keychained: (foresight)
Sora ([personal profile] keychained) wrote2010-08-24 12:24 am

001; [video]

[When the video feed first clicks on, there isn't much in the way of visuals except blackness, interspersed with the occasional flash of dull light. The sounds are much more fascinating than the sights, as it were: something is snuffling at the pokégear, and after a moment there's a series of sharp thunks, as if someone were rapping against the microphone. Something is trying to eat it.]

-- Hey! Knock it off! Look, there's food in the bag if you're hungry..

[The feed swings around wildly as Sora snatches away and tries to wipe the pokégear off on his jumpsuit, then stops abruptly as he turns it over in his hand and stares straight into the camera, his expression bewildered. This thing looks more high-tech than the lifts in Hollow Bastion.]

Okay, I'm.. not really sure what I was expecting, but the everlasting Darkness is weird.

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[it's hard to smear off that huge, completely-disabled-by-tiny-blue-elephant grin, but when he finally manages, he moves his hand to offer it to Pearl instead, his smile downgraded to something softer and more reassuring.]

That's probably okay for now. At least until we figure out what he likes to eat, right?

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[A hand. What do you do with a hand? She knows this one, Mr. Nick taught her to-... Aha!

With barely any hesitation, (no matter WHAT he meant to offer it for,) she reaches out to shake it, oddly businesslike for a ten year old. Guess who spent the last year with a lawyer.

As for his words, she glances to Fanny, who's caaaasually reaching his trunk up and into the bag of whatever it is that the much larger (and slightly scarier) pokemon is eating. And then he's caaaasually sliding it out to stuff some in his face. He thinks he's so sly, yes he does.]


...Am I supposed to teach him manners, or is this okay? [She assumes he knows more about this place than she does, since he's ~older~.]

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[a handshake works just fine; Sora returns it back happily.]

You've got a great handshake! And don't worry about him. There's plenty for everybody.

[that, and Sora would personally consider punishing Fanny equivalent to kicking kittens or punching puppies. he draws his hand back once the handshake has slowed, though he remains crouched on one knee, closer to Pearl's level.]

So what's your name? Mine's Sora.

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[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
My name's Pearl. Pearl Fey, from the Kurain Channeling School. But... I don't know where that is from here.

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[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Wait! How could she have forgotten!? When she meets his eyes again, she looks quite determined.] I'm looking for Mystic Maya. Can you tell me where she is?

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[his smile falters into a small frown, sympathetic.]

I'm sorry, Pearl, I don't know where Mystic Maya is. I'm lost myself.

... You know what, though? We could look for our friends together.

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Really? [She looks gleeful... for a second. Then, warily:] You don't want my guts, do you? And... you never thought you were a fish? [The two others she'd met here have clearly been very colorful characters.

Fanny extricates himself from the foodstuffs long enough to listen to the answer--you can tell because now his upraised trunk is pointed curiously at Sora.]

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
-- What? No, I don't want your guts! And, well.. I was a merman once, but I definitely don't think I'm actually a fish.

[bends down to pat Fanny again; he really can't help himself. the Girafarig, meanwhile, has devoured all the food and probably a quarter of a shirt, so he trots over to inspect Pearl curiously, with much snuffling of the hair and face.]

... Puddles, be careful.

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
You were a merman? [She loves fairy tales, so she's about to be all up in that story, but omg there's a big curious thing poking at her head. She looks up at it, a little more uncertain now that it's up close... But once Fanny quits derping in the food bag, he'll be making an offended 'Phan!' noise and hurrying over to claim Pearly's lap (with the food bag prooobably on his head), making a noise quite similar to blowing a raspberry at the large beast's nose.

Pearl watches this, giggles a 'heehee', and blows a raspberry at Puddles too. All in good fun, of course. The creature's a little less scary when you've got a basketball-sized elephant honking at it.]

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[he can't help but laugh at Fanny, too, and steps closer to gently guide Puddles away from its insistent sniffing, patting his snout and trying to distract him. Puddles snorts, but is successfully redirected, and takes to snuffling at Sora's hair instead. it's a curious and boundary-less Pokémon to say the least.]

I was! We used magic to turn me into one, so I could go somewhere that was completely underwater without drowning. There were lots of nice merpeople there.

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well.. I met a princess named Ariel! And her father, too. His name's King Triton.

[laughs a little and smooths a hand through his hair, remembering King Triton- okay, maybe he wasn't exactly the nicest merman at first. technicalities.]

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[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[An audible gasp!]

You met the Little Mermaid!? [She's never seen the Disney rendition, but it was among the fairytales she loved in Kurain.]

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[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy tales don't exist. It's not nice to lie to people.

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
What- I'm not lying, I promise! I wouldn't lie to you!

[holds his hands up, trying to show that he's harmless.]

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
But...

The Little Mermaid is just a fairy tale...

Are you telling me fairy tales are true?

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
That one is.

[Sora sits down on the ground, stretching out his legs.]

I actually.. kinda felt the same way for a while. I thought that other worlds were just a kind of fairy tale, and if they did exist, they were something I'd probably never get to see. But you know? Lots of things that don't seem real actually are; you just have to go out there and find them.

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks thoughtful for a minute. Then:] But first we have to find Mystic Maya! [Fanny: "Phan!" Even though he's pretty much got the attention span of a goldfish, he's come to recognize 'find Mystic Maya' as their mission statement, and responds accordingly.]

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Right! We'll find Mystic Maya, and my friends, too.

[Sora pushes himself to his feet, batting away any dirt and dust that may have accumulated on his jumpsuit- Puddles very thoughtfully aids in the grooming by chewing on his shirt, to which Sora bats at in response.]

Is there anything else you wanted to do here, Pearl? Should we get going?

oops, didn't see this--was doing Pearly's CR chart~

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
I left my backpack over there. I'll be right back! [And she's turning and hurrying back toward the alleyway--she doesn't want to keep Sora waiting! Fanny's right at her heels, trunk still raised almost like a submarine's periscope.]

Huh? [As she grabs her pack, she spots a certain device. Slowly, she picks it up, looks it over, and heads back to Sora.]

I found this! I think it's a cell phone. [It... doesn't really look like Mr. Nick's cell phone did, but hey, they're not all the same, are they?]

no worries!

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora strides after her, blinking in recognition at the device in her hands-- he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his own.]

Look, I've got one, too.

[he bends down slightly to show her, the gear sitting on his outstretched palm. it looks slightly chewed on. Puddles lets out a quiet "'fig," a few feet away, feigning innocence.]

:3

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[She examines them for a second.]

Mine looks newer. Do you want to trade? I'm used to getting stuff after it's been used.

Unless...

Unless they aren't really ours, after all! Maybe someone lost them.

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-25 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, that's okay! It just looks this way because Puddles got a hold of it first.

[grins sheepishly.]

We should hang onto them for a while, at least until we find out if they belong to someone. Maybe they'll help us find Mystic Maya!

[identity profile] mysticpearly.livejournal.com 2010-08-26 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think mine would fit in Fanny's mouth... [She offers it to her Phanpy experimentally, but he just examines it with the end of his trunk for a minute.]

But if it'll help find Mystic Maya and Mr. Nick... And your friends, too! Then we should keep them. [Decisively, she takes it back from Fanny to... idek, prevent further trunking?]

[identity profile] newhero.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Good idea. Let's stick together until we find everybody, then. Okay?