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[these_guys]

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Sigrun Eide // Stand Still. Stay Silent.

[captainobnoxious]

[There is no place cold enough for Sigrun, but you know what, this is fine. Not really. The Ice Path between two towns she can't bother to remember is really cool, yes, and fun to skate on, but you know what it's also nice for?

Cooling off.

Sigrun has found herself on her back in the middle of one of the skatey areas, just... staring at the ceiling, a Shinx curled up sleeping peacefully on her chest. At least a cat's familiar, you know? A lot of the other things were too, but man was it hard not to just stick the pocket knife she'd bought into some of these things.]

Sure, you've got nooo problems with this, do you Aleksia? Oh no, you're just sooo comfortable, just sleeping away while I'm on my back like this.

[The smallest snore is her answer. Sigrun sighs, petting the cat creature.]

Well, it's not too bad. It is pretty cool in here, compared to whatever's happening out there.

[... Warming up, Sigrun. It's warming up. It's not as warm as it was in the more southern areas, mind, but it is not Norway.]

[yanginthere]

[ You know who's NOT enjoying any of this cold? The blonde girl in the fire red jacket, currently sliding face-first across the ice, that's who. When she is in range of a large frozen rock jutting out of the smooth surface, she latches on and halts her momentum with a grunt.

Two seconds later, a positively huge dog pokemon with an equally impressive mane slides up against her side, crushing her between itself and the rock. ] Ack! Rowdy, why!?

[ The "why" was Yang learning a lesson about why one should not ride a 'mon indoors. Especially one with poor traction control. ]

Akari Oozora // Aikatsu!

[creatinglight]

[Okay, so Akari had woken up in a strange bed, and her Aikatsu Phone Look had been replaced by what she's figured out is a Pokegear. She'd woken up to a cute thing looking worried.

All that, she can handle, but the fact that she cannot get in touch with anyone at Starlight Academy? That is a problem.

She's going to be walking around looking for a phone, or at least a computer. Someone want to break it to her that she's stuck?]

[in4apounding]

[So why is Penny back in New Bark Town after so long? Because shut up is why.]

[Regardless, Akari was showing almost all the signs of "I'm New, Please Help."]

Salutations, miss!

[Trotting over with a cheerful wave, her Galvantula scuttling close behind her.]

You're new, right? Are you okay?

Lavernius Tucker | rvb

[dosomethingslacker]

[Okay so he's got ..... no armor. No guns. No alien key-sword. No team, no radio frequencies, nothing.

Literally nothing.

So all in all, Tucker's day is starting off nice.

He's at least found his way to a pokemart and is busying himself looking at items and pulling one thing off a shelf, looking it over, then putting it back when he can't make heads or tails of what it's supposed to be.]

Dunno what the fuck that is. [Next.] Or that. [Neeeext.] Fucking christ, make sense sometime soon.

[callbacks]

[Things that are not important: acknowledging the continuity of time and space.

Things that are also not important: making sense. If it were important, then the answer to Tucker's prayer would surely not be Dave Let Me Tell You About Homestuck Strider.

He peers around Tucker to see what he's just picked up, then helpfully comments:]

That's water.

[What else can he help you with today?]

Soos Ramirez | Gravity Falls

[questionmarksthespot]

A)
Ha, dude, check this out.

[Since arriving, Soos has managed to find his way to the outskirts of New Bark. What's so funny about the 'Welcome to New Bark Town' sign isn't immediately obvious, at least not to the Porygon watching passively from a few feet away.]

Watch this.

[Soos raises a beefy forearm to cover part of the signs text, laughing to himself.]

"Newb Town". Heh.

B)
[Somewhere in the middle of Azalea Town, Soos is sitting on the ground literally covered in a small herd of Slowpoke.]

I think they think I'm one of them, dude. Like their Slowpoke King. Or Slowking.

[He flops back, the Pokémon covering him like a blanket.]

I have found my people.

John Egbert | Homestuck

[harlequinhater]

[It's pretty hard to pull off the whole "mad at the multiverse" vibe when there's a little bird cloud nesting on your head, but John is doing his damndest.

Last thing he can remember, he'd been running mysterious and nonsensical errands for some troll girl. Then he woke up here, in a weird bed, with a backpack and a bird. Now, he's strolling around town, his hands shoved into his pockets as he does his best to ignore that faint background music that seems to persist wherever he goes. Seriously, whose idea was that?

