ohmyarceus | March - April Test Drive Meme

Well... can any of the creatures open a planar rift?

[ Ever the optimist... ]

[You know what, this probably will solve a lot more questions. Probably. Possibly.]

I would assume those are more, uh, suited as "gods" or whatever of this world. Meaning no, not that I've seen. Otherwise I doubt anyone would still be here by choice.

FITZROY????

[ Hang on, give her a second to figure out how this thing works... she hits the camera button at first so Fitz gets a nice brief closeup of her chin, before she manages to shut off the video and get it to just voice. When the sound cuts in, she's halfway through a bright laugh. ]

-ahaha, Fitz, what are you doing here?? This is great! I thought I was the only one here!

Well, not the only one here obviously, but the only one from Nua.

[As if any of them know how to properly use a camera!

He can't help an almost relieved sigh and the sound of clicking claws nearby. Ignore that last part.]

You missed out on Argo being here, but he got the lucky roll of getting out of here through who knows what means. Not that... you know, I wish this on anyone, because it really does blow to be a regular person with absolutely nothing special going for you. Other than these creatures.

Even Snippers is some weird crab from here now and I kind of hate it.

Oh, you've got Snippers! Lucky. I don't have any of my skeletons. Not even the raccoon!

Well, there's a little floating skull guy, but it's not the same, you know? I'm not even sure he's really dead!

[Rainer. Rainer, why are you like this. He'd almost forgotten about the affinity for dead woodland creatures. Almost. In the back of his mind.

He'd hoped.]

Well, as much as he can be Snippers. Snippers 2.0, if you will. [The worst naming scheme known to man.]

You could argue the same thing with the ghosts here, I've... seen them eat before. Even though they're ghosts. How do ghosts ingest anything, Rainer, I don't understand.

Sinppers 2.0, I like that. Can I meet him? Where-- [ Muffled sounds as she tries fiddling with the settings on her device. ] These things are kind of amazing, aren't they? Like the notebook, but extra useful!

Anyway, where are you? I'm on a road, on my way to-- Hang on... Where was that map? Dusky, can you--? [ A brief pause as her Duskull shows her how to bring up the map. ] Thank you! I'm on my way to a place called Cherrygrove City? That's a cute name for a town, don't you think? But... It's taking me a while to get there because this chair is a lot slower than mine, and it's hard to push myself the whole way.

[ Her arms are getting a real workout! She'd stopped somewhere by the side of the road to write this message, lounging beneath the shade of a tall tree. It was all very picturesque and pastoral, really. ]

They really are! [Oh, right. The video function, he's huffing softly to himself as he fiddles around to get it to work properly and focus on him just sort of chilling in some sort of building and there's a very attentive krabby perched on his shoulder. Still with his little black and gold cape from prom. How cute.]

Evidently the name of the species he is now is a... "krabby", like crabby but with a k instead of a c. There should be a function on that device that can tell you more about these creatures, including your... Dusky, was it?

[ALSO DON'T YOU PING HIS NEED TO COME HELP, RAINER.]

Cherrygrove... That's... I mean, it's not too far for me to get too since there's these teleporters that are connected between the cities here. And I doubt the people I'm travelling with currently would mind another person around. Morgan, in particular, probably would be ecstatic about it.

Do these people not know how to spell "crab?"

[ Said with an innocent confusion. But hey, she's not one to judge. ]

It's Duskull, I think, but Dusky just sounds cuter, and it's easier to say, don't you think? Right, Dusky?

[ She manages to turn on the forward facing camera just in time to catch her Duskull bobbing through the air happily, chiming in with a "Dusk! Dusk! Duskullll!" ]

See? He likes it.

[ And there she is on camera, finally. Sitting calmly under a nice, big tree. No more ornate wooden chair with underglow lights and fancy compartments, but she does have a good, serviceable replacement with wheels, and her bag slung over the back of it. ]

According to this map, I've got about a day's more travel to get to Cherrygrove. Are you alright with waiting that long?

I don't think this place knows how to spell a lot of things, to be perfectly honest with you. [DON'T GET HIM STARTED.

Though he's flinching just slightly at this... strange ghost skeleton-like thing. God, of course that'd be what the universe decided to give her. It's always undead things, isn't it, Rainer!!!]

Dusky makes it sound... cuter... than the appearance would suggest. [One day he'll get over this.

And, oof, this place really does go hard and taking away any sort of magic what-so-ever. That chair... is pretty boring compared to the one he's used to seeing her in. Maybe they'll figure out a way to make it look cooler and a lot easier to use. He probably knows just the person for that job.]

I could meet you in the middle, since it takes very little time to teleport between the cities. And I'm sure I'm faster on foot than... that chair's wheels are. [Is that going to help them any? No. Is he still going to do it? Yes. Since when does he think before doing?]

[ Not even going to comment on the hesitance in his tone. Mr It's Always A Crab, Isn't It? ]

Oh, great, thanks! You can help push me the rest of the way, then.

