codeforhope | 001 | Video/Action for New Bark

[A video appears on the feed with the sound of a Pokemon crying out happily, slightly muffled and at a bit of a distance. ”Goon! Gooon!” The feed shudders a bit, the surroundings shifting until whoever is on the other side finally gets their PokéGear angled toward themselves. Coming into view is what appears to be a young girl, and from the way their voice sounds in addition there’s nothing that could lead anyone to believe otherwise. This is in fact not the case, and rather she is a he. Still, the outfit he’s currently wearing seems to be made specifically for girls...]

Hello. ..Um. ...

[The child on the other end hesitates, pausing before trying to start again.]

My name... is Chihiro Fujisaki. I’m…not sure where I am...or what is going on, exactly.

[There’s a pause as the feed shifts once again, Chihiro moving to carefully sit in the grass instead of standing. The second he does a Zigzagoon climbs into his lap, nudging his head fondly against the underside of the boy's chin. He's not entirely sure what to do, obviously slightly unsure of the furry creature in his lap, but he seems friendly at least. After a pause he gently pets the Pokémon who continues to sit happily in his lap. Chihiro has arrived slightly overwhelmed by...well, everything, so it’s a moment before he’s able to continue.]

Or...how I got here, but.... Naegi-kun, Oowada-kun, Ishimaru-kun...um...Asahina-san...

[He quickly prattles off all the names of his classmates that he can remember off-hand, before realizing that a huge list of names won’t probably mean much if they...aren’t actually around. That thought strikes him hard for a moment before he takes a breath and continues, his grip on the ‘Gear tightening.]

...and everyone else. If any of you are here, from Hope’s Peak, please answer. Something...something must have happened. I mean, I’m outside again...and not...

[Chihiro seems unsure of what else to say, whatever he was saying dying on his tongue with his voice wavering slightly towards the end, so he dips his head a bit before cutting the feed.]

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...Ah.

[ Not dead yet, but almost. Naegi remembers when they got the motives and they all dispersed to return to their rooms. How he had truly thought that no one would get killed because of some secrets, and that he had been proved wrong less than twelve hours later.

It's been almost a year but he still remembers it in vivid detail. ]

I'm ahead of you. There are some things I want to talk to you about regarding the school, but we shouldn't talk about that now. Not over the PokéGear like this.

[ Spoilery things, like the amnesia. And thanking him for Alter Ego. ]

How about we talk about your Pokémon instead? I see you have a Zigzagoon; did you name him or her yet?

[He'd thank you for that if he knew how to word it, Naegi. The amount of information that's been handed to him over the past half hour or so is quite a lot, far too much for him to handle in one sitting. He knows he won't be getting much sleep tonight, but if anything he'll be able to take the time to think.

...Oh, the Pokémon. He'd been so preoccupied that he nearly forgot he was there, yet his hand has been absently petting the little guy all the while. He's like....like a pet that Chihiro always wanted. ..Not exactly a dog, but.]

Well, um...I was thinking about calling him....Isamu.

[He'd been thinking about it between video responses, about how he'd taken the motive in a way that Monobear probably never intended. ..It seems fitting, given those circumstances.]

Isamu? That's a good name for him.

[ He manages a small grin. Hopefully this is a good topic to talk about, one that won't overwhelm the poor kid. When in doubt, talk about Pokémon. ]

He's your partner now. Everyone gets a Pokémon when they arrive here.

I see....he's really friendly.

[Isamu sticks his nose up to the 'Gear at that, snuffling around a bit until Chihiro holds it slightly out of reach.]

I...I never played Pokémon, but...I'm familiar with some things.

[It's what happens after you spend enough of your time on the computer. Still, even then Chihiro seems a bit lost.]

It was really popular back when the games came out...I'd be surprised if you weren't familiar with it at all.

[ It was more or less everywhere and everyone who hadn't been living under a rock had at least some passing knowledge of the pocket monsters when the craze swept the country. ]

How much do you know about them?

Well....I do know that when the first games came out, there were 151 Pokemon in total...

But Isamu- Zigzagoon- wasn't included among them.

[He says that with a small glance down at the Pokemon still lounging in his lap.]

I could probably name a lot of the first hundred or so, but....I'm not as familiar with those that came after.

This place has a lot more than the 151 from the games... I think the number of species is over six hundred.

I figured you'd say that...I've already seen so many roaming around that I don't recognize.

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