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[crystalmaster]

[Radley sends the list and then pauses, blinking at this message.]

... Do you think we're still in your time? I'm afraid we're in a completely different world. They're pulling in people from all times and places.

[duelingexpert]

[After saving the information to his pokegear, he types out a response]

You don't have to ask it like that, but yeah. This place might not resemble anywhere I've been been before but that doesn't mean it has to be a completely alternate world.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley still wonders if the following is true, although he really hopes it's not.]

Do you think we're trapped in a video game then?

[duelingexpert]

This isn't going to make me look any better, but I'm just going to come out and say it.

I haven't a clue.

[He didn't even attempt to make any excuses for it either. It was as simple as that. All of this was too new for him and he hadn't even tried to think up explanations for it]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley has to laugh.]

Hey, no one really has a clue. You're in good company.

[duelingexpert]

[Relieved that his message was well received he offered up this blatantly obvious observation]

The only thing I do know is if this place is dragging in people from all over... It can't be anything good.

[crystalmaster]

We sure don't get why it's being done. Some of the people actually have it better here than back home. Others really want to go back home. Me, I want to, but I hate the thought of giving up my Pokemon. I wish I could take them with me. But that's apparently just not done. The people who are sent back are forced to leave them behind.

[duelingexpert]

So there are some people who've managed to leave.

Huh.

That's not usually how it normally happens. It's usually an all or none kind of deal. Just what is this...

[crystalmaster]

Well, they go back when something decides to send them back, I guess. Nobody's able to voluntarily go.

[duelingexpert]

.. Or at least, not that anyone knows of. If someone did leave under their own power it's not like they could tell anyone about it after.

How am I always getting dragged into this stuff?

[crystalmaster]

Their Pokemon would be left behind, though. In most cases, I think the Pokemon are found, unless they return to the wild. Sometimes friends of the person get the Pokemon. Other times, I think they end up at a Pokemon sanctuary.

[duelingexpert]

You're really hung up on these Pokémon, aren't you?

[No offense to his Chimchar, but Tristan hasn't exactly had a chance to form a strong attachment yet.]

So there's like .. some kind of invisible shield that specifically keeps the monsters trapped here. Sounds like another game I had to play once.

[crystalmaster]

In this case, I'm just pointing out that it would be hard for someone to vanish without others realizing they were gone.

I'm not sure what keeps them here, but yeah.

[duelingexpert]

.. But that still doesn't tell you if their vanishing was by choice or they were forced out. It does give me an idea though.

If someone did find a way out and they had time to at least leave a message they could have their Pokémon deliver it. [Ok, now that sounds a little mental to him.] If the Pokémon are even capable of that kind of thing.

Anyway, the bottom line is that at this moment we're all stuck here. So what are we supposed to do in the meantime? I know that lady said something about battles or something but I didn't really catch it.

[crystalmaster]

... You know, that's a really good idea. They're absolutely capable of it. Pokemon seem to be almost as smart as people. More than, in some cases. I have a couple who type and run a StaryuTube channel posting videos.

Me, I breed Pokemon. Some people do the battle thing and challenge Pokemon Gyms to earn badges, yeah.

[duelingexpert]

Guess I better not sell these little guys too short, huh?

[That line about the Pokémon being smarter than people, gets a chuckle out of him since he's known more than his fair share of dimwits.]

What the heck is a Staryutube channel?

[Come on Tristan. Staryutube... Youtube... what do you think it could be?]

.. but there's no no overarching goal or anything? Just, raise monsters one way or the other? So... this might seem like a stupid question to you, but I assure you, it's not. When someone sends a monster into battle, do they feel the same pain their creature does?

[crystalmaster]

Oh, definitely not.

StaryuTube is for people and Pokemon to post videos they made. A channel is someone's account.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. People don't feel physical pain, but I hate seeing them in pain. I don't battle unless I have to.

[duelingexpert]

Oh.. yeah. Of course. I knew that. Videos and stuff.

[No he didn't]

So it's different than capsule monsters. I wondered since these creatures spend most of their time in their own sort of capsules if there were any other similarities. That's good to know.

[crystalmaster]

Capsule Monsters, huh? It's been a while since I've heard about that. It didn't make it as big as Duel Monsters.

[duelingexpert]

That was true even in my time.

[Wait. Does this mean he's buying into the idea that this guy is actually from the future?]

.. but it was weirder than that. Instead of being just a board game it was like it was a real thing, and you were inside the game. Kind of like this place, but without the elevator music.

[crystalmaster]

... That is out there. So was that a slice of life thing like this or did you have to play out the basic plot of the board game?

[duelingexpert]

Neither, but it used the game mechanics of the board game. Er, I guess it's more like the board game came later and based it's rules on the actual place?

You see there were these 5 riddles to solve and it was all a huge headache.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, that makes more sense, I guess.

Riddles, huh? I might have been pretty good at those.

[duelingexpert]

It really doesn't. Go on, you can say it. I can take it. If someone made a game based off of that real location that means they would have had to have had prior knowledge of that place. Considering that it was concealed by a thick forest in the middle of nowhere in India... then I have no idea how they could have managed it.

If I could remember them, I'd test you. Let's see.. there was something about going to the valley of light, breaking an unbreakable rock and using a power that's greater than brute force.... I don't know, it was written in hieroglyphics, I couldn't read it.

[crystalmaster]

... That complicates things. So you have no idea who created it? I didn't look too deeply into it, but I thought that it was probably invented by Pegasus, or at least by his company. Pegasus did a lot of traveling to get the ideas for Duel Monsters, after all.

Hmm. Well, that last one sounds like it could mean something cheesy like the power of love.