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Hiccup | How To Train Your Dragon

[furyrider]

"Save him."

That was the last thing he said as he let go of the Light Fury and began falling with Grimmel clinging to his leg. Watching as the white dragon shrieked in surprise before turning and rescuing a falling Toothless. A sense of relief flooding through him as he knew his best friend would be okay. Even if he wouldn't. A struggle with Grimmel resulted in his glider wings being torn off, seemingly sealing both their fates as they plummeted through the mist towards the raging waters below.

As he looked up he saw a white figure, diving through the clouds, just as his vision faded.

The next thing Hiccup knew, there was a light shining on his face. Blinking his eyes open, he squinted against the sunlight that was streaming in through a window. Soft, strange music reaching his ears. With a start he then sat up and looking around, the surroundings completely unfamiliar to him.

"What... what happened?" Disoriented and confused, it took him a moment to gather his thoughts and the reality of what he just went through. "Oh... I'm dead. I'm very dead." A pause. "But this definitely isn't Valhalla."

Getting off the bed he made his way out of the room and the stairs, only to be confronted by a woman who shoved a backpack at him and started telling him that today was the day to start his journey!

"Uuuuuh... is this Folkvangr? Are you Freyja? ... No? ... A Valkyrie maybe?"

The woman just kept prattling on about how he needed to go out into the world and explore and began pushing him towards the door.

"H-hey! Isn't there supposed to be a feast or... something?!"

A bento box was then pushed into his hands. The door slammed in his face.

Shark Bait [New Bark Town]

Okay then.

Hiccup sighs and starts walking through town, looking the bento box over and figures out how to open it and finds food. This is definitely not what he was expecting when he died.

He is hungry though. Sitting down on a bench he starts eating the strange but tasty food. Just minding his own business when he feels something.

CHOMP!

Looking down he sees a stumpy little creature that he thinks might be a dragon? It's gnawing on and drooling all over his prosthetic leg.

"Whoa, hey! Not a chew toy!"

Hiccup gets up and shakes his leg, trying to shake the thing off, only for it to growl and continue gnawing away. Several moments of flailing and gnawing eventually resulting in Hiccup's prosthetic leg coming unhooked and the Gible running away with it.

"Oh come on! I need that!"

Hopping on one foot he gives chase! As best he can anyway. The inevitable happening as he trips and falls flat on his face.

Technology! [Network Post]

[A strange video comes on the network today. Mostly being of a face staring intently at the camera as its turned this way and that.]

Huh. What is this thing?

[He may have been randomly pushing buttons as he tried to figure out what his Pokegear actually is. He's never seen anything like this before! A green eye filling up the frame as he tries to peer into the lens of the camera. Then you get a food view of his nostril before its pulled back again and he flips it over, now giving a view of the ground and his feet. The video shaking as he taps the casing of the pokegear experimentally.]

Shark Bait

[crystalmaster]

Radley winces as he sees the spill.

"Hey, are you okay?"

He moves to help Hiccup up, while meanwhile two of his Pokemon hurry after Gible to try to tell him the leg isn't a toy!

[furyrider]

"I'm fine!"

Says a muffled voice into the ground. The owner of it then pushing himself up into a sitting position and looks up at the person who asked.

"Totally fine!" His arms waving in an animated fashion. "I mean I'm dead. And the gods must be laughing at me after putting me in this... whatever this after life is."

Radley's Pokemon must have been very convincing because the Gible comes back and spits the leg out in front of Hiccup along with a copious amount of drool.

The boy covered in dragon scale armor staring at it for a moment.

"But... if I'm dead. Why do I still have this?"

Technology!

[outofsynth]

[Hm. Well. That's not a very steady view. He can sympathise (though maybe not as much as he thinks he can), given the technology here has advanced so much since the 1980s.]

It's a PokéGear. You can speak to people with it.

[Among other things, but one thing at a time.]

Pull it back and look at the side with the picture on it. You should see me.

[furyrider]

AAH!

[And now the device goes flying through the air and hits the ground. Which should make for an interesting sight. Hiccup’s voice can be heard in the distance.]

It talks?! … Of course it does. Why wouldn’t it? Everything here is weird. Next it’ll tell me the earth is round.

[His voice gets louder as he gets closer, and in the next moment he picks it up again. Flipping the gear around and showing his face again. Blinking in surprise as he looks back into another face?]

Uuuuh… hello?

Shark Bait

[phoenixwiz]

Harry could only watch in horror as he sees a man having his prosthetic leg being turned into a chewing toy by this little Gible. A quick look on the PokéGear’s PokéDex later, he might have found out why poor Hiccup is in trouble. Isn’t it common in many dragon stories that dragons like shiny stuff that they have the urge to collect them?