John stops stomping around once he gets to the town limits, at which point he realizes he is totally and irreconcilably lost. Which means it's time to have a temper tantrum at the sky.]

This is stupid! This doesn't make any sense! This place doesn't even look like Sburb, and I definitely don't remember any of these guys from the game. [A gesture to his fluffy hat.] Terezi, was this your idea? Can you see me right now? Well, haha, very funny! I'm totally cowed by your trolling prowess. Now send me back!

[And now he's making some not-so-kind gestures up in Terezi's perceived direction, causing his new bird friend to flutter nervously. It's been a long day, alright?]

[Video]

[callbacks]

[You know what, John, something in your pocket is blinking at you, because god forbid the universe allow you and your bestie-best meet in person, ever, for more than five seconds at a time.

Anyway, maybe it's fine that John not notice the PokéGear is recording him right away. Dave's face is not prepared.

It's him.

He's really here.

Dave might start to say something to get John's attention, but something beaky and black sticks her eye right up to the camera and CAWS. LOUDLY. NEW PHONE, WHO DIS???]

KRAWW!

[eclectictype]

[Hello John, if you like one bird cloud, you're really going to love the much bigger one flying overhead trilling some song. Despite that, Jade still hears the words "Sburb" and "Terezi" which causes a chain reaction of "hooooold on!" to her Altaria.

One mid-air stop and back up later has Jade jumping down to see for herself if this ranting teen is who she thinks he is.]

...Oh my god. [She'd recognize that wild ineffectual gesture of rage anywhere!] John! Joooohhhhnnn!

[in4apounding]

Wow, those are some really rude gestures... Are you okay?

[Penny's not even sure what they actually mean, not that that says much.]

[But aome of those phrases are, at this point, familiar. Processing...]

Oh my gosh!

[And running over excitedly now.]

Are you one of Dave and Jade's friends?!

HI I'VE BEEN SO DISTRACTED I'M SORRY

[quadrangle]

[With as FUCKING BIZARRE as his life has been lately, the last thing Karkat expects is anyone from his universe turning up, but here he is strolling around the curiously undefined city when oh god that's a familiar voice, please tell him he isn't imagining it. Not that he... has any clue at all what to say to John Egbert at a point in their timelines when they both, uh, know how that first attempt at trolling went, but maybe he can ignore that completely? WHO KNOWS.

Either way, hello, John, hope you don't mind the Ambiguously Brown human hovering nearby while he tries to figure out how the fuck to initiate some form of conversation. How does this work. Like. Seriously.]

... Are you fucking finished yet.

[That'll. Do?]

Karamatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-san

[karappo]

A)

[If you happen to be in Goldenrod's Department Store today, you might hear the sound of a trainer talking to...himself? Not out of the realm of possibility, no, but the voice is actually coming from beyond the dressing rooms to a Bagon, Squirtle, and Eevee sitting on a bench waiting patiently for their trainer to come out.]

Alright, my beauties. Are you ready? Three, two, one-!

[The curtain covering the room's entrance practically explodes open as a man jumps out and strikes the most exaggerated pose known to man, a Krookodile leaping out behind him only to put up a mirroring post next to his trainer. Clearly, this is something they've rehearsed.

And the man is wearing...well.]

It's beautiful, non?~ Tell us honestly, Bruce and I want to hear your opinions!

[There's a long silence in which Karamatsu just stands there next to his Krookodile, holding that pose like their lives depend on it.

The Eevee yips softly, tail wagging. The Squirtle looks more frustrated that he didn't get to play along, and the Bagon has a look on her face that says that she would rather be literally anywhere else.]

B)



[Karamatsu's out fishing today, lounging on the back of a Seadra with her crests serving as a makeshift seat for him. One leg that's crossed over the other bounces idly as he stares into the water, occasionally pulling in his line and tossing it back out again.]

Hah...nothing again, huh?

[He drops his head back against the Seadra's neck, who's nearly fallen asleep herself by now, blowing bubbles in the water through her snout.

Then, without warning, something starts tugging just a little on the line, prompting them both to look up.]

Eh?

[The little tugs happen once, twice, then stop again, causing Karamatsu to deflate a little...at least until a very sharp yank suddenly pulls on the pole so hard that he's jerked right off the Seadra and headfirst into the river.]

