Une première

[etranger]

Oh look, there's flower petals drifting on the breeze.

Lots and lots of them.

If you were to follow this baffling profusion of petals back to their source, you'd see...well, it appears to be a Lilligant and her trainer dancing together. They are surrounded by huge piles of petals, which a Sigilyph is telekinetically playing with, forming into spirals and swooping shapes in an airborne mimicry of the dancing partners below.

So! Now what do you do?

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[dokubutsuchuui]

[dot dot dot]

I grew up there.

[etranger]

Blink. Blink.

"...buh?"

[dokubutsuchuui]

...are you new?

[JUST A HUNCH.]

[etranger]

"Uh...I just got here, if that's what you mean?"

[dokubutsuchuui]

[Nod.]

The Island takes people from different worlds, so... For example, I'm from a world where Unova exists, but you didn't grow up in Nuvema, and your name isn't Mako. You're from a world where I might not exist at all.

[...does that make sense...]

[etranger]

"Ohhh, it's like the Entralink!"

WELL

THAT'S FINE THEN

[dokubutsuchuui]

[WELL

AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT CONFUSED...]

So... yeah.

[Sigal is the most eloquent.]

You also can't leave, but... everything's free and most people are nice, so it's not hard to live here.

[etranger]

"That's good to know. Thanks!"

Just give her a second to recall the Sigilyph, first.

"Is there someplace to get some food?"

[dokubutsuchuui]

[Another nod. Sigal straightens up.]

There's a lot of shops pretty close... I can show you?

[Or just... give you directions...]

[etranger]

Anyone else, she'd ask for directions, but your Skuntank is still out, so...

"Lead on!"

Yeah.

[dokubutsuchuui]

[Out, but keeping a healthy distance from Mako.]

Okay.

[Off they go, then. Sigal isn't the most interesting guide, but he'll show her the nearest places for decent food and point out any buildings of importance they pass along the way.]