young figure sitting on a bench. His Mightyena paused and looked up at him and then over at the other boy, before she recognised him as well.]

Kazuya...? Kazuya!

[Atsuro ran over, just to confirm for himself. That what he's seeing wasn't another joke. That his friend would still be there once he's close enough.

(That time he travelled in a rush towards Mahogany, only to see his friend gone again. As if his trip became utterly pointless.)

But this world seemed to be normal right now, so maybe he's here for real--]

You're here!

[He's here again. He's here again. His best friend is here again, and Atsuro's full of mixed feelings. Happy at seeing his friend again, after a few years, wariness that his friend might disappear again one day, curious about which timeline he's from.

But no matter what, there's a wide smile on his face.]

Uchiha Itachi | Naruto

[gentlechild]

[He doesn't let himself stop and feel anything until he's outside the town he woke up in, until he can get some quiet and peace to turn things over.

Once there, though -- once he has found a shady tree to sit under, with this strange new puppy who is now his companion standing guard over him -- Itachi draws his knees up to his chest and lets himself be a very confused and very overwhelmed barely-teen for a little while. Everything has changed too quickly; over the space of only a few days he has gone from Uchiha Itachi, double agent, child of the proud but treasonous Uchiha clan, to Uchiha Itachi, mass murderer, familicide --and then from there to Uchiha Itachi, a nobody in this world, a teenage boy with no special abilities at all and instead a large, fiery puppy as a companion?

He turns it all over, trying to settle it, trying to put his life in some semblance of order at least inside his own mind, when the growlithe's barking and growling calls his attention. Someone is approaching?]

Who's there? Who are you?

[usedswift]

Yougan!

[Tenten honestly doesn't notice the teen at first; her Arcanine had taken off while they were walking the route, looking for some lower-level Pokémon to get some extra information for her Pokédex. You never know what you can find, right?

She's used to the Arcanine growling at anyone who comes too close; he's fiercely protective of her, that she's become his trainer after Sasuke left.]

What, it's just a Growlithe. C'mon, Yougan, the last thing I need is to catch any more of you guys!

[Tenten's brushing twigs out of her hair as she approaches the Arcanine, who's just stopped, plopped his butt down, and is... wagging his tail?]

Antonio Lopez | Tiger & Bunny

[stock_bison]

[This Rhyhorn is actually pretty cool. While it's taken him days to get used to this place, especially the fact that everything seemed kind of... easily breakable (or maybe that was just him and he owed Cherrygrove's PokéCenter a new glass coffee table), he's actually pretty well-off. Right now, he's off to train--or kind of.

He actually felt bad for making his Rhyhorn attack smaller things, so he's decided to train with it. Standing shirtless, and honestly wishing he had his powers, he waits for the pokémon to attack.]

Alright, buddy! Come at me!

[...But his Rhyorn just kind of. Sits there.]

[misster]

[Antonio isn't the only one who decided to train out here. There's a little girl dressed up like a stereotypical magical girl coming up, the top of her head crowned with a Chingling. She stops in surprise once she notices the Rhyorn─ being pretty new to this place, she hasn't seen one like this yet─ before tuning her gaze to the trainer standing nearby.]

Look, Luna! There's someone else here, too!

[Suddenly, the girl's expression changes from mild curiosity to pure disgust.]

Ew! Where the hell does that guy think he is, a night club? Just looking at him makes me wanna throw up the soles of my shoes! Put some shirt on, perv!

Armin Arlert | Attack on Titan

[cowardace]

[In a moment of self-discovery, Armin has realized that he's actually quite fond of the waterside. He can only assume this is the edge of an ocean, as it's wide and fast and all he can see. The splashing of the water next to him lets him know that his Marill is getting a kick out of it as well.

This world is ten times stranger than his own home world, especially how their 'monsters' come in the forms of small beasts--or some large ones, given the dragons--but none are as huge and ridiculous as titans. No one's even heard of titans.

It feels like a world without fear and it's odd. Armin's still on edge, but not right now. Standing here, pants rolled up, on the beach, while one monster (who's actually rather adorable and not nearly as 'monster' like) plays next to him... It's peaceful.]

slams into

[bertall]

<sub>[When Bertholt climbed on his Arcanine's back and told him to go wherever he pleased, he wasn't sure what he was expecting. Maybe for the Arcanine to get him lost in the forest or in a cave somewhere as a playful gesture, but to be brought back to a familiar town? That was honestly the last thing on his mind.

Then again, so was spotting a very familiar uniform on the last person he thought he'd see again. To Bert, their last interaction was... less than pleasant.

Still, something in him tugged on the Arcanine's fur to get him to stop, earning a curious 'Aroo?' in return.]</sub>

A-Armin...?

Sasha Blouse | Attack on Titan

[areyouaskingmewhy]

[She feels like she's suffering. Well, in a way, she kind of is, a little bit. So of course, lesson one of being on a trail was don't eat the berries, but after running out of her packed lunch, Sasha was in despair.

Therefore, she had eaten berries.

A Lum berry, to be precise. The taste was odd, nothing like a normal berry but oddly with a sweet aftertaste. But ten minutes in, as they settled in her stomach, she had to bolt for it as her intestines practiced gymnastics. Trying to hold it in didn't seem to work, and there was nothing that seemed to save her from this ridiculous fate--well, nothing until she discovered she was right on the edge of a town. Ignoring signs, people and pokemon, she hurried her way into the first inviting stranger's house and made herself cozy in the bathroom.

...Thirty minutes later, she's outside again, feeling a little sour but with a more settled stomach (or so she hopes), and she finally decides to make her way around the city. With the most of her pocket change still in the backpack, she figures she can get an inn room later... When she finds the inn. But so far, the quaint little town is enough to keep her interested. And only half-distracting from the gurgling in her stomach.]