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[milliondollarpipes]

[The feed cuts on to a roughly middle-aged man dressed in a sharp suit and hat. The Murkrow on his shoulder cuts an equally fine figure - or would, if she weren't trying to press herself into his neck, all her feathers puffed up. He's also shivering faintly, despite his relatively warm clothes.]

So I guess there's a bunch of folks who got dropped into all this? Kinda good to know it ain't just me...

The name's Harvey Finevoice. Just got here. I've got the whole Pokemon idea, so don't worry about that, but how close is the nearest town? It's gotta be ten degrees out here, that weird lady's locked the door, and it's only gonna get worse when the sun goes down. It doesn't look like there's much of anywhere to stay here, but I'd kinda like to not go campin' in the snow.

Also, what the hell is with the music?

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[milliondollarpipes]

...alright, sorry.

[It's not like this is the first time anyone's ever objected to him calling them "kid". It only trips him up because half the time he doesn't really realize he's doing it.]

Good meetin' ya. And thanks for the directions - I don't think I'm gonna go out in this weather though. I ain't much of a camper on the best of days.

[shuttermouse]

If you don't want to trek through the woods, I have a way to transport you to Violet City.

[milliondollarpipes]

Really? That'd be amazing. [And save him some possible B&E charges, always good]

[shuttermouse]

I own a Pokémon with the move Teleport, which takes the user to the Pokémon Center where it was last healed. All I have to do is heal it here and then let my Noctowl deliver it to you.

[ It's one hell of a useful trick, if you ask her. ]

Of course, it's not for free.

[milliondollarpipes]

Nothin' ever is. [He'd offer it for free, were their situations reversed...but he ain't in a position to get all high-and-mighty about it. The bird is gonna have to fly some distance in really bad conditions; it's plenty fair to charge.] I'm guessin' you already know how much I've got right now.

[Possibly better than he does - he found the money, but abandoned his investigation of it pretty quickly when he realized he couldn't pay anyone around here to let him inside. He doesn't have any reference point for what it's worth, either, unless maybe the video game's accurate? She could take him for a real ride here if she wanted.

Not that he has a lot of choices anyway.]

[shuttermouse]

P3000, right? [ That's the amount of money she remembers starting out with. ] Let's see... I want P1500, and that you'll let me take pictures of any interesting Pokémon you catch in the future.

[milliondollarpipes]

[...well, he'll have a warm place to stay while he gets all this crap sorted out. That's worth a lot right now, considering he can no longer feel his feet. Look, it wasn't his choice to wear dress shoes out in this.]

Fine, you got yourself a deal. You're a photographer?

[shuttermouse]

Yup. I've made it my goal to take pictures of all the different Pokémon here. [ ...Which means she's basically doing IC Pokémon Snap instead of collecting badges. ]

[milliondollarpipes]

That's neat! Doubt I'll be catchin' anything you ain't seen already for a while, but I'll let ya know.