dangerousidol | Video 001

[The video feed turns on to show a little fox cat like creature looking expectantly upwards. Its tail swishes back and forth like how a puppy would wag its tail when happy. This earns the little creature a soft giggle from the person behind the camera.]

You're so cute, Himiko!

[Himiko chirps in response, and the camera is panned around to show a young girl now with curly brown pigtails.]

Hey there~! If anyone is watching this, I'm Rise Kujikawa!

[The camera is put down and the girl sits down on the ground, Himiko climbing into her lap. She looks less happy now. Her backdrop is the small town of New Bark.]

So, what is this place, really? I woke up in a strange house, and a crazy lady who called herself my mom shoved a bag in my hand and told me 'Good luck!'. She didn't even let me ask any questions!

[She now pats Himiko's head, and the small creature enjoys this immensely.]

This old man gave me what he called a Pokéball, goes on and on about this 'world of Pokémon', calls me a trainer, and then sends me off. The trainer manual is confusing, and this whole thing seems like some little kids video game or TV show! I know that Himiko is an Eevee because this really loud voice from my Gear told me what she is. It's called a PokéDex, right? Can I go home when I catch them all?

[She's pouting now. Himiko does the same. She seems to enjoy copying her trainer.]

Oh! And this music is really annoying. How do you turn it off?!

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That's a great idea! Naming your Pokemon after your friends is always a good thing to fall back on, if you don't have any themes to follow.

[His own Pokemon are named after nerdy things.]

Though what if my friends show up? It'd be too embarrassing to bring those Pokémon out while they're around!

[She's hiding her face in her hands, shaking her head.]

That's a risk you have to deal with! Personally, I would go for it because the confusion can be funny.

[Said someone who haven't name his Pokemon after a friend yet. Midori's an exception, since she used to belong to someone else.]

[She peeks out at him, then nods.]

That does sound like fun. But if I'm going to name one after my Sempai, it has to be super special! Like a dragon!

In that case, you'll definitely have enough dragons to choose from! There's a number of cool dragons around, if you know where to look or who to ask for if you want eggs.

You're so helpful~!

[She's going to give you one of her idol smiles.]

But it's not really fair that you know my name! What's yours?

[Doki doki, what a cute smile...!

Okay, okay, she's a bit young for him, but Atsuro can admit her smile is cute.]

Oh right! Name's Atsuro Kihara, but just Atsuro is fine with me. It's nice to meet you, Rise!

[A Japanese name? So there are people from her home country here, too.]

Okay, Atsuro-kun! So you're from Japan?

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Yep, that's right! Right from Tokyo, to be exact.

[Generally speaking, although his house is outside of the Yamanote line area.]

I love Tokyo! I did a lot of work in that area~

Ooh, what kind of work is it?

I was an idol!

...Wait, an idol!?

[He's talking to an idol?! Never mind that she didn't exist in his world, but the fact remains is she's an idol!

He can feel his inner otaku getting excited about this.]

[She nods, giving him another of her idol smiles.]

Yup! And I'm gonna try my best to be an idol here, too! And when I go back home, I'm going to make a huge comeback!

Whoa, cool!

[In more ways than one!]

I'm rooting for you, Rise! This world have a lot of opportunities, so I'm sure you'll find a way to become the top idol around here!

So I gotta work hard!

[Now she's curious.]

So what do you do here?

I'm a freelancer programmer for hire!

[He sounds so proud.]

But if I don't have any commissions or projects, I usually get a job in whichever city I'm in.