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uh... hello? does anybody read these memo things?
is this some kind of prank? i wouldn't put it past terezi to pull something dumb like this.
so terezi if you're reading this can we just go through the "gotcha" moment and can you send me back?

anyways if you are NOT terezi and this is NOT a prank could somebody please tell me what's going on?
because last thing i can remember i was running a bunch of weird time errands for an alien girl.
and then i woke up here in a bed that is definitely NOT mine because it doesn't have cool ghost bed sheets.
also apparently i have a mom now?
she is nice i guess and this lunch box looks delicious, don't get me wrong!
but i was doing some important things!
i don't have time to be playing with this cloud bird thing!!!
(though it is a very cute cloud bird, i will give it that.)

i have tried to get back but my weird time jumping powers do not seem to work here.
and i cannot even fly anymore which is such bullshit! i forgot how lame it was to walk around everywhere.
also my sylladex is gone. so i don't have any of my cool computers or weapons.
instead i just have a backpack and this lame "poke gear" thing which doesn't even have pesterchum installed.
so. yeah.
could somebody fill me in, please?

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summoning? what kind of summoning?
like.... weird horrible eldritch beasts summoning?
i have a friend who would always talk about that kind of stuff, but i'm pretty sure she was joking about it.

no offense, but romance novels seem really silly to me.
like aren't they all about bosoms and heaving chests and guys with long hair and ripped shirts and stuff?

No!!
They're about emotional connection and the terrifying but beautiful feeling of confessing your feelings!
I don't read a whole lot of sole romance, but a good emphatic through-line for a novel can tie everything together! Don't you think?

[John allows the other two to leave the hug, and even allows his hair to be ruffled, though the action causes his Swablu to flutter down to his shoulder instead.]

I think I've already met Penny, kind of? She sent me a long message about how there are people from different worlds here. Though geez, how many new friends have you guys made? Is there anybody else from Sburb here?

[Then he's off to Karkat in his new, squishier human form. Yeah, you're getting hugged too, buddy.]

[Dave stands by with his hands in his pockets and a satisfied air about him as John goes to hug the Katkat.]

Nah, just us. Though a lot of people here have met us before, through time shenanigans.

oh! well crescent rose is a really cool name for a weapon.
and it sounds like a really cool weapon in general!
i had an awesome hammer that was called zillyhoo, but it was given to me by a bunny.
i don't think i'd know how to make a hammer if i tried.

well that last part you might just get to see here
or something like it
i have no idea what that other thing is except im imagining some kind of explosive?

that's a really silly name!!
Is it special somehow?
if it has a name it's gotta be special!

... but um
what do you mean it was given to you by a bunny???
do you mean a faunus? 'cause I'm pretty sure they don't like being called by what their animal parts are :(!

It does! but I've gotten used to it, I think.
Uh, no no powers. I just had the wings and halo.

And, having wings were nice but I guess it's been easier without them.
I don't need to worry about having holes in my shirts anymore!

[...And why does she feel bad for saying that?]

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uh.... sorry i think you kind of lost me there.
a good what? is this some sort of secret language for book club members or something?

it was a summary of the movie armageddon starring bruce willis, liv tyler, and ben affleck.
unless you are asking what a nuclear bomb is, in which case that is an explosive that uses nuclear power to.... blow things up.
i don't actually know the mechanics behind it. that's way too much boring science know-how that i never really felt like googling.

but oh man, is there a green slime ghost pokemon here? because if there is i need to catch it immediately.

i think its supposed to be pretty special! it's very colorful at least.
but i did not ask about its backstory.
mostly because it is a hammer that cannot talk.

anyways, i mean it was a literal bunny.
it was part yarn-made rabbit, part robot rabbit, and part stuffed bunny that was actually in the movie con air.
her name was liv tyler.

i guess that cutting holes into clothes does sound pretty inconvenient.
were you able to fly with them?

