“So… dad?”
“Yes, dear?”
“John and I have been thinking about it and… it would be great if you applied John to our school.”
“… what?”
Dinner was going a bit quiet until Claire cut the silence with that suggestion. John looked up from the wall he was standing after the suggestion. “So yeah…” John began. “I’ve been caught by uh… two teachers so far and like… I think it’s best if I just enroll in that school.”
Izo looked puzzled at the moment, clearly thinking about the possible scenarios of what would happen if John enrolled in that school as an actual student. He sighed. “Yeah, you’re indeed right…” He looked at John again with a smile. “We get it, hiding like that from society is not really a great idea if they find you a bit off.”
“Although…” Reya butted in. “You remember our warning right? Make sure to not tell anyone else that you’re a human, alright?”
John nodded. “I understand ma’am.”
“Please, just call me Reya.” She chuckled and started eating her food, which was a berry salad.
Izo cleared his throat. “Anyways, I guess I can apply to you for school. But like… weren’t you an adult before coming into this world?” The ice Ninetales asked while adjusting his glasses.
John thought about an excuse, but in the end, couldn’t come up with any. “Yes I was, but at least I’m enduring school because it’s…” The Joltik glanced at Claire who was finishing up her food. “… necessary.”
“Yeah, I get it.” Izo thought for a moment. “You were born a wild mon, so it would be that civilized Pokémon would look at you in certain ways.” The pinkish-white fox grinned. “So that’s why you will need a shower.”
“Yeah and- wait, what?”
“Civilized Pokémon take showers at least once a week. Claire, give the little Joltik a good ol’ wash, alright?”
Claire immediately wagged her tails. “Yes, dad!” She jumped off her chair and grabbed John that was on the wall and immediately went to the bathroom. The bathroom was a surprisingly normal bathroom, there was a sink that was lower than usual sinks and a shower box at the end of the room. Instead of a toilet, however, there was basically a hole in the floor that had a small white open square surrounding it and a little bit of water in it. John guessed that was where they did their necessities. Claire dropped John on the floor. “And here we are! I don’t think you ever went here, did you?”
“Well… I didn’t have any actual food to use a toilet so far.”
“Oh yeah, you’re right about that, hehe.”
They both entered the shower, then John came to a sneaking realization of what was about to happen. “W-wait, you’re gonna shower with me!?”
“Well, of course, you’re too small to wash yourself.”
John blushed heavily under his fuzz. “Bu-but I… I’m a guy and you’re a girl and uh…” He started shaking from embarrassment. “Won’t this be like… really weird and uh…”
Claire giggled. “Come on, we’re not even compatible with each other. Besides, is not like anyone gonna see us if you’re this nervous about your public image.” She said before opening the shower, the sound of a soft hiss from water falling out from small holes surrounded the bathroom. Water fell on the two Pokémon, washing the impurities and dust away. “Ooh, so good…!”
“Yeah… it’s been a while since I took one of these…” His mouth spread into a relaxed smile as he closed his eyes.
Claire looked at John with a smile, however, something had come back to her. What had they seen in John’s memory of Mr. Xeno falling on the ground? She wanted to ask him so badly, but what if that ruined his happy mood?
Well, his mood was about to be ruined when Claire’s snow white twin entered the bathroom, gracefully and smug as always… “Oh wow, talk about a slutty attitude, taking a shower with a bug? How lower can you sink Claire?”
Claire turned to her sister and immediately snorted some flames out of her snout. “At least not any lower than you could ever come back from.”
John turned around with a tired sigh. ‘Why now…? In my moment of peace…' John crossed his nubs mentally as he looked at Elsa. “What do you want now…?”
“Well duh, I came here to take my beauty bath as I do every day.” She entered the shower, carefully standing some distance away from John. “Hopefully you’re not taking a peek at my sister where you’re not supposed to, bug.”
The Joltik didn’t know what was worse, the chilly air that hung around her wherever she went, or that sass she always has. “And why would I do that? For your information, from where I came from, we humans don’t date beings that are a different species from us.”
“Say that to the other humans that came before you then.” The white Vulpix chuckled. “They all have families here now, as the news says.” She turned away and looked behind as she started shaking her butt in John’s direction. She grinned as she lifted her tails. “Are you sure you don’t want a piece of this in the future?”
John blushed green really heavily as he looked away. Claire had enough of this and tackled her sister, making her stop. “Enough Elsa! Leave John alone, he had enough of you!” Her mouth was already drooling flames as three fireballs appeared around her.
