❀ 1st Konpeito ❀ [Video]

[konpeitoqueen]

Someone better- better explain this to me! Before I-

[Someone's screaming into the receiver, mouth and face too close to identify them. However, the voice sounds young and feminine, and it's screeching.] I- I don't want to be here! I want to go HOME! WHERE AM I?!

[The video feed suddenly drops on the ground. For the next few minutes, you can hear sobbing in the background. And then the door opening. At one point she starts screaming and suddenly there's the cheery tune of a Christmas song starting, before the door slams roughly. After a while more and a bit of 'Mawile, mawile?', she finally comes back into view.]

...Ugh. If anyone makes fun of me, I'll rip your head off.

[There's a girl on the camera, wrapped up in so much towels, spare trainer sets and so on that she looks more like a ball of tossed clothes than anything else. Her Mawile tries to snuggle in with her, but she visibly pushes it away and pins its head against the floor. The Pokémon's back mouth snaps in shock, but she doesn't pay much mind.

Her eyes have rings of red around them- hell, her entire face is extraordinarily red. It seems that apart from the cold, she's also been crying.] I'm the Saionji Hiyoko. SHSL Classical Japanese Dancer. From the super-famous Saionji clan.

People keep telling me to leave this town and go beat some Gym Leaders or something, but who cares?! It's cold, this is stupid, and all I have for defense against all these monster-things is... another monster-thing. [Ayani the Mawile perks her head up.] It's not stinky or mean, but it's stupid and rock-hard like metal and just makes me colder! Plus, there's a weird red-nosed deer outside the door that wants me to 'ride it into Cherrygrove in the name of Christmas' or something. Isn't that all a Western tradition? Christmas is just a some event that gives you discounts in stores where I come from. Figures, scummy foreigners just love shoving their shit in everyone's face, even someplace like here... what even IS this place?

...Is there a chance... [She suddenly seems reluctant to say the next few words, but her face turns sour again- almost in realization- and in an instant just spurts it out.] Is this place yomi? It's cold and dead, that's all I can tell! All it's missing is the huge dirty river that separates us from the living realm. I want to give that stinky rotten Izanami a piece of my mind for allowing me to suffer like this! Where is she?! And- [Saionji grabs her Mawile, and both mouths start yapping-] What kind of Yomotsu is Ayani?! [If you're not familiar with Shinto lore, the girl on the video feed is currently spouting nonsense. And even if you are familiar with Shinto lore, her yelling and complaining is so jarring that you'd mistake it for nonsense anyway.]

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video; shsl spoiler warning just in case

[superordinary]

[ SHSL... If the screaming and sobbing hadn't already caught Naegi's attention, that alone would have. Once he's done watching the video, he immediately replies because this girl probably needs someone friendly to welcome her to Johto. ]

Um, Saionji-san, this isn't Yomi. This place is called Johto. That creature of yours is called a Mawile, and it's a Pokémon.

we gonna spoiler up this place

[konpeitoqueen]

[...Not Yomi. Okay, that's- good, but doesn't really help. She kinds of- just stares at the screen for a moment, because Johto sounds like a name she should know but she doesn't...?] Oh- why do these Pokémon just repeat their names over and over? [Almost on cue, Ayani says 'Mawile!' and sticks her face in the camera excitedly.

She gets unceremoniously shoved away.] Why am I here, then?! If I'm not dead, or something! [Not like anyone will ever be able to answer that question.] Did someone kidnap me? Are they gonna sell me off or something? Is- is Ayani supposed to be my co-street performer in a child trafficking incident?! [She immediately rattles off before you can say anything else. Wow.]

double spoilers all the way across the sky

[superordinary]

N-no, no one's going to sell you off or anything like that! [ He looks a little alarmed because wow, child trafficking is kind of an extreme conclusion to jump to. Better try explaining all of this the best he can. ]

I don't know why, but this place brings in all kinds of people, and we're supposed to go on a Pokémon journey...

video; maybe spoilers for their home, just in case.

[lullabytes]

[ ........Ah, that voice...she knows that voice. And that face. A classmate. Someone who probably will recognize her on sight, too, for a change.

...

Probably...? She didn't mention anything that would prove she wasn't from a different time period, but there's really only one way to find out, anyway. ]

...Saionji-san, did you ever play Pokémon...? A game where you collected cute monsters...

[konpeitoqueen]

[What the- but, before she came here, Nanami was- still there?!]

