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001 | Text | New Bark Town

[Okay the new guy is just going to cut to the chase here.]

2 questions:

1. why am i human?

2. what is the fastest/easiest way to get home?

[There is a pause before his next text, realizing that he should probably be more polite about these questions.]

please respond asap. i'd really appreciate it.

[Perfect.]

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Were you an animal or monster before?

Did you get your Pokémon yet?

[Perry is about to answer, but he remembers that if he arrived here, then there's at least a chance that at least one member of his family could arrive here in the future and he should be careful.]

Confidential.

[He is going to answer the second question though.]

Yes, he calls himself a "Psyduck"

He seems nice enough.

Right. Whatever suits you.

That-

[Newbies. Lightning, you once were one, but this...]

He is a Pokémon called Psyduck. And that's all he can say unless you magically talk Pokémon.

now that you mention it, I think I might be able to.

he is asleep now though, so i need to wait to verify this.

You sure he's asleep?

So I take you that 'mom' didn't creep you out too much?

pretty sure.

he seems to just be napping but it feels rude to wake him up just to ask him something i can still figure out later.

I wasn't "creeped out" by her so much as get kind of confused. no one has ever treated me like that before so I was thrown off.

[Okay that came out a little bit more sad than intended.]

Just don't expect an intelligent conversation.

She treats everyone the same.

oh.

[Well that's a relief... kind of.]

is she some kind of a robot?

No. Just addled.

well that's... weird.

has anyone tried to get her help?

Yes. Nothing works. She's just broken.

As long as she doesn't get violent, we should be fine.

"broken"?

[That sure is an interesting way to describe her condition.]

well if you're sure she'll be fine.

She's been so far. There are people who have been here for years who assure me she's fine.

and is there anyone else here that acts like that?

The professor, a few random town folk. Nothing much to worry about. They're harmless.

their ability to harm me isn't what i'm worried about.

[Because to be honest, Perry might think he's a little unbeatable in fights.]

oh.

i heard that this world was based on a video game. that might have something to do with it?

Why does everyone keep saying that?

If this was based on a game, why drag real people into this place? Why not just create your own?

could be an accident.

i knew a couple of people who were able to create a video game world so i wouldn't say it's an impossibility.

This feels way too real to be a video game.

it still would explain why some people here act robotic without being robots.

i've heard video games have become very realistic anyway

I wouldn't know. I don't play video games.

well "video game" does seem like a believable option for me.

although i guess it couldn't hurt to consider other options.

Maybe they have some twisted Pokémon god here or something.

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