4th | Accidental Video + Video | Ilex Forest

[kyoukashotennis]

[Accidental Video]

[Here's a really dark forest-y feed for your viewing pleasure. It's Ilex Forest so of course it's dark and it's night so that doesn't make it any better. There's a view of a guy dressed in green-yellow shirt, walking around... looking pretty lost, even if he has a map on his hands.]

This map doesn't show me anything right... [The feed goes on as he walks and walks. It seems like someone is following him with the gear.]

Really... if I wasn't sure this was the right map I'd say this is-- [He looks at the label, now.] ... oh. Well, good thing I'm pretty sure this is the right way... right Vulpix?

[Theres's a really, really unsure "Vul" coming from the Pokémon.]

... wait. Isn't that the landmark I put around an hour ago? Don't tell me we've traveled in a circle. [A long sigh. The Vulpix nudges his owner.] Yeah, I know... I should ask for help. Now where's my gear...?

[He looks around his backpack. Nope. Not there. Vulpix nudges his trainer again and that's when Shiraishi looks straight at the gear.]

Hey...!

[Wild Chikorita ran away with the gear (because it got scared) and Shiraishi after them. In the middle of the chase the feed is cut off.]

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[And the feed opens to an exhausted Shiraishi once he gets his gear back. He's been running after it for... who knows how long. And gotten even more lost.]

I... think I'm in a pinch here. I've been looking for the exit at Ilex Forest to Azalea Town for hours. I just got here for a evening stroll and then couldn't find a way out.

[His Vulpix is curled up next to him, sleeping.] And I have the wrong map, too... so I have no idea where to go.

So uh... what should I do?

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[comeatmibro]

[ Miyuki blows a bubble with her gum and pops it loudly. ]

The way to Azalea is, like, southwest. Keep following the paths south and west and you should get there, right?

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[kyoukashotennis]

[Well, that's certainly useful information.]

It would help if I knew which way was south and which west... [Or would be useful.] Gears don't happen to have compasses, right?

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[comeatmibro]

Dude, you're, like, hopeless. [ Exasperated. ] Use the sun, bro. You know what time it is, right?

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[kyoukashotennis]

[He's... not going to argue with that.]

Well, yeah, the Gear shows the time... last time I checked it's pretty late so I don't think there'd by sun up.

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[tickleironysjudgment]

Find the shrine at the center of the forest. Approach it and ask for a safe journey to Azalea. It may sound foolish, but there is a powerful pokemon dwelling near that shrine. It protects and guides travelers. Follow the paths south and west from there, you will make it safely and quickly.

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[kyoukashotennis]

A shrine? Yeah, I think I saw that... a while ago. [Around three hours and fifteen minutes ago.] I'll gladly pay a visit to it if when I find it again. Any help I can get, after all.

Thank you.

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[tickleironysjudgment]

The shrine is located at the dead center of the forest. If you can deduce north and south from there, you will be able to make it out easily. Keep your bearing and wits about you and it won't be much of a task.

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[kyoukashotennis]

[Too bad Shiraishi lacks a sense of direction. Otherwise this really would be easy, most likely.]

But how do I do that? I don't even know which is south or north right now.

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[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

How can you get lost in here that fast? This isn't that complicated of a forest.

[The voice is that of a young male, possibly in his early teens. Where its owner is, on the other hand, is a different matter, considering how dark it is.]

If you get lost this easily you shouldn't come in here.

[He sounds a bit bewildered by your apparent incompetence. Then again, this is coming from someone who's lived their entire life in a forest, so his standards for wilderness navigation might be a little high.]

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[kyoukashotennis]

[Wh-What there's someone else here? That startled Shiraishi slightly.]

I'm not that used to traveling in forests... I didn't meant to wander this far. [Or well, at all. Just take a peek of the forest and go out.]

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[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[The voice is behind him and to his left now. There was no sound of its owner moving there.]

Why don't you just follow the trail of footprints and broken twigs you've left behind you? That will get you out.

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[usedlaserbeam]

Have you lost your way, Shiraishi-kun?

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[kyoukashotennis]

Seems like it, unfortunately. I was never meant to come this far alone.

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[usedlaserbeam]

And you're somewhere in the Ilex Forest. That's not too far from where I am, at the moment; I can send my Pidgeot to come look for you, if your straits are that dire.

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[lol_less]

...What did I tell you about 'sticking together'?

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[kyoukashotennis]

Sorry... [He looks rather pathetic right now.] I just came to take a look... and I was meant to come back right after, but... ah.

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[lol_less]

Bad luck on your side today, I understand.

[Yup, he's teasing.]

Do you want me to come and get you?

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[rooster_shout]

Do you have a flying type, Mister? It might help a bit.

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[kyoukashotennis]

I left both of my flying types on my PC, unfortunately...

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[rooster_shout]

That's no good...Wait what if you mark your path. That way you know where you've been already.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Ara? Oh dear, unfortunately I am much too far to help you ... but have you tried using your PokeDex?

... you didn't install the new application for a map of the region?

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[kyoukashotennis]

I've tried a few things... but it seems I still need to work on my navigating skills. [Or whatever improved your Sense of Direction.] I think I'm getting helped though, so don't worry, Lacus-san.

... what new application?

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[thewhite_symphony]

I believe I heard about it somewhere before. It is an application that works as a map I believe.

It is ... a little expensive ... especially for someone still starting, but I'd be happy to purchase it for you. I don't want this to happen to you again.

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[tarotcards]

[ Oh Shiraishi... ]

How did you enter the Ilex Forest with the wrong map...?

[ Wouldn't you have noticed that it was the wrong one before travelling far enough to get lost? ]

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[kyoukashotennis]

I... looked at the map after I got into the forest?

[... yep.]

I didn't figure I really needed a map since I wasn't supposed to come this far.