SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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[notapigeon]

[Nothing surprises Wilbur, but he's a little caught off guard by another creature running up to him so easily, especially one that seemed more interested in his Pidove than him. He also wasn't expecting a person to come along with it.]

What? Oh, this? [Wilbur shifted his Pidove in his arms, holding it like a feathery football.] Well, if you've seen one pigeon, you've seen them all.

[meteorman]

Pidove is merely a Pokemon that resembles what you might recognize as a pigeon, my boy. There are no common pigeons in this universe, but there are an awful lot of powerful and dubiously-magical beings that happen to look an awful lot like them.

[He still can't decide exactly if he thinks Pokemon are magical or not, but then, all magic has a scientific explanation and all science looks like magic to someone. It's just semantics, which is probably why he's still uncertain because boy howdy does Stanford Pines like arguing semantics.]

And they always tend to fly away long before I get a good sketch of them. Do you mind if I draw yours?

[He is already reaching into his coat for his journal. This is happening.]

[notapigeon]

Uh, well, I guess. [Wilbur carried his Pidove to the nearest bench and set it down. Pidove ruffled up a bit before settling down. For a second, Wilbur thought maybe it was cute. For a pigeon.]

So, uh, this place? Is it pretty normal for people to just show up here? Or is it a special occasion?

[meteorman]

[Ford flipped his book open to a fresh page and crouched down on his haunches to get a better straight-on angle.]

Oh, yes, yes. Very normal. It's been happening with regularity for almost a decade now, I believe. My best guess is that this universe has some sort of magnetic attraction for wormholes, and so whenever someone falls through one there's a high probability they'll be funneled here.

[He was clearly speaking to Wilbur, but his eyes were fixed on that Pidove. His sketchwork was quick, clean and detailed, as though he'd got a lot of practice taking field notes -- which he had. Next to him Fay crouched in much the same position, though every now and again her ears twitched and she leaned forward like she was going to try and boop her snout into the Pidove again. She didn't, of course, she knew it'd get in the way. But also: she wanted to.]

Of course that's only theory.

[notapigeon]

Wormholes, huh? [Wilbur rubbed his chin and tried to remember if his dad ever talked about wormhole before.] I dunno much about those. Teleportation? Sure. Time travel? Piece of cake. But wormholes? Sounds a bit tricky. [He shook his head.] Not to say it can't happen. I mean, anything's possible. I'm obviously here, and I can say for fact that I'm not from here.

[meteorman]

They are tricky. But you have the basic building blocks down already!

[He added some more definition to the feathers on Pidove's wing.]

Traversing a wormhole can be thought of as teleporting through time, after a fashion. Your location in four-dimensional space changes, often instantaneously. The thing that makes wormholes difficult in my experience is they're difficult to spot until you've already walked into them, and they can appear and disappear without warning.

Which explains why I wound up here without meaning to, while my -- [Don't say brother don't open that can of worms no thanks] -- traveling companion did not.

[notapigeon]

[Wilbur was used to this science jargon, even if he didn't understand it half the time. At least there were some things here that reminded him of home.

He crouched beside the old man, folding his arms over his knees.]

Okay, so it's possible that, at some point in time, another one could show up here? Maybe take someone home, or another place entirely?

[meteorman]

Very possible. People disappear just as often as they arrive. My nephew--

[MMMMMMMMM]

This Zoroark used to belong to him. When he left I took over her care. This leads me to believe Pokémon cannot be taken outside the confines of this universe, for whatever reason.