01 » Video
Jul. 20th, 2013 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
topoftheclass[The image that appears is that of a young woman easily still in her teens with short brown hair and brown eyes. The young woman is leaning against a tree a pink fox creature sprawled in her lap, eyes closed in contentment. She appears to be concentrating on getting her gear to cooperate before her features smooth to almost peaceful followed by a murmured 'there we go'. Throughout there's a Pidgey occassionally photobombing the video but for the most part the young woman keeps her cool and ignores the bird.]
I’ve read a couple chapters in the Trainer’s Handbook and skimmed the beginning of the Breeder’s Guide, but I’m still a little at a loss. I understand the concepts of what the handbook and guide are trying to get across, but I really want to know why I am here? I realize it might be presumptuous to think there is a reason, but if there is I would really like to know.
[There’s a pause before her gaze narrows and she leans in toward the gear startling her Vulpix from his perch with a squeak as it slips from her lap in search of more stable ground.]
Yusuke I swear if this is another case and I’m only just finding out about it- [She cuts herself off abruptly and takes a deep breath. Somewhat insecure this one but she has a right to be in some respects. Slowly the Vulpix edges closer, forepaws resting on her leg as it slides into view of the camera and makes a soft sound meant to get his trainers attention. It makes her smile. She continues but she looks a little sheepish from her outburst. She doesn't even know if he's here and she's yelling at him.]
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to frighten you Kurama, I just realized something is all. [Her attention shifts back to the gear while she pets the Vulpix.] Anyway. My name is Keiko Yukimura. I’m looking for information on what I’m doing here and my friends if they’re here. One is a loudmouthed boy with black hair, brown eyes, and an obscene love for hair gel. Another is a girl with blue hair and purple/pink eyes. She’s a sweetheart, really bubbly and talkative with a big heart. Then there is Kuwabara, orange hair has a heart of gold and has a complicated relationship with the other boy.
[That should about cover the basics, her descriptions covering what most people would immediately pick up on if they met any of her friends. Gently she nudges her Vulpix off her leg and begins to stand the last image is of the ground before the feed cuts out the last thing anyone here's is Keiko calling for the Pidgey to land finally a little fed up.]
I’ve read a couple chapters in the Trainer’s Handbook and skimmed the beginning of the Breeder’s Guide, but I’m still a little at a loss. I understand the concepts of what the handbook and guide are trying to get across, but I really want to know why I am here? I realize it might be presumptuous to think there is a reason, but if there is I would really like to know.
[There’s a pause before her gaze narrows and she leans in toward the gear startling her Vulpix from his perch with a squeak as it slips from her lap in search of more stable ground.]
Yusuke I swear if this is another case and I’m only just finding out about it- [She cuts herself off abruptly and takes a deep breath. Somewhat insecure this one but she has a right to be in some respects. Slowly the Vulpix edges closer, forepaws resting on her leg as it slides into view of the camera and makes a soft sound meant to get his trainers attention. It makes her smile. She continues but she looks a little sheepish from her outburst. She doesn't even know if he's here and she's yelling at him.]
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to frighten you Kurama, I just realized something is all. [Her attention shifts back to the gear while she pets the Vulpix.] Anyway. My name is Keiko Yukimura. I’m looking for information on what I’m doing here and my friends if they’re here. One is a loudmouthed boy with black hair, brown eyes, and an obscene love for hair gel. Another is a girl with blue hair and purple/pink eyes. She’s a sweetheart, really bubbly and talkative with a big heart. Then there is Kuwabara, orange hair has a heart of gold and has a complicated relationship with the other boy.
[That should about cover the basics, her descriptions covering what most people would immediately pick up on if they met any of her friends. Gently she nudges her Vulpix off her leg and begins to stand the last image is of the ground before the feed cuts out the last thing anyone here's is Keiko calling for the Pidgey to land finally a little fed up.]
