001 [Video!]

[used_friendship]

[The video feed switches on to provide a blurred close up on someone's face. The user moves back slowly, allowing the image to come into focus as it shows a blond teenager sat on the ground, eying the device suspiciously.]

Hey- This thing even on? [A tap on the screen, the teen sighs, exasperated, before looking over to the Poliwag sat beside him.]

You know how to make this work?

[Silence.]

....Didn't think so. Maybe we just...

[Grumbling again as he shuffles in his spot, Naruto holds out the Pokegear a little further as he puts on one of his biggest, brightest smiles.]

Uzumaki Naruto, reporting for duty! Hehe. So, I really need to get home, everyone is counting on me, but the weird lady who thinks she's my Mom said I can't, so since I'm here I'm going to get all the badges and have everyone acknowledge me as the greatest Pokemon trainer there is, you'd better believe it!

[He hops up to his feet, facing the Poliwag once again.] C'mon Gama-chan! Training starts now!

[His speech is interrupted by the loud growling of an empty stomach.] Er... after we eat, that is. Does this place have ramen?

Comments

[video]

[believeit]

I'll have to do it!

Back home I know this guy, and he can make birds to fly on, it's pretty cool!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Make... birds...?

[... The hell is that even supposed to mean, um. As far as he knows, no one can actually, you know, make birds.

Clearly he must have misunderstood!]

You mean force 'em to, or...?

[video]

[believeit]

Eh?

No, no.. he could create them with this really cool technique! He'd draw them on paper and it'd come to life!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

That's...

[He'd say "ridiculous", but on the other hand... He lives in a world where real monsters come out of playing cards. Not to mention he's met people who used to be huge space robots or ponies back where they come from.

... Yeah, he's willing to give him a benefit of doubt.]

Awesome! Never knew something like that was possible!

[video]

[believeit]

Yeah, you can do a lot of really cool things with ninjutsu. but none of them work in this place.

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Makes sense, no kinda powers work here.

... So what's that "ninjutsu" thing, anyway?

[video]

[believeit]

They're techniques you can do using chakra!

[Most thorough explanation ever]

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[wat]

Oh yeah, that's cool.

... Except I have no idea what the heck "chakra" is, either.

[video]

[believeit]

It's..

[gdi he sucks at explaining things like this. Or explaining anything...]

This kind of energy you have inside you. But now that we're here, it's gone.

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Oooh. Gotcha.

[Hearing the explanation, Crow nods slowly. He doesn't really get how it's supposed to work, but it gives him some vague idea of what it is, so that's good enough.]

Either way, since it wouldn't work here, you'd need an actual Pokémon to fly with!

... Also, since you've asked, they do have ramen here, yeah.

[video]

[believeit]

I'm guessing that any of them that look like they can fly- like the birds and stuff- can do it right?

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Pretty much, as long as they're big and strong enough to carry you.

[Please do not try to fly on a Pidgey's back, kthx.]

[video]

[believeit]

What sort of ones can do that then? You know any names? [He's at least not dumb enough to think he can ride on a little pidgey.]