❀ 001. [ Video/Action from New Bark Town ]

[seetheflower]

Hello? Helloooo?

[ The feed opens to the image of two wide, bright blue eyes staring curiously at the camera. It then zooms out, as Menma pulls the device away from her face. Her finger then appears, to poke at the screen. ]

Can anyone see me? You can see me, right?

[ There's more poking, and then, a wide smile cracks on her gentle features. ]

I'm Menma! Nice to meet you all! I was told I can use this thing to talk to everyone, so~ Hmmmmm...

[ She glances around briefly, before returning her attention back to the camera. ]

So, who wants to catch Nokemon with me? It'll be fun, promise! Let's become friends and have adventures together. Okay? Bye!

[ A soft giggle, then the camera view shakes as Menma tries to find the switch-off button of her new shiny Pokegear. Eventually the feed turns off. ]


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[ Whoever is walking in the streets of New Bark Town can see the figure of a young girl who stands out, more or less, because of her white flowing dress and the fact that she's barefoot. Menma is trotting happily without a care in the world, humming in a sing-song tone in rythm with the music on the background. At her feet, a Petilil is following along in the same chipper manner. One would assume she doesn't know where the hell she's going... ]

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[uuing]

[ Oh boy, becoming friends? Maria right here is first in line - she smiles brightly at the camera, waving a little with her free hand, even. ]

Uu-! Maria wants to be friends, want to be frie-nds, uu-..!

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[seetheflower]

[ OMG someone is talking from this thing! Menma brings the pokegear closer... so close that it zooms again to her face. ]

A friend? Really? [ Huge grin! ] Hello, Uumaria! [ Menma no... ]

[uuing]

[ memna stahp already.. ]

Of course, Maria has a who-le lot of friends, so Memna can just be Maria's newest friend! [ what are honorifics, why would anyone use them, let's just go ahead and call each other by our first name.. ]

... Maria's name doesn't have uu-, though.

[seetheflower]

Then we're going to be friends from now on. I want to know all of Uumaria's friends, so I can be friends with them too!

[ Blink blink, and a tilt of her head. ] Uumaria doesn't have uu?

[uuing]

Uu-, no! Maria's saying that Maria is Maria, not Uumaria! [ she huffs a little, but it's just.. you know, a kid being pouty.. it fades soon after. ]

Maria's name would be a little weird if it was like that, right? Then Maria's name wouldn't be like the Holy Virgin Mary's anymore!

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[islandshore]

You do realize they're called Pokémon, right? With a P.

[What is this Nokémon you speak of.]

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[seetheflower]

I played Nokemon games when I was alive, and there are Nokemons here, so they're all Nokemon!

[ L o g i c. Nevermind that these Pokemon are nowhere similar to the ones she knows of. ]

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[islandshore]

Sounds like a cheap knockoff. Not that Pokémon games even exist where I'm from.

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[seetheflower]

... What's a cheap knockoff?

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[islandshore]

It's like a copy, basically. I mean, Pokémon and Nokemon are only one letter off.

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[lovechronicle]

[Huh? Face is so close at first. But then again, those eyes are really pretty... Ah, so she's one of the new people.]

Hee, you seem very excited about this. [Come on, Mitsuki, you were too... At least this time around.] I'm sure you'll get lots of friends.

[She could be your friend too.]

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[seetheflower]

Everyone is so nice here, I'm happy! I really like it so far!

[ Except for the fact she should definitely buy herself a pair of shoes, but heh. ]

What's your name?

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[lovechronicle]

Ah, well I'm not sure if literally everyone here is nice [because members of team rocket might be somewhere far from good kind of nice people] and sometimes bad things happen, but personally I've only met nice people here.

[Or get a big sisters such as Mitsuki and Lacus down there who might buy her everything!]

I'm Mitsuki. It's nice to meet you, Menma.

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[seetheflower]

Eh? Bad things can happen in heaven? [ She wonders quietly. There she goes again... but the doubt is wiped by another wide smile on her face. ]

Nice to meet you too, Mitsuki! You seem cute and nice, so we should be friends!

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[lovechronicle]

Ehhh? Heaven? [...Did she hear that right?] This isn't heaven though.

[But she'll give her a wide smile, might even include a little giggle into it.]

You seem cute and nice too, let's be friends! We all need many friends here.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Hello as well. Menma, isn't that right?

It is nice to meet you too and welcome to Johto.

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[seetheflower]

Yes, I'm Menma! What's your name?

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[thewhite_symphony]

How rude of me. I forgot to introduce myself.

My name is Lacus Clyne.

I know these circumstances are strange, but I do hope you will find your stay here a pleasant one.

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[seetheflower]

Nice to meet you, Lacus! We should be friends, ne? [ so straightforward. ]

I don't think this place is strange at all! I'm happy because it's like one of these games I used to play when I was alive.

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[thewhite_symphony]

I'd love to be friends ----

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[thewhite_symphony]

Ara? Alive?

[ It surprised her --- at the same time it didn't. Menma isn't the first person she met that claimed to be dead. ]

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[combat_butler]

Ah... That's not really the most subtle way to avoid copyright infringement...

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[seetheflower]

...

What's a copyright infringement?

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[combat_butler]

Basically, it means the name was changed so they could get away with imitation!

... or rather, if it wasn't, the infringing would have commenced.

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[seetheflower]

A name was changed? I didn't know that!