DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT (for Team Rocket's glory)

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[[Hi! :D]]

[voidedgoddess]

Shit, you're from a universe without Pokémon? This must be confusing, but I am like the Pokémon master. [As if that is the only confusing thing about the situation.] In my world, it's a video game and TV show. Ask away. [Actually, for a newcomer she has a pretty good understanding of Pokémon and reality altering video games, but she doesn't really know that much about the two combined.]
But these pokémon [she gestures toward Gastrell who is batting at the riolu's ear] are new. I've never seen them before but they're pretty adorable. Do you know what type yours is?

[abstounding]

Well... No, I mean, the more I hear it, it sounds... vaguely familiar, like I heard about it in ancient history or something.

[Vaughn glances back down at his Gear, squinting at the map again. Suddenly, he's no longer all that eager to consider what the reality of the situation might be.

Riolu reels back at first and narrows her eyes at the skitty, but soon returns a few innocent swipes at his pincushion tail.]

No, I don't. How do I find -- wait, no, it's not even mine. It just followed me out of this house, and I've sorta been trying to find out who it belongs to. And this stuff that got shoved at me.

[He gestures vaguely to the backpack and the PokeGear. Again, though, something tells him he might be in for a fairly rude awakening.]

[voidedgoddess]

[Ancient history?] Have you heard of Earth? What year are you from?
[Yeah, she doesn’t have good news.] That’s your starter, so kind of yours. Your gear, the little electronic device, has a pokédex. [She points hers at the riolu and it reads off the description.] Riolu, she seems to like you. Mine’s a skitty. [The skitty pulls his tail away, then pounced on the riolu’s tail. Roxy laughed.] They like each other.
Did that woman claim to be your mom too? And pack you a lunch and clothes? That was fucking weird, right? So is the rest of the town, actually.

[abstounding]

Earth, as in the shriveled up homeplanet of mankind? Yeah. I'm... honestly not sure about the year. It all runs together. But I wanna say it's still the 29th century. I hope.

[He fiddles with his Gear too as Roxy explains, and things maybe start to come together. At least he can use it to figure out what these creatures are. Maybe it has other functions, too...]

So, it... what, did she just decide she likes me, or did somebody give her to me -- ?

[Riolu gives a sly grunt as she pulls her tail out from under Gastrell's paws and smacks him ever so lightly in the face with it. And she's laughing. The weird dog is laughing.]

Yeah -- that happened to you, too? God, this is... Yeah, "fucking weird" is a good way to put it.

Do you know how to get out of here?

[voidedgoddess]

Whatever assholes sent us here are probs also behind our starters. Can't actually say who they are, but it's fucking rude kidnapping people even if they do give us fun companions. [Could just be paradox space fucking with them. Or horrorterrors. Or Sburb itself, but this all seemed a little too nice for that.]
As for getting home...you probably have to win the game.

[abstounding]

Yyyeah...

[Great. So, he's stuck? He can't be stuck! He has an encampment full of giant babies who depend on him! But sitting there complaining won't do much good, in that case.]

That seems... convoluted. But it's the best plan I've heard so far.

[voidedgoddess]

Who have you been talking to? If it's the townsfolk, they prolly aren't the most helpful. [She gives him a grin.]

[abstounding]

Yeah, no.

[To be fair, he'd thought she was one of the townspeople at first...]

You haven't met anybody else this happened to, have you?

[voidedgoddess]

No, but it'd be weird if it only happened to us. The gears are communication devices, too.

Or you could just run around yelling "Olly olly oxen free!" If someone reacts they probably aren't from around here. [He probably just get really weird looks, TBH.]

[abstounding]

[He gives a short laugh, albeit a genuine one.]

Yeah, I think I might try to avoid drawing too much attention to myself in public.

Thanks for all your help. I really didn't know what to do with myself. I mean, I'm still pretty lost, but at least now I have a general idea of where to start. Can I do anything for you?