The Irish Tree"I thought as much. This isn't a big town so if you two had been around for any length of time I would've met you in no time. That makes sense but what doesn't is if not from here where are you two from? I'm sure this isn't a hometown to either of you and there's no way you could've traveled any distance without being attacked by a wild pokemon. Especially after Almond was rendered incapable of defense by an average pidgey. So where is that you two came from?" The professor looked from one person to another, waiting for something of an answer.
"We're from another world" Almond said, swallowing a mouthful of the sweet meat. "Also this is really delicious, regardless of what it is." He paused and swallowed again. "So long as it isn't anything like soyent green." He cut another bite and watched the man's reaction. He didn't look like he was taking it well. The mouth was hanging open and there was a chance he forgot how to blink because his eyes stayed open so long they were watering. So Almond decided to continue. "We were attacked back at our own world. There were these things. They looked like our own, but black, blacker than anything you've ever seen. Imagine a night without stars, deep at the center of a black hole and you still don't know just how dark these things were. They starting slaughtering people after coming from a strange hole. One thing led to another and before you know it, here we are, getting attacked by a pidgey and saved by a dragonite. It's been an interesting experience. I can tell you that much." Another bite, time to chew, and swallow. "But that's the only thing I can say with any certainty."
"I'm sorry." Professor Oak dabbed his forehead and started to lean back. For a second it appeared he was going to fall back down but dragonite in its human level wisdom saw what was needed and quickly scooted a chair under his master's bum. "I'm sorry. It's just that's a bit hard to take in. Another world, with black beast--who look like the rest of us." He closed his eyes and put his hands together as if in prayer. "But as much as I wish I could, I'm not sure I'd could just dismiss what your saying." He looked up and then back and forth between the young faces in front of him. "Something is going on here, and its not just you two."
The old man got to his feet and hurried to look out through a nearby window. "There've been incidents as of late. Wild pokemon have always been a threat, but for the most part, food needs excluded, humans are usually the only things they attack, but in a nearby town called Pewter city something is going on. There's corpses of pokemon and humans turning up all over the place. Nobody knows whose responsible, but there have been images of shadowy figures like black pokemon. People only catch a glimpse before whatever it is disappears but not long after there's a scream and another corpse is found."
Plate cleared Almond put down his silverware. "Could be more of those shadow things."
"We're from another world" Almond said, swallowing a mouthful of the sweet meat. "Also this is really delicious, regardless of what it is." He paused and swallowed again. "So long as it isn't anything like soyent green." He cut another bite and watched the man's reaction. He didn't look like he was taking it well. The mouth was hanging open and there was a chance he forgot how to blink because his eyes stayed open so long they were watering. So Almond decided to continue. "We were attacked back at our own world. There were these things. They looked like our own, but black, blacker than anything you've ever seen. Imagine a night without stars, deep at the center of a black hole and you still don't know just how dark these things were. They starting slaughtering people after coming from a strange hole. One thing led to another and before you know it, here we are, getting attacked by a pidgey and saved by a dragonite. It's been an interesting experience. I can tell you that much." Another bite, time to chew, and swallow. "But that's the only thing I can say with any certainty."
"I'm sorry." Professor Oak dabbed his forehead and started to lean back. For a second it appeared he was going to fall back down but dragonite in its human level wisdom saw what was needed and quickly scooted a chair under his master's bum. "I'm sorry. It's just that's a bit hard to take in. Another world, with black beast--who look like the rest of us." He closed his eyes and put his hands together as if in prayer. "But as much as I wish I could, I'm not sure I'd could just dismiss what your saying." He looked up and then back and forth between the young faces in front of him. "Something is going on here, and its not just you two."
The old man got to his feet and hurried to look out through a nearby window. "There've been incidents as of late. Wild pokemon have always been a threat, but for the most part, food needs excluded, humans are usually the only things they attack, but in a nearby town called Pewter city something is going on. There's corpses of pokemon and humans turning up all over the place. Nobody knows whose responsible, but there have been images of shadowy figures like black pokemon. People only catch a glimpse before whatever it is disappears but not long after there's a scream and another corpse is found."
Plate cleared Almond put down his silverware. "Could be more of those shadow things."