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Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏) ([personal profile] ardent) wrote2013-04-23 08:49 pm

001. Action for Goldenrod City/Video

[ACTION FOR GOLDENROD CITY]

[Well, if you're on the streets this evening in the general vicinity of the Radio Tower, you will likely come across a figure in what looks like a cross between a white gakuran and a military uniform (no, seriously, those boots cannot be school issue, can they?); he's got his arms folded tightly across his chest, almost as though he's cold despite being nothing of the sort, and he's staring rather intently upward.

Not at anything in particular. Just looking up at the sky.

However, if you're close enough (and you're probably close enough because he is pretty much the opposite of subtle), it'll be fairly obvious that he's probably not seeing much of anything despite the intensity of his gaze, given that he's got an impressive amount of tears going on. Like, "that should probably not be coming out of human eyes" levels of impressive. Holy shit. Tears. All over. Like he's seen the face of God or something.

Someone might want to poke him or make sure his brain hasn't just shorted out or something, he'll be here all night otherwise.]



[VIDEO]

[Hello, Johto! Sometime this evening you are being treated to some serious jittercam, courtesy of one of your newer arrivals (after he's come out of whatever trance he was in earlier because good lord almighty there is sky out here). It's not quite enough to make you seasick, but more than enough to make you wonder exactly how it is your life has come to this and who gave the complete amateur a camera before everything seems to even out. The video eventually seems to settle on a rather...uh, severe-looking kid with short, dark hair, red eyes and eyebrows that go forever, and whatever he's doing, he seems deeply annoyed with it, goodness. Who invited the spawn of Satan to the Poképarty...

And then he seems to figure out that he is, in fact, filming, and his response is so immediately joyful it'll give you whiplash if you are not properly strapped in. His grin is open and incredibly genuine, the expression entirely unguarded; he sets the device down on a table in front of him, as he appears to be outside still, and he immediately starts waving at it a bit - both through utter glee and trying to see if it actually is tracking properly.]


Ha ha ha - so it does work! This is excellent news, excellent! Now, if I can get it to -

[His voice is a bit odd - it's loud and enthusiastic, but it's strangely blunted, as though he hasn't...quite worked out how voice inflection works but dammit, he's trying. He reaches out while he talks, the conversation dissolving into rather pleased muttering to himself as he tries to turn off the 'Gear and promptly...uh, sends the video, good job.]


[VIDEO, TWO MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST]

[Well, Captain Eyebrows here seems to have gotten himself under a bit more control, though the amount of volume is still going to make people why he even bothered with a video - surely he can be heard in Kanto by now. He's clearly trying to sound authoritative; the effect is just...horribly shouty.]

My name is Ishimaru Kiyotaka, a student of the 78th annual class at Hope's Peak Academy! It's excellent to have a way to contact all of you, even if the situation that's brought it about is very weird indeed!

Whoever is responsible for this turn of events, I would like to both thank you for your generosity regarding the situation, and yet express my general confusion at what it is you expect me to do here! It would be appreciated if I could thank you in person - or...speak to you properly or knew who you were...hm.

[He...seems to have lost himself for a moment, hang on - ]

At any rate - if I've learned anything in my studies of others, it's that cooperation is the best way to ensure success! If you could introduce yourselves and tell me where it is you come from, I would be very grateful - let's make the most of this weird situation by working hard and working together!

[End feed!

...Ishimaru, please...]
soundmind: (Surprise ► The fuck is you?)

[personal profile] soundmind 2013-05-07 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Um.

[So adamant!]

Okay? Good luck with everything, hope your partner stops biting you.
enjoymyatelier: i am just done with this shit (ugh whatever)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-08 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[it's stupid work!!]

How do the natives find information on the other regions, then? It's not like people would intentionally make things more difficult for themselves unless they applied some value to it, and I can't see much value in it at all.
enjoymyatelier: i am just done with this shit (ugh whatever)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-13 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Why wouldn't they have it for curiosity's sake, even? It's not as though I have any difficulty finding information on foreign mythology back home. Furthermore, the information on foreign regions itself is barely complete-I've only been able to find the names of some regions that seem to be inhabited.
ghostytrainer: (no i cannot smile doofishly.)

apologies for the late. you know how sometimes you just get stuck on a reply? idk what happened.

[personal profile] ghostytrainer 2013-05-14 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Nope, definitely not everybody. Though John certainly wouldn't have complained about getting two starters. That would have been awesome.]

Ohhh yeah, I can imagine why it would be. [He chuckles a bit.] Hopefully he doesn't learn fire fang or something like that before you manage to train the habit out of him.

And hopefully he isn't the stubborn sort that will actually listen to you when you try and teach him to not bite the hand that feeds...
enjoymyatelier: zach. they're here. (migrane's a comin.)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-15 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
That's no reason to reject all logic whatsoever. Surely it would exist for the sake of trade, wouldn't it? It's not like there are no imports and exports from this region.

[why are you defending the right to be totally unreasonable]
enjoymyatelier: it kind of smells (wow that is just really gross)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-15 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
And why should it not be readily available to their own citizens, then? Unless they decide to hide everything the moment they see someone from another world walk into a library or bookstore.
enjoymyatelier: why you gotta do this claymore shit (god fuckin damnit einzbern)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-16 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well that's positively stupid, unless every single person in this world is in on some sort of conspiracy. Do you want me to go barging into natives' houses just to check?
ghostytrainer: (this is how they smile in the animes!)

[personal profile] ghostytrainer 2013-05-16 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Good! Optimistic is basically the best state to be in. Especially when it comes to things like inter-universal kidnappings. No sense in complaining about it, and frankly this is actually a pretty cool place to be!

[There are definitely worse universes to be stuck in.]

I have been here for a little over two years now. And I hope to be here for many more!
ghostytrainer: (Your name is JOHN.)

[personal profile] ghostytrainer 2013-05-16 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Hehehe, yeah don't worry I definitely won't give you any weird looks for that. Honestly, this is probably true for everyone from my world.

[John smiles. He has no idea what Ishimaru's homeworld was like. But if he just got here and already sees Johto as a place he doesn't want to leave, he can imagine that there's some kind of similarity to their circumstances.]

[If nothing else, both their Earths were less-than-ideal.]


But a lot of people here just had regular lives back where they came from and I can't say I really blame them for wanting to get back to their friends and families.
enjoymyatelier: fistclench. (GET BENT)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-16 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it certainly sounded like it. Are you saying that libraries with information on other countries don't exist in your world?

[TRANSLATION: YES. At least he's stopped whining about camping... for... now...]
enjoymyatelier: i am just done with this shit (ugh whatever)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-16 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[HE COULD REALLY ASK THE SAME OF YOU!!!]

They could theoretically exist, but I don't see how the presence of flame-spitting dogs would have any effect whatsoever on the topic we're discussing.
viiru2alert: manipul8trix (Prick ♊ iid prefer iit iif thii2 not get)

no probs uvu

[personal profile] viiru2alert 2013-05-16 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[i am justice]

Anyone who's distracted by petty shit like that is a pretty awful debater, all things considered. And whoever said this was a fucking debate? Last time I checked you and me were having a conversation over the Pokégear!
enjoymyatelier: i am just done with this shit (ugh whatever)

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2013-05-17 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps it's because your "point" is far too ridiculous for me to grasp.

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