beholdmydemons | first fusion

[...Alright, Walter figures it's about time to make a concerted check-in effort now that he's not in immediate danger and the sun is up again. He hasn't slept yet, having chosen to travel throughout the night. He's caught a useful not-demon that is NOT A FISH, he's figured out where he stands as far as food is concerned, he knows roughly where he's going, and...that's about it. It's enough for now, but sooner or later he's going to hit a dead end for lack of information, and he doesn't like flying blind.]

Commander?....Abbot? [If they're able to communicate through these things that are definitely not Gauntlets, it's worth a shot. But considering that it's been a full day. and he's gotten radio silence from anyone he recognizes...]

[His eyebrows furrow, and he glances away from the Gear for a moment and back with a serious expression.] From what I've gathered, there's a large number who can hear what I say when I use this...this. [Graceful. But he has no idea what to call it, since it's not exactly a glove, so.] I'm looking for people dressed the same way as I, if anyone feels so inclined to aid me. They might call themselves "Samurai", or hail from the "Eastern Kingdom of Mikado".

[Since this foreign world definitely isn't anywhere in Mikado, that should ping comrades and countrymen alike. A thought occurs to Walter after that; what of the rest of his world? Samurai were familiar, but they weren't always the best-informed about what lay beyond their kingdom - Aquila's code had seen to that. The Unclean Ones don't call themselves Unclean Ones (and why should they?), so how...?

...oh, wait, that's how. Duh.]

I'd speak as well with anyone from Tokyo, or who knows of demons. [Since they...evidently don't have demons here. It's a long shot, but whatever.] ...Or anyone who knows how I can get a better..."Pokemon" than these. Are they all this size?

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[Walter accepts the assurance of safety with an idle "mm", looking indifferent. Personally, he doesn't see how any world with supernatural creatures in some capacity could be boring, but if that's the more informed judgment...well, that won't be very pleasant. "Boring but safe" is what he'd just gotten away from, and he was starting to think - not often, but sometimes, especially after the battle for Ikebukuro - that he'd prefer a warrior's death to having to return to anything like it.

So...there's nothing he can really do to control his return. In that case, Flynn and company are going to have to fend without him for a while - and he'll have to set his own worries aside. Not a difficult feat at all, for Walter.]

So, what are we meant to do here while waiting around for the return trip? Travel, I assume, but...to where?

Edited 2013-09-04 05:51 (UTC)

You've got a couple options, there: you can either take the three-day walk down Route 29 to this little hick town called Cherrygrove, or you can take the boat to Kanto, which is the other region here. I ended up taking the walk, myself; it was a long, sweaty pain in the ass, but a lot less expensive than the boat. I think the boat fare's somethin' like 2000 yen.

[The camera wobbles as Yusuke rolls his shoulders a bit. Man. All this traveling's really made him sore.]

Pretty big price tag, considering it'll just lead you to another boring place like New Bark Town. But hey, if you wanna blow over half your cash on that sorta thing, don't let me discourage you. No skin off my nose.

Now, if you want something to do that's a little more exciting than travelling around and prying giant rats off your tail, you can always give the Gym Challenge a try. It's basically how you show off all the training you've done with your Pokemon. Y'go into the gym, you tell your monster to beat the crap out of the gym leader's monster, and then while he's trying not to cry, he gives you a badge and you walk out.

[... yeah, Yusuke had an... interesting experience with Faulkner. But hey, at least the mental image of how his face looked back then is funny to think about! Truly, there is nothing that makes Yusuke feel fuzzier on the inside than the expression of someone who lost to him in a fight - even if the fight involved a bunch of dumb animals.]

The badge itself is a piece of junk, but supposedly collectin' 'em all makes being here a lot easier. The one you can get in Violet, for example, is supposed to help you teach your bird Pokemon how to fly.

[Yusuke looks a little exasperated.]

Don't ask me why you gotta teach a bird how to fly. I'm just glad that mine's not the only one too stupid to figure it out himself.

[Eugh, no, he's not spending that much of his money on something like that. Three days is nothing, on terrain like this.

...and that's an odd mental image, taken literally. Surely, birds fly already? He'd just seen some in the trees. Maybe you can...control their flight? Or maybe something is getting lost in Walter's interpretation of this guy's dialect. Lord knows that's not an uncommon occurrence, for him. ("Hick town", for one, means nothing to him.)]

Gym...leaders, you say? ["Gym" is another. Walter nods slowly, absorbing the information.] If I've nothing to lose by it, I'll take the chance, for the sport.

[Something else had struck him while Yusuke was talking. He plops himself down at the base of a tree with a sigh, resting his elbows on his knees and leaning forward to look down at the Gear.] What of weapons? Are battles commonly waged by these Pokemon? My blade vanished when I arrived.

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