Elsa rolled her eyes. “Fine…” She looked back at John. “If you want, I can take you to some pretty bug ladies in Burgroth that you will love.”
“Shut the fuck up.” John replied nonchalantly but was still a bit pissed.
“Hmph, suit yourself.” Elsa said as she grabbed a piece of soap with her paws and started rubbing it on herself.
John sighed. “I think I bathed enough… after all, I don’t have much to wash.” He jumped out of the shower box and started walking away. “Goodnight Claire.”
“Goodnight John…” Claire sighed sadly.
Elsa just scoffed. “He’s so sensitive. At least your last friend could handle some flirting.”
Claire growled as her eyes turned a bit purplish. “Don’t… speak about… him.”
“…fine…”
The fire Vulpix’s eyes turned back to normal again as she washed herself quietly. After some seconds have passed, she turned to her sister. “Hey, you used your phone a lot, didn’t you?”
“Um, yeah. What’s this all of a sudden?”
“Did you know that humans were already on the internet?”
“Duh, of course. Before you ask, I didn’t tell you because I just wanted to see your reaction when you discovered that yourself.” Elsa chuckled.
“… bitch.”
“Whore.”
They turned away from each other as they continued to shower quietly.
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“Are you ready John?”
“When will I ever be ready is the real question…”
“Hehehe, you’re such a funny 'mon.”
“Glad you think that.”
It was a Saturday morning, Claire and John left their house and were on the way towards Taro’s home. The Vulpix had her phone on her back along with the Joltik, who was keeping a watch on her phone, giving her directions while looking at the map. More specifically… Google Maps.
It seems that this world had satellites to have a map on Google and not just a glitched map of Earth. Nonetheless, the map was pretty useful so far. “So um… question, when were maps like these created?” John asked.
“I don’t actually remember…” Claire responded. “Must be like two to four cycles ago…”
“Cycles?”
“Cycles that the planet does around the sun.”
“Ah, I see…” John looked around at the town of Burgroth. They were in the residential area of the town on a sidewalk. There were a lot of things that looked like they were made by humans. The streets and the houses as well looked just like the ones in a rural town back on Earth. However, there were things different from there. Monsters of any type, walking on the street. From a scary-looking fire crocodile that had flames coming out of the side of their mouth, to a little cute ferret that walked normally alongside a small and blue puppy Pokémon and.. was that a Pikachu? John did not recognize any of the species, except for a few that he saw on T-shirts, toys, movie trailers, and clips of the anime in his old life.
There were some vehicles as well, they looked like some sort of floating rock and wooden cars with living engines powering them. It reminded John a bit of the Cars movie a little bit. “Pokémon are truly weird creatures…” John muttered quietly.
“Hey John, am I going in the right way?” Claire asked looking at her back.
“Yes, keep going a little bit and turn-“ Suddenly, Claire bumped into someone, making John and her phone call on the ground, luckily with no cracks on the screen as it fell right on John. “Ugh… what was-”
He looked at the reason behind the bump and he saw a Charmander, another Pokémon he barely recognized that was in ultra 4k definition. The Charmander got up quickly. “Out of the way, you monsters!” He said before he sprinted off.
Claire got up and shook her head. “What was wrong with him?”
“I got no clue…” John got up and climbed on Claire as she picked up her phone and put it on her back. “Are you good?”
“Yep, no problem for me!” She beamed before walking off again.
It wasn’t much long until they reached the Wattson house. It was a bit bigger than the other houses in the district, it was orange-colored and it was a bit fancy on the outside, even having a second floor. “Bruh… he lives here?” John asked a bit in shock before he looked back at the phone. “Well… the GPS is not lying…”
“I didn’t know Taro lived in a place like this, must be cool for him!” Claire said a bit excitedly before she went to knock on the door. However, she realized there was a doorbell, so she rang that instead and waited for a response.
“Coming!” Said a voice behind the door, meanwhile, John took the time to inspect the door. It had two door handles, one for bigger Pokémon and one for smaller Pokémon like the one that just opened the door. “Hey, guys!”
“Hi, Taro! How are you doing?” The Vulpix said smiling.
“I’m pretty good. What about you?”
“I’m fine as well! I came here to drop off John.”
The shiny Joltik came out behind Claire’s head. “Yo, I’m here.” He jumped off of Claire and walked towards Taro. “Is everything set up for the tests to begin?”
“Yep, it is!” The Togedemaru said proudly.
