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[rocking_it]

Helloooooo, not Republic City!

[Have a very close-up shot of Bolin's oh-so pretty eyes.]

So, hey. Kidnapped huh. [Kidnapped again, more like it. He leans back and strokes his lack of beard, allowing the rest of his face to be seen. There's a Sentret flopped over his shoulder like a pancake.]

This is a lot better than most kidnappings I've been to. I even get a free--uh, I'm not sure what this is. [He checks out that Sentret. It's a little familiar to him but not quite enough. Like a squished fire ferret.] Yeah, I don't know. But he is adorable! Don't tell Pabu I said that.

[The Sentret makes some little squeaky noises from his shoulder.]

Ahh, guys! It's assaulting me with cuteness! Do you think I should name him?

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[usedwrench]

Wha-- [......] No! I meant... Time is a very strange thing here. People come here from your past or future, and some of them might be people who are dead in your time. They're very much alive here, no zombies.

[rocking_it]

Oh. (whew)

I mean. Oh course not, hahaha... ha.

[He swallows.] Are you serious about that time stuff? I've never heard of anyone doing that, even the avatar.

[usedwrench]

I'm sure. It takes a while to get used to, but a man who is like my adoptive father was here from my past and another familiar man was here from my future. ...This place also cures all injuries and illnesses.

[...the avatar?]

...The avatar; you mean the person who controls all four elements while others can bend just one element?

[Oh geez if you're talking about someone else, this sounds like some nonsense then.]

[rocking_it]

Wow. That's amazing!

--yeah! Korra! She'n I are pals! Don't tell me she's here?

[usedwrench]

Yeah, it's really amazing. [otherwise Ed would have been in trouble after his fight with Kimblee] And gives you another - or the first, really - to meet those who are not in your world anymore.

Korra? Oh, I talked with her, once. I think she's still here, I've been kind of busy, so I don't know for sure, but... [shrug and a little apologetic smile for not being sure about it. Okay, next question's going to be weird. Good thing she already told you about the time stuff.] So, do you know Katara and others from Katara's time too?

[rocking_it]

Wow. That is just unbelievable. [He's not sure who he'd like to meet but still.]

Awesome! If she's here we can have each other's backs. [He beams at the idea of a having a friend here. He is optimistic and all but he needs his friends.]

Katara? [Oh right.] I've met her, I mean, nice old lady and all.

[usedwrench]

I think you'll have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. You know, it's one of those things that you heard from people, but it sounded almost too amazing to be true before you saw it yourself. [That's... How she felt about it anyway.]

Nothing better than having friends from your world here and having each other's back! Good luck, I hope she's still here, and you can introduce your new friends to each other.

[........ yeah.] Errrr, that thing I just told you about time confusions here? Yeah, I know Katara too, except she's a teenager with some fierce temper. And definitely still Katara, the same waterbender and all that. [Is this sheepish grin going to help you believe her?! Well, Korra met the young Katara too, but...]

[rocking_it]

Well, okay! I've seen some pretty amazing things so I guess I'll add it to the list, huh? [Not going to call her on how weird it sounds because she seems like a cool girl and all.]

Yeah, not that I want her stuck here but she can totally handle it. She's the avatar! And I will have her back.

... I think this is starting to hurt my head a bit.

[usedwrench]

You can add it to the list, sure!

Yeah, I know that feeling. We all have everything else to do at home, but we might as well enjoy our time here~? Because if you ever go home, you'll be returned to the same moment where you wake up from here. Time just stays still for you, so no worries about stuff that you should do there.

I... [blushing a little] Sorry. No really, sorry - the whole thing with being in a new world and learning the basics about Johto is confusing enough as it is. Let's just... Say that the time thing is something you'll somehow get used to here, in time.

[rocking_it]

That's even wieeeerder [Both palms meet face] oh my gosh

Yeah yeah it's okay. It's not like it's your fault. And you're being super helpful. [He'll smile for her even if his head hurts because it's true.]

[usedwrench]

Yeah. Though you may not even remember being here when you go back, so at least it won't feel like a weird time jump thing... [She's so good with terms, oh my gosh.] Hey at least you won't miss any nice things.

[Winry gives a little laugh.] I'm glad to be helpful, and kind of used to it since it's part of my work as a mechanic who does electrically powered artificial limbs to people and helps them to take care of them.