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 06:52 pm (UTC)Unfortunately for the pidgey sleeping on top of the gear, the ears attached to its owner are finely tuned to the name Urameshi, and there's a squawk that isn't from the bird before the pidgey is shooed off.]
Get, ye lazy wee thing, I've been lookin fer that little thingermajig all day!
[A shock of red hair enters the frame, upside-down, followed by big blue eyes and a grin that almost takes up the whole screen.]
Any friend o' Urameshi's is a friend o' mine, and I don't say it light! Far as yer questions go... [He sticks his pinky in his ear and picks it idly.] Dunno why we're stuck here, and I dunno who brought us, but if I ever be findin out who took me wind and how they did it ye can well bet I'll be showin' 'em me own brand o' welcome!
What're ye doin' all upsy-downy? Oh-- dammit I'm holdin the damn thing wrong. [The screen rights itself and his grin brightens.] Yers is a voice I heard before - these ears o' mine don't forget a voice easy! Fraid I can't place it, though, ye'll have ta remind me. Jin's the name! Jin the wind master, but the winds round here don't listen, so jes' Jin it is!
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 07:40 pm (UTC)I remember you. You and a few other's chased off some creeps while Yusuke was unconscious during the semi-finals.
[There's a pause after that her attention shifting back to whether any of the gang is around. Important information she needs to know not that Jin was particularly a bad thing.]
So is any of the team here?
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 07:50 pm (UTC)[His expression briefly flashes to confusion, but then his smile returns.]
Guess that hasn't happened on me end yet - not doubtin ye, though, after all me an Toy owe Urameshi a big debt, we do, and if we can chase off some creepos t'fill it I know I'd be happy t'do so. Are ye Urameshi's girl, then? That's where I know yer voice from, ye was yellin up a right big ol' storm during the tourney, ye was!
[He doesn't really have to consider his answer, and happily complies with the request.]
Aye, Urameshi's here! And the blue-haired lass, too! Bought one of these pokey-thingy's eggs fer me little buddy off her just recently! Reckon Urameshi'll be gettin hold o' ye soon as he hears this, specially if yer his lady love- [He chuckles at that.] -But I can give 'im hell fer ye if ye'd like!
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 09:20 pm (UTC)Video
Date: 2013-07-20 09:29 pm (UTC)*Say hello to Imogen! isn't she cute? She's a little too close to her camera but it's clear she's a bit... excitable. Her hair is in a simple pair of twintails to beat the heat.*
Anyway! Not important! The answer to your question is a resounding nobody has a single clue and everyone asks this or the other thing when they arrive.
Sorry I can't give you anything more... more. Than that!
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 10:56 pm (UTC)[She's blushing now, a little embarrassed because she did scream like a banshee throughout the tournament and not just for Yusuke but also other members of the team too.] I- What? Um...
[Moving on]
I'm glad to hear that they're here. You're probably right. No need, he'll get in touch eventually.
Video
Date: 2013-07-20 11:02 pm (UTC)[This girl totally confuses her and also she has way more perk than Botan. But okay she can handle that.]
Other thing?
Thank you for trying to answer me. It's a start.
Video
Date: 2013-07-20 11:17 pm (UTC)Oh, the other thing is "How do I get home to my own adventures and ninja-pony-robot-wizard powers" which has the same answer to the question of how we got here! And why we got here! Most questions on the rhyme and reason of being here are pretty unknowable.
Someone here has to be a philosopher and loving every moment of this! Unless they're being attacked by a Pokemon.
...Start to what? Have I started something?
no subject
Date: 2013-07-20 11:39 pm (UTC)[Sorry he almost crushed you with his falling body if it hadn't been for Shizuru's quick action, Keiko.]
Think I might give him hell anyway, if it's all the same t'ye. Ye headin' out now fer the next city? This place is a helluva lot safer than demon world, even a human ought not t'be worryin her pretty little head about travelin alone. Specially not with the little pokey-things they give ye!
