(OOC: The discussion thread's here: http://pokecharms.com/threads/an-unusual-occurrence.13898/#post-291753 You don't need to ask to join this, though, just hop right in! 
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The day was gloomier than usual. Seemingly everywhere in the world there was rain that fell from the overhead clouds, and it got harder as every second passed. It was that odd time of the day, where the world grew more energetic- or, at least, its inhabitants did. Yes, the time was mid-afternoon, and school was just getting out. Many students fled from the buildings to their specified buses, while others held back, headed to the fields for sports.
One specific person, though, knew exactly where she was going and why.
Will it hatch today? Phantom wondered, plugging her earbuds into her ears and staring out a bus window as she headed back home. God, I hope so. I've been waiting forever! The freshman spoke in her mind about a very popular game series: Pokemon. Omega Ruby, to be exact. She'd been trying to hatch her first shiny after completing the game for the first time, and had been at it for only about 20 minutes before she had to go to bed, since school started at a way-too-early 7:20 for her, and she knew she needed to be at the bus stop on time. Well, way-too-early in her eyes, at least.
Once her stop came into view, she collected her things, slinging her backpack over her shoulder, waiting for the vehicle to come to a stop to step off. Looking up the cul-de-sac her home resided on, she sighed, heaving her things higher onto her back and starting the trudge up the street, listening to My Chemical Romance instead of the silence of her neighbors who walked alongside her.
Finally, she had made it to her house. Being the first one home of her family, Phantom took her house key out of her backpack's front pouch, using it to unlock the back door and gain access inside. Again, she hiked her things up so they wouldn't bother her as she walked upstairs into the main floor, and she proceeded to do so. Opening the door at the top of the stairs, the first thing the girl looked at was her dog- a 4-year-old Yorkshire Terrier. "Hellooo, Audrey, baby!" she greeted, playfully, voice cracking slightly as she walked over to the living room, moving the gate that kept the dog from getting out of the kitchen to the side, and dropped her stuff off next to the couch. "Y'know what, Audrey?" Phantom questioned, looking back to the tiny animal, who was wagging her stubby tail frantically, "Screw homework, amirite? I'm playing Pokemon! Besides, there's no one to stop me!"
Plopping herself on the couch, Phantom scooped the Yorkie, placed her down on the couch next her her, then leaned over to grab her pink Nintendo 3DS. I only wish they'd gotten me, like, blue or something, she said in her mind, scrunching her nose up in disgust at the otherwise hated color of the device, remembering getting it as a Christmas present. Oh well... Better this than nothing, right? Turning the DS on, a random jolt of energy surged through her body as the shorter girl kicked around wildly, ecstatic that she was now able to play the game after seven-or-so hours of 'hell', as she called school. "I better get that shiny, Audrey! I better!" Glancing over to her dog, she slumped in her seat at her current position- as close to her leg as possible, snout buried between it and the couch's cushion. "Really, Dog? Why do you always do this?" she questioned, smirking as the game started up.
Skipping the video that started the game, the light brown-haired girl used an index finger to re-position her red glasses higher up on the bridge of her nose, since they had slid down. Once she had clicked into the game using her stylus, Phantom got right to work, using her bike and Larvesta to make the egg-hatching process go faster.
She had been sitting there for only about a half an hour when it started. At first, it seemed like another dud, another normal Pokemon. But, as she heard the sheep-like cry, she started, looking up to her brother, who had walked in not that long ago, for a split second before studying the purple Mareep that was shrouded in sparkles on her DS's upper screen. "Oh my God..." she spoke quietly, getting louder by the minute. "Oh my GOD! YES! IT FINALLY HATCHED!" Fist-bumping the air, Phantom deemed her new favorite Pokemon Audrey, after her Yorkshire Terrier puppy(?).
The screen turned black, as it normally did after an egg hatched, but this time it did not brighten up with a picture of her character, May, again. "Uhhh... whaT."
Instead of the picture she expected, the screen shined a brilliant white color, causing Phantom to shade her eyes with a hand. "This doesn't look good." Throughout the house, wind picked up, carrying papers, dirty dishes, and even Audrey with it. As quickly as she could, Phantom sprang up, caught her dog, held her close to her chest as she squinted her eyes up to her 3DS, which had moved directly to a spot in the midst of the wind and debris, unfaltering when it stopped its motion. The wind suddenly changed direction, moving counterclockwise seemingly into the DS's screen. Everything it had picked up fell to the carpeted floor just before it could get to the electronic- but by this time, the wind began to sweep Phantom off her feet. Eyes wide, she cried out to her brother: "Take Audrey! Quick!"
