EVENT POST - NPC broadcast system!

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[BACKDATED TO TWO DAYS AGO - sorry for the delay!

It's time for an NPC broadcast! It's pre-recorded... made for TV, perhaps? Anyhow, the screen opens up to the Old Man of the Entralink, the Entree behind him. It seems to have grown a little. Joy? He seems to be joyful, as well. What dangers does this bode for us outsiders?!
There's also a news reporter speaking with him - a pretty odd-looking one. An interview, it seems. But then, why is it being broadcasted to the outsiders...? Well, listen in! The reporter's text is in blue, while the Old Man text is good old black.]

...Once again, we're here with the owner of the Entralink. A while back, the Entralink began to have issues, correct?
Hm, indeed. That's when all these Pokemon appeared...
And then these 'outsiders' starting coming on in when you tried to fix it, a month after that.
Well, yes... but we've made a breakthough.
...Really? So those icky outsiders can leave?
They're not icky, and not yet. The first wave of repairs have been made... the teleportation systems are now running as they should, though I predict outsiders might still arrive. The Entralink is a confusing system.
But...?
But, there's not enough power. I've tried to find out how to gather more, but...
Urgh. So, you're saying they're still stuck? Bummer.
That's not what I'm saying, young lady! There might still be a way!
Fiiine. Let's listen in, folks.
Though my years of researching the power of the Entralink, one thing stood out. When a trainer with badges approached it... it seemed to react strongly. I haven't looked into it much - I was never a trainer, myself - but that might be the way back... gathering the badges. Or, things made of the same material...
So, we've just gotta get those outsiders moving to the League, then?
I fear it might not be that easy. Your attitude... it is shared by the current head of the Pokemon League, is it not?
Well, duh! He's a good guy. Nice and smary.
Then... they will not hand out badges that easily.
...Double urgh. So, they've gotta fight on though?
I think they will.

Triple urgh! Looks like I'll be waiting for my own Pokemon journey.

...So! There you have it! This has been Dahlia of Nimbasa News - back to you--

[And that's where the video cuts off. Looks like it was an important broadcast for all of us. There is a comments section here too - so you can all reply to each other, squee over a method home being found, or ponder over how... hateful that reporter was. Whatever you want.]

Comments

[kattobingu_ore]

[From outside Nacrene Gym, comes a feed!]

Hahh! So gathering the badges can get us home?!

YES!!!

[kigaru]

Osu!
[Shinta's right there behind Yuuma.]
I shall help you get home as soon as possible!
[...What about you, Shinta?]

[kattobingu_ore]

Aah-

But what about you Shinta..!!

[kigaru]

[He shook his head.]
If I didn't help everybody else get home, I would be a failure of an Ouendan. I have to do this.

[fated_fall]

Don't act like you'll get home before me.
[Have Grimsley, who's gotten his badge, and is on the way to the next city already. He's also holding up the Basic Badge - looks like he won. He's still upset at you, mind you.]

[kattobingu_ore]

Eeh?

Well it's not like it's a race right..?!

[fated_fall]

And why not?
[...]
It'll prove I'm the best trainer here.

[audio]

[emmet]

[As soon as Emmet hears the broadcast, his eyes narrow. He turns to his Mawile and Joltik, and speaks quickly, seriously. He does flick his own Xtransiever onto Audio, however. People can hear him.]
A path home. To Ingo.
Let us go, everybody. To Nuvema.
We will go and win.
Yup. And then I will be with Brother Ingo.

Re: [audio]

[computerdoofus]

"You miss your brother like me?" Hal asked, excited. He and mysterious creepy voice had so much in common!

[audio]

[emmet]

"Yup! We were never apart, back home. Not for a long time.
But now we are. I miss him."

Re: [audio]

[computerdoofus]

"My brother's name is Alton," said Hal. "We're twins, and sometimes he makes fun of me." He hesitated. "Actually more than sometimes."

He was beginning to get a familiar feeling behind his eyes. If he kept talking, he'd cry. But he wanted to keep talking.

[video]

[withmyfluffbat]

[Of course, Iris isn't that happy. One thing stood out for her...]
What?! The Champeon won't see us?! Why not?!

[audio]

[negotiators]

Presumably because he is biased against outsiders.

[audio]

[withmyfluffbat]

Well, duh!
[...]
But - I was a gym leader, back home! This isn't the way to make friends across the worlds!

...I wonder who the champ is right now, though.

[brightvesperia]

"Aha~! A definite way to get back~! Though what decision we make at the end of our journey might be quite a dilemma don't you think~?" Estelle proposed.

[emmet]

"For some of us!"
Emmet had made his own desision. He was going home, no matter what.

[brightvesperia]

"Ahaha~ That's great Emmet-san~ Though the fun in traveling is the journey itself if I may say so~" Estelle replied, cheerful as always.

Well, she'll get back to her world probably. Though she was quite worried about Rita being here...

[noplaidshirt]

...Wait, what?

[And that's really all there is to say on the matter.]

[ryuusei_subaru]

Badges, eh...?

[And he's now firing off his own questions.]

I wasn't planning on collecting more Pokemon, or spending time on the gym challenge, but it sounds like you need more of them to fight these gyms, right? But what happens to the Pokemon you collect when you leave? Do they come with you or get left behind? It sounds like a lot of trouble either way...

[kattobingu_ore]

"AH-!" THIS NEVER OCCURRED TO HIM.

"I... I didn't think of that..."

[ryuusei_subaru]

Yeah...I mean, either way, it would be bad for the Pokemon, right? I'm already worried about what would happen to Rocky...

[He looks pensive.]

[flameofthedarkdragon]

A way back?

[Now that caught Hiei's attention that's for sure! He would be more than happy to get out of here and back to Makai.]

So all we have to do is join the Leage? Shouldn't be too hard.

[From below him there is a sharp bark from his Houndour who seems to agree with him.]

[naotoshirogane]

[It seems like work at the Entralink is finally progressing. Naoto is already calculating the amount of time it will take to conquer the rest of the gyms. Returning to Inaba for the investigation he was hired to do is most important, but it seems far off into the future. Also...]

It is a shame that the League champion would refuse to take on worthy challengers.

[Enough pressure could get him to change his mind, though.]

[withmyfluffbat]

It's not just a shame! It's unfair!!

...I'm betting it's not Alder leading the league. If it was him, he'd hand out the badges and get us home straight away!

[shizuo_heiwajima]

[Have a conflicted Shizuo. He really hates the idea of forcing his Pokemon to battle, and certain people back in his own world aren't the greatest for his stress level. Still, he does have friends and family that he misses.]

....