1st Shooting Star - Not quite where they expected to end up...[action]

[ryuusei_subaru]

Today was just one strange event after another. He had expected that stepping out of that Noise Wave would have led him to Meteor G, so he could destroy it. But instead, he ended up in some sort of...forest clearing. And it kept him and War-Rock from becoming Rockman again, so there was no way he could find the Noise Wave again...or open it, apparently. There was no Wave World here. His Hunter wouldn't work...how could he contact anyone?

Then there was the meeting with that...odd creature, that was somehow able to see War-Rock. And it kept following them, the stubborn thing. And then that old man who gave him the backpack and the...information. The thing was a Riolu, now his Pokemon (how, what, he never had a pet before, how would he take care of it?) and that he was stuck in this other world (other world?!) until further notice (but, they had to stop Meteor G-they had to get back!).

But, no amount of cajoling or pleading would make the situation any better, so he had to go along with it. So, with the newly nicknamed Rocky ("it can see you, and it looks kind of like you, so why not call it a little you, War-Rock?"), and his supplies, he chose to take the portal into Nuvema Town. It sounded more friendly, anyways, and safer...perhaps maybe he could find a way to power his Hunter at the lab that was apparently there, so he could communicate with his friends. The new...Xtransiever, he thought it was called, didn't seem to be able to reach them, anyways.

Only...this doesn't look like Nuvema Town. Or, at least, he doesn't think it does. It was a small little town, right? It doesn't look like...wherever this place was.

"E-eh?! Where are we now, War-Rock?"

To most people, it looks like he's talking to thin air. They might or might not hear the response to his question, either.

"Don't ask me, kid. You're not the only one who's gotten confused by all this jumping around."

[[ooc: So yeah, intropost? Took me a while to figure out what I should do in the middle of the event, but basically, this guy and his pet invisible radio alien have just walked into somebody's dream! Who's dream? Well, whomever replies, I suppose! It could be anyone!]]

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[originalnumber]

Blink.

Blink. "I am not entirely certain myself."

That was no help at all, Astral.

[ryuusei_subaru]

"...Oh." What an intelligent response, Subaru.

"So you don't really know what's going on here, either...?"

[originalnumber]

"No- this is inordinary even with the circumstances that brought Yuuma and myself to the world we were in until about this time."

[ryuusei_subaru]

"The world you were in?" And Subaru looks down at Rocky's Pokeball.

"Were you brought to this..."Pokemon" world too?" He doesn't know why he asks. Maybe it's because that old man said many people were suddenly brought in through this Entralink...

[originalnumber]

"Correct- Yuuma and I appeared here with a pokemon named 'Zorua'... Shortly after we began travelling, we appeared in the Entralink a second time, with an additional pokemon named 'Litwick' as well. Apparently, the device there has reached into a number of separate dimensions- it will take considerable time to reset the effects."

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Ah..." And here, Subaru looks down. "So it was all true, then..."

"We just got to this...Entralink place, an' when we tried to go to a 'Nuvema Town,' we ended up...here."

[originalnumber]

"How strange..." Hnnn...

"I did not think it was possible for an 'accident' to lead into the key."

[ryuusei_subaru]

"So somehow, this 'Yuuma' guy's home and us two somehow got sucked into your key or something?"

Subaru can only let out another noise of shock, before composing himself to ask a question he really should have asked before.

"But...who is this 'Yuuma'? And who are you?"

[originalnumber]

"Yuuma is... My friend," he says after a moment. "He is human- like you are, Subaru, and a 'duelist'." He smiles a little- just barely though.

"I am Astral- though that is almost all I remember concerning myself." ...Except maybe that his homeworld is apparently being blown up.

Huh.

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Astral...you mean, like space and the stars?"

Leave it to Subaru to immediately pick out that meaning, the little space nut.

"Duelist? You mean he like, fights or something?"

And leave it to War-Rock to pick out the fighting references.

[originalnumber]

"I do not know if that is where my name comes from but-" Wh-

No War-Rock, no. "No... Duelist refers to someone who plays the duel monsters card game- he fights, but not in the way you are thinking, I'm sure."

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Oh, is that all? Bit of a shame, we could have challenged him to a spar, eh, Subaru?"

And Subaru just sighs.

"But, we can't become Rockman here, you know that..."

"Oh, right."

[originalnumber]

Eh..?

"A spar..?" It takes a moment, but he shakes his head. "No... But perhaps, later on, Yuuma would be willing to have a pokemon battle."

[ryuusei_subaru]

"A battle, huh...Rocky and I would have to do some training first, I guess...but how would those work?"

He's not sure if he likes the idea of sending something else to fight his battles for him quite yet.

[originalnumber]

"It is similar to the concept of sparring- using their unique abilities, pokemon battle each other in a mix of strength and strategy, until one or the other can fight no longer. Following the end of a battle, pokemon are taken to a 'pokemon center' for recovery." Observations of the pokemon world, are go.

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Hm. Well, I think we'd have to do some research and training of our own first before we try anything..."

There's a groan of disappointment from War-Rock, which leads Subaru to scold him lightly.

"Ne, War-Rock, we're not going to win anything just jumping in and knowing nothing! We still don't know that much about Rocky or what he does!"

[originalnumber]

"Nn? Is 'Rocky' the pokemon you arrived with?" Eh?

"Perhaps I can help- I read through Yuuma's pokedex, as well as a few of the books in the area he is in at the moment." Because he does that. Stand behind people and read the books.

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Eh-he is, that's what we called him. I was told he was a species called a...Riolu, I think?"

"That's it. Funny thing, that, since it was able to see me an' all."

Oh look, he's a pokedex.

[originalnumber]

"Nn- The 'Aura' pokemon. Perhaps it would detect my presence as well... 'Riolu' are apparently known for their power as well as their ability to 'see' emotions. It has been said that they can crest three mountains and cross two canyons within a single evening."

Observation # 447?

[ryuusei_subaru]

"Is that so..."

"That little guy? No wonder he was so stubborn about things, if I could keep going on and on like that, I would be that stubborn too!"

"You are that stubborn."

"What'd you say?"

It took me a moment but... AHHHHHH :'D

[originalnumber]

Astral merely stares at the conversation- he doesn't really have a place in it after all.

XD

[ryuusei_subaru]

There's a bit more good-natured ribbing between the two of them, before Subaru looks back at Astral.

"Ah, thank you for that information...I think I understand Rocky a little better now."

[originalnumber]

A nod- "I was just making an observation. Perhaps I can say more after seeing one in reality."

...

Like... A pokedex..?

[ryuusei_subaru]

"That makes sense. Do you want to see him?"

[originalnumber]

"I would be glad to. However, is he even with you in this place..?"

...That...

Is a good question.