Oh, what sort d'ye got? Speakin of.
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 12:46 am (UTC)Oh. That would be an important question for some. Just not a question that would occur to me.
That's really nice of them to do.
Not exactly. Just gave me a starting point for what's going on.
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 12:58 am (UTC)Not someone with ninja-pony-robot-wizard powers? I don't have any either. Then again my first thought when I was here was "Oh my god why is this Mom woman so weird" followed by "COOL A MAGICAL POKEMON ADVENTURE!"
But... nobody knows what's going on.
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 01:26 am (UTC)Just a normal old human. Running around breeding pokemon isn't exactly something I would define as cool. But Mom is definitely weird.
Yeah...That's kind of what I meant. I have a starting point for what answers I'll get and little else.
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 01:31 am (UTC)Well, you get to go places, and meet people! That bit is fun, and since everyone is from somewhere else it's never ever boring! What could be bad about any of that?
This place is generally more fun if you relax and go with the flow. Getting stuck wanting to be somewhere else will just wear you down! Take it from me, Imogen Moreno! *And then she does a highly energetic twirl for dramatic effect!*
no subject
Date: 2013-07-21 01:38 am (UTC)[It's okay, Shizuru kept her from getting massively injured no harm done.]
If that's what you want then I suppose I can't really stop you. Yeah. I left this morning for Cherrygrove.
Oh I have a Vulpix that I named Kurama. He's an adorable little pink fox. [And with that she turns the camera so Kurama's cute little face comes into view an obvious curiosity shining in his eyes as he attempts to paw the gear that has been put within his reach. ]
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 01:53 am (UTC)It isn't necessarily bad if it's by choice. [Which this wasn't okay. Forgive her if she's a little cranky about being told to just chill out and go with the flow.]
Maybe but I was really looking forward to going home.
Video
Date: 2013-07-21 02:04 am (UTC)Lots of things aren't really a choice. School, Family dinners, dental appointments, going past the really pretty but really expensive dresses at the mall, growing old, but it doesn't matter because you can still make them yours!
And you'll get home eventually! And it'll be like you never left! Just... you don't choose when... that's the bit that can be unfun. But let's talk about more fun things!
no subject
Date: 2013-07-21 04:09 am (UTC)Anyway! Good on ye fer settin' out - we're in the next city after that one. 'Bout a week o' walkin, but I bet ye'll be meetin Urameshi halfway if he's got anything t'say about it.
[He watches her introduce her starter and then busts out into guffaws.]
Same spelling* and all? About the mos' fittin name ye could give 'im!
[*same kanji]
[voice]
Date: 2013-07-21 09:24 am (UTC)[A pause.]
As for why us, or why here, I am afraid none of us know any more than you do.
[video]
Date: 2013-07-21 10:07 am (UTC)Cake-oh?
[At least it's fairly pronounceable, and she sounds pretty level-headed as teenage girls go.]
Long story short, nobody knows what's going on here, and all the natives have some kind of brain damage. You won't be getting much out of them. You'll have better luck if there's anybody you know around...
[He wasn't sure if he heard the name right, but that description tears it.]
A punk pain in the ass with a helmet for hair and a weird name? You know that asshole?
Yeah, he's around here.
[After a second, a smirk curls the edge of Blake's lips.] If you see him, ask him how he likes bats now.
video; 1/3 HEY WATCH ME COMMENT IN THE WRONG PLACE LIKE A MORON
Date: 2013-07-21 12:20 pm (UTC)It's funny that Keiko mentions his "obscene love for hair gel", though, because at the time of her posting to the network, Yusuke is actually at the PokeMart, restocking his supply. He's not completely out just yet - this much is proven by how he's still rocking his pompadour of power today, the same as he always is. It's just that he'd rather stock up now rather than wake up sometime later on and find himself having to go shopping with his damn hair hanging in his eyes; no matter what anyone else says or feels about it, it is a fact that Yusuke Urameshi's hairstyle is an essential part of his "look", and just because he's not at home or otherwise in a place where he'd immediately be recognized as Someone Not To Be Fucked With doesn't mean he can half-ass his appearance! Seriously, you wouldn't deprive a CEO of their business suit, wouldja? These two things are totally the same.
