[video .001] -- Route intro post

[thinkimsuperman]

((OOC: oh my god, you guys, what am I even doing? Late intro is so late because of NaNoWriMo and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING, besides. Enjoy :'D Sorry if I derp this up like the derp I am. Also, feel free to add your own character tags. Tag add new/delete and add/remove to entry is set to any user because I am too trusting))

[the feed shows Douglas Cartland blinking in the middle of a random field in the sunlight, shielding his eyes from the sun. He's got his 'gear in one hand and his Shuckle in the other and he's staring hard into the screen]

How the heck do I... how am I supposed to work this thing? Is it like a phone? One of those new video phone things or...

[pause]

Oh, it's recordin'. Okay. Well uh... not sure if anybody can hear this but I'd really like to know where I am. Some woman gave me lunch and shoved me outside when I woke up this morning, but that's not really important. What I really wanna know is where I woke up.

Hello? Anybody listenin'?

[he frowns]

There's no way this is Maine.

[he resists the urge to say "I have a feeling I'm not in Kansas anymore", because this isn't the time at all]

Comments

[video]

[no-ufo-ending.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure they would have tied me up and dragged me to the hotel eventually.

_{[He quietly muses to himself about that. That had been a very interesting day. AND THEN HE HAD BECOME AN HONORARY MASON. Whether he wanted to or not.]}

Is there anything else about this place you need to know?

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

[another chuckle]

Heather's like that. Sometimes ya don't get a say in anything.

[he pauses to think about it]

Well, I guess there are a ton of things I wanna ask about, but I dunno even where to start. I shouldn't be botherin' you will all this. I guess the most important is that this... this 'Mom' lady told me I was supposed to start a journey. But I dunno to where. Not at all.

[video]

[no-ufo-ending.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. Mom.

_{She was kind of creepy.}

We're supposed to follow the roads from town to town and collect gym badges...but I haven't really bothered. Heather has a few badges though. She's good at battling.

[video]

[tapestodiane]

Route 29 is probably a good idea. That's the only way out of New Bark. There's a three day hike to the next city - you can find a place to stay there, get a job if you'd like.

You've got quite a few options after that. There's a lot to explore.

_{[Coop might not have a thousand answers, but he will attempt to help out.]}

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[She knows. She's never been the best at showing it, but she appreciates it. It's probably evident in the way she's smiling.]

[So she laughs.]</sub>

Yeah, I'd better not have to march down to any stations to bail you out, you rapscallion.

_{[... Then realization dawns on her face and she actually brightens up. Hopefully.]}

Wait-- so... so you've talked to Dad?

_{[... She has no idea what dark tones that conversation took.]}

[Video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

I promise you'll only have to bail me out once or twice. I'll be on my best behavior.

[he's still grinning, but it falters a little then]

Yeah, I did. Real nice guy. We actually got along really, really well until he realized who I was. I don't think he likes me too much. [or at all]

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

She really was.

[he nods]

Badges, huh? I dunno about that. I think I might just wanna find someplace I can call a home, for now. Guess I'd better get a job.

Battling? You mean with the monsters?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... Oh. O-oh yeah. :I;]

[Suddenly Harry's cold reluctance to discuss the subject of the detective back when she had first filled him in on everything that had happened to her on that fateful night-- including Douglas's unfortunate role as a pawn of the cult-- is coming back to her.]

[Uh oh.]</sub>

... Oh. I, uh... I'm sorry. ... About that.

[video]

[no-ufo-ending.livejournal.com]

Jobs aren't too hard to get. You can get money by winning battles but I don't really like it. My pokemon are more like pets.

[Video]

[hallowbethylies.livejournal.com]

Douglas. You're a little late.

Video

[tower-trapped.livejournal.com]

Oh! I do! I've talked to him once! He was nice!

[Rapunzel, everyone you meet is nice.]

...you don't miss your friends? Or your family?

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

Ironhide.

Good luck in this place.

[video]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

Si--

Wait, do you know Heather?!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Oi, the name's Crow Hogan, not 'kid'! [He's 19 and that totally makes him an adult, okay. You know how teenagers are.]

--And you are?

video; 1/2

[chemistryinmotion]

It's the place where you start your very own Pokemon adventure, of course!

video; 2/2

[chemistryinmotion]

And I'm not even screwing with you. That really is kind of the point of this place. You know "gotta catch 'em all" or whatever.

video

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[a slightly defeated Sora eventually pops back up on the 'gear-- he forgot the fact that when Leon has his journal, he has everything that goes with it, including the Very Important Thing he wanted to show Douglas.]

[but just you wait. you are not escaping just yet.]

I couldn't find it, but that's okay! Heather's told me all about you, sir.

[Video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

[his smile widens a little. If he could pat her on the head right now, he would]

Hey, it's not your fault, Heather. I know you can't control your parents.

[a little pause]

I'm glad you get to have him back here.

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we were friends back home. Probably wouldn't have gotten outta that place alive at all if it wasn't for her.

And you know Heather?

video

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

[he smiles a little sheepishly]

She said good stuff, I hope?

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

[he glances at his shuckle]

Yeah, I can understand that. Battlin' doesn't really sound like my kinda thing.

[a pause]

So what do you do around here, Henry?

[Video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

[he smiles a bit]

Thanks. I have a feelin' I'm gonna need it.

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, sorry! [he flaps his hands a little]

I'm Douglas. Douglas Cartland. It's uh... nice to meet ya, Crow.

[video]

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it's kinda just touch and go, right? Is there any place you'd recommend goin'?

video

[thinkimsuperman.livejournal.com]

Pokemon? You mean like... like this thing?

[he holds up his shuckle]

So there're a lot of these things?