AAGGHKK--!!

A

[monge]

[Eventually the silence is interrupted by something other than his Pokemon, because there's a small slow clap coming from one of the other shoppers. Looks like someone heard all that nonsense, and it's just...some guy and his fat snake, idly watching.

What does the peanut gallery have to say?]

It's very adequate, zura.

[Thank you, peanut gallery.]

B HERE WE GO

[soundmind]

[Well, that was definitely screaming, and a splash. Someone fell in? It startled her and Maka's a little annoyed at having her reading interrupted, but still--if someone's in trouble she can't just ignore it.

Upon coming to the "scene" and seeing, yes, someone fell in and they'd probably be too distressed to respond to any verbal calls, Maka just takes out her Lapras's Pokeball and throws it out.]

Laila, bring that person over here!

[And the Lapras, of course, being the epitome of beauty and grace...

Clamps her teeth around the scruff of Karamatsu's shirt and tosses him onto her back.

No problem.]

Are you okay? [Since he's not splashing around and in danger of drowning, Maka feels free to call across the way.]

A

[titularity]

OI! Karamatsu!!


[Ah, that voice. You know the one. The one that causes that chill to run down your spine. The one that instinctively tells you that you need to hide whatever money you have, and whatever dignity you still hold onto. The voice that seems to DRIP with both love and hate for you, and even more...an essence for getting you into trouble.

Yes, it's that voice.


Osomatsu seems to be shopping as well, hands in his pockets as he walks, his only companions being his own Eevee and a Spinda...who seems to have twirled it's way into one of the clothing racks and getting trapped in that circular middle section that every kid used to hide in. Don't act like you don't know the ones.


He'll find his way out.


But that's not important now, because Osomatsu has found Karamatsu's fashion show, looking at his outfit as he poses next to his Krokorok. Letting it...seep in.


Before he grips his stomach, trying not to laugh uncontrollably.]


Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!!! Karamatsu! It's too much! You're going to kill me!!



I can feel death gripping me as I speak!

HEY HEY!!!

[rosetotheoccasion]

That was a big surprise for me too!

[Hey Pyrrha, there's a familiar voice behind you! When they first talked upon Pyrrha's arrival in Johto, Ruby had been a bit further along, stationed in Goldenrod City with the rest of her group. But she'd felt that competitive itch growing, so she'd decided to take a trip back to Violet to challenge the Gym Leader there.

But of course, she couldn't do that without a little more training, so here she was on the outskirts of town! And boy is she glad she made that decision.]

They're actually really sensitive! Or... mine is, at least. It's actually kinda cute.

[yanginthere]

[ Being without the Violet Gym badge herself, Yang is also in the area; not just for that, but also to train up a couple of her low-level Pokémon crew additions. When she isn't in the middle of a match, she's mounted up atop her "trusty steed" which, in her case, is a six foot tall Arcanine that has even more of a fabulous mane than she does.

Hey, she takes her Pokémon grooming VERY seriously, okay?

When her companion slowed down and chuffed in irritation, she knew it could only mean one thing. Yang readied a Poké Ball in her right hand and turned Rowdy to face down her next opponent. ]

All right, if it's a fight you want, it's a fi— Pyrrha!?

[ Rowdy growled, but Yang was quick to both holster her Ball and also put a soothing hand down between the giant dog's ears. ] Whoa, easy there, girl! She's a friend.

[ Talking to Pyrrha over the Pokégear, knowing she was here, and seeing her in person — especially after the events which the others had informed her about, but Yang had not personally witnessed — well. It was a relief that brought a big smile to her face. ]

Hello!

[in4apounding]

[Penny, on the other hand, already had the Zephyrbadge; but she wasn't about to allow her friends to go without moral support. And it's oddly nice being back in Violet.]

[And it's always nice to get the chance to help newer trainers, especially when dealing with a Pokémon she has a fair bit of experience with herself.]

Oh! You really shouldn't hold them like that, that's-

[Oh.]

That's, um, sort of how they feed.

[This might not be the most awkward face-to-face first meeting ever, but it's probably up there. They'd talked over the Pokégears when Pyrrha first arrived; Penny might not actually remember the Vytal Tournament herself, but she'd certainly been told about it. And that none of it was Pyrrha's fault, but...]