[rocking_it]

I ... guess? I mean we were kind of in the middle of celebrations and all. [Or in the middle of giving a bajillion people back their bending, anyway.]

... whoa, seriously? That's amazing!

[usedwrench]

Well, you'll get right back to the celebrations when this world returns you to your world. Which, might take a while, but at least this isn't some place where you have to survive alive from zombies?

Thanks. And yes, really. I might be able to show you a real automail one day.

So, did you name your friend yet?

[rocking_it]

Yeah, I guess? Not that we have zombies back home. I hope.

Automail, huh. That sounds like something only Asami would get, but I'd still like to see it.

I was thinking of Banji.

[usedwrench]

That's good! [Good thing Winry doesn't know about the zombie-like things in Amestris either.]

One day I'll force a guy into a video post with me to show it to the whole world here. Then I can explain stuff too.

Banji sounds good. [thumbs up]

[rocking_it]

That'd be neat! Do you do stuff just for people who've lost limbs? We've got these gloves back home that are electric but they just go over your hand.

[He laughs.] Well, he gets the final say. But if the pretty girls like a name, that's a plus for a guy, right?

[usedwrench]

Yeah, I do them for that kind of people. Our world is kind of full of wars and other stuff, so people lose limbs too often... Your gloves sound cool. [Consider her interested in them!

Pretty girl? A little blush again, but she's all smiles.] They should always get the final say. And that's definitely a plus. Would you like an opinion from a female pokemon too~?

[rocking_it]

Oh, wow. That's cool of you to do. You must be pretty smart. [She is totally a charity-bestowing genius in his mind now.]

Haha, sure! I mean, he has to impress the poke-ladies too, right?

[usedwrench]

[Sheepish grin. Someone just called her smart? That's ...about as rare as 'you're his hero' comments from that one girl who she met on this network.] W-Well, I had great teachers, and I basically spent my childhood reading books from my parents' bookshelf to get some medical knowledge so that helps a lot with my work too. [aaaand some people might sound over-confident or bragging about stuff like that, Winry really doesn't. She's just Winry and normal. She might be blushing a little though!]

He does, especially if you're a breeder? Not that it's a bad thing to impress the ladies as a trainer's pokemon either. [Turning a bit to the left, and ignoring the screen for a moment. "Hey, Didi, come here."]

[rocking_it]

[Bolin nods.] I don't really get to read much. We don't have the money for books.

I'm a trainer, they said. I've trained animals before, so I guess I'm better off doing that.

[usedwrench]

[No money? Ouch.] I don't read that much nowadays, I'm usually busy with work at home and here... Well, with everything that we can do in this world. Except my actual job here, I haven't even started it yet.

Another trainer to my list then. I'm a breeder, so maybe you'll buy pokemon from me la-- [Audino crawls onto Winry's lap.] --ter. And about those opinions from poke-ladies, this is Didi~. She's an Audino.

Didi, say hello? [Yup, she'll say hi! By using ATTRACT! Winry growls.] ...I guess you can do it that way too, but seriously? [Never mind them having their usual "fight" on Didi's behavior.]

[rocking_it]

[Hey, he gets to sleep in an actual bed now! Or did until he came here.]

Oh hey, she's cute. [Bolin has no idea what Didi is doing, but his sentret is bouncing on his tail in greeting. (And because that's what he always seems to be doing.)]

Well, what do you think, Didi? Is Banji a good name for a handsome Sentret?

[usedwrench]

[Sleeping on the actual beds is nice! Sleeping on Altaria's cotton candy-like soft wings is nice too if actual beds are nowhere near you.]

Thanks, I'm sure she loves the compliment. [Winry hugs the little creature and yes, Audino says thank you in poke-language too - and it waves to the Sentret. Hello new friend!

Then Didi tilts her head to both sides and looks a bit thoughtful. ...She nods twice and smiles. Yup, it's good.]

[Winry laughs a bit.] Maybe she'll ask Banji's opinion on his own name later because Audino's have a talent to assess pokemons' feelings.

[rocking_it]

Really? I wonder if they've all got a special talent like that. This guy is supposed to be a scout.

[The sentret--Banji?--bounces up and down on his tail to gain some height, as if to confirm.]

Maybe I should teach him some signals.

[usedwrench]

Yes, really. And they all usually have their own special abilities. A scout, really?

[Awwww, it's so cute!]

You really should! It gives you two something to do while you're traveling, and they might be really useful one day.