1st Case: The Search for P- [Video]

[wboiled]

Oy! Give me back my hat, you mangy panda!

[What a wonderful sound to grace the holocaster very early Thursday morning. Some guy yelling at the top of his lungs, running around Vaniville Town chasing what appears to be a Pancham wearing a rather stylish black fedora This shaky video goes on for a few seconds before abruptly cutting off.]

[It starts up again around ten minutes later, the Pancham having been caught and the hat now on the man's head, where it belongs.]

Ah, so that's how this thing works. Not my usual style, but I can get used to it. No need to tell me where I am; I'm a hard-boiled detective, and I've figured it out already.

[ie, he went up and asked some dude, who proceeded to answer his question after rambling about technology for a while.]

This place is a lot different than I remember it when I played Red as a kid. How many of these Pokemon are out there now? [He nods towards the Pancham in the background, who is busy playing by a fountain.]

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[unbroken_chain]

"He's from your world's equivalent of Unova; I think it's called America?"

[wboiled]

"An American Rider...?"

Shotaro thinks on this a moment. Were there even more Riders than the Showa and Heisei groups?

"I'll deal with that when I get home. There are more important things right now."

He looks back to the Pancham in the background, who is still running around.

"My Pokemon skills are a bit rusty, but this might make for a good vacation."

[unbroken_chain]

"That's the spirit! Hopefully you'll manage to catch up with the rest of us soon; it'll be neat to talk to you in person!"

[wboiled]

"Anything for a fan."

Shotaro no.

"I'll try to hurry along, but I don't have my bike with me. Walking's going to take a while."

[unbroken_chain]

"It's a hike, yeah! Towns are a good place to stock up on stuff, so we've been hanging around each of them for a bit before leaving; you might be able to catch up after a while."

[wboiled]

"So there's a large group of you? How far ahead?"

As hard-boiled as the whole lone traveler thing is, it might be better to be with a group, if only for the company. He's got the Pancham, but conversations would be a little one-sided.

[unbroken_chain]

"A lot of us showed up all at once, and we kind of split into groups; I'm actually just traveling with one person. It's...a little under a week of travel from where you are to where we are? Assuming you don't get lost in the forest, anyway."

[wboiled]

"Don't worry about me. I've got a detective's intuition when it comes to navigation."

Which means he's probably going to be lost.