“Alright then.” They turned to Claire, who was smiling a bit sadly. “I have to go now or else I’ll be late. See you later guys!”
“Bye, Claire!” Both said in unison, John with less of a tone of excitement as the six-tailed fox left.
Taro turned to John. “So John, are you ready?”
“Yep, I am.” The Joltik looked around. “Did Amy come?”
Taro shook his head. “Nah, sadly she couldn’t come as well. Apparently, she gotta help her parents at home.”
“Ah, understandable.” The small spider said before entering the Togedemaru’s home as he closed the door. The Wattson house looked like one of the more expensive houses you would find in a residential district. The inside looked like it was made by an artist; some abstract paintings along with family photos, abstract sculptures that were holding some items and electronics, marble floor. Literally, everything looked like it was for rich Pokémon only. “So uh… where are your parents?”
“So um… they are at work right now.” Taro rubbed the back of his head. “They are at work most of the time so it’s just me and Little Z most of the time.”
“Little Z?”
Suddenly a robotic-looking Pokémon in the shape of a red and white bird, that was holding a blue bubbly bag, appeared from the corner. It then lowered its head to John and started speaking without moving its beak in a robotic voice. “Greetings, I am unit ZLX176U48, but I may be referred to as Little Z like young master Wattson had said.”
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
John was speechless for a second before turning to Taro with his mouth agape and eyes widened. “Robots exist here!?”
“Well um… they do. Don’t they exist in your world?”
“Well, machines do, but like…” The Joltik pointed a nub at the robotic Dellibird. “Not AIs with a full body that is basically Roombas! Like, what company made this?”
“So um…” Taro tried to explain before Little Z butted in.
“My model had come from a different time by the power of a certain Mystery Dungeon that stays in the very south of the continent. I was not the only model of advanced AI that came through the Mystery Dungeon, there were others.” It took a moment for John to process all of that, but he nodded in understanding. Suddenly the head of the robot detached from the body, only being hung by a thick metal wire. From the hole in the body, it pulled out a cup of aluminum and filled it with the cold water inside its sac. “Do you want water?”
“… No thanks…” John said looking a bit scared.
“Understood.” Little Z poured the water inside its beak before putting the cup back inside its body and walking away, attaching its head back in place.
Taro cut the silence again. “So yeah… their origins are kinda that. After that, some companies got possession of them and started selling them to the public. Since um… they were not wild and wanted to be treated like robots and some didn’t.”
“Man… this place gets crazier and crazier the more time I spend here…” John said a bit confused about the whole story, making Taro chuckle a little.
“Anyways, let’s get to the point of why you came here.” He grabbed John with his paws and started going upstairs to the second floor. There were four doors in a hall, all of them having two handles, Taro entered the second door on the right. “Welcome to my room!” The spiky mouse’s room was colorful to the yellow sides of things. Basically, almost everything had a yellow outline, even the walls and floor. There was a computer on a desk that was perfectly sized for him along with a perfectly sized gamer chair. “Hope you like it.”
“Wow… it seems that we have a gamer here.” John commented and Taro laughed sheepishly.
“Oh please.” They went towards the computer, which was already on. Taro sat on his chair and John hopped on the desk. Google was already opened. “So… what do you want to do first?”
John made a thinking face before suggesting. “So like… in my old life, I had an account on the internet, I wanna try and access that to see if anything’s changed.”
“Ooh, pretty interesting! Do you still remember what was it called and the password?” Taro asked, logging out of his account.
“Of course I remember, it’s basically been part of my life.” John thought about typing the name before deciding that would have a lot of work. “Um… could you type it for me? It’s gonna be a pain typing something in this small body…”
“Sure.” The Togedemaru put his paws over the keyboard.
“Type in Johnathan Kennedy 305, no caps, and no space, and it’s Gmail.” The Joltik hoped that the rodent knew what Gmail was, fortunately, he didn’t question it and pressed enter. However, he asked a different question.
“Is Johnathan your real name?”
“Ah, no it isn’t. I just use that name in here so I get some anonymity on the internet.”
“Ah, I see.” Taro turned back to the monitor. “What’s the password?”
“Um… I’ll type this one myself, could you please look away?” The rodent complied and turned away while John started walking around the keyboard, stretching his limbs so he could reach certain keys to press them. After half a minute, he was done and he pressed enter. “Okay, I’m done now.”
Taro looked back to the monitor along with John, the account was successfully logged in. “Oh wow, it works here!” He then looked at the profile picture of a human figure with red eyes and fiery red hair. “Is that how you used to look like as a human!?”