... anyway. HAIR-RELATED META ASIDE, it's as Yusuke is standing around waiting to check out that, in a fit of boredom (or perhaps on reflex, because unbeknownst to him, he's quickly turning into one of those teenagers who fiddle around with their cell phone whenever there's a dull moment - hey, the way he sees it, anything that'll help discourage random strangers from trying to make small talk with him is a-okay in his book), he pulls his 'Gear out of his pocket and begins flipping through the channels, offering each message he comes across little more than a cursory glance before switching to the next one. There doesn't seem to be anything fun happening on the network this afternoon, but just for shits and grins, he keeps looking, and when he flips to the next video over...]
video; 2/3 i don't even know how that happened???
Date: 2013-07-21 12:23 pm (UTC)To be honest, Yusuke's not really sure whether or not he's just tricking himself at first: after all, he's only spent, what, every other weekend skimming through the bi-monthly waves of videos from confused newbies trying to find anyone, anyone from home, with Keiko somewhere pretty damn close to being at the forefront of his mind?
Sure enough, though, Yusuke recognizes that voice - and that nagging, for that matter. He would recognize the sound of her badgering him even if he'd been here for a hundred years.]
video; 3/3 WHATEVER
Date: 2013-07-21 12:28 pm (UTC)He needs to go to her. He needs to go to her right now.
When the feed clicks on from his end a short while later, Yusuke's on his way back to his hotel room to collect his things; as a result, the video is a bit jiggly, the camera bouncing with each brisk step he takes down the street. If she's looking closely enough, Keiko might notice a big blue bird following him in the background, but what takes up the majority of the screen is Yusuke's face, which is looking... a smidge flushed, for some ~mysterious~ reason. Perhaps the heat's getting to him! Or maybe he's just recovering from that big damn adrenaline rush he got from seeing her after so long. Either way, his expression is pretty level, and so is his voice as he tells her:]
I dunno what kind of cases you think I go on, Keiko, but this isn't one of 'em. If it was, Botan would've told me about it before I got sent here, and I probably would've asked her what the hell Koenma was smoking.
[Besides, he was already on a case when he suddenly found himself waking up in New Bark Town, but uh, Keiko might not know that. He kind of suspects she doesn't, given the way she called him out ("another case"), but he's not going to get on the subject of timey-wimey bullshit right away. For now, he's got other shit to address, such as...]
Where are you? You're in New Bark Town, right? And who the hell're you callin' "loudmouthed", nerd?
[>:I Don't think he wasn't gonna comment on you talking shit about him just now, Keiko! To be fair, though, he doesn't seem to be quite as incensed by her comment as he perhaps would be normally. He's making a bit of a face at her, that's for sure, but alas, he's way too happy to see her to be annoyed with her... even if she totally described Kuwabara in a much more flattering way than she did him.]
video;
Date: 2013-07-21 08:46 pm (UTC)[I mean after you answer the "where am I" that really just leaves "how did I get here" and "but why".]
I don't know about the blue haired girl or Kuwabara, but Yusuke is definitely here! I wouldn't be surprised if he contacts you soon or already has and I just wasn't paying attention. Anyway, nice to meet you Keiko, my names is John Egbert. And even though I can't tell you why you are here, I can possibly answer any questions you might have that the handbook didn't cover.
no subject
Date: 2013-07-21 09:23 pm (UTC)Now if only there was a spray specifically to repel the purple rats, instead of everything. That'd be more like if I have anything to say about it. [Let's face it she is totally capable of making it to Cherrygrove on her own.]
No, for sanity's sake I used different characters. [Or would...]