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[neededlassie]

[The screen flickers on to show a boy who looks like he’s a little bit in a fog. Behind him, a Buizel bounces around happily through the snowdrifts, nearly disappearing only to poke her head up every now and then, her whiskers and fur caked with snow.]

Hello? Is anyone out there? My name is Shaun Mars. There was this lady who called herself my mom, and she gave me a backpack full of food and clothes and stuff, and I sorta...just wanted to know if that had happened to anyone else. And also, if the food was...safe to eat. It’s like rice, and I think there’s fish and vegetables and stuff too, or something.

I think I might've gotten someone else's Pokegear thing. It says it's my birthday today, but my birthday was two days ago.

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[doitrockapella]

[...Wow, that sure is a really little kid out there, stranded in New Bark in the middle of winter and sounding extremely lost. Normally, Carmen would stick to straight-up text as a matter of course, but given the circumstances, she'll make an exception this time. Because super pinged by lost little kids, okay.]

Hello, Shaun. I can hear you. You've just arrived here, haven't you?

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[chosen_light_child]

[Oh dear. He definitely didn't seem to be in a good mood. Then again, considering where he just woke up...]

Don't worry. She kinda does that to everyone. The food's perfectly safe to eat.

But I'm pretty sure that pokégear is supposed to be yours. You don't end up with someone else's when you first get here.

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[willrememberthis]

[There's a new kid here - and he doesn't seem to be as panicked, confused, or afraid as some of the others have been, including Clementine herself, which is good, probably. He's obviously disoriented and lost, though - and of course he is. Maybe just talking will be of a little help to him there?]

You don't like fish?

[It isn't hard for her to manage a non-grave, not-too-terribly-concerned tone with a little of her attention on that little Pokémon - a baby seal, or a weasel? - playing in the snow in the background.]

[usedconfusion]

The food's okay kid.

[Behind Ron, his Pokemon are playing around in the backyard of the house he rented, using his solosis (Who actually looks like she's having fun) as a volleyball.]

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[ragnarok_strike]

[Here, have a father. |D
Laguna's sitting outside, on a Violet City bench - his newly-born Deerling making a few cries off-screen. She's playing. He's got his oddly-pink Wooper on his lap, however - the Wooper is looking wetter and a bit puffier then a normal one, not that Shaun could tell.]
Well, the food was safe when she gave it to me... are you okay, Shaun? It's still pretty cold down there.
[He's better with little girls, but still...]

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[timelymaid]

[ For Shaun's reference, Aradia looks about fifteen or sixteen. ]

Hello, Shaun! I'm Aradia Megido. That's perfectly normal - people come here from other worlds and end up at that place, with "Mom". She sent you out the door already, right?

The food is perfectly safe, and I really don't know why the pokegear would think it's your birthday.

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[triptoprofiling]

[No...

No, this can't-- Why him? Why Shaun Mars out of all people? It makes absolutely no sense. Not after what the poor kid has been through.

Norman's immediate reaction is surprised, slack-jawed at the sight of the younger Mars in front of the camera. Not only is he physically here but he's stranded. Needless to say Norman is quite concerned.]

It's alright. Everything inside your bag is perfectly safe.

[The distance between where Shaun and him are standing doesn't help the situation any more.]

Are you okay, Shaun? Are you by yourself?

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[red_roses]

She's kind of scary, isn't she? B-But, all the food is safe to eat. Don't you usually have fish and rice at your school? My real mom makes much better Bento.

Action [I assume he's still in New Bark?]

[naive_nature]

NO- WAIT! [Too late. Have a blue headed polar bear with a big snot drip diving in after your Buizel.]

Ohhhh! [And here is said polar bear's trainer, running over all worried.] I'm sorry! So sorry! He didn't run into you, did he?

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[Okay, Heather pretty much invariably feels sorry for people who show up here during winter. The hike from New Bark to Cherrygrove in the summer is one thing. In the winter? She's surprised more people haven't disappeared entirely and shown up in the spring in a ditch once the snow and ice melt.]

[So yeah, she's wincing when Shaun's video comes up on the network.]</sub>

The food's fine, just make sure not to eat it all at once. It's all you got till you get to Cherrygrove.

[video] i am totally not late to this party, no

[bywiseguidance]

[Oh. Oh dammit she wishes to have Words with whoever decided when people show up and where, much less dumping kids into the middle of a ton of snow in winter and expecting them to walk three days. At a minimum. Loud, angry words. Yes.

For now she'll have to settle for internal Hebrew keysmashing. Ziva puts on her best 'dealing with the kiddos' expression and turns on the video.]

Hello, Shaun. My name is Ziva David.

Do not worry about the lady, she says that to everyone that wakes up in her house. But the food she gives you is good, though it has to last until you reach the next town. Do you think that you can manage that?

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[useduproar]

Double birthday! Now you've got another year on there!

[Hiyoko pauses, tapping her chin thoughtfully] I didn't even think about the food being poisoned, but I ate all mine and I'm totally fine!