[NOT EVEN GOING TO DIGNIFY THAT WITH A RESPONSE, HARLEY. As for the rest of it, he's—okay, he's somewhat accustomed to Jade's hugging of everyone and everything, but he somehow hadn't expected her ecto-sibling to share that trait. Is it genetic? How do human genetics work? Whatever the case, he's only just too late to back away in time, and yep, there it goes, he's being hugged.]

Goddammit, John, would you—ugh.

[Trolls are not a naturally huggy species, this is weird, get off please. He'd tolerated it from Jade because he'd been too stunned at the time to react (it had nothing at all to do with any former or current crushes at all, shut up), but from John, it's. It's. sADSjghafghjsdjlkha how do normal friend hugs work, do they even have a relationship where hugs are appropriate, should he be pushing him off? Oh god, what if he interprets that as more caliginous flirting, what if it is caliginous flirting, what if this hug is caliginous flirting, John has to know he's uncomfortable with it, what the HELL.

Karkat gives him a tentative push, just to see if he'll let go. Are they done yet. Is the hug done yet. Please say the hug is done, this is stupid.]

Would you let the fuck go already.

i guess it makes sense when you think of it like in a cartridge space sense?
plus what was super popular at the time?
cute digital pets that come out of eggs regardless of what they were
plus taking care of eggs is a hell of a lot less messy and time consuming than
how its usually done
tbh
oh!
you can get a free egg from the breeding center since you are new!
you should look up what kind of pokemon you would want and see what they have :)

Penny does that sometimes, that's just how she is!

[Being a robot would do that, but Jade promised Penny to not just go sharing that information with people.]

We've made a lot of friends, not just from the people that knew us before--mostly Dave, though, you know how that Strider charm is! Oh--we have so many things to show you here besides all of our cool new friends, there's a baseball stadium too!

Nothing like that, I don't think. In theory, I can summon monsters I've fought before. In practice, that hasn't worked out too well yet.

[John lingers for a moment after the push, just because he can't let Karkat get his way entirely, but he does back off. Hugs aren't as fun when the other side of the hug is a prickly ex-troll who prefers insults to actual friendly greetings.]

Geez, Dave, who knew you'd be so popular in Pokemon land? And a baseball stadium? Do the Pokemon play baseball?

[He looks to his new tiny bird friend.]

I feel like a lot of them wouldn't be able to hold a bat.

Excuse you, why wouldn't I be popular in Pokémon land. My appeal is both universal and unstoppable. You should see what happens when I walk to work, maidens gotta have their tank fighters out in force when I pass by on the street in case they faint from proximity to a legend.

[Wart's gone off to hang out on the sidelines, but he can't help but put his head in his hand. Why couldn't Dave return him to the Pokéball before he started talking. Why must he suffer in this way.]

Also, that's a baseball stadium? I thought it might be, like. A basketball field.

[Yeah no. Wart puts his head in both hands. Even the Pokémon know more about sports than you, Dave.]

the breeding center? where's that?
oh, and somebody who was pretending to be nic cage offered me a free pokemon egg, too.
does that mean i will get two pokemon eggs, or does that disqualify me from also getting an egg from the breeding center?
or is it the same thing?

that sounds pretty cool! in theory anyways.
though i can see why the pokemon universe wouldn't let you have that power here.
then you could summon all of the pokemons whenever you wanted to!
which would be really cool, but also kind of cheaty?

...you know, I had not thought of it that way. When I think monsters, I think giant scorpions, bears, birds, all that.

aren't there pokemon like all of those things, though?
i mean, i know there are birds because i have one on my head right now.
but i would be surprised if there were not also scorpion and bear pokemon.

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No.
It's writer language.

All I'm saying is stories about love resonate strongly with people. So don't criticize them.

there could be?
i mean theres a whole type dedicated to ghosts
and pokemon in general tend to be pretty colorful

the first part just cinches that were not from the same world
but thats all right
i like hearing about new places

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