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[coolestcat]

[Video feed drifts lazily about New Bark Town. I'm sure you've seen it all before. An amused, disembodied voice begins speaking.]

All right. Obviously, there isn't enough room in this town for an asylum, so I won't bother trying to check into one.

[The camera lingers briefly on Mom's house. The unspoken implication is 'or trying to get others committed.'. The camera comes to focus on Youji's face. His smile is pleasant and friendly.]

I heard the 'Welcome to the world of Pokemon, they're fantastic,' spiel, so elaboration on what's going on is unnecessary. Far too sober to make sense of it anyway. I'd much rather hear about how you're dealing with this.

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[coolest-cat.livejournal.com]

[Ignoring the rest of that... Youji answers cautiously.]

Here and there, I have. It's... quite far away from where I'm from.

[And... well...]

[Video]

[dragonspeak]

There you go, then. We had nothing similar to the...technology [He still stumbles over that word a bit] that Johto has. It's all rather overwhelming sometimes.

If you're from the future, though, you should be all right. I've been told there are similar devices people are familiar with.

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[coolest-cat.livejournal.com]

Similar, yeah, but my cell phone is a bit... clunkier than this.

[Manx only just introduced a video phone, and that was probably only because she was Powell's hostage... The American army might be able to pull that off, but it's still a few years in the future for Kritiker.]

You sound like you're doing fine, though. We're talking and nothing blown up on your end.

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[dragonspeak]

[He grins] That, my friend, is solely due to my being here for the past few months or so. Were I a newcomer like you, I probably wouldn't be holding my Gear the right side up.

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[coolest-cat.livejournal.com]

Don't say 'months.' That is a terrible thing to say to someone new and confused. I might actually start thinking I'll be here for months.

[Video]

[dragonspeak]

[A sad smile crosses his face now] I've been here nearly three months now, and some of my friends have been here longer.

I won't lie to you; none of us have found a way back home just yet.

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[coolest-cat.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense. Would you still be here if you could leave on demand, after all?