001 ☁ Audio/Action for New Bark Town ☁ Backdated to afternoon, 1/16

[usedcabbages]

Seriously, this has to happen on today of all days? Damn. Dojima-san’s gonna kill me if I’m gone too long. [There’s a sigh, but he continues to talk.] With that kid being missing and everything, this is-- oh. So it is on. Right? This phone thing, PokéGear or something. Can anyone hear this

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[video]

[usedblankstare]

...Uh. [Shrugs] OK then.

Cherrygrove? Is that where the path out of here leads?
[A pause.]
I'm not sure if there's an easy way back home. Not that I really want to go back, but I... Have you seen any weird holes around here? With outlandish red symbols drawn around them?

[video]

[usedcabbages]

That's what it says on the map. I'm... kind of just going on the guess that it's accurate.

Holes with red symbols? N-no, I haven't seen anything like that. Should I have?

[video]

[usedblankstare]

[BRB TRYING TO FIND MAP. Rummaging through pack.

There we go, found it!]

[He's trying to juggle a Teddiursa, the 'Gear, and the map, please hold.]

It... looks a lot bigger than this town, at any rate. I think that I'll head there too.

[Sigh.] No, it's fine. There was a lot of... dimension jumping, I guess you could call it, back home. Involving holes like that.
Please, don't ask.

[video]

[usedcabbages]

[Even though the reality of dimension jumping doesn't seem that absurd -- even if he wasn't already familiar from his own situation, it's clearly happening now. But still, he'll just play dumb.]

Dimension... oh. Alright, well... I won't ask. It sounds kind of strange, but I guess it's not any more weird than what's going on right now.

[video]

[usedblankstare]

...Thanks. It's kind of hard to explain, really. [No, it's not, but he thinks it is.]

[GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE.] Would... could I, uh, travel with you to Cherrygrove? I've heard that there's wild pokemon out on the paths, and it would probably be best to travel with others.

[video]

[usedcabbages]

[Through the power of time and space and the fact that he poked a certain canonmate before posting this, we have this response.]

Oh, yeah... I don't think that'll be a problem. There are a couple of people from my town who are traveling that way too. They're... a bit eccentric, though. [Strange, awkward laugh goes here.] But it shouldn't be a problem.

[video -> action]

[usedblankstare]

Oh, that's good. I'm sure that I've dealt with worse, trust me. Thank you.

[Henry eventually finds Adachi by wandering around and bumping into him.]

Ah! Oh- you're that guy that I talked with on the 'Gear. Er... we never were properly introduced, were we?

[action]

[usedcabbages]

[Adachi is mostly in a state of frustration trying to find Mituo and Izanami, but he plays nice when he's bumped into, letting out a light chuckle, but still not looking up.]

Oh, sorry about that. I guess I should pay more attention to where I'm going... [He looks up as Henry says that, eyes widening a bit.] Oh yeah, huh. How about that. I guess this place is pretty small after all.

Right, ah. Um. I'm Tohru Adachi.

[action]

[usedblankstare]

It's fine. [Is that a slight grin on his usually calm face? Maaaaaybe~] I guess it must be. I'm still surprised it can hold so many people.

I'm Henry Townshend. [He points, over his shoulder, at the Route out of town.] We're going to be going that way, right? After we find your friends, at least.

[action]

[usedcabbages]

I guess that's why they're trying to rush everyone out. It's gotta be less crowded there than in a small town like this. [He pauses, bowing his head slightly.] It's nice to meet you then, Townshend-san.

Oh... uh, yeah. I'm pretty sure that's the only way out. So that's gotta be it.

[action] Can we speed this up a bit? Er... I kinda jumped time in my next Journal ^^;

[usedblankstare]

[A small nod.]

Right. Do you know where those friends of yours are? I'd really like to get to Cherrygrove soon - I hear it has a place to shop, and somewhere for us to rest.

[ooc: OK, now this is just backtagging. I swear. OTL]