Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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bravenewworld2014-09-01 01:50 pm
worldmother) wrote in bravenewworld2014-09-01 01:50 pm
first ether ; beginnings
[VIDEO]
[There are a few false starts, the video coming on for a second or two, focusing on a face, before going off again. After the third or fourth time that this happens, the camera pulls away, a young woman staring at the world with a bit of a perplexed look.]
Is this on? How can you tell? Is there a light or--
Oh!
[It looks like she's found it.]
There we go. My name is Elhaym, Elly for short. This is what people in Union use to communicate, right? It seems pretty convenient. What else is it used for? Does everyone in Union have one, or just the Enlightened? Are Enlightened really that common here?
[That's a lot of questions, Elly. She smiles a little at the camera.]
Sorry, I just got here a few days ago, and I have a lot of questions. I heard that people in Union "bond" with their Pokemon? How does that work? Oh, and speaking of work, how does one find work here?
[ACTION]
[Midday, one of the parks in Union. A redhead walks briskly like a woman on a mission, avoiding looking behind her as much as possible. Occasionally she'll glance back, make a bit of a face, and then continue to walk with her head down a bit. She looks like she is trying to get away from something, but what could it be?]
Reee?
[It's a Mareep, tailing her, doing the best that it can with its stubbly little legs to keep up with the woman. Hey, where are you going? Excuse me? Miss? Excuse me? You're going to get yourself lost! Excuuuuuuse me!
Stopping, the woman sighs hard, bending down as she puts a hand out, stopping the electric sheep in its tracks.]
Why are you following me? I don't know what you want, I can't understand a word you're saying?
Maree?
[The Mareep tilts its head to the side and Elly deflates a little. You're really cute, but what does she even do? A little help?]
[There are a few false starts, the video coming on for a second or two, focusing on a face, before going off again. After the third or fourth time that this happens, the camera pulls away, a young woman staring at the world with a bit of a perplexed look.]
Is this on? How can you tell? Is there a light or--
Oh!
[It looks like she's found it.]
There we go. My name is Elhaym, Elly for short. This is what people in Union use to communicate, right? It seems pretty convenient. What else is it used for? Does everyone in Union have one, or just the Enlightened? Are Enlightened really that common here?
[That's a lot of questions, Elly. She smiles a little at the camera.]
Sorry, I just got here a few days ago, and I have a lot of questions. I heard that people in Union "bond" with their Pokemon? How does that work? Oh, and speaking of work, how does one find work here?
[ACTION]
[Midday, one of the parks in Union. A redhead walks briskly like a woman on a mission, avoiding looking behind her as much as possible. Occasionally she'll glance back, make a bit of a face, and then continue to walk with her head down a bit. She looks like she is trying to get away from something, but what could it be?]
Reee?
[It's a Mareep, tailing her, doing the best that it can with its stubbly little legs to keep up with the woman. Hey, where are you going? Excuse me? Miss? Excuse me? You're going to get yourself lost! Excuuuuuuse me!
Stopping, the woman sighs hard, bending down as she puts a hand out, stopping the electric sheep in its tracks.]
Why are you following me? I don't know what you want, I can't understand a word you're saying?
Maree?
[The Mareep tilts its head to the side and Elly deflates a little. You're really cute, but what does she even do? A little help?]
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[he shrugs]
one of the pokemon I bonded with just...followed me home
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Bonded?
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[he looks at the sheep and nods, trying to figure out how to explain it]
it's like.. when a pokemon gets really attached to you and you end up having a connection together, oh! like bonding with a person but instead this time it's with a pokemon?
[he's trying his best, but he's not entirely sure he can explain it well]
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it's like getting a best friend that can't speak to you?
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That doesn't actually sound very appealing.
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[he thinks for a bit, scratching his head]
how about having a really cool pet?
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Maybe.
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[he nods, smiling a little]
well when you bond with a pokemon you can have a pet that will listen to only you and that has special powers that could be used for many things, like this guy [he points at the mareep] is an electric type pokemon, so it could... petrify someone with a bolt
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I see. So how do I do that?
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I have no idea
[he scratches his head]
I think you need to figure out what powers it has by asking it to use them, and show them to you, that's how I learnt what my guys can do
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[he blushes a little, ashamed]
The way I did it was treating them as pets, so giving them food and petting them or playing with them. I really don't know if there's any other way of doing it.
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good luck!