pokedressing | what would you do if you just got launched into THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS huh

what would you do if you just got launched into THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS huh

[...who isn't experiencing culture shock as much as he is the total immense joy of being able to play with his Pokémon. He's got an interesting crew out with him (a Typhlosion, a Clefable, a Wigglytuff, a Bellossom, a Smeargle, and an Abra), and he's cuddling with them, as one is prone to do when one has never had the chance or thought of Pokémon being real.

(Well. He thought so, when he was like, eight or something? But he was a kid, and it hadn't been real. But these Pokémon -- they were! And his team from his Soul Silver game had been brought to life, just like that!!)

To the undiscerning eye, it might look like he's asleep. But he definitely isn't. Totally. 100% awake here. Really!! Just go over and see for yourself, he's seriously awake. It's not like he's his Abra or something, guys, hahaha, who the heck falls asleep in random places right --]

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Unown? Well, there's a lot of people who say the world's writing system was based off of them, but since there's stuff like exclamation-point shaped ones... I kind of think that maybe, they adapted to fit the world? [Hmmm.] Still, you don't find any in regions where they use that letter-based writing systems, so I don't know.

That's true. We have the Relic Castle in Unova, but there's no sign of anything like that there. Just a bunch of sand and old protectors and graverobbers awoken from their slumber.

[Which is cool in its own right.]

The Kimono Girls tend to those two birds you talked about, right? I hear they're super beautiful. Have you ever met them?

[Not personally --]

Yeah, a few times. They're really amazing. Not only are they pretty, but they're really strong. Do you have anyone like that in Issh-- Unova, Hilbert-san?

Well, not in the same way you do... Our legends are pretty much bedtime stories and the royal family's gone too, so there's no real "protectors" or anything like that. The closest I can think of is a dance group I helped get together in Castelia, Unova's big port city. I wonder if they've kicked off as well as I hope.

And by the way, if it's easier to call it by the name you're familiar with, go ahead. I've got it.

[Well, there's a relief.]

Isshu had a civil war before, right? [He pauses; he knows the story, for the most part, but it's different to hear it from someone who really does live in the world.] ... Can I hear about that?

Sure, no problem. As long as you don't mind a pretty length history lesson...

[He chuckles, but he's kind of nervous. Okay. Gotta get this down.]

Unova used to be a pretty wild place, with a lot of different kinds of people who thought of doing things their own way. So there was a lot of fighting between those people. Then, a pair of twin kings united the region with the help of a powerful dragon. [That's just the simple part, too. He frowns.] But the two kings had different values, and different ways they thought Unova oughta be ruled. As they argued and fought, the dragon that had helped them also split into two beings.

Reshiram, a white dragon who followed the older brother's belief in a world upholding the current order and reality. A place that he'd ensure fit his own morals.

And Zekrom, a black dragon who followed the younger brother's idealistic dream of how the world should be. What he wanted it to be.

They clashed and fought with the two dragons, but since Reshiram and Zekrom came from the same being they were evenly matched. Unova was set in a civil war with lightning and fire destroying the region... They exhausted themselves and the brothers conceded that neither were right nor wrong, and that they should live in harmony with one another. You know, that you can have your own beliefs and you should listen to others and all.

[He sits up, leaning against his legs, since it's getting near the end anyway.]

The sons of the two kings ended up picking up the fight too though, and the dragons exhausted all their power and turned into stones. Not into like statues or anything, but these stone balls. And they've laid dormant ever since, and Unova's been at peace more or less. Tough, they say that it's shaped by the dragon that won the last time they fought, so... Reshiram, I think.

[Just like in the game. Hibiki fiddles with his jacket zipper.]

You're pretty passionate about that stuff, aren't you?

[He doesn't even know anyone in real life -- er, well, in his world -- that're so obsessed with Pokémon meta and story.]

Let's just says I learned to appreciate what the past can teach us while I was taking the League challenge. I don't know nearly as much as Professor Juniper though...

[Hilbert's just modest about his nerditude. And it helps he was, of course, playing a huge part in the more contemporary history.]

[It's all pretty interesting, at least. It's still kind of weird to meet someone who lived in that and grew up hearing about it instead of... well... reading it from a manual, or something.]

It's still more than most people. [Hibiki can't really say he feels the same --?! History's a little boring to him. Except for samurais. They were pretty cool.] You probably get high scores in your history classes, huh? Er, if you... went to school, you would.

That'd be the only place I'd get high points, but everyone's been told that story since we were kids. So it probably wouldn't matter. [Haha.] How about you? If you went to school, or anything like that. My friends and I were pretty much homeschooled by my mom and dad.

I usually get pretty average scores. [Unless it's something one of his animes has touched on before -- but he doesn't go the way of historical fiction that often. Magical girls and shoujos though!] My teachers said if I didn't daydream so much, I'd probably be above-average or better, but I'm just not interested enough in what they're teaching to try.

What's your cup of tea?

Poké-- [Wait, duh, of course it'd be -- there's not an extraordinary amount of people who aren't into it here, though they do exist.] Games and anime, I guess. Uh -- cartoons, and things like that. I like a lot of idol groups too, but I've never had the chance to go see any concerts.

I'm more of an outdoor person myself, so I like traveling and hiking... But I don't mind games and stuff. In Unova, we've got a lot of amateur musicians, but idols groups just aren't something you find there like in the faraway regions.

[A kind of longing sigh. They're really cute.]

I wish some of my CDs had come with me. I'd let you listen to them. [Even if Hilbert wouldn't be able to understand them. The songs themselves were really bouncy and go-getting.] I think the only time Mom and I go hiking is when we have to hike up the stairs for some of the older shrines.

Thanks. Music's definitely something we've got common ground in. [Still, that sucks they only go hiking then. Twist Mountain was a serious treat for Hilbert!] Shrines though, huh... It might seem a little weird, since Unova's not where you'd expect to find something like that, but we've got a shrine too. To Landorus, the God of the Fields. He's supposed to keep Thunderus and Tornadus in check since they like playing tricks on people and fighting. What're yours for?

Just to pray for protection. [Hibiki tilts his head.] And other things. You hang emas up with your wishes, and you give money as an offering so that the shrine's god'll hopefully make your wish come true. It doesn't always work though. They sell charms too, like for good health and love and things like that, and they work double if someone else buys it and gives it to you.

[Probably explains why all his good luck charms for superior grades don't work for him, but do wonders for the people he ends up passing them onto.]

That sounds like a lot of fun. The people who live around the Abundant Shrine - that's what it's called - give offerings to Landorus too, to keep their fields fertile and their crops strong. But I think the big guy is usually too busy living in the clouds to notice. Have any of your wishes come true before?

Nope. [And the charms rarely work.] Aside from the usual "I hope Mom and I stay healthy for coming year" that we say every New Year's.

[Oh, that's too bad. Hilbert smiles apologetically at Hibiki's bad time with wishes and...

Ah! That's a good question.]

Say, Hibichi, do you have a dream? Last question, I promise.

[A dream?]

It's already come true. [Simple!! His dream was that Pokémon'd be real... or that he'd be able to go to the Pokémon world. Whichever came first.] What about you, Hilbert-san?

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