“Um… no. It’s just an anime profile picture…”
“What is that?”
“Basically a type of cartoon made by a certain group of humans back in my world.”
“Ah, I see. So… what’s next?”
John looked around the computer. He only needed two things for the next thing to work, and it seemed like the gamer spiky mouse had it. John turned to Taro. “We’re gonna call a human.”
Taro’s tail and ears perked up upon hearing that. “What!? For real!?” John nodded. “Hold up! How are we supposed to do that? We don’t have contact with anyone at all!”
“That’s why a simple site exists for this very moment. Where we can call a bunch of humans without knowing their contacts, and we can video call them to see what their reaction to us are.”
“What do you mean by reaction?”
“Um… so… to explain a bit, in our world, Pokémon don’t exist. It’s the reason why I was so scared of everything that was happening. You would understand why.” Taro nodded and John immediately thought. ‘I better not explain the “fictional species made by a company” part of the story.’
“I see. Alright then, let’s hope we don’t freak them out too much.” Taro rubbed the back of his head.
“You freak people out? What are you talking about? People will find you cute rather than scary.”
Taro blushed under his fur and looked away, popping his spikes up. “I’m not that cute!”
John chuckled. “Alright, continue denying if you want.” John looked back at the monitor. “Alright, search up Omegle.”
Taro retracted his spikes and started typing. He pressed enter and was immediately shown what John wanted. “Is one of these options the site?”
“Yep, it’s the first one.” John used his whole body to motion the mouse to click on the first option, and it led them right toward the site. “Holy damn… it’s actually Omegle!”
“Um…” Taro read what was under the logo. “Does your species um… love to show off their um…”
“Oh uh… don’t worry about that, and don’t question it…” John clicked on the video option below the warning and logo and checked the two boxes that appeared confirming if he read the terms of services and is over 18 years old.
“W-wait, I’m didn’t even reach 18 years yet! Do you think it’s a good idea for me to appear in the camera?” Taro questioned a bit nervous.
John waved it off. “It’s fine Taro, kids in my world lie about their age all the time on the internet to access adult sites.” The Joltik clicked on the option to allow the camera and microphone, the two important objects necessary for this test.
“Wait, they do that? I wasn’t the only-… forget what I said…” Taro looked away in shame.
“Really just exposed yourself, huh?” He turned back to the Togedemaru’s blushing face.
“Look, everyone gets curious about how it does it look, alright? I’ve seen uh… some wild bug types doing it once…”
John stayed in silence, trying not to think of mental images of bugs doing that. He cleared his throat, looking back at the monitor. They saw Taro in the monitor, meaning that the camera was working. “Anyways… we gotta wait now until someone connects with us.”
John jumped on Taro’s head so he could be seen in the camera as well, while Taro asked. “How long will this take?”
“Depends on the number of people that are using this site right now.”
They waited a couple of seconds while Taro pulled his microphone closer to him until someone actually connected to them. The rodent’s eyes widened at the sight of the human on the monitor. Female, long hair, brown eyes, and some clothing that he couldn’t really identify. John felt a sense of relief wash over him, finally a familiar face in the flesh. Although not that he knew this person, he loved seeing the face of a human once again.
However the human didn’t look the same, and a more WTF expression was on her face. “… huh…?”
“Humans look so pretty…” The rodent muttered under his breath. He struggled to find his words as he shook in anxiety. “H- hi…”
The woman disconnected.
John and Taro just looked at the screen in silence until John spoke. “Um… well that didn’t go as I was expecting…”
“Wow… I didn’t even manage to get my words in…” Taro muttered before trying to look at the spider. “You didn’t tell me female humans looked that pretty. That human looked so judgmentally at me I didn’t know what to say.”
“Well, those are called Karens…” Taro tilted his head. “Internet joke. Anyways, let’s hope that the next one doesn’t immediately leave.”
They got connected with another human, this time a male human with messy black hair, black eyes, and a plastic mask covering his mouth, he was also wearing a black jacket. “Hm…?”
John whispered to Taro. “Do you want me to speak or you can speak with this one?”
“I think I can speak with this one, don’t worry.” The Togedemaru whispered back before clearing his throat. “Hello.”
The human looked at them in silence before speaking up. “Uh… is this… CGI?”
Taro tilted his head before John decided to speak. “No dude, we can confirm that we are not CGI.”
“… Hey Togedemaru.”
