strike one [video/action]

[travelsbywater]

[When the Gear turns on, for a few seconds all that can be seen is the sky. Then, a hand reaches over and into the view of the camera as someone picks up the Gear. It soon shifts over to point down at Yuuri, who is laying down on the grass, his Horsea lying next him.] It’s really hot out here. Is it always like this? I wish there was a swimming pool or something around here...

[He sighs and wipes a hand across his forehead.] Anyway, I was wondering… Where exactly am I? I mean I know what pokémon are but I can’t really be in that world, right? After all, it’s just a game. [He laughs a little.] This all has to be a dream or some elaborate prank. I mean, I get that this kind of thing happens in fiction a lot, but the possibility of it actually happening is really low.

So, well, what I’m trying to say is… How exactly do I wake up from this dream?

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[skillspanner]

I know, it's really weird. But... nothing, apparently. It's like time totally stops or something.

[A short pause.] Most of my friends had been here for months when I showed up, but I'd just seen them earlier in the week back home. It's really weird stuff.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

That's pretty complicated. Our kidnappers must be really smart or have some pretty powerful magic to pull something like that off.

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[skillspanner]

I dunno if it's magic... I dunno what it is, but it's all pretty freaky.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

No kidding. I've been through a lot of weird stuff, but this is definitely at the top of the list.

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[skillspanner]

Yeah, you and I both -- this place always seems to take the cake, though.

I'm Yosuke, by the way. Yosuke Hanamura.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm Yuuri Shibuya. It's nice to meet you, Hanamura.

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[skillspanner]

Hehe, you too, Shibuya-san. You know, despite all the weird stuff.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

I guess meeting in the middle of all of this makes it more interesting.

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[skillspanner]

Hehe, maybe that's why most of the people I've met here are.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Maybe they only bring interesting people into this world.

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[skillspanner]

Well, that totally doesn't make it any less creepy or anything...

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Definitely not. Stealing us out of our beds at night is pretty creepy.

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[skillspanner]

It's even creepier when it happens when you were awake to start.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was awake too and finding myself in a bed instead of a bathtub was strange.

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[skillspanner]

Just consider it the first of many strange things. It only gets more weird from here...

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

It does?

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[skillspanner]

Yeah. It definitely does.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

What kind of stuff has happened?

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[skillspanner]

Uh, crazy bug attacks, water Pokémon kind of losing their minds, insane weather.. [He pauses, then sighs.] Oh, and the whole "there's a Pokémon who can steal your soul" thing was pretty much the icing on the cake.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Steal your soul?!

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[skillspanner]

[Nodding.] Yeah, that's right.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

How does something like that even happen?

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[skillspanner]

One of the Pokémon can do it if you look at it a certain way.

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[travelsbywater.livejournal.com]

Huh...

So did people actually get their souls stolen?

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[skillspanner]

[A quiet pause.]

Yeah. That definitely happened.