one battle ◓ audio → video

[befriend]

[There's the sound of a Pikachu chirping its usual "Pika-pika!" when the feed turns on. And then there's the sound of a young ten year old kid speaking in the background, saying:]

Yeah, yeah. I know we got to introduce ourselves to the people out here, but how do we do that...? I know they said something about using the bracelet to find out who's here and stuff like that --

[And then there's more squealing from Pikachu, who has apparently realized that the thing is recording. Ash is just a huge idiot when it comes to technology.]

Huh? It's on? [Guess he really does fail. He manages to tinker with it a little until the screen flickers to life, revealing Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu. And his Pikachu is... sweat-dropping a little bit, as if to say, How did you not notice? Ash just laughs it off, though.] E... ehehe, I guess I should've figured that out by now.

But there's no need for me to be worried!

[He pumps his fist in the air without a care as he grins, his face way too close to the screen.]

Yeah! Uh, anyway -- I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, and this is my partner, Pikachu. We're from a Pokémon world, since I heard there's a bunch'a them... And I've been to a whole bunch of regions, too. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova...

And if there's any Pokémon trainers out there I haven't met yet, I wanna meet you all! After all, we gotta stick together, right? [You will always be my best friends, guys. Always.]

I guess it's nice to meet all of you.

[But wait, there's one more thing.]

Oh, yeah. I heard that the gods here are kind of weird... but how weird can they actually be?

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video;

[candybars]

[ wait a pikachu

wait pallet town

wait pokemon

wait kanto-- ]

You've been to Johto?

[ priorities... ]

video

[holyfight]

[gasping and pointing at the picture of the yellow rat!]

That's one of those animals! Someone else was looking for one that belonged to him!

video;

[befriend]

Yeah! It was a while back, though.

[... You call that a while back, Ash?]

video

[befriend]

Really?

[Ash also gasps excitedly.]

Well, this one's mine.

video;

[candybars]

I'm from there! My name's Ethan. I've been to Pallet Town, too.

[ video ]

[bitofajerk]

[ Just. Staring at Pikachu because did he just dye a rabbit yellow or something. ]

What is that?

[holyfight]

Uhn! I think he said his name was Red-san!

He's cute! What's his name?

[video]

[trinitylimit]

It looks like a stuffed animal.

[ video ]

[integrous]

Another one of you Pokémon people? Just how many of you are there here?

video;

[fortitudo]

Whoa, you've been to Sinnoh too even....?

Not a lot of people have, apparently.

video;

[considerate]

You've sure been to a lot of regions. Anyways I'm a Trainer too, name's Touya and I'm from Nuvema Town which is in Unova.

It's nice to meet both you and Pikachu-- [there's a big huff of breath behind him, which is probably a tad loud on the bracelet] Oh, right, this is Zekrom.

[tilting feed to show the big black dragon >:[ rude touya almost forgetting him]

[ironclad]

[ Sadly, game!Jasmine won't remember Ash :'( but she'll politely respond to his video with a bow and a smile. ]

You really have traveled extensively, haven't you...? Ah, oh right...my name is Jasmine, and I'm the Olivine Gym Leader. There's quite a few trainers here now...

And yes, the gods here are very strange.

video;

[befriend]

Wow, really?

[Now that you mention it, you do look sort of familiar...maybe it's just the fashion trend.]

I'm usually not there, since I'm travelling - but that's really neat! Most people don't go there too often.

video;

[candybars]

Yeah, it was pretty small, but really friendly! [ like. 2 houses and a lab small. ] I want to visit the other regions one day.

video;

[befriend]

Well, that's Pallet Town for you!

[Even if the Pallet Town he knows is slightly bigger than Red's.] And you should - it's lots of fun.

[befriend]

Red?

[There's a slight pause after that.]

Oh, I've met him! He's a friend of mine. [Since Ash befriended him when they met.] And this is Pikachu. Pikachu, say hi! [And Pikachu waves and gives a small squeal of "Pikaa~"]

[ video ]

[befriend]

He's a Pikachu.

[Not a thing or an 'it', no matter how many times he's actually called Pikachu an 'it' throughout the series.]

And Pikachu's an electric rodent!

[ video ]

[bitofajerk]

Pika—what? [ what is this weird thing no comprendo??? ]

It's a rat.

[ video ]

[befriend]

Pi-ka-chu.

[Ash enunciates each syllable nice and slowly.]

And yeah, Pikachu's a mouse, but he's an electric mouse. [Sadly, he can't use his electric-type moves here.] He store electricity in his pouches!

[video]

[befriend]

Well, he may look like one, but he sure isn't one!

[And Pikachu comes to life, squealing cheerfully while waving.]

[ video ]

[befriend]

I'm not exactly sure...

[But Asahi, you gotta catch 'em all!]

video;

[befriend]

Heh.

[Ash grins, happy to meet another Sinnoh civilian.]

Well, guess I'm one of the lucky ones! I've even gotten all the badges there... and even met Cynthia!

video;

[befriend]

That's... Zekrom!

[Ash has not only seen Zekrom twice, he's actually controlled it and spoken to it via telepathy before.]

[befriend]

[The last time he saw Jasmine was back in Sinnoh. But... she doesn't remember him?]

You're here too, Jasmine? [Ash's eyes widen in surprise, clearly excited.] I didn't think that another gym leader would be here! I know that Red told me about one being here - but he said something about us being from different worlds...

video;

[fortitudo]

You did-? Me too! It was a pretty tough journey!