[Awkward.]

Through the tassel, it drains energy. But they really don't like being handled that way, especially if they don't know you well yet.

...Um, how- ...are you doing all right?

[She rocks back and forth on her heels a little bit.]

Yooooo (also late with Starmiebucks)

[usedglaciate]

[Weiss waves, getting what the problem is immediately.]

It will let you hold it eventually, most likely, but right now it's best to let your Honedge get to know you.

...and it's really good to see you.

dirk strider | homestuck

[brocrux]

[ dirk has a vague idea what is going on. some sort of master plan and he can just roll with it because fighting things makes perfect sense and always had. there was also a bonus of saving the universe and everyone probably not dying, along with actual emotional bonding with long lost alternate versions of ecto-relatives (holy shit) and then-

he once again has a vague idea of what is going on. some sort of 90s anime shenanigans that involve waking up in a bed with a friggin' pokemon that looks like an adorable clown plush of some sort which is ridiculous. but he would enjoy the hell out of it if he having a hard time just rolling with it like always. he makes it to the nearest town just fine and probably looks like he knows what he's doing but there is absolutely no knowledge. he is so fucking done. enough with being put in locations against his will. so done. the percentage of done has reached preposterous levels. shit seemed really important and he kind of wants to yell and break his balls in a fit.

like, pokeballs. not...

the current biggest issue here outside of the location switch: human interaction.
how ???? ]

Uh. [ he'll just stand there in the middle of the road while people walk past him, taking a second to figure out the next move. does the pokemon know? he looks down at his new pokebaby and directs a meaningful look from behind his shades. (who the fuck would put him in charge of a baby?) it awkwardly shrugs at him and is no help at all. cool. ]

Shit.

[callbacks]

[Oh




no


.

Dave's only here to deliver some warm clothes donated by the generous and not particularly adventuresome residents of Goldenrod City, many of whom basically kept him from freezing his ass off over the long winter he's been in Johto. If he weren't here, he wouldn't have had to clap eyes on this dude in person, would've maybe had some warning, some time to get used to the idea.

But uh. Yeah. Nope. That's not happening.

Dave's mouth calls up his brain, gets the rest of his body on conference call. Hey, cats, what should we be doing now, it says, without greeting or anything, because that's how Dave's mouth rolls.

Unfortunately for anyone hoping for actual interaction to occur, we're getting nothing but dial tone, here.

Dave's left standing there frozen at the corner, box of fluffy parkas forgotten in his arms, like a deer in the headlights.

Help.]

[questionmarksthespot]

Hey dude, pretty sweet shades.

[Have a large man munching on a bag of cheesy tortilla chips, Dirk. He's being trailed by... what is it, some kind of CGI duck thing? A Pokémon, anyway.]

This tutorial level kinda stinks, doesn't it. I mean, I don't like hand-holding in games, but an NPC droppin' hints would help a lot, right? Especially for something this sandboxy.

Matsuno Osomatsu | Osomatsu-san

[titularity]

Game Corner

[If you happen to be visiting Goldenrod on a day like today, you may see a man in a red hooded jacket practically skipping towards the Game Corner just off by the radio tower, a dizzy little Spinda following just behind him and a Fletchling desperately trying to stay on the man's shoulder. What's he so happy about, honestly?


Oh, right. He's got some cash in his hand and he's more than definitely going to use it--there.]


Luuuuckyyy~! I'm feeling lucccckkkkky! [Followed by a series of hums that can only be a tune he'd made up himself.]


[After hearing word that you can buy POKEMON with your winnings, it seemed like such an easy way to catch Pokemon as opposed to the alternative! Who wants to waste money on pokeballs and then risk not even catching the Pokemon? Not Osomatsu!


He thinks ahead! Now all he has to do is just win at the slots.]

[monge]

[Who the heck just runs around with straight up cash in their hands like some kind of loser just waiting for it to get snatched? Apparently Jon Arbuckle over here, which catches the attention of a very large Drifblim who's just looking for a reason to ""drift"" away from his trainer.

Which he does.

I mean, when you sing and hum like that, you're pretty much begging for attention.

So there he is, one giant ass balloon that hovers down right in front of the Game Corner door. Golly, just look at that money. The balloon wears the cutest little smile as he eyes it, then back at pointless human #33897558754.]