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Ch01: Wow, You're Out of This World!

2023-08-26 - Luminious Square - Completed

Andre, Espurr, Ghaspius, Grace, Leaf, and Ridley arrive suddenly in the workshop of inventor Spinda Gare. Once Gare gets over their accidental intrusion—and the mess they'd made of all his plans and paperwork—he explains that they've landed in idyllic Little Scriven, and directs the group to Masquerain Amelia's general store.

While Amelia offers some spare clothing, Mayor Altaria Enubel and her assistant Swellow Torria burst in, drawn by the commotion of the group's sudden arrival. Enubel is eager to learn more about these "strange heroes from other worlds" and bombards them with questions and information, although the more level-headed Amelia and Torria chalk their appearance up to a dungeon mishap.

The group is permitted to sleep in the library overnight, and in the morning are met by a courier who will escort them to Frontier Town...

Logged by: Phoenixsong

Characters: Leaf, Ridley, Ghaspius, Andre, Espurr, Grace

Tags: Torria, Enubel, Gare, Amelia, Landing

Word count: 9.2k

Public notes

Lore learned:

• Wearing clothes is important to distinguish oneself from "wild pokémon".
• "Mystery Dungeons" are a thing that exists. Details are scarce, but at the very least they're able to cause people to appear in places they shouldn't.
• Little Scriven is a town of creatives, primarily authors, rather than explorers or adventurers. Will there be a flurry of dime novel fanfiction about the party's sensational arrival? That remains to be seen (but definitely yes).
• There don't appear to be any strange happenings recently, at least not that the people of Little Scriven have noticed—even the mayor, who's all too eager to believe in heroes from other worlds, can't think of any reason they might have been summoned. Instead she suggests helping out at the nearby Ranger HQ in lieu of any actual dangers.

Character interactions:

• The group introduce themselves. Andre, Leaf, and Ridley explain some information about their human-and-pokémon worlds, while Ghaspius and Grace share what it's like in their pokémon-only worlds (and how it's similar to or different from what they've seen of Forlas so far).

- Phoenixsong