[ Thank goodness at least one of them has a good enough intelligence score to come up with a way to put Fitz's brawn to good use! ]

[Look, l o o k. Snippers 2.0 is a good boy that anyone would be lucky to have on their side!

Though give him a moment while those wheels turn in his head and he's pursing his lips a bit. She possesses the one brain cell. How dare she use it to her advantage.]

I suppose I could, it's not as if I'm doing much else. [He's already making a note to himself to grab Leonardo and drag him with him to figure out this wheelchair situation sooner rather than later.]

[ On intelligence checks when dealing with Fitzroy? Rainer always has advantage. ]

Great! I should probably get back on the road so you don't have to come so far to meet me. Dusky, do you mind?

[ The nice thing about having a levitating Pokemon buddy is that they're a free cameraman. Duskull gladly takes the device so Rainer's hands are free to keep pushing herself along. ]

So, have you been here long? I feel like it hasn't been that long since I saw you, back in Nua.

[Intelligence is not his strong suit, he's a barbarian/sorcerer!!!]

It's... been a month or so? Honestly, I lost track of time. But if that's the case... [He trails off for a moment, HMMM...] Maybe time moves differently here than what we're used to? Or... I don't know, something like that.

[Goodness gracious, this whole thing is utterly awful.]

At the very least, I'm not travelling alone here. Though I have a feeling you'll get along quite well with Morgan and perhaps I'll stop earning new nicknames for a moment or two. Leonardo at least is good company, as well. [HE SHAN'T SAY MORE ON THAT, THANK YOU.]

Huh... I think that happens with other planes sometimes? Man, I really wish I could send a letter home to my dad. He would be the expert, really.

[ But, forget about Nua for a minute. Something much more important has come up. ]

Nicknames? What kind of nicknames??

[ DON'T THINK YOU CAN DANGLE THAT THREAD IN FRONT OF RAINER WITHOUT HER PULLING ON IT A LITTLE FURTHER!! IF YOU WON'T GIVE HER MORE ON LEONARDO, AT LEAST GIVE HER THIS. ]

[NO, DON'T YOU DARE DO THIS TO HIM. RAINER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE WHO KEEPS THINGS NORMAL HERE!!!]

I don't remember because I forgot all of them after she said them, immediately. [LIAR. But he hates them so much, he'd rather forget.]

Uh huh.

[ INSIGHT CHECK. ]

I guess I'll just have to ask your friend Morgan when I meet them.

[He's a lying sack of shit, but you didn't need an insight check for that.]

I'm sure she'll be glad to tell you every single one of them.

Great, I can't want to meet her!

[ At this point, Duskull gets a little bored of filming Rainer, so he begins to pan the camera to capture the beautiful Route 29 scenery. Ah, well. You get what you pay for. ]

Have they been treating you alright? A month is an awful long time to be stuck somewhere by yourself. I know you said Argo was here, but...

[May Arceus help him, it's going to be a bloodbath.]

Other than having to... rough it... for a bit, it's been fairly well otherwise. This place is pretty safe even in the most wild parts of it, as you might have already noticed.

There was a huge dance... thing... that lasted a whole weekend not terribly long ago. I'd say a very small number of people were worth mentioning in their outfits.

Oh, sorry I missed it! I'm sure you were the talk of the town, though.

[ Fitzroy is such a fancy lad, after all. ]

Roughing it isn't so bad, I suppose. Not what I'd prefer, but oh well. I can make do.

[ She already had to camp out one night on the road from New Bark Town to Cherrygrove. She's just glad the only one there to hear her complain was Dusky. ]

Between myself and Snippers 2.0 and our coordinated outfits, of course we were. [That's some real embellishment of the truth there, but whatever, it's not like Rainer's going to actually check on that detail.

Hopefully.]

Uuuugh. I'd say it gets better, but as far as I'm aware, most everyone tends to do the... camping... bit... until they get settled doing whatever it is they want to do. Which seems to be breeding these creatures or beating the tar out of the "elite" trainers here. I have no interest in either, frankly.

Ooh, coordinated outfits! Now there's the Fitzroy Maplecourt we know and love!

[ She laughs, and Dusky laughs too, even though he definitely doesn't have the context to know why he's laughing. ]

Hmm... Well I'm sure we'll figure out a way to spend our time until we can find a way back to Nua. I always said I wanted to do some traveling after I finished school!

This place certainly was not prepared for someone of my caliber!

[That duskull laughing honestly should not bring a chill to him, but... it sure does. Ugh.]

I doubt it was like this. But on the... plus side of it, at least no one seems to die here, person or creature. The battles between creatures is only between them and even then they only go until one faints. It's... rather restrained.

What??

[ She stops in her tracks. Duskull, not noticing right away, keeps floating along until Rainer reaches out to tug on his little tail thingy. ]

No, Dusky, wait-- over here!

[ She waits until her Pokemon turns around so she's back on camera, looking dead serious (hah). ]

What do you mean no one dies here?!

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