no_ufo_ending | Room 039 [Video]

_{[The video flips on to the bright lights of a doctor's examination room--or rather a garbage can in the corner of one. It contains the remains of Henry's foot cast. The camera stays on the signature-smothered wrappings for some time as he speaks.]}

This...is a PSA. I'm sure some of you have noticed how...weird...you or your friends may have been acting lately over the weekends. I don't mean where you suddenly lose a few days and remember something about flying school buses and the Koolaid man. I mean suddenly becoming a different person or saying things you don't mean to say or in my case...jumping off of rooftops.

This could happen to you.

_{[He flips the camera around, showing his usual tired, not-very-shaven face. The clinic ceiling lights blare behind him.]}

And so...I think we should develop some kind of...I don't know. A buddy system? If you suddenly find yourself having strange ideas or--hell--any ideas at all, ask a buddy. Or ask two buddies in case they've got the same problem you do. Create a whole network of buddies.

I'll be your buddy. So, uh...yeah. That's all.

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A different person? Jumping off roofs? Losing time- this stuff happens here?! I... I've been here a month or so, and nothing's...ohgosh, I don't really have many people I know hanging around me.

Oof. Welcome to Johto. It is a nice place...I would honestly rather be here than anywhere. But it's not perfect.

You can call this number if you suddenly get any weird ideas. I was serious about that offer.

Ha, great. Like a crisis hotline for bizarro behavior. [Nnghhhh] I thought I was away from all the weird, nightmare fuel stuff...

Ugh, it's a nice offer...that maybe I'll take you up on, but I SERIOUSLY hope I NEVER have to.

I hope so too. Honestly, breaking my foot is probably the worst thing that's happened in all the years Iv'e been here. So maybe don't worry too much.

_{[Except for the time his friend's SOUL got RIPPED OUT OF HER BODY by a weird bug. That was pretty bad. Oh. Or the time he BECAME A MUTANT AND LOST THE USE OF HIS ARMS.]}

[If you don't want a hysterical girl on the other end, Do Not tell her either of that. JESUS PokéWorld, you were supposed to be SAFE, but instead there's SHEDINJA and FREAK EVENTS.]

That's...reassuring... How long's that been...?

Ah-- hmm.

_{[Henry makes a few other quiet thoughtful sounds as he tries to remember correctly.]}

At...least four years.

Fff- ahaaa, ah... [Sputter. Jesus.] Another...long-runner. Oh. ...Statistics I can trust then, huh...? No...being chased by monsters or anything?

Nothing but pocket monsters...that was a terrible joke.

[...]

Jesus christ that's what it stands for doesn't it.

Yes. But you always have your team to help you out and you can avoid Pokemon all together by staying out of the tall grass and caves.

So they don't just charge you, right? Not- out of nowhere? So all there is to worry about is this- this weird...mental changing thingy?

They're just animals. Bears don't go around looking for a fight after all.

Animals can still do some damage... But I guess you're right.

You'll have your team with you too. You're their best friend and they'll do everything in their power to keep you safe.

I- I am, that's... There's just so much here that's a big mystery. And I kind of- my mind fills in blanks with some pretty bad things...

I'll, um, try to remember that though. There's safety here...even if not all the time.

Right. And if you find yourself in a jam, help is just a call away. Several people have Pokemon who are able to fly long distances very quickly who can get you out of trouble.

Thank you, it's... It's really nice of you to say all this. Warn everyone, reassure total strangers.

Hey, this place can be pretty confusing. Nobody should have to figure it all out alone.

True indeed...

So, what's your name, helpful guy who jumped off a roof?

[...don't tease him]

It's Henry.

_{[He hesitates. The teasing is obvious, but he's so glad to have that stupid cast off that he can take it and even dish it back out.]}

Henry Danger Townshend.

Gee, so many people with the middle name "Danger" around here...

I'm Ashley. Ashley Williams, if you need a last name.

It's not the strangest name I've heard here.

It's nice to meet you, Ashley.

It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Townshend.

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