[Video]/[Action for Goldenrod]

[crouching_sin]

[The video opens on a young boy, maybe twelve or so, digging in the dirt in a park in Goldenrod. He's got on loose pants but no shirt, and his skin is tanned. He's also got messy brown hair, like he's never heard of a hairbrush.]

[He hasn't, they weren't invented yet.]

[He seems intent on what he's doing, other than muttering slightly.]

The ground here is strange... where are my tools? Mother... Father... Abel...

[The camera turns, revealing a very concerned-looking Gardevoir.]

He's been like this all morning. I... I'm fairly sure this is my trainer, but he looks very different. He doesn't recognize me, and it was hard enough to convince him I wasn't a 'demon' and that he should wear pants.

Can... can anyone help me? I'm not sure how to handle this on my own...

[[ooc; Anyone who wants to encounter them, they're in a park in Goldenrod!]]

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[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

I fell out of a tree but Wart caughted me. And then I got Burger Slowking. But now nobody's lets me go outside by myself to play.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

... They might be afraid you'll get hurt, especially if you fell out of a tree before...

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

I fallen off lots higher places.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

That doesn't mean you should, Dave.

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

...Why? I won't get hurt.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

If you fall out of a tree, you will probably get hurt.

[Her nerves are frazzled right now, Dave. Don't even try.]

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

I won't get hurt a lot. I won't cry.

[Because that's the issue here.]

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

Dave Strider I will find you and wrap you entirely in foam if that is what it takes.

[Hell hath no fury like a Pokemom scorned, apparently.]

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

[Dave just kind of squeaks and hunches into himself, hands over his mouth.]

O-okay, I won't. N...no more trees, I promise.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

[Was that too much? That was probably too much.]

... I'm sorry, Dave. That was a bit... much. Things are just stressful right now.

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

[The apology just shifts him from agitation to puzzlement, like he can't make sense of it. Or like no one's ever apologized to him before. After a beat, he shakes his head. It's cool. They've got bigger problems.]

Is it 'cause Naoya's small?

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

Yes. And I don't know what to do with him.

[Naoya chooses that moment to look up at the creature and the strange device and then start wandering away from them.]

Where is he - Naoya? Naoya, come back here - please listen to me!

[She carries the Pokegear with her as she follows him.]

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

[Maybe if he helps her, it'll make up for jumping out of trees.]

Naoya! Dude!

[...Though...wait.

...]

Cain?

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

[The boy looks up at the sound of his name.]

Cain?

[He heads over towards her, eyeing her warily.]

Who are you?

... I'm... I'm a friend.

[Help, Dave. She is not equipped for this.]

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

That's Alice. She's not a demon, she's like...more like an angel. Your guardian angel. I'nt she pretty?

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

Where is that voice coming from?

[Alice shows him the Pokegear and he gets up close to it, peering at it curiously.]

Be careful. It's a... um... a magical device.

Ah... angels are so very strange...

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

Yeah, there's lots of weird shit here. Hey, I'm Dave. I'm human, though.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

... Weird... shit?

[Congratulations, baby Dave. You're teaching Cain how to swear.]

Ah... I thought there was just... us.

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

Oh. You're in the fu...the few...

...

You're forward a lot in time right now, so there's lots more people.

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

... How is that even possible?

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

Uh. When a daddy person and a mommy person love each other very much...

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

... I mean how did I go forward a lot in time?

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

...

Magic?

[Video]

[crouching_sin]

... I guess that makes sense.

[It's not like magic makes sense at all.]

I need to get back, though. I have work to do.

[Video]

[knightoftimeout]

At the candy store?