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Midoriya Izuku

[nolongeruseless]

[Action]

[It's night in the Viridian Forest. Early enough that you might be still walking around, looking for a place to spend the night, but late enough that it's dark out. All's tranquil and quiet, save for the shuffling and cries of surrounding pokemon.

Unless, of course, you find yourself nearing a certain clearing. In which case, you will the muffled sound of frantic muttering, as if someone were reciting a mantra to themselves. It's frankly a little unnerving. If you were to investigate, though, you'd find a teenage boy sitting with his legs crossed, balancing spiral notebook on his thigh as he writes. There's a sleeping Togepi leaning against him and Skitty watching the notebook curiously.

His muttering becomes much clearer too.] ... can be used to counter the lack of offensive moves, but there's still the problem of defense, ah I could use a TM with protect to hold on until it evolves but I'm already buying one and I can't use that much money and Togepi can't overwhelm enemies with brute force yet...

[He's getting his light from a small fire and a lantern, the latter of which is now tipped over due to Skitty swinging its tail and is sitting dangerous to the fire.]

[Network]

[There's a curly haired teenage boy on the camera.] Ah, it's working! [Cough cough.] Uhm, hello. I'm Midoriya Izuku. I just arrived. This... [He pulls up a Togepi, who cries in delight and waves at the camera.] Is my partner Togepi, Deku. I... I think I understand some of what's going on, but I do have questions, so I was wondering if anyone would like to help me for a bit. I'm in... Pallet Town if you want to meet face to face. Uh... I think that's it. [A beat before he speaks again!] Ah wait, that's right! How do you turn off the radio of this thing? [He gives his Pokegear a slight shake for emphasis.] It keeps playing music.

[frozenfractalsallaround]

[Elsa replies with audio, finding it more comfortable than broadcasting her face to someone she's never met before.]

You can't turn it off, actually. The music.

[Elsa is pretty good at tuning it out, so she doesn't sound particularly bothered.]

It's one of the weirder quirks about this place.

[nolongeruseless]

[Audio? Huh... Well, Izuku changes to audio to match her, figuring it's polite.]

You can't, huh... Wait, what do you mean 'weirder quirks about this place'? Isn't it coming from the radio?

[frozenfractalsallaround]

No, it isn't coming from your device, but explaining it hard. It comes from... everywhere.

[Elsa sounds a little confused herself, because even she doesn't know where it comes from.]

Kind of like magic.

[nolongeruseless]

[Dot dot dot, please let him process this.]

... Huh? So... This place has its own background music?

[frozenfractalsallaround]

Yes.

[She laughs lightly.]

You get used to ignoring it after a couple of days, at the very least.

[nolongeruseless]

I guess that can't be helped... [It's still weird, but what can you do?

And also...] Ah, I'm sorry, but I didn't ask for your name, did I?

[nitroglycerish]

[Well. Fuck this.]

Deku! You've really gotta follow me everywhere, huh? [This is said complete with wild gesticulations, which. Deku can't even see, but that's not the point. The point is Deku is here, with some stupid, weakass Pokemon covered in eggshell.] And with something that looks just as pathetic as you!

[Does he knows anything about Togepi? No. He'll have to look into it, later, but it doesn't look as impressive as his Cyndaquil, so clearly that means it's not as good.]

[nolongeruseless]

[Well, this is perfect, isn't it?]

Kacchan! You're here too? [This is... Weird. And unusual. But apparently, fate just wants them to be in the same place, huh?] Is anyone else we know here, or is it just us?

[He's ignoring the comments about Togepi because it's 2017 and we don't take Kacchan's bait, we're developing self esteem now.]

[nitroglycerish]

[You can't ignore him forever! Not with the way it's clear he's not moving as he talks, making his way to Palette Town.]

Why the fuck would I know? I'm not their keeper. [Which translates to "I haven't looked." Why would he, anyways? The rest of their classmates would be an unwelcome nightmare.

For the most part, anyways.]

You're going to battle me.

[nolongeruseless]

You could still know if you've been here longer than I. At least Kirishima. [It's ok Bakugou, we know you have a soft spot for the redhead.

... But wait, what? Kacchan no! No battle!!]

I JUST GOT HERE!

