1st Strife [Text]

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[After the first initial shock of finding himself on the wonderful world of Pokémon, because, seriously, that's the last place Bro expected to end up after what happened to him, he takes the time to check his belongings and he is far from amused.

Remember how you can't bring weapons to Johto? Well...]

wow really hysterical guys, my face is contorting with laughter over here.
seriously the sound of my laugh is echoing all over this shitty three buildings large town.
someone call the paramedics before i run out of air.

[Bro pauses his typying, eyes the oversized praying mantis standing by his side and continues.]

look i can understand stripping me from my sword. don't want anyone running around with swords and vandalizing buildings or destroying the lovely scenery.
totally can follow you people on that.
and i know you guys tried to compensate for this mess giving me this insect with blades for hands and ok it was a nice gesture. not looking a gift horse in the mouth and all that.
there is just one tiny little thing which just goddamn baffles me though.
i would like to know where the fuck is Cal.
because this sure as shit isn't funny.

[It just so happens Johto took Lil' Cal, Bro's prized puppet, away from him, because, really, that thing is a menace in his hands. And you know Cal is important because his name is capitalized. Needless to say, he isn't pleased by that.]

now whoever has him has exactly five minutes to bring him to me.
otherwise i'll have to tell blossom here to re-arrange this entire town.

[And he means it (although he doesn't know his Scyther can't actually destroy New Bark, he's just assuming it because GIANT PRAYING MANTIS WITH BLADES FOR HANDS). Someone better tell him Cal isn't a thing that exists in Johto and that no one actually "stole" it from him. Watch this full grown man slowly freak out when he realizes Cal is no more.]

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[Jake's sort of messing around with his 'gear, and checking the network for any interesting posts. He frowns a bit as he reads Bro's post, walking and reading at the same time.

A shame he's not very good at it.

He might have accidentally smacked into Bro or the Scyther...if his Emolga didn't shriek at him to pay attention. Jake jumps, startled, and glances up at the Strider.

Please hold while his brain tries to process this.]

[ACTION] I was just going to suggest action to you, OH MY GOD

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[The hell is that shrieking... Both Bro and the Scyther turn to look at the source of the noise.

Oh OK. It's just some guy and... a kind of yellow flying squirrel.

And the dude looks shocked.]

Hey... are you alright? [Really, stop with the vacant staring. It's starting to freak him out.]

[ACTION] I am a mind reader. >:3

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[Robin Williams is totally going to check out that awesome Scyther. And Jake, thankfully, remembers his manners when Bro talks to him.]

Ah, sorry, sorry. It's just...um. You look awfully like a friend of mine. Er, if he was an adult, anyway.

[He's so articulate today.]

This might sound like a strange question to ask, but are you a Strider?

[ACTION] And you are pretty damn good at it!

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[Blossom is just going to quietly study the over-enthusiastic Emolga, watching it fly all around her.

As for Bro, he's a bit surprised by this random guy knowing his surname. Not that it shows.]

Yes, indeed I am a Strider.

... I'm willing to bet this has to do with me looking like whoever you know. doesn't it?

[ACTION] PSH I just fumble into it like Jake fumbles into awkward conversations.

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[Like Trainer, like Pokemon.]

Er, yes. His name's Dirk Strider?

[ACTION] *hehehehe*

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[Oooook... this is getting kinda eerie.]

I see... [Wow, OK, congrats. Bro doesn't even know what to say. Give yourself a pat on the back. You got him to clam up.

OK, SAY SOMETHING, QUICK.]

And what about you? What's your name?

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[This is a novel experience Jake isn't sure he wanted to be apart of.]

Jake! Jake English. What's yours?

[Man, it's gonna be hard not calling this chill dude Dirk.]

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[That makes two. Bro doesn't even know what the hell is going on. Also, there's this weird feeling he had seen that face before. Spoilers: you remind him of Dave's friend John.]

Just call me Bro. [Yeah, just that.]

So, you seem more lost than a deaf dude on a bingo night. You are also new to this mess, right?

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It's nice to meet you, sir.

[If he finds anything weird about that, he's definitely not showing it. Granted, weirder things have happened in the past 24 hours.]

Yeah, I've only been here for maybe an hour, but the people here are very informative and helpful. I finally found the blasted map function on this thing, and it seemed sensible to stop at Cherrygrove before I moved on to Violet. I'm staying here a little while to explore the functions on these gizmos.

