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[Howard figured out from ChatRoulette years ago that setting up the camera slightly beneath him makes him look taller, and as such he finds a rock to set it on out in the woods. He casts a wary glance at the Sneasel prowling around on all fours a few feet away, out of the frame, then turns the Gear on.

He has dark circles under his eyes and keeps glancing at the sky as if checking to make sure the sun hasn't set. He clearly hasn't slept yet today.]

Uh, hi, guys. I guess you're all more used to these kinds of things than I am-

[He's interrupted as the Sneasel hops up on the rock and pushes the Gear onto the ground. To those watching from the outside, the camera lens is suddenly obscured by a rather detailed and up-close view of the grass. There's the sound of Howard swearing at his starter and the camera pans again; it's in Howard's hands now, and he's aiming it at the Sneasel, which is now licking between its foot-claws innocently.]

Are Pokémon usually dangerous? I kind of got saddled with this...cat weasel mall-goth thing. And I don't know how smart it is. I mean, it looks dumb as a sack of hair- [the Sneasel's ears flatten] but I'm pretty sure it knows when I'm talking smack about it. And ever since I called it an oversized fluorescent bunny I've been worried that it's going to shank me as soon as I turn my back on it.

Get a look at these claws it's got...

[The camera on the PokéGear zooms in to get a good, good look at the Sneasel's long, shiny, stabby claws. Then Howard turns the camera back on himself.]

So my question is, is it safe for me to go to sleep or should I get the heck out of Dodge first?

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I'll start heading back. At least we'll have company, right? [The dark is scary, and while Howard's done long hikes before, he's recently been told that the animals here spit poison and shoot fire.]

I mean, this is better than where I came from, but still, you'd think they'd have put our shit in storage, you know?

[ she takes a moment to consider this. not very long but she is in an unfamiliar place and talking to a stranger and-- ] Okay, I'll wait for you!

[ there's definitely safety in numbers and she's pretty sure she can take him on anyways if he turns out to secretly be a sorcerer or something. she just has to find something sharp or heavy, anything that'd be a good makeshift weapon. ] I'd definitely rather be home, but if they're going to kidnap me--

[ oh, actually it'd make sense to take her weapons then. ] Oh, well if they kidnapped me, it makes sense they'd take my weapons.

[Howard's about ninety-five pounds. He could get taken out by a nine year-old. She doesn't have much to fear.]

Wait, wait, what's this about kidnapping?

[If she's some target for, he doesn't know, the Crazy PokéMob, he doesn't want anything to do with her.]

I don't know, what do you call being taken away from your home and dumped... here. [ she's never been captured before, this isn't what she had in mind at all. ]

Or else it's crazy magic, maybe. Either way it doesn't make sense. [ and she's not really interested in thinking over it too much. all she knows is that it's annoying ]

I was going to say magic, but, well, whatever. Not much makes sense these days. [He shrugs.] Give me two hours and I'll be there.

Well magic would be easy, we'd just have to beat the sorcerer up. [ she gives him a confused stare. ]

Right um...what's an hour by the way? I mean, how many hours are in a day. [ she gets that it's a measurement of time but she has no idea how long it is. ]

24. [Howard gives her a look, like she really should know that, but then again maybe they have different measurements of time in...wherever. His knowledge of other cultures is really, really bad.] So I'll be there by dark.

It didn't work like that where I came from, geez! [ don't give her that look! she's not stupid! but this means she has a lot to learn about this place if even basic time/date keeping is different from what she knows. ]

All right, I'll wait for you in front of that PokeCenter place.

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I'll set up a log this week?

works for me

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