flight 001 [video :: action]

[itsahoot]

[This video is quite accidental-- Digger has no idea what’s going on. Someone tall and frightening gave him this thing! He hit some buttons! And it made these noises! And he's staring at it but oh god what is this WHAT IS EVERYTHING

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video.

[reimprovise]

[... huh. Wings, beak, talons, feathers? It almost sounds as though... this person used to be a bird, of all things.

Which sort of amuses Fuji but also disturbs him somewhat. Still, though, ever helpful--]

You'll find that arms make very good back-scratchers.

[itsahoot]

[OH GREAT GLAUX IT HAS A FACE ALL OF A SUDDEN]

Wha--! [He starts back from it as though afraid it's going to bite him, scrunching up his shoulders defensively, head moving frantically between the rather confused Diglett down below and the new face on the Pokegear.]

I-- Stay back! Who are you? Go away! Pl-please!

[reimprovise]

[........... well, that backfired dramatically. He's never had much experience dealing with terrified children, but he supposes that it must be like taming a small, wild animal or something. Thus, he dutifully semi-scoots out of the video's range of view so that only a part of his face is visible, and attempts to minimize himself while still remaining in the other's field-of-view.]

Shh. It's all right. I won't do anything.

[He considers this.] If it helps, we're most likely situated in two different cities right now.

hurrderp you saw no iconfail

[itsahoot]

[That helps a little. Digger is still holding the Pokegear at arms' length, but his face is slightly less panicked and more wary, though he continues to shoot nervous glances at the Diglett. All in all, he finds the Pokegear more immediately threatening, though.]

In-- where? [The word "city" doesn't mean a whole lot to him... well, vaguely... he ponders for a few seconds.]

Something seems to dawn on him.]

You. You said cities. Didn't you?

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[31stcenturyman]

[This is the first time during this whole... "process" that Lars has actually felt angry. While he's met a whole slew of people here pulled from their homes, this is the first kid he's run across, and the poor little guy's clearly not taking things in stride.]

[That's not cool. Lars kind of wants to smack whoever's in charge of this deal right now. But... first thing's first.]

[VIDEO] (2/2)

[31stcenturyman]

Hey there. Are you ok? You seem really... freaked out.

[itsahoot]

[OH GREAT GLAUX IT HAS A DIFFERENT FACE. Only the fact that neither face has made any move to attack him prevents him flinging the thing into the nearest bush and running for his life.]

I-- no! No! I am not! I-- my wings! The Tree! That thing! [The Pokegear swings back to point at the Diglett, who is still just sitting there looking slightly perplexed.] Wh-what are you?!

[31stcenturyman]

[...Ok, that didn't seem to help.]

Woah, woah, slow down! Your- wings?

...

Nevermind. Let's start with the mole-thing. It's a pokémon. Probably. Er, I don't know what kind it is, but it won't hurt you. It's kind of like a pet... with awesome magical powers. I got one when I came here, too.

[Lars turns the camera a bit to fit his Lapras, Leia in the frame. They're at the shoreline near Cherrygrove and she currently has her head submerged under the icy water as she tries to feed. She lifts her massive head briefly and calls cheerfully to the camera as if to say "Hello!".]

Do you have a name? I'm Lars.

[video]

[blacklodged]

Calm down. Things are probably not as bad as you think.

[He looks at the obviously upset kid with the calm he's trying to channel.]

You weren't human before coming here. Were you?

(ooc:total placeholder, gotta sleep. sigh time zones :|b)

oh my god I will get one post right tonight

[itsahoot]

[Wait. This sounds like... sense. And this is the third face this thing has had and the first two didn't try to kill him, so maybe this one won't either if he answers it?]

No! I'm not a-- [yeah whatever that word was, it definitely wasn't 'owl'] a-- I'm not! This is all wrong! I'm a Burrowing Owl! Athene cunicularia! An owl! Where are my wings, eh? Where is-- oh, dear, this is all wrong!

(ooc: no problem! have a good night! :D)

this one was a success I think, wohoo!

[blacklodged]

[Oh... crap, well, if you're actually looking at the gear right now, Digger, you might see Cooper look quite unsettled. Just for a while. Like the icon, but without a gun.]

An owl?

[Clears throat. Well, with rainbow ponies and alien lifeforms, an owl was bount to come here at some point after all, but.]

Everyone turns human when they come here. There's not much you can do about it.

[itsahoot]

[It's okay, human facial expressions don't mean a whole lot to him yet anyway. DON'T WORRY, HE MIGHT NOT BE WHAT HE SEEMS BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO ATTACK YOU.]

But-- why? Why would they come here at all? I didn't want to come here. I want to go back to the Tree.

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[watersbound]

--Hey, it's okay! [Her voice is a little soft, mostly for his benefit. She doesn't want to scare him any more.]

Try and calm down, alright? Being here takes a little getting used to.

[itsahoot]

Get used to? B-but-- what's here? This isn't the Tree! What am I getting used to, eh!?

[watersbound]

It's called Johto. And... You haven't always looked like that, right?

[itsahoot]

No! No, of course not! I don't look like this at all! My wings-- [But he's said this before, they're still not there, and anyway she's said something else interesting.]

...Johto. Is that. Is that close to Ambala? Or... or is it farther north, maybe? [GRASP AT THOSE STRAWS.]

[Video]

[used_slackoff]

Gizzard?

.......

You were... a... bird.

[First a pegasus. Then a dragon. Now a bird.

What next? An octopus? Or-- oh dear lord, maybe a Behemoth or something? That could be really awkward for Fang and co...]

[itsahoot]

[AAAAAH SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS! Suddenly his whole face fills the screen, as though he thinks by doing so he is somehow in closer proximity to the person on the other side.]

Yes! Of course! I was a bird! An owl! I was an owl! I was a Burrowing Owl! I am a Burrowing Owl! I just... lost my wings...

[used_slackoff]

Woah, woah, easy there, Fido. [Wait, that's a dog name.] You actually got some company here. Though, I don't think there are any other owls. Just a pegasus and a dragon.

[itsahoot]

No! That's not my name! My name is Digger! You've mistaken me for someone...

...eh?

Pegasus?

[He tilts his head, seems surprised when it stops, tilts it the other way, confused.]

Dragon? Eh? What?