You... no, I haven't! I don't waste money on those- those mind-rotting eye-hurting games- [Saionji's never been so rude about games before.] You're the person who dragged me here, weren't you?! Using some... weird devil magic! I don't play Pokémon, get me out! I always knew you were the most dangerous!

[She's quick to place the blame, even if it's the only person she recognizes.]

[lullabytes]

Ah, that's not it at all, though...I was also taken here, but that was two weeks ago...

[ She doesn't seem overly bothered by the insults, here. ]

Saionji-san, I'm in Goldenrod right now. That's...several cities away, and there's a storm right now, but after that I can try to meet you somewhere? This place isn't bad like that one at all...So, it'll be okay.

[video]

[manfulness]

[Kuwabara laughs. All of this reminds him of when he first got here and was certain it was the spirit world is really amusing and it's all in good spirits, yep.]

It's not a yomi, it's just winter. It's an odd world but most everything's safe here.

[konpeitoqueen]

...A-are you laughing at me? [What, so there was something wrong with just mistaking the world for something else when you just woke up here...? Like... it was something laughable?!

She fixes this the only way she knows how.] No, no, no, you big MEANIE! Don't laugh at me, or I'll really get Ayani to rip you to pieces!

[manfulness]

N-no! I'm not laughin' at you!

[Though his eyes widen and he waves his arms, giving off a very nervous laugh.]

It... it wasn't you! 'M real sorry! It's nothin' up with you at all, I swear. No need to get all worked up on it.

video;

[angerpoints]

["Huge dirty river that separates us from the living realm", huh? Now that's a ping right there! Yusuke had initially begun watching Saionji's video after the sound of her screaming and crying set off nearly every goddamn alarm bell in his system, but after he realized that she wasn't in any immediate danger and was, in fact, just scared and pissed off about waking up here in Johto, he kinda... tuned out the rest of her shrieking and carrying on and started doing something else while still tuned into her broadcast. Oops. He's quick to snap back to attention after that last part, though! And it isn't long after she finishes speaking altogether that she receives a video from him in return. Have a punk with a pompadour all up on your screen, Saionji.]

Listen, if you're thinking this place is the afterlife or something, you're wrong. Trust me, this place ain't nothin' like the afterlife.

[konpeitoqueen]

...Not the afterlife... okay. [She's too emotionally drained to say anything much to Yusuke, and just nods.] People said it's... Johto, where you go on a Pokémon Journey, or something! But it's cold, I'm trapped in a town with no food and there's a blizzard that I don't think is going to end EVER! If this isn't the afterlife, I'm gonna die here!

video;

[angerpoints]

Slow down! Try to relax, all right? You're not gonna die. It's not possible to die here, for one thing, and for another, it looks like you've bundled up enough that a full-force tackle from the biggest American football player on the planet couldn't kill you, let alone a little crappy weather.

[Yusuke gives the metric fuckton of layers she's wearing a meaningful look. Despite not having the most delicate of personalities, he's trying his best to be as gentle with her as possible, since he had the dubious pleasure of being one of the people to listen in on her completely flipping her shit earlier. That said, he... still can't help but tease her just a little, since she does look kind of silly all covered in stuff like that. OOPS. At least he's not doing it maliciously!]

If you're worried about food, your best bet is to hop on one of those reindeer things and head out towards Cherrygrove. I know riding a reindeer probably sounds like a really stupid idea, but it's better than having to walk all the way there. I had to do that back when it was still spring, and it sucked. I don't even wanna think about what it'd be like right now.

[VIDEO] - Possible spoilers?

[diamondo]

[Super High School Level Classical Japanese Dancer, huh? She must be from the same class Nanami was in. Mondo takes a few minutes to respond, trying to figure out what to say to the obviously distressed girl.

Mondo looks the same as always despite the weather; his hair is styled up in the ridiculous pompadour and he's wearing the Crazy Diamonds jacket. It looks like he's outside somewhere, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by the cold.]

I know this shit's pretty crazy, but you're not dead. At least, you're not dead here, I dunno about back home.

[He winces a bit at that and quickly presses forward.]

Have you heard of Pokémon? The game? This place is like that; you get a Pokémon as your partner and you journey around the place, collecting badges from Gym Leaders you defeat. 'Course, traveling in this kinda weather's a pretty fucking stupid idea...

[But apparently the red-nosed Stantler will take you to Cherrygrove! How convenient!]

I'm Oowada Mondo, Super High School Level Biker Gang Leader. Try to calm down, alright? I can answer any questions you have.