Needless to say, Harry soon rushes to help out Hiccup with Lily and Molly tagging to tell the Gible that the leg is not a toy.

“Oh hey. Is everything alright over here?l”

[furyrider]

"Aaagh."

Hiccup just rolls over and lays there on his back, splayed out, and staring at the sky. As he hears someone's concerned voice though he shoots up a hand, giving a thumbs up.

He's good! Just... missing his leg at the moment.

Which is currently in the jaws of a Gible who's settled down with it several feet away, gnawing on it. What do you mean this isn't a toy? He thinks its a great toy!

Technology

[floatinglights]

[Rapunzel waves, unfazed by the accidental video. She was shown how to work her pokegear all of five minutes ago, but she is ready to help as best she can!]

It's a way for people to talk and find each other. Well, it's a few other things, too. I'm still learning how to use it, but I heard it has information... Like a book!

[furyrider]

[Hiccup just stares at the moving picture of a girl.]

Really? But… how? It doesn’t have pages?

[He could probably figure it out after fiddling with it for awhile but maybe she could give him a head start?]

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 Royal

[bleakdecember]

[early routes]

“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me—“

He’s not dressed for travelling through a rugged routes and forests. If anything, he looks more suited for winter, with a heavy coat and scarf.

But he looks vastly out of his depth in many more ways. Especially how he scowls up at the trees. He’s a city slicker, and his eternal damnation is apparently going camping with fuzzy creatures.

Speaking of. A pale furry thing runs away from him, nearly tripping him.

“Hey—“

His zorua darts away. Then out of the bushes comes… two Catepies. Which is the real, and which is the illusion?

Akechi groans and rubs his forehead. “I really do not have time for this today.”

Maybe you’d like to give him a hand?

[network, video]

[The video is well framed, with a smiling Akechi waving slightly. He has a charming, easy air to him — someone who’s used to smiling for TV]

Hello everyone! I had hoped to introduce myself on better terms, but today I need some assistance…

[A Pokémon darts around behind him. It’s hard to tell what it is.]

I understand that these… creatures are common companions, but I don’t really have time to take care of a pet. Does anyone know the best method for rehoming these?

[Sorry, Akechi, you’re gonna be a trainer whether you want to or not.]

video

[livlaughlove]

[The feller who answers is far less formal about the video; it seems like he's just pulled it out and turned it on in a rush before it's all the way fixed on him. Sorry for the motion blur.]

Oh, no, you don't wanna do that. 'least not unless ya got another one. There's some pretty tough critters out here that people don't stand a chance against. And they don't let ya have weapons.

[Not that such a polite young man would need a gun, right? Right???]

[bleakdecember]

[Ah…? He keeps smiling. He does not let the seething rage below become obvious. The only sign of displeasure is a twitch at the corner of his smile.]

Then we have no means of self defense, aside from…

[Something bumps the camera. Akechi quickly fixes it.]

I can’t imagine how a small creature like this could provide any genuine defense.

Early Routes

[furyrider]

"I dunno. From what I've heard we've got all the time in the world."

That voice coming from not too far away in the tall grass. This REALLY tall grass. By the gods how does it grow like this here? Hiccup emerges with some of the foliage sticking in his hair, and a little land shark following after him.

Judging by the fact that this guy is wearing a bunch of leather covered in black dragon scales, he's definitely not a city slicker. Looks more the rustic type. The Pokemon with him eyes the Caterpies, his mouth watering as he starts to move towards them.

"Shark Face, no. I don't think they're for eating."

[bleakdecember]

He turns after a moment, narrowing his eyes at the stranger coming out of the bush. Someone who seemed far more at ease in this rough wilderness. Was it worth it to him to try and play nice and gain an ally? Maybe. But he'd seen children wandering the routes with no supervision. He could manage.

"I'm not satisfied wasting my life doing -- whatever this is."

One of the Caterpies startles and runs. The other tilts its head, and shifts -- taking the form of Hiccup's Pokemon with an illusion. Akechi just sighs.

"Well, that answers that question..."

early routes

[islandshore]

Riku doesn't typically visit the early routes much nowadays, but sometimes you need a change of scenery, and so here he is, out and about with his trusty Charizard, Flare. ...Probably best not to have a dragon with a flaming tail around so much greenery, but when he sees Akechi's overall disgruntled vibes and the two caterpies, he can't help but chuckle under his breath.

"Heh. Lemme guess. One of them's a Zorua, right?"

