Twelfth Projection

[wontdieifkilled]

[Action | Cianwood City]

[So there Shirou was, minding his own business, when a flash blinded him temporarily. When his eyes had finally readjusted, he was...]

...Hey, what? Azalea Town doesn't have a beach!

[...in Cianwood City, looking out over the ocean.]

Hey, what's going on here?!

[Shirou pulls out his PokéGear.]

[Video]Hey! Does anybody

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[art_crow]

I don't know, I'm just as confused as you, man.

[wontdieifkilled]

...Oh.

[Sorry, he's kind of confused at seeing someone who's...well...not human.]

[art_crow]

[Don't worry, Crow's pretty used to that.] You're not from this dimension either, are you pal?

[wontdieifkilled]

Er... No. No, I'm not.

[art_crow]

Let me guess, you were suddenly whisked away from your own home to wherever the hell this is, and now you've been forced to join in the daily toil, plus you can't leave until whoever's running this show says you're free to go?

[wontdieifkilled]

...That's...one way of describing it, yes.

[art_crow]

So, what's so special about this place? Is it a post-apocalyptic wasteland where everyone has to fend for themselves against the cold, harsh wilderness? Or maybe a world where everyone is a trained to be a super spy? A world where the planet has been invaded and humanity is being forced to serve super intelligent Christmas trees?

[wontdieifkilled]

You, uh...Have you ever heard of Pokémon?

[art_crow]

Um, no.

[wontdieifkilled]

It's its own franchise now. There's video games, anime and manga, a trading card game, and all sorts of toys out for it.

[art_crow]

Oh, so it's something that's popular enough to be a cultural phenomena, a pop culture phenomena if you will. But what does that have to with this place?

[wontdieifkilled]

That's the world we're in.

[art_crow]

Oh...so Pokemon is about ocean-front property?

[wontdieifkilled]

...No, it's about capturing and raising creatures.

[art_crow]

Oh, right. Well, I guess I could see how that could become popular. Wait, they have to be captured? Can't you just go out and buy the things?

[wontdieifkilled]

Nope. You need to either receive them as gifts or catch them in the wild.