the_tv_is_a_lie | #1: Don't you know you're letting all the junk flood in? [Video/Action, New Bark Town]

[...Well, wasn't that a strange turn of events.

Last he remembered, he was on the train back to Tokyo. He was supposed to be heading home. Why did he suddenly end up here, and what's with all this music running through his ears? Does someone have their radio on full blast or something? ...But it doesn't look like there's a radio in sight...

...Well, it's not like things could get any weirder. Other than this sheep-like thing he was shown the ropes on how to catch by an elder. He's already seen his fair share of strange for a lifetime. But that's not his main concern right now. No, in fact, his main concern is said sheep-like thing -- a Mareep, the elder'd called it -- and watching it while it moved around so frantically, presumably from excitement.

...It looked adorable, actually. He couldn't help the little smile.]

Hey, little guy. What do you want?

Mareep! Mareep!

[...He tilted his head, lineface resurfacing. Did it just say its own name? More importantly, he can't discern what it wants just from hearing it say its own name...]

...That doesn't help.

Mareep!

[It nudged his hand, almost as if it were asking for something. Food, maybe? A pat on the head? He isn't sure. He'll go with the latter for now.]

Ma-reeeeeeeeeep...

[> ...This is going to take a while to figure out.

Anyone watching that feed might want to help...]

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Mm. It's not that big an issue, though.

[Compared to what he still has to piece together, in any case. He pauses.] Your name?

Oh, I'm Talim. It's a pleasure to meet you again. I admit, we were only acquaintances at best.

No time like the present for me to return, then, I suppose.

[A sheepish, if rather faint, smile.] Have you been here long as well?

I've been here two and half--? Ah, almost three years now, I think.

Huh. [Someone who's spent plenty of time here. His curiosity is aroused. :|a] How was your first year here, then?

It took quite a bit of adjusting! But I think I'm unique in that my home isn't as technologically advanced as Johto is, but I'm very used to traveling on foot. Most people seem to have the opposite problem.

You don't have transportation where you're from?

Horses and carts and the like, but that's about it. Mostly I walked everywhere.

Sounds like it made good exercise, at the very least. [A beat.]

Did you have any traveling partners here? Or where you came from?

Back home, I had a couple people I seemed to run into a few times on my travels- we journeyed together for a time.

Here... I go places with friends on occasion, but largely I've been on my own. Why do you ask?

Are you anywhere near... [He pauses to look at the sign that had the town's name on it.] New Bark?

[Next she sees him on the screen, he has something of a nervous smile.]

I might need a companion in the event that I go through somewhere this sheep isn't ready for.

Ah, well, I'm a few days away from you if I fly. Several months by walking.

But if you don't mind waiting around, Alun and I would gladly fly over to pick you up.

I can settle in for a while. Maybe catch a few Pokemon while I wait.

[He needs to put his Mareep to work, at any rate, so what's a few days waiting time?]

All right. I'll give you a call when I'm close to town and you can let me know where you are.

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