[konpeitoqueen]

Huh. Thanks, I guess. [Saionji listens to everything he says rather than what he looks like, for a first. She's appreciating the bluntness and much more detailed elaboration rather then just leaving her hanging and causing her to freak.]

Super High School Level- [OH] You're an SHSL? You have to help me- [...Okay, you can't really be helped-] -my class! We're all on Jabberwock Island and some... crazy bear is telling us to murder each other! Tell the cops or s-something! There has to be a full-scale search for us, right?!

[diamondo]

Jabberwock Island? Shit, you're not in the school?

[How did he miss that? Whoops.]

I can't help you here. Shit, I don't think I could help you back home either since I'm kinda trapped in Hope's Peak by that same fucking bear. I think your class is the second time he does this shit; our class was the first and a lot of us died.

[He's not going to elaborate on his own death because ahahaha dealing with that is funny.]

But we might be able to bring your classmates here! Monobear isn't here and neither's the person behind him. Everyone'll be safe here.

[video] potential spoiler warning etc

[ardent]

Saionji-kun!

[Well, because meeting yelling with more yelling is certainly going to prove effective in this situation, here is Ishimaru; he's seeming a bit worked-up, but that pretty much just means it's a day ending in Y. What's important here is buried early on in what she's said; she's thrown the magical SHSL-words out there and he has no idea who she is, so he can really only assume this is one of Nanami's classmates...]

It's important that you maintain proper conduct and decorum in this circumstance; shrieking in such a way isn't befitting of your title!

[Ishimaru.]

There are many of us from Hope's Peak Academy here - myself included - and we'll help you if we can! But for now, yelling at the network isn't acceptable!

[konpeitoqueen]

Saionji-kun?! I'M A GIRL, YOU NITWIT!

[Great, just great, a stick in the mud.] I can shriek however much I want! I was brought here against my will! I don't care if it's some crazy outside force! [Oh, great, you've set her off.]

...Guh! They should be happy I'm yelling into the network and brightening up their dull winter lives! [Saionji no] And- wait, Hope's Peak?

[ardent]

I can see that you're a girl! However, as I'm responsible for the lot of you, the honorific used is entirely appropriate!

[...speech quirk, Saionji. All of you are subordinates. You're welcome.]

And yes, Hope's Peak! As the Super High School Level Hall Monitor, I was a member of the 78th Class!

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

[...out of all that, he is going to bristle intensely at one thing and one thing only...]

If you think that Westerners enjoy the overcommercialized, culturally bankrupt mess that passes for Christmas in this day and age, you're sorely mistaken.

audio reply with odd wind sounds

[konpeitoqueen]

Pffft. All the Westerners I know loooove it. Or maybe they're just filthy pigs who love the money and the food with too much sugar and fats? You can almost see how savage and greasy they are from their faces!

[Then again, she only knows, like, 1 Westerner. Uh.]

normal audio reply

[enjoymyatelier]

You do realize you're thinking of a very specific subset of Westerners, don't you? They're called Americans. The rest of us don't like to talk about them.

[gardentrainer]

You shouldn't be so mad at it! I'm sure it just wants to be friendly with you and doesn't mean to make you colder. You can use it to catch something that's softer and has fur, but if you treat it like that, it won't like you much. [HUFF HUFF. Don't treat the Pokemon so rudely.]

You probably got taken here like everyone else. It's kind of cold here, but it's not that bad! There's stores where you can buy nice, warm clothes. There's also a lot of people around that can probably help you.

audio response

[konpeitoqueen]

...At... what?

[After a while, it registers in her head that Jade is referring to Ayani.] Ooooh, yeah! She doesn't really care. And anyway, Pokémon are just like animals, right? If they don't fight back, then don't fix what isn't broken!

[Ahahahah wow...] I'm trying to brave out this storm till Cherrygrove- and it sucks! So I'm just talking to people over this network to keep my mind off it.

[video] possible spoilers

[crystalballer]

[...

Hagakure doesn't even know where to start here. Well, they can't all be as nice as Nanami-chi...]

I thought it was a weird version of Yomi myself when I got here, but I guess we're all alive and well here, dude.

That said, I'm Yasuhiro Hagakure, the Super High-school Level Fortune Teller. Uh, nice to meet you and stuff. Do you know Nanami-chi?

[video] everything ends in spoilers somehow

[konpeitoqueen]

You mean Big Sis Nanami? Yeah, I know her.

[SHSL Fortune Teller...?] You're a fortune teller? Oh! Oh! Tell me my fortune!

[Is it just her, or do people in the other class just tend to have fucking crazy hair]