[text] the best way to arrive is by ambulance

[palletless]

um hello, my name is red
i'm currently staying at the hospital right now i guess?
thank you for taking care of me but

i'm sort of confused
am i hallucinating all this or what
i need to contact my mom

Comments

[Text]

[not_that_sasuke]

It's not a hallucination.
You won't be able to contact your mother or anyone from your world unless they are here as well.

[text]

[palletless]

...my world?

i give up, i dont get this stuff
it sounds like a bad movie
i'll sort that out when they release me i guess

[text]

[not_that_sasuke]

[There's a small pause before the next text comes.]

How much have you been told about the situation here?

[palletless]

well, they started to explain it i think
but i sort of blacked out

i woke up here and the doctor said he was worried about my recovery first

[not_that_sasuke]

What were you doing before you found yourself here?
You mentioned being in the hospital. Are you injured?

[palletless]

i'm not injured anymore
they said i'm mostly here for observation now

and i was trying to get home
i think i made it half-way?
then it sort of all blurs together

[not_that_sasuke]

Trying to get home from where?

[Text]

[akihisaful]

Hi Red, I'm Akihisa Yoshii! Nice to met you!

...Wait, the hospital? What happened?!

tooxt

[palletless]

it's a long story
i'm better now anyway

mostly
i'm sort of scared to check on my pokemon
i asked if there was a pokemon center around and the doctor just got confused

tex-- wow i just realized misspelling for me OOPS

[akihisaful]

Oh... Well at least you're doing better, yeah!

Pokemon? What's that?

shoosh i didnt even notice text --> video

[palletless]

this place really doesn't have pokemon?
that's really hard to imagine

hold on

[After a bit of fiddling with the confusing technology, Red eventually got the video to work. He was, indeed, in the hospital, and wrapped up ridiculously tight in his blanket, despite having an IV going in somewhere. The only things poking out at all were his hands and his neck up...and his pokedex. It was sort of cumbersomely handled, but he eventually got the camera to focus on the entry for bulbasaur.]

Like that. [His voice was almost embarrassingly raspy and faint, for that matter.]

text :')

[akihisaful]

Whoa, so that's a Pokemon? That looks something like I'd see in a video game, actually!

back to text

[palletless]

that's bulbasaur
it's not common where i'm from, but it's well-known as one of the best starter pokemon
i have one, but he's evolved in to a venusaur by now
he's sort of too big for me to take out in here anyway
he'd break my bed

and probably my legs

[text]

[getoutclaus]

...What happened before you blacked out, Red?

I mean before you even got here, or to the hospital.

Be as brief as you want, just gimmie something.

[It was obvious enough that whatever happened this kid hadn't gotten an explanation from Butterfly, not a full one anyway - then again, Santa still wasn't even sure he'd call the explanation he'd been given a 'full' explanation.]

[palletless]

well
um




i am pretty sure i died

[Typed with all the awkward and hesitation and do-not-want-to-dwell-on that one would expect from a fourteen year old ex-dead kid.]

[getoutclaus]

That's uh that's pretty fucking awkward man.

Would it help to know that this wasn't the afterlife you're stuck in?

[palletless]

not especially
i don't really believe in an afterlife

i guess that's getting in to weird territory though so

i'm alive now but the said i was in shock or something
which makes sense i was sort of trapped on a mountain for a while

i want to go home but i am sort of afraid to think about what that would entail

[getoutclaus]

[There comes a certain time in a douchebag McGee dick face asshole jerkyjerk's life when he has to decided what's more important; keeping his secrets and past to himself or trying to help a kid who is worried about being dead.

Santa doesn't know which is more important right now, though.]

...Useless to think about it right now, it'll only make your hospital stay last longer.

[Better advice will have to wait. Yeah. Needs more social link ranks or something.]

Just... I dunno don't rush back to your home anytime soon. Just incase. Figure something out first - find someone to figure it out with you if you have to.

[palletless]

i was up there for longer than a week, we ran out of food
if i collapsed then i for sure did but
i'm alive now
but i came here still cold and

maybe yeah i shouldn't dwell on it

[There's a significant pause, before he sends another message-]

i wish i remembered more of what that butterfree guy said
or well, anything he said at all
i'm not sure if even the doctors know what's up
and the mask guy is in charge, right?

[deathbylipstick]

No Unfortunately This Has Shown No Sign Of Being A Hallucination
When You Are Feeling Better I Am Sure You Can Go Looking For Your Mother As Well
Perhaps If She Is Here She Will Have Seen This Message And Will Be Coming For You Soon
In The Meantime
Hello My Name Is Kanaya
Are You Alright Red

[palletless]

i'm alright now, just a little cold still
not that it's cold here, and i'm much better now, but
i dunno
i wish i could go somewhere i can release my pokemon

[deathbylipstick]

Your What
Im Sorry But I Do Not Know What A Pokemon Is

[palletless]

it's okay, nobody seems to know what pokemon are
they're common where i come from

some people consider them pets, but they're more than that
they help people fight and defend them
and they're like family to me

but most of mine are too big to have with me in small rooms like this
so they're in their pokeballs- these little spheres that house them

[deathbylipstick]

How Interesting
Perhaps You May Find Something Similar In The Persona Gifted To Most People In This World
They Do Seem To Create Strong Bonds With Their Owners
And The Aries District Features A Battling Arena As Well
Though If I May Ask
How Do These Creatures Which Are Too Large To Fit In Some Rooms Fit In A Tiny Little Spherical Pokeball

[palletless]

yeah, i was wondering about that
i'm a trainer, but it seems odd to be fighting myself
i'm not very good at it, that's why i have my pokemon in the first place
i guess i'll see about that when they release me

a battling arena?
i'm going to have to check that out

[Guess who's going to be heading there IMMEDIATELY after being released now~?]

um
i'm not really a scientist, i don't know how it works
they sort of...shrink, i guess?
only not
they can basically survive forever inside a pokeball if it's not damaged
but if it is damaged, well
it's not pretty