1st Adventure: Coming to Union [Video/Action]

[jewelmagus]

Video

[Today? Your warp band opens up to a feed of a young girl who's fiddling furiously with the controls. A Carbink hovers beside it, sparkling and shining cheerfully. There's not really much going on, but she blinks when it comes to life.]

Oh! It works! Um...hi!

[A wave, and then she pokes the camera with a finger.]

This thing is confusing...

[More fiddling...]

Is everything here just more complicated than it needs to be? I-

[And then whoops, it cuts off.]


Action 1

[In the Residential district there's the distinctive patter of tiny feet and a screeching, child-yelp. The screaming continues and grows louder as a small girl runs by with a Carbink in her arms...pursued by a pair of angry Spearow.]

Stop following me! Go awaaaaay!!


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[In the library, someone is definitely not being quiet. A little girl's voice echoes down the long rows of books, exclamations of wonder and delight. She's never been allowed in a real library before, and the fact that she's able to touch books that don't belong to the Tohsaka's personal collection is like a Birthday and Winter Festival present rolled together. Rin climbs up and just grabs several big books at random, tottering over to a table and setting them down with a thud. And if someone doesn't stop her, she's going to get a few more...]

Action 3

[Finally, it's getting on towards nighttime and a sleepy Rin is trudging her way home. She'd eluded guardians all day, but even she had to admit that it was time for bed. Only...she doesn't exactly know where that is yet. She'd scampered off in daylight and now it's too dark for her to get her bearings. Is it this fountain or that fountain where you turn left? Was there a Noctowl statue sitting on the roof when she'd come by at noon?

It's troubling enough that she starts by going over to tug the nearest stranger's pant leg.]

Um. Excuse me...can you help me find my way home?

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[roadsprings]

[ Bilbo is drawn by the noise at first, it being so out of place in the library. it sounds like a child, though, and an excited child at that, so he's busy gearing himself up to be firm yet understanding for when he tells them to keep their voice down so that other people can concentrate when...

well, when he comes across the scene of Rin tottering about under the weight of some books that look about as big as she is. he stops short for a moment and blinks, nonplussed, before an amused huff passes through his nose. he approaches the girl by announcing his presence with a cough, saying cheerfully: ]

Goodness me, I almost thought the books had taken on a life of their own there and left the shelves of their own accord. D'you need any help with those, my dear?

[jewelmagus]

[Rin looks up at Bilbo and beams at the obviously good natured person who was offering to help. She had a feeling about him, that he might be a librarian...]

Um...these are a little heavy. Can you help me move them?

[roadsprings]

Why, certainly. Pass a few of them up here and we'll soon have you set right.

[ he takes a few of the tomes off her hands - more than half, really - glancing with mild curiosity at the titles. ]

Were you planning to read all of these at once?

[jewelmagus]

[She nods at him happily.]

I'm doing research!

[They're all on Flying Type Pokemon, and Grass types.]

[roadsprings]

Is that so?

[ he can't quite fight the smile playing around his lips. a stack of books this large would take even the most determined scholar a while to get through, but far be it from him to crush a child's dreams. perhaps just... gently inform her she doesn't have to go through the whole pile at once, later. ]

Flying and Grass types, is it? Is this just a general interest, or did you have something in mind?

[jewelmagus]

[She nods curtly, beaming first at him then at the books.]

I was attacked by a Spearow earlier, and I wanted to learn more about them. And I wanted to learn about the Pokemon in the forest. Because I heard there were lots of Grass types, so I thought I'd try and learn which ones were the most interesting. And which ones to stay away from.

[Little tiny trainer wants to study her enemies!]

[roadsprings]

[ my word, someone is precocious! though that is certainly not a bad thing. ]

Well, that sounds like a very wise decision to me. They do say, "forewarned is forearmed", and it's a good lesson to remember. [ he shakes his head a moment. ] Though if I may say so, I'm very glad you seem to have come away from that attack alright. Spearow can be, well, rather nasty Pokemon at times. No harm done, I hope?

[jewelmagus]

Well. They're just flying types. I'm Rock Typed. So, it wasn't too bad. Just a little bruise.

[She proudly displays her war-wound, a tiny Peck-mark on her right forearm]

I hit him with my magic though, and he flew away.