1st Theory ○ [video//Action for NBT] [backdated to Sunday evening]

[esthetically]

[A red-spectacled young gentleman appears on the screen after a few seconds. He looks... slightly disturbed but more or less serious.]

I’m sorry to intrude, but I’ve actually got quite a few inquiries on this, uh... [World? Virtual Simulation?] ...this place. I’ve already given the trainer information packet a skim over, but I’m not surely meant to believe that we’re in some alternative world, am I?

First--and I do apologize if this question comes off as redundant or foolish--but I’d like to know how it is to return to where I need to be. Tomorrow is an important day for my teammate and myself, and we don’t have time to dawdle. I’d also prefer to do as little stalling as possible, as I would prefer if we headed back as soon as we're able.

[As Rei continues to talk, a young boy's voice can be heard off in the distance causing a whole lot of commotion. Eventually, a head of blond hair zooms past Rei toward the right, and then comes on back toward the left... and then the right. And then the left again. And then Nagisa ends up running circles behind Rei for a few seconds before there's a loud "Aha!" and he shouts out toward his occupied friend.]

Rei-chan! Rei-chan look, look what I caught! It's the biggest mouse I've ever seen! It's so chubby and fluffy! Look!

[With what appears to be a Dedenne in his arms, Nagisa speeds over to Rei and practically tackles right into him.

Just as the Dedenne decides that it really doesn't enjoy being treated so roughly and decides these weirdos need to be punished with a jolt of electricity.]

NAGIS-AAAHHH!!!

[At the shock, Rei's gear goes flying, and clunks on the ground. With that final scream, the gear shuts off momentarily.]

Comments

[hiraoyogi]

[Except this is no time for jokes.]

--oh no! We can't go home?! Really?! But we have lots of important things to do! And my parents are going to be so mad!

[francia]

[France beams briefly. It's a bad pun, but even a sophisticated creature like France can't deny the fun of it!]

[His expression sobers, though, sympathy the primary emotion in his eyes.]

Unfortunately, this place works in entirely mysterious ways not only in how people come here but how they leave. We haven't been able to establish any known mechanism, expect people tend to appear in groups and in New Bark, Goldenrod, or Mahogany.

I am sorry. I wish that I had better news for you.

[hiraoyogi]

In groups? I ended up with Rei-chan, so does that mean more of our friends could be here too? But I didn't see anyone else.

[francia]

It's possible there are others from your world here and they've arrived before you. A good way to look would be to communicate through the 'Gear; every person who comes here from another world has one, and they're all connected into the same network.

[hiraoyogi]

A gear? You mean this thing that I'm talking to you with? That's a weird name. It doesn't look anything like a gear... but it's like a phone, right?