He's been there. Had his share of tricky teammates, too.

voicetesting.there really aren't enough threads in new tdm anyway, so...feel free to ignore (or not)

[hadaeemadatawila]

Network

They're not our pets, I don't think. They're our- companions. Like our shadows? Well, they're not shadows. So, hm, our lights? Only in a pet form. That's how it looks to me.
[And how could you? rehome your own...? Noriaki Kakyoin pointedly does not say outloud]

Rapunzel | Tangled

[floatinglights]

New Bark Town

[It all starts so fast that it's almost a blur to Rapunzel: Waking up in an unfamiliar place only for a woman - not her mother - to give her a small ball and start rushing her to leave... And then, just like that, she's outside. For the first time in her life.

She should be terrified. She's not unafraid... But just moments ago, she'd successfully stopped and captured an intruder to her tower. So her confidence is at what's probably an all-time high, really. And, again, she's outside. She has no idea when or how this happened - and clearly, she's not anywhere near the tower - but that's what she was going for, right? Getting outside so she could see the lights. Surely she can't be so far from where she started that it'll be impossible...? Besides, it is absolutely beautiful out here.

All things considered, Rapunzel's dealing well-- Until the moment she spots another person, that is, at which point she will go wide-eyed and does the only thing she can think to do: Throw the ball she received at them. Regardless of whether or not the pokeball makes contact with your character, when the ball hits anything, a Smeargle emerges. It's too strange a thing for Rapunzel's fear to outweigh her curiosity.]

Are you alright? [She is definitely addressing Smeargle and not the person she threw the ball at.] Poor thing, what were you doing in there?

Network: Video

[The feed starts up to show Rapunzel and a child, a pokemon world local. Rapunzel's long hair is now in a complex braid that swings out behind her as she looks to the Youngster in delighted surprise.]

It does work! Thank you so much, Joey.

[Clearly puzzled by her reaction, the boy just shrugs before he heads off - presumably to find a worthy opponent for his rattata - and Rapunzel is left free to speak.]

This is all so new to me, but people can see and hear me, right? Because I have a lot of questions about this place. But almost everyone I've asked has told me I'm better off asking "the other ones"... So are there more people out there who don't know how they got here?

Wildcard

Nothing catching your eye? Hit me with something else! You can also DM me here or on plurk at showtoon to plan something out. Also! I did play Rapunzel here at VR before (briefly) but am opting for a clean slate for her, along with a different, earlier canonpoint.

New Bark

[youjustgot]

[Rapunzel manages to throw her ball at someone just as equally new and confused, someone who could really go WITHOUT having things thrown at him right now. If he were a little more aware of his surroundings, he probably could've grabbed the offending ball before it smacked him in the arm, and it would've been so impressive if he twirled it in his fingers and tossed it back, but noooooooo.

He's not sure what hurts more, his arm or the fact that he just missed the chance at the coolest first impression ever.]

Seriously?!

[Luckily for the two of them, the little monster that popped out of Merlin's ball was the cutest little Yamper ever, and she wastes no time to fetch Rapunzel's tossed ball as she frets over her Smeargle. With her tail wagging, she approaches the other trainer with bright, sparkly eyes, almost eager for her to throw the pokeball again.

Her own trainer, meanwhile, immediately changes his tune when he realizes the person who pelted him is in fact a young lady and clears his throat as he goes over to check on her suddenly materialized Smeargle.]

Terribly sorry! I didn't mean to get in the way of your...um, casual projectile. I see yours, too, came with a weird magical dog.

New Bark

[tutarosa]

[Daniel hadn't been here long himself, honestly. Long enough to orient some and to start befriending the weird, two-headed bird he'd received, but that was about it. He's poking around on his PokeGear when-

SMACK

-the Pokeball nailed him right in the temple. The world kinda tilted as he went down, landing in a half-heap with a groan. Still awake, but everything is a little spinny, as he sits up and cradles his head in one hand. His Doduo stands overhead, one beak birdly nibbling at his shoulder in a way of checking if he was okay. After a moment the other head echoed the motion on the other shoulder.]

Holy hell... What hit me??

Network: video

[bloodysnarky]

[Oh man, another goody-two shoes young woman who was just so HAPPY and curious! People who would’ve gotten under his skin in a whole way some time ago, because those people never extended kindness to those outside of their ideas of satisfactory. A hidden narcissism. That was until he met Tav, who this girl reminded him of. Sweet and kind to everyone, with a hidden ferocity.

Don’t misjudge.]

Well, I haven’t been here too long, my dear. But I could perhaps part some wisdom to a sweet thing like you.

New Bark Town

[calrippedso]

[bonk]

[Yeah, that's a pretty solid hit. Not enough to take Cal down or anything, but she's definitely rubbing at the freshly-sore spot on her head, sucking in a quick breath of pain.]

Ah- ...nice arm. Ow.