Taro flinched a little at the usage of his species name. “M-me?”
“There’s no one else in the room with you that is a spiky ball rodent. Anyways, do something electricity based and prove this is not some filter CGI or something.”
Taro was a bit nervous if this was a good idea, but John needed a reaction from the human, so he complied. “Alright then…” Taro nodded and got out of his chair while John jumped on the ground. The man realized that the filter wasn’t going away no matter where they went and his eyes widened a bit. Taro pushed his chair out of the way so he had a bit more space. “Alright… here I go!” Taro charged a bit of electricity and released a small amount around his body. After five seconds he stopped and looked back at the monitor. “Is… that proof enough…?”
The man had his jaw dropped even his mask fell out of his mouth, making it fully visible. John was waiting for this kind of reaction. ‘Now… what will he do next…?’ John thought.
“Holy shit! Like are you two actually Pokémon!?” Taro looked confused at the response. He thought that humans didn’t know what Pokémon was. He looked at John for an answer and he laughed a bit sheepishly.
“So um… I might’ve not told everything…” He muttered as he looked away. Taro sighed as he grabbed John and pulled his chair back into place, sitting on it. “I’ll tell you after this call.” The Joltik whispered to the rodent’s ear and he nodded, looking back at the screen.
“Yes, we’re actual Pokémon, no filter or CGU or whatever that is…” Taro responded. “What’s your name-“
Suddenly the man got up from his chair. “Wait a minute, I gotta show someone this!” He left from the field of vision of his camera.
Both electric types stayed in silence for a second before Taro spoke up. “So… mind explaining to me what you didn’t tell about us?”
John sighed. “Soooo… Pokémon are kinda… fictional to us. Like they were created as fictional creatures from a gaming company and now they’ve grown to a point that… it’s the richest entertainment company in the world there.”
Taro could only say one thing. “Damn….”
The man came back with a girl that looked to be a six to nine-year-old child. “Look Mavis, those are actual Pokémon!”
“What!? For real!?” The girl asked in disbelief as she looked at the Pokémon on the monitor. “Oh my gosh! What are the names of those two Pokémon? I can’t really remember the names well.”
“The mouse-looking one is called a Togedemaru. And the yellow spider-looking one is called a Joltik.” The man explained pointing at the computer.
“Hi Togedemaru, hi Joltik! You’re both so cute, you know that!?” The girl said ecstatically.
Taro blushed as he started to laugh sheepishly, John didn’t as he disagreed completely with that statement. She must be insane to call something as a bug cute. “Sweet… thanks, I guess…” He cleared his throat. “Anyway, we must go now, goodbye humans!” He quickly whispered to Taro. “Close the connection quickly before this gets even more awkward!”
Taro nodded quickly and pressed the button to switch persons. And they both gave a sigh. “So my species is basically recognizable all over in a world where Pokémon don’t exist?” The rodent asked. “That’s kinda weird…”
“I even wonder how the company even knew of Pokémon in the first place… like, there’s no way they actually guessed everything, ri-” Before he could continue, another person connected, this time, it was two identical girls, both with brown hair.
“Aww, look at them! They look so cute!” One of the girls beamed.
“I wanna grab one of them and hug as a plushy!” The other one said. “Where do you guys live!?”
Both John and Taro were blushing from embarrassment. “We’re not that cute…” Both said in unison before John jumped out of the rodent’s head and motioned the mouse to open a new tab and close the Omegle tab as fast as he could.
“Alright, I think that’s enough of that test…” He said with a sigh.
“I decided that humans make me very uncomfortable… is every human like that…?” The Togedemaru asked.
“Fortunately no. I think we just paired up with the wrong people…” He looked back at Taro. “So… what did you think of that experience?”
“I um… just a bit embarrassing overall… but I don’t think they’re that bad.” He managed to make a slight smile. “So, what’s the next text?”
“Hm… have ever used Discord?”
“I uh… tried it once but didn’t get too far in it.”
John then started typing on the keyboard, stretching his limbs to reach certain keys. After managing to type it, he pressed enter and he saw a bunch of options relating to Discord popping up. He turned to Taro. “I have an idea, could you login to your account?” Taro nodded and switched accounts, logging in on his account. John saw a profile picture of the rodent with a pair of shades and had to hold a snicker. “Alright, log in on Discord, we’re gonna join a server.”
“Those big places with lots of people that the app explained?”
