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Melodic music fills the ear of a girl who hears better than most and that alone is what snaps her fully alert. When she last thought of her own free will, there was a battle raging on around her with no time to think of the simpler things in life like music and friends she'll never see again. There's no familiar warmth of chakra that belonged to another and Kakashi--what happened to him? So many unanswered questions plague at her mind, but the most important of them all? Where was she? Normally she might be able to pick up on a powerful Genjutsu before, but this didn't feel like anything she's studied before. Her body felt unlike her own as she felt something sink to the bottom of her stomach.

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    [ VIDEO A: EARLY MORNING ]
I don't understand. [ An onslaught of helplessness plagues Sakura and so when the PokeGear is nudged on by accident (she doesn't bother to treat her "belongings" carefully since they aren't her own), she's unaware that the scene is being shown live to so many others. ] This isn't supposed to be... None of this makes sense... I need to return... Naruto--[ The name spoken with more worry and fondness than ever before. ]--just hang on.

[ All of these phrases come in broken and cut abruptly at times, the pack shifting with her movements. When it jerks suddenly and pops out from the pack being placed roughly onto the ground, there's a teenager girl who looks more worn than anything else (those dark spots under her eyes aren't doing much for her looks) clad in a green vest staring down at the PokeGear as though it were a foreign object. To most newcomers in New Bark Town, it usually is foreign. ]

This is? [ Shaking her head, she picks it up and places it back into the pack without knowing any better. A shout for her attention though might keep her from dismissing it entirely. ]

    [ VIDEO B: EVENING ]
[ Once Sakura's discovered more about this world (as well as the inevitable "no escape" aspect), it is only appropriate that she gives a more proper introduction. This time though she's without the scratches and scrapes (they're just covered up by her hair and bandages) and she's changed into a fresh pair of clothes. Also of note is the fact her hair is loose with nothing holding it back now, no for now she looks like more peaceful than she did this morning. Holding the PokeGear, it seems she's at least aware of it's purpose now. ]

Hey there, I'm new to this place so I'll ask for your patience in advance if that's alright. My name is Sakura Haruno and there's no need to explain the situation to me--I understand. [ Boldly declaring her name? No, she just knows the PokeGear gives away her full registered name anyway so there's no point in concealing it. ] We're all stuck here no matter what's going on back at home, but if there are theories as to how we can return, let's hear them. I have the time.

[ Plenty of time now, she might add if it didn't feel attention seeking in any way. ] Curiously, do people talk about where they come from here? I'm interested in hearing about other villages if you're not too busy. Huh, that's kind of a personal question too, isn't it? Sorry, sorry. [ Waving her free hand apologetically. ] Been a while since I've had a normal conversation so I'm acting all weird. Anyway, it'd be nice if someone replied to this... anyone, anyone at all really.

[ While she did start off headstrong with her broadcast, by the end of it her voice cracks to indicate how feeble she really is. There's a reason she's not outright traveling like most do on their first day. Behind her is a small room with an ordinary looking bed--an indication that she's retiring somewhere within the starter town for the evening. ]

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People talk about where they come from sometimes. [ he doesn't often because it makes the homesickness worse. ]

I come from a city by the sea.

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A city by the sea? Do you know how to fish?

[ Looking out the window of the room she's in. ] There's some water nearby and I thought I might give it a try. If this world is designed for travel in the wilderness, but there's nothing to hunt... fishing is the next best option, isn't it?

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[ that makes him laugh lightly to himself. it's the kind of stereotype people from Seoul would have of Busan but here it's a fair enough assumption. ] Ah...not really, not until I got here actually.

But the fish you catch here would be pokemon as well so it'd be the same as trying to hunt.

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[ Oops stereotypes, but when you're from a shounen manga world like Sakura's, they end up being all too true.

The fish are Pokemon too? [ That causes her to frown. ] Where do you get food if not in the wild or the rivers?

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If you want to eat meat you'll have to buy it from the store...though I haven't been able to find out where it actually comes from. [ honestly it makes hom feel kind of weird about eating it ]

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No one knows?

[ That's suspicious, but to have a diet without protein is too much of a risk for someone who works out as much as she does. She'll have to take it for now. ]

You only learned to fish here, you said? Was there a place to learn?

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I haven't gotten a proper answer when I ask. [ he just really hopes it's not pokemon meat. he figures if they can call certain pokemon "fish pokemon" or "milk cow pokemon" then...plain fish and milk cows exist somewhere, right? ]

If you're close to water there's almost always someone fishing, you can ask them after you battle them. That's what I did...actually, it's a lot easier than I thought it'd be.

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[ Hopefully she can find some protein supplements because now she's very wary of eating meat here. ]

Battle them? I have to literally beat the answers out of people before they teach me? [ ... Honestly sounds like her kind of place. ]

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Ah, no... I don't mean like that. [ right, ninjas. he forgets that to them battle is actual...battle. ]

Pokemon battle, I mean. You'll find people really like to randomly challenge each other to battles when you're outside the city. It's pretty hard to avoid and they don't want to talk about anything else until they battle.

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[ That's the sound of her hopes being deflated. ]

I have to fight their Pokemon? [ That doesn't seem too bad. She's seen how babby her current one is. ] Isn't it strange for them to fight humans?

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Ah...no. [ still no. he's kind of uh...trying not to give her too much of a funny look. ]

A pokemon battle is when you let your pokemon fight with theirs. Like how you battle pokemon in the wild.

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... And people enjoy this kind of activity here?

[ There's just something wrong about having pets fight all the time. ]

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[ he shrugs a bit. ]

Some of them. I'm pretty sure some of the foreigners have grown to like it too.

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It doesn't seem wrong to anyone? I'd rather fight my own battles instead of allow some little pipsqueak who can barely walk more than a foot do it instead.

[ Boldly spoken, but she's been raised to accept responsibility for her own matters. ]

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I think it seems wrong to a lot of people. But if you're here long enough you just adapt. I don't like to battle but my pokemon do, I just kind of got used to it.

I don't think I'll ever like it but it's not surprising that people do when the world centers around pokemon.