Izzy Izumi | Digimon Adventure (1999)

[prodigiousknowledge]

New Bark Town
[Waking up in somewhere entirely new is not exactly anything new to Izzy. Nor is being gifted a strange little monster out of nowhere, told it's your partner, and sent on the road without little more than a "Good luck!" What is new is the particular makeup of this new monster of his, a blind little blue bat, and how otherwise... normal this place seemed to be.

Anyone happening by the little area outside of New Bark is going to see the kid pacing back and forth reading from the guide in the backpack he'd been given, all while a Zubat perched on top of his head, just happy to be along for the ride.]

"...and are quite happy to remain inside their Pokeballs for as long as needed, which can be shrunk down to a more travel-friendly size for convenience." Fascinating!

[He stopped and gestured up, which got a little squeak from Zubat.]

So, this world, while being more grounded than a- [Chuckle] -certain other one that I'm used to, still has its own unique, almost science fiction elements! Of course, this is reality and not fiction...

[Back to pacing, back to read.]

"Despite the Pokeballs being part of a Pokemon's care, it's not all of it." Well duh.

[Zubat snickered.]

"Pokemon require food, water, and other basics of care, just like we all do! Following is a breakdown of the different foods, including the assorted berries available. Pay attention because some of these might even alter a Pokemon's appearance, causing it to evolve!"

[He stopped again, sitting down by his backpack, book open in his lap while he reached up with his other hand to idly rub Zubat's cheek.]

Utterly fascinating...


Network
[Naturally it wouldn't take long for Izzy to start exploring the PokeGear. It was no laptop of course, but it was greater than a Digivice. Some of its functions were mundane, but at least one of them was a great draw of attention.]

Greetings, all. I understand that there are many of us who have arrived here from other worlds. With that in mind I just have a couple questions, if you'd be willing to indulge me:

1. How secure is this communication network? I can see some basic parameters on my own, but of course I'm not the SysOp so I hardly have the power to see it all.

2. How many of you come from a world in which there is some sort of monster? Partner type or otherwise.

Thank you.


Wildcard
[Have another idea? Feel free to comment away, or hit me up at zumidotexe to plot something specific!]

Network

[pennyloafer]

There are so many different monsters in my world. The treasure to monster-guarding-it ratio is heavily skewed in the monster direction. Partner monsters isn't really something you'd see a lot, but sometimes they're trainable. Ish.

Crookedkit | Warriors

[stormstar]

i. Route 29

Crookedkit hadn't expected to wake up back at Mom's house when he had...well. He thought he had tucked into his nest in the RiverClan nursery after a busy day with Willowkit and Graykit, but the truth of that assumption is up for debate. Why does all of this strangeness always happen when he's sleeping, anyway?

Whatever. He had expected to wake into Mapleshade's gloomy training grounds, not New Bark Town. When he'd gone to sleep, Crookedkit hadn't even remembered anything of his last visit here, but it had all come rushing back the moment he woke up. Naturally, then, he wasn't in a panic, but rather excited! On his feet, Frecklefur weighing down his back after safely tucking away all of his most important goodies, and out the door, to...oh, right. His last time here, he'd been somewhere else - or, to put it more aptly, he had been in such a state that he'd scrambled right onto a boat first thing. Naturally, then, the first thing he should probably do is explore the place he had neglected the first time around, right?

And there's so much to explore! Route 29 is a whole new forest, filled with a bunch of new Pokémon! The excitement of it all is enough to have him scampering all over in the cold in his swimsuit, freezing his poor toes off. Someone who sees him like this might be inclined to help him warm up, but watch out - this overeager trainer is one quick to issue a challenge!

ii. Network

Frecklefur is still with Crookedkit - and that's wonderful! - but she wasn't his only buddy. Notchfang, Briarspark, Curlstorm...where did they go? He had thought that maybe he just needed to kill some time until they found their way, yet the longer he waits, the less likely that's feeling.

It's a lucky thing he has Twoleg friends to ask about this. He posts his video to the public, mostly by accident. He's more comfortable with the PokéGear than he used to be, but he's not that good.

"Hey," he starts, rosy-cheeked but spared some shivers thanks to Frecklefur's iron grip on his shoulders, "I don't know if anyone remembers me, but I just got back from RiverClan. My Poke-mon friends are missing...I've been looking for them, but it's really cold and I think Frecklefur is getting tired. I think I might need some help...have you seen them anywhere?"

(( Crookedkit returns! I'm matching styles/formats; if you have questions or want to plot anything you can find my contacts on Crookedkit's (WIP) app! ))

Network

[rolltoavoidpossession]

Welcome back!

[He does not know Crookedkit, but he'll answer anyways!]

I think there's a place in Kanto where your Pokémon go when you leave, but I'm not sure where exactly it is beyond that.