“Yep, we’re gonna join a server, post a photo of the two of us, and see if people believe us or not.” John explained. “Could you take some photos with your phone and upload them to Google Drive? … You know what that is right?”
Taro grinned as he took out his phone. “Yep, I know what that is and how to use it. I’ve been messing with the features of Google since its release. I’ve even made a YouTube channel not that long ago, I play some games in it.”
“Great. Also, I think it’s better for you to take a picture of me while I’m trying to find the perfect server to post these images.” John said while he was motioning the mouse with his whole body. Taro nodded and opened up the camera app, switching to selfie mode. It was a bit hard getting a good angle with his paws, but he managed to snap a few photos. In the photos, John was browsing through the various servers of Discord. After not finding a good one, he decided to input a keyword on the search bar. The Joltik typed “pokemon”, and a bunch of servers appeared related to Pokémon. After he found a pretty popular server, he clicked the join button. “Are the photos ready?”
“Yep!” Taro said as he put away his phone and looked back at the monitor. “Woah… that’s a lot of people with… Pokémon profile pictures?”
“Mind you that these profile pictures are not real, just some art of a Pokémon they like or something like that.”
“Yeah I know, after all, none of these images actually looks taken from real life. So… how do you use a server?”
John went to the monitor and walked on it, pointing towards the things on the screen as he explained. “We can post lots of different things on the respective channel while talking to some people on various topics.” He jumped back to the desk and pointed at the monitor. “This is a Pokémon-related server where people talk about, of course, Pokémon.”
“I see…” Taro said as he opened a new tab. He grabbed the pictures from Google Drive and downloaded the pictures to his PC, he then clicked back on the Discord tab. “So… which of these channels do you think we can post the pictures?”
“Hm… how about the "irl" channel? It means in real life.”
“But won’t that confuse the humans? Won’t they think it’s fake?”
“That’s the point, let’s see what the reactions are. After a bit of inspecting, they’ll realize that it isn’t some super photorealistic art or something.”
“Ah, I see. That’s true.” The rodent clicked on the irl channel and saw various pictures of rooms, neighborhoods, and some beautiful photographs of nature. Taro noticed various similarities that the human world had with the Pokémon world, but of course, he noticed some major differences, especially in some of the vehicles. However, he wasn’t here to compare both worlds, he started typing. “Some pictures of me and my friend John… is that good enough?”
“Yep, sounds real and genuine enough, now put the pictures in the message. Just drag them above the message bar and release them there.” John explained and Taro did it. “Now send.” They sent the message along with the pictures, and after a moment Discord uploaded them. “Now it’s only a matter of time before someone responds.”
“John, uh… I have a question.”
The yellowish jumping spider turned to Taro. “What is it?”
“What’s the point of all these tests? Like, why are you trying to gather reactions from some humans?” The rodent asked tilting his head.
John blinked before sighing. “You see… I was wanting to see their reactions to see if seeing actual live Pokémon in the flesh would cause them any panic.”
“Why?”
“What do you think is gonna happen after a few more weeks with the internet? More Pokémon will start using it. If my people see that the creatures they thought were fictional start appearing, I feel like something really bad is gonna happen on Earth. Panic will rise and humans are known to do some rash things while in panic, I’m afraid that even the rulers there will take some action in trying to contact this world somehow.” Taro looked away in shame. “So, I’m just assuring that it won’t go down to that and they will take Pokémon existence lightly, now do you get it?”
“Yeah, I understand now. I definitely don’t want to be the downfall of another world just because of a fear of a species that cannot even go to that world. But why do you think that would happen?”
“Remember the fear of the unknown?”
Taro remembered about it, but instead of saying a word, he nodded in agreement. He looked back at the monitor. “Oh look! Someone responded to our photos!”
John looked back at the monitor and saw the message.
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John sighed. “Well, not everyone would believe it right away…”
Suddenly, the bedroom door opened and Little Z walked in as both electric types looked at it. “It is your lunchtime now Master Wattson, you need to eat to grow stronger and have more electricity running through your body.”
Taro nodded and turned to John. “Wanna come to eat with me?”
John waved it off. “Nah, I can just eat electricity.”
“Come on, like actual food, not some volts.”
John thought about it for a moment. It has been some time since he has eaten something other than electricity, maybe it was time to change that and eat some actual food. “Alright then.” John jumped on Taro’s head before he jumped off his chair. “What are we having for lunch?”
“Pork chops with salad.” The robotic Dellibird explained as they left the bedroom.
Meanwhile, the Discord chat was having a discussion about the pictures.
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