farawayplace | Suddenly in the midst of a Summer Festival--

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Suddenly in the midst of a Summer Festival--

There's a distinct sound of waves, and bustling of people nearby.

In the coastal city of Turnbloom the sun is bright and warm, and the scent of the sea wafts through with the cool gentle breeze that makes the glittering pinwheels spin, and the leaves on the palm tree dance.

Today the streets are extra decorated with these cute, colorful and floral shaped pinwheels. It seemed the people who were out in the streets were dressed in colorful summer attire--either casual, or the more traditional yukata. It seemed like with the booths were set out for both food and games for festival of some kind that was currently underway.

Just how did you get here, and why? A mystery, and it seemed the people in the streets didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary as they go about enjoying their time out on this bright sunny day.

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[He smiles back, mostly on autopilot, fleeting but warm; he can be friendly when he wants, which happens more often now than it used to in his life, anyway. But he's still caught up taking all of this in. It feels like some other shoe still needs to drop. But maybe it's just that he's primed to expect that moment, and—he doesn't know what to think if it doesn't come.]

Thank you for the warm welcome. When you say neighbors . . . it sounds as though this has been happening for a long time. Is that right? And people simply settle here when they find themselves here? These people living ordinary lives are people like me?

[He waves a hand at no one in particular—just the overall assortment of people passing by, close and at a distance, enjoying the sights and events of the day. They seem content here. And some of them are from Sinnoh . . . ?]

Yes that's right.

[The Parasol Lady nodded along. Her gaze moved out to the crowd of festival goers. It was hard to tell that anyone out there could currently be in the same shoes as Saturn.]

We don't know how anyone ends up drifting here or how to get them back home, but the best we can do is to welcome them all here.

[Again he nods, packing all of this away to obsess over later. Boy, will he ever. For something like this to be such an ordinary part of life here . . . ]

I'm sorry to interrogate you, but—well. I imagine you're used to hearing endless questions like this, if this is common. I have one more for you. Has anybody ever witnessed it happening? This "drifting"?

Oh no, don't be. I can only imagine how distressing it is being away from home...

[At Saturn's next question she tilts her head while idly twirling her parasol once more.]

While I personally haven't, I've heard of it from others. How someone has drifted here seems to be completely random. One moment they're home and the next they're just suddenly standing here in Ultern without a clue how they ended up here.

No—strange portals opening, or anything like that? Or people arriving in their dreams? Interesting . . . well. I know better than to think I'm going to be the one to solve a mystery like this while I'm standing here barely getting my bearings, so the rest can wait.

[As much as he hates it. A part of him does want to interrogate her, and plot out everything he can possibly find out now, and obsess over it all night, but . . . he has to temper those unreasonable feelings.]

Is it a holiday today? What a time to intrude.

[The Parasol Lady shook her head frowning.]

Everyone drifts into Ultern under different circumstances. One person claimed they simply opened a door and stepped right into Ultern. I wouldn't be surprised if someone had entered here through a portal.

[At the mention of a holiday the woman gave a faint smile.]

It's a Summer Festival, where we get together to have a party and enjoy fireworks at night. Seeing as how you're here...

[She trailed of while looking sympathetically to Saturn.]

...I realize I don't even know what your name is. My name is Lacy. What is yours?

Ah, you're right. How rude of me. My name is Saturn. I'm grateful for your hospitality, Lacy. I'm just a bit caught up right now, but . . . I'll have to come see the fireworks tonight.

[He is so not dressed for a summer festival, or for any kind of normal life here at all, but one thing at a time. There's so much to take in about this situation right now. Some part of him expects to just wake up within the next few minutes anyway, making any effort he puts into getting the lay of the land here pointless, but it's probably not going to be that easy, is it?]

I understand, you were just taken out from your own home after all...

[Lacy's lifting her gaze up to her parasol in thought. It's then a thought hits her as she fixes her gaze back to Saturn.]

Would you like to join me? In town, I mean. Maybe a distraction can help you sort out your thoughts a little along the way.

Ah—I wouldn't want to trouble you.

[One of those Nos so soft it could turn into a Yes at a moment's notice. Would he like it? He's not sure. Saturn feels a compulsion to go off on his own and . . . what? That's the thing. He doesn't actually have anything better to do than explore and get the lay of the land, and that's better with a local hand guiding him. Everything still feels so urgent—figure out what's going on, figure out what he can do about it, and so on—but it isn't. He is not actually going to have any success doing those things if he excuses himself.

This is going to take a while.

So his expression falters instantly, considering:]

Are you certain . . . ?

[Lacy couldn't help but give a sympathetic smile noting Saturn's hesitancy. Who could blame him? She was sure if she had ended up in a mysterious land with just her Pokemon, and no way to contact the rest of her family and friends would be so upsetting beyond words. Lowering her gaze to the ground she lifted it back up to meet Saturn's once more.]

You know, there's a saying here in Ultern. Once you meet, you're brothers--family, even. Icharibachoude! So of course I'm certain.

Icharibachoude . . .

[He sounds it out slowly to commit it to memory, even though he himself is far from that type of person. Well, usually. He's not above getting attached quickly when the situation is right. Family, though . . .

He nods anyway.]

All right. I'll take you up on that, then. There's an awful lot to see. I'm the type of person who hates being new and not knowing things, unfortunately.

[With that, Saturn gives her a little smile. He can be self-aware.]

I think I would want to see all that I could too, especially in a new place.

[Lacy offered a smile of her own. Of course his situation is not comparable to anything she has gone through. Lacy was quite sure of that fact, but it didn't have to be said out loud to be understood.

Readjusting her umbrella, Lacy will begin to lead Saturn along.]

That's right, since we're here why don't I show you where the Pokemon Center is first? It would be useful to know where that is, wouldn't it?

Oh—yes, please. I'm sure I'll be needing that before too long if the people here like to battle the way they do in Sinnoh.

[And everywhere else. The whole world is battle-crazy, or so it feels like sometimes, and even a mysterious island nation Saturn's mysteriously drifted to is no exception. He follows along, taking in the sights as they walk.]

Is there a hotel, or anything along those lines . . . ? For the drifted?

It's no different here in Ultern. Pokemon trainers come and go from town to town all the time to find others they could challenge against.

[As she continued walking, various shops, restaurants and other establishments line up the streets with signs written in a script that's undecipherable to a drifted like Saturn. Right above them, colorful pinwheels are spinning against the ocean's cool breeze. A few Pidgeys are even seen perching on the wires where the pinwheels are hung.]

Hotels, inns, even this city's Pokemon Center should have rooms available for trainers and drifted alike. I'm sure there's even someone kind enough to let you stay for the night at their home.

[It's so easygoing and charming, and that begins to itch at him in the back of his head, but he has to hold that off for now. It's very, very early to start feeling stircrazy! Focus! He nods, but it turns quickly into a shake of his head when she offers that last:]

Oh, I couldn't do that. I don't want to impose on a stranger. Though I don't know anything about your currency. But that's a simpler matter to fix than finding someone who'd take me in.

Well, as far as I know those who have been drifted haven't had any issues using the currency where they came from.

[Lacy gave pause as if recalling something, and quickly added-]

As long as it's not credit that you're using of course. Any cards anyone have brought from their home doesn't exactly work here, unfortunately.

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