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[This may seem like an accidental broadcast, and in some ways it is, but the person on the other end with the mint-green hair appears to be rather intently focused on the SFC. He's pressing buttons, attempting to understand the device via trial and error. The video goes on and off a couple of times, before eventually coming on and staying on.

Whoever he is, he's every bit the new arrival in appearances, with that mess of hair sopping wet, and his white button down and black undershirt just as damp. Not that he's bothered any. Even the fact that his bangs are hanging in his eyes doesn't stop him from keeping his attention completely on the SFC. Something tall and furry is also wandering around behind him, poking it's snout over his shoulder from time to time to stare at what's in this teenager's hands with intense bright blue eyes.

Eventually text accompanies the video.]

Hello

[Before he can continue type more, though, the creature reaches over with a clawed paw and takes it away from him, making the view shift wildly, and it prompts the teen to speak, though he hardly seems angry.]

Zoroark, give that back. I wasn't finished.

[The creature doesn't speak, but it gives a look to N, and it turns it over so that the video is on his face completely. N's voice can still be heard speaking to him, though.]

Yes, I know, we'll find something to eat later. Taking my things away isn't going to make me go any faster.

[The Zoroark huffs, and as he goes to hand the SFC back the video feed turns off. Oops.]

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[N has managed to find the towels on his own, but he might still seem a little lost, and he's got a hungry Zoroark that keeps pawing at him even as he tries to get his mass of hair dry. It's an interesting scene to watch, at least?]

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[Fai remembers Bianca giving an introduction to pokemon a while ago, and meeting Wallace's milotic before that. This person must be from the same place as those two, and it sounded like his pokemon was named Zoroark. It looked friendly enough...

Being in the habit of carrying treats now that he lives down the way from people who own animals, Fai fishes out an apple from seemingly nowhere (sylladexes sure are handy). Tentatively, he offers the fruit to this new pokemon.]

[Ohgosh an apple. Zoroark's bright blue eyes practically light up as he takes it, sniffing at it excitedly before taking a bite out of it.

The crunching gets N's attention, prompting him to look up from the SFC first, and then back down from where the apple apparently came from. He doesn't say anything for a bit but eventually speaks for his friend:]

Zoroark says 'thank you'.

[N speaking causes the boy to jump a bit, but what he says makes Fai smile weakly. This isn't the first person he's heard about who can understand other creatures. It makes him wonder if Summoner would be able to, or if pokemon are that much different from animals. He looks back up at Zoroark.]

You're welcome. I have more, if you want another one.

[Zoroark nods enthusiastically. He really likes apples, apparently.]

Yes, if that's alright.

It's fine, I keep a lot of them with me. [He has a lot of carrots too. And it's not like they cost anything, although these two probably don't know that yet. Fai pulls two more from his sylladex and holds them out. This next part is directed at N, although he doesn't take his gaze completely off of the pokemon.]

You can understand him?

[Zoroark takes the food happily, nibbling on them.]

Yes, I can.

That's really neat! There's someone else here who can understand animals, but I've never met him. It must be really nice to be able to speak to those who care about you.

[Fai smiles up at Zoroark.]

If you're still hungry, you don't have to go very far. If your friend shows any of the stores his mark they'll give you food for free. [When he talks about the tattoo the boy pulls up the right sleeve of his shirt to show where his is on the back of his arm.]

People find it strange, but I understand Pokemon better than humans.

[Mostly. He's been doubting himself on that lately, too, but that's nothing this kid needs to know about.

N stares at the mark curiously, and starts looking around at his arms to see if he can find his own. It doesn't seem to be there, though.]

[He gives a shrug. It's not that weird to him, but this is a kid who grew up in odd circumstances in a world full of magic.]

Doesn't seem that strange to me. And I don't think it'll seem that weird to other people here. [And then he realizes what he omitted.] Ah, it might not be in the same place as mine.

[He'll look for it later.]

This place brings people from other worlds, right?

That's right. There's a list of foreigners- um, everyone that's here from a different place, on the SFC, if there's anybody you're wondering about.

[Even if Ghetsis was there, N would do everything he could to avoid the man. And he has a feeling his sisters aren't there. They would have found him already, if they were.]

No, there isn't. It's good to know, though.

[He nods, just watching the pokemon with continued curiosity.]

If there's anything else you wanna know, I can try and answer. We don't know everything about Vatheon but I've been here long enough to know the simple things.

[Zoroark isn't doing much, aside from paying attention to the conversation that N is having.]

I found the pamphlet. I don't really have any questions right now.

Okay. If you need anything later you can always send me a message. My name's Fai- my brother sometimes uses that name too, but we're pretty easy to tell apart.

Fai? I'm N, this is Zoroark.

It's nice to meet you both. I hope you like it here, even if it does get a little crazy sometimes.

Crazy?

Well, some of the curses can lead to problems. Or make it easier for people to cause them. But most of the foreigners are nice and just want life here to be calm.

Curses?

[He really only read enough of the pamphlet to get "pulled to another world, no way out."]

Um, every few weeks or so your mark will glow and and something might happen to you. It's almost always different... it might be just that other people don't understand your language anymore, or you might wake up turned into an animal. They only last for a week though.

That's... odd.

[And there isn't much N finds odd, so that's saying something.]

Yeah, I guess it is. You don't really get used to it, but you do kinda learn to go with it.

There's probably no other choice, is there? If we're all stuck here, that is. Going against the formula of this world would probably make people even more miserable.

No choice, but it might not get you every time. It's better not to worry about it.

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