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[It does help that circumstances are already strange.]

Staying here? Damn, I'm thinking about leaving this place as fast as humanly possible. I don't think I've ever saw a city as boring as this one.

Besides, if we have no way of getting out of here, and the objective is to run around and make these creatures battle, I better get with the program and start this as soon as possible. I'm already pretty damn late to this party if you ask me.

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I think it's a town. [Jake shrugs.] I really only know the technical differences between the two. Can't rightly say I've been to either.

[He can't help grinning a bit.]

I thought a Strider was never late to a party.

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City, town, whatever... [Sorry if he seems a bit bitter and annoyed. All this is too overwhelming and not having Cal with him is slowly freaking him out a bit, even if he isn't showing.]

And that much is true. We are never late.

Unless we are throw smack dab in the middle of it, and with everyone being eons ahead of us. It's like the most unfair race in the world.

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[Jake takes it in.....................stride. /SHADES YEAAAAAAAAAH Lil Cal is important, and he notices the distinct lack of said creepy puppet.]

It feels like a go at your own pace kind of place, though, so I guess we could say you're fashionably late? At least your brother is here, too, right?

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[Oh god the CSI thing!!]

That much is truth. I mean, no one is rushing me out of town just yet. [Especially now the he isn't going to burn the whole place to the ground.]

But yeah, lil' man is here and, I'm glad he isn't freaking out or anything about me being here.

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[Best thing ever]

No, I think the only sort of rushing was with that, ah, odd woman claiming to be our mother.

It seems to be a Strider thing to not freak out. [He's picked up that much, at least, from hanging out with Dirk for so long.]

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You tell me. That lady was probably just two years older than me and was trying to pass that "mom" bullshit on me. This place didn't even have the decency to give me an older woman so this whole theater act didn't look so fake.

[Attention to detail people! Geez...]

Well, we had perfected the art of looking unfazed in face of adversity. And don't tell him that but I'm actually proud of him picking that skill so quickly. [He's just telling you not to spread that around because, if that's to reach Dave's ears, he wants to say that himself. As hard as that is because, WOW, what is expressing feelings?]

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I'm hoping that not everyone around here is as--[Insane? Crazy? Coocoo for Cocoa Puffs?]--troubled as her. It kind of seems like she's stuck on repeat or something.

The secret's safer than Fort Knox with me.

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Same here. It's enough being throw into this place against our will, we don't need to listen to lines on perpetual repeat as if we were on some stupid RPG game. [Well, guess what Pokémon is?]

Either way, guess I'm following your advice and staying put here for a while. Never really took a look on what I got in this thing. [He eyes the backpack that was given to him. Only time he opened it was to check if Cal was inside of it and he didn't even bother seeing what else was there.]

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Taking the gym challenge might be fun. I suspect that we can get badges from both here and in Kanto, since that region's open to us.

I think there's enough in the backpack to last roughing it out in the woods to Cherrygrove. One would likely have to restock before setting off for Violet. [ty, Grandma, for teaching him how to survive in the wilderness!]

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[You have one chance to guess who DOESN'T have training on surviving in the wilderness.]

At least they aren't that cruel.

Man, do I feel out of place in this situation. I mean, one would expect only younger people would be dragged into this kind of mess. [What they want a 30-something guy for anyway?]

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[Is his name Bro Strider?]

Perhaps it thought that parental supervision was a necessity? Or it might not be all that picky on who comes and goes.

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[WE HAVE A WINNER!]

I think I'm going with option b.

Speaking of supervision, I'm glad those two are... kind of getting along. [Bro finally pays attention again to his Scyther and apparently she doesn't mind Jake's Emolga, who's pretty much all over the place.]

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[Really, she's just as bad as Jake, always all over everything that piqued her curiosity.]

I agree with you on that. Maybe it helps that we're getting along alright?

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[God, he's getting kind of awkward again, why that?]

I suppose we are. [Which is unusual]

I'm curious. You mentioned you know someone that looks like a fun-sized version of me. Dirk, right? How do you know him?

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[Lucky him Jake is terribad at reading such awkwardness.]

We met online some years ago, and the two of us have been best friends since.

[Even if lately it feels like the guy's avoiding him.]