Nagito Komaeda (狛枝 凪斗) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hopeslastreward) wrote2014-11-02 06:13 pm
hopeslastreward) wrote2014-11-02 06:13 pm
002 ☆ video
[Music -- if it can even be called that -- comes through your PokéGear's speakers when you play this video. The image on the screen is of a grimy stone floor; after looking at it for a few seconds, one might eventually make out a series of runes, carved into the floor itself. For any English-reading characters in the audience, a little bit of hunkering down and focusing should make the runes start to look like a certain word:]
Light.
[WE NEED SOME LIGHT, FIRST OF ALL WE NEED SOME-- no okay not singing showtunes here.]
I've been through one of these chambers already, and that had a word on the floor as well. It took longer than I would have expected to figure out... but here I am. [Seriously, though. English isn't his first language, but for some reason it required a lot of focus to even decode the word "ESCAPE".] I won't tell you what the solution to that puzzle was; once you understand the cipher, though, this 'light' should be easy enough as well.
Oh-- and there's one other thing worth noting. [The Gear's camera moves up to show another tangle of Unown runes. Komaeda's been puzzling over this, too, for a good long time, but he's revealing the translation for the sake of the broadcast.] This passage here references an unidentified 'we' "erecting a Pokémon statue outside"... there are plenty of statues in these ruins, but all of them are within some chamber or another. One could easily assume that the 'we' in question created this statue, but it still lies buried... or it is hidden in some other manner. Perhaps some kind of criterion has to be filled before the statue will appear?
Ah. Incidentally [and by this he means 'not incidentally at all'], I understand that some people have gotten the opportunity to speak to people native to the region of Kalos -- which bears a striking resemblance to a country I know called 'France'. There are goodie bags presently being given out in at least one Pokémon Center that are supposedly from Kalos, which contain -- among other things -- a couple of French baked goods known as macarons. It makes one wonder exactly how many things from this world have been lifted from others. Has anyone noticed other similarities?
...Mmm, I probably should have said this at the beginning, but please feel free to disregard this message, if you haven't done so already. It's just some worthless babbling. [He laughs.] Well, in any case, good night.
Light.
[WE NEED SOME LIGHT, FIRST OF ALL WE NEED SOME-- no okay not singing showtunes here.]
I've been through one of these chambers already, and that had a word on the floor as well. It took longer than I would have expected to figure out... but here I am. [Seriously, though. English isn't his first language, but for some reason it required a lot of focus to even decode the word "ESCAPE".] I won't tell you what the solution to that puzzle was; once you understand the cipher, though, this 'light' should be easy enough as well.
Oh-- and there's one other thing worth noting. [The Gear's camera moves up to show another tangle of Unown runes. Komaeda's been puzzling over this, too, for a good long time, but he's revealing the translation for the sake of the broadcast.] This passage here references an unidentified 'we' "erecting a Pokémon statue outside"... there are plenty of statues in these ruins, but all of them are within some chamber or another. One could easily assume that the 'we' in question created this statue, but it still lies buried... or it is hidden in some other manner. Perhaps some kind of criterion has to be filled before the statue will appear?
Ah. Incidentally [and by this he means 'not incidentally at all'], I understand that some people have gotten the opportunity to speak to people native to the region of Kalos -- which bears a striking resemblance to a country I know called 'France'. There are goodie bags presently being given out in at least one Pokémon Center that are supposedly from Kalos, which contain -- among other things -- a couple of French baked goods known as macarons. It makes one wonder exactly how many things from this world have been lifted from others. Has anyone noticed other similarities?
...Mmm, I probably should have said this at the beginning, but please feel free to disregard this message, if you haven't done so already. It's just some worthless babbling. [He laughs.] Well, in any case, good night.
[video]
It does make sense that the worlds would be similar, but I can't help but wonder how this world was bright into being in the first place. Is it merely a matter of exceptionally unlikely coincidences [which Komaeda himself is not unfamiliar with] or did something intentionally design one after the other?
[video]
I'm not sure...the people who live here don't seem to know the answer to that, either.
According to the Pokedex, this world was created by a Pokemon named Arceus, as well as all of the other Pokemon living in it.
[And, uh. They actually saw him a couple of days ago, so Chihiro can confirm that this is indeed factual information.]
[video]
The Pokédex? Well... I won't say that it isn't credible, but have you seen this Arceus mentioned elsewhere, in older sources that may actually have come from back then?
[He doesn't yet know that Llamagod was hanging around Tohjo Falls, of course.]
[video]
Actually, it's really scary to think about, so he won't.]
I have, actually. Arceus showed up a few days ago at Tohjo Falls.
[He knows by now that not everyone ended up going through the portals, so he doesn't mind explaining.]
Some of us ended up there when it called to us for help...and it actually saved us from what we were fighting for it, in the end.
[Unfortunately he did not take pictures- unlike some people- so he doesn't have proof other than his word.]
[video]
[ ... ]
[Okay.]
[Komaeda would like to believe you, Fujisaki, because his senpai wouldn't lie to him... but really... really...]
What did it look like?
[video]
It was white, and had these sort of...golden arches attached to its back.
[video]
Oh, I can't believe I forgot to ask-- you are alright, aren't you? I don't know everything that happened out there, but it sounded dangerous.
[video]
Yes, I'm okay. It was frightening, but my Pokemon helped to keep me safe.
[video]
[What would you know about becoming close with anyone, Komaeda...]
[video]
[Plus, having a massive land shark to watch over him did a good job at keeping stray grunts at bay.]