[nitroglycerish]

If any of them are here, they haven't plastered their face everywhere! [He wishes Kirishima were here, instead of Deku. The guy'd be a total fuck up, but a tolerable one. They could team up and it wouldn't be the worst thing.

And, okay, posing a question on the network isn't really "everywhere", but details, shmetails.]

So? You got a pokemon, don't you? Means you can battle!

Network; Video

[sufficientlyadvancdsporks]

Sorry dude, the radio's not the problem.

[Have a small, apologetic kind of wave.]

I mean, it might be, but then you'd be getting music in stereo and it'd probably be all dissonant and clashing, which it doesn't sound like, so I'm guessing not?

But yeah, the music's just kind of a thing, it's weird. I've tried figuring out how it works, but so far I've got nada, bro.

Video

[nolongeruseless]

[He puts his hand on his chin, pondering over the response.] That is really weird... What could possibly be the purpose of it?

Re: Video

[sufficientlyadvancdsporks]

Hmmmmmmm-mood setting, I think? It changes when you get into fights and stuff.

[And, as if it needed restating-]

...this place is REALLY WEIRD.

Action

[charcoalfeather]

[You know what's a good way to break the silence of the dark forest? The sounds of movement in the underbrush. Whatever it is, it's coming this way, straight towards Deku and his fire setup.

But surely there's nothing to worry about in the Viridian forest, there's only bug types, and sometimes the occasional pikachu that'll shock you if you get to close, but there's nothing more serious then that... is what you would think. As something much larger then a Caterpie steps out of the bushes, and it stares down at Deku with all three of its bird heads.

It's a Dodrio, and.... there's someone riding on its back. A girl, not too far from his age.]

...O-oh! Uh, hello there! [a little wave] I saw your light.

Action

[nolongeruseless]

[It's a testament to how single mindedly focused Izuku can get on his muttering and thinking that he doesn't react at all to the Dodrio approaching until the girl speaks. When he hears the voice, he startles and looks up at her.] A-ah! Hello!

[And when his Skitty gets his attention to it, he quickly puts his lantern back upright and safely away from his fire.] Ah, that was dangerous...

[charcoalfeather]

Oh! [Well that's good. Less surprise means less problems in Rakka's book!

Slowly, she starts to dismount from her steed, it's a bit harder then it looks because she's short but thankfully this doesn't end with her falling on her butt.]

Hello... [She bends down to inspect that Skitty then look back at Deku.] you seem to be doing pretty well right now.

[nolongeruseless]

[He chuckles awkwardly at her compliment, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head as he closes his notebook.] Do I? I'm still catching up to everything.

[charcoalfeather]

W-well, I know how hard it is to camp in the forest sometimes. [Been there, done that. Thankfully she had friends with her.]

My name's Rakka. [Another smile, her Dodrio chirping helpfully behind her.] I'm just making my way through here to Vermilion City.

Re: Midoriya Izuku

[i_am_here]

[Midoriya? Here?

He hadn't even... but that was just like him. Taking a deep breath, he proclaimed in his best muscle voice,] I AM HERE! TALKING THROUGH THE NETWORK LIKE A NORMAL TRAINER!

[In truth, Toshinori was very, very unhappy for Deku to be here. Mostly because whatever cruel fate had brought him here after his fateful battle, he..., All Might, was a Rocket.

HOW CRUEL!]

[nolongeruseless]

[What the... Holy crap, even All Might is here? Good grief, what is this place, when did he sign up for this ride?] A-All Might? Is that really you?

[i_am_here]

[Midoriya's frantic reply soothed All Might's responses, as he turned the screen onto himself with a relieved smile.]

Midoriya. I am glad you're here. I'm sorry but our contact must remain a secret so far. I am... busy. And I didn't want to burden you.

But that being said, how are you?!

[nolongeruseless]

[A secret? But why? Guess he'll have to find out later.]

I'm good. I ran into Kacchan already, too. [Ah, that's right!] All Might, is your quirk gone too?

[i_am_here]

Good, young Bakugo will need your help, as much as I will need yours later on.

[Despite his muscle form, his smile drooped a bit.] Yes, it is. I don't know why, but I'm like this, even without my quirk.