Scrambling from his spot on the opposite side of the couch, awestruck at the scene in front of him, Phantom's brother grabbed the dog from her grasp. Before he could even reach out to his sister, though, she had vanished. "Ph-PhANTOM!" he cried out, placing Audrey down on the couch as he dropped to his knees, tears streaming down his face. "WH-WHERE'D-D YOU G-G-GO!?"
Phantom was unable to hear him as she traveled in a void for at least a minute or so. As quickly as this had all started, though, it came to a stop, with the girl face-planting into the ground she had spawned a foot over. Picking her head up, she instantly recognized the terrain as grass, but was unsure where the grass was located, where the obviously possessed 3DS of hers had dropped her. She took her glasses off, wiping all the dirt from their lenses with the bottom of the shirt she wore under her sweatshirt. When she replaced them on her nose, her eyes widened in surprise at the bright, sunny view before her.
Well. This place looks familiar, doesn't it?
Behind her, a short road led off to a cute, little village. She could see people scattered about, but their positions reminded her of something she did not like to think of that much. In front of her, a massive building full of noise stood, but it was the shack on the side of the path that resided in front of a fenced-in field that got her attention. Using tiny footsteps, Phantom shuffled over to the fence, peering over the other side at the creatures that played within its boundaries.
"Mee-OWTH!"
"Azu-AzUmarill!"
"WHAT," Phantom said out loud, loud enough to scare the old man that stood not that far away from her.
"What's all the fuss about, youngster?" he asked, looking over to the freshman.
"Um... Where am I? That probably sounded really dumb..." she asked, eyes wide as she slowly turned to face the man.
"Why, Mauville, of course!" the man answered, simply.
Backing up slightly, Phantom looked back to the people behind her, noticing the rustling in the taller portion of the grass. "What do I do?" she whispered to herself, turning to face the entrance to Mauville City. "What, will Audrey pop up next? My Mareep, I mean," she continued, quietly. "Well, let's go this way, I guess..." And with that, the girl who had no idea what had just happened to her, or how she would get home, shuffled off into the artificially-lighted city, dying to throw her hood over her head, but she restrained herself from doing so.
(OOC: So that's a day in the life of me! Sorta. xD Don't feel like you have to go into this much detail. I only did for the sake of the first post. Plus, all the info above actually happened at some point in time, but it's all insignificant, so I felt fine with sharing it with y'all. Also, feel free to use your username for your name in this, okie? Unless you want to use your real name, but I don't think anyone really does.)
)The day was gloomier than usual. Seemingly everywhere in the world there was rain that fell from the overhead clouds, and it got harder as every second passed. It was that odd time of the day, where the world grew more energetic- or, at least, its inhabitants did. Yes, the time was mid-afternoon, and school was just getting out. Many students fled from the buildings to their specified buses, while others held back, headed to the fields for sports.
One specific person, though, knew exactly where she was going and why.
Will it hatch today? Phantom wondered, plugging her earbuds into her ears and staring out a bus window as she headed back home. God, I hope so. I've been waiting forever! The freshman spoke in her mind about a very popular game series: Pokemon. Omega Ruby, to be exact. She'd been trying to hatch her first shiny after completing the game for the first time, and had been at it for only about 20 minutes before she had to go to bed, since school started at a way-too-early 7:20 for her, and she knew she needed to be at the bus stop on time. Well, way-too-early in her eyes, at least.
Once her stop came into view, she collected her things, slinging her backpack over her shoulder, waiting for the vehicle to come to a stop to step off. Looking up the cul-de-sac her home resided on, she sighed, heaving her things higher onto her back and starting the trudge up the street, listening to My Chemical Romance instead of the silence of her neighbors who walked alongside her.
Finally, she had made it to her house. Being the first one home of her family, Phantom took her house key out of her backpack's front pouch, using it to unlock the back door and gain access inside. Again, she hiked her things up so they wouldn't bother her as she walked upstairs into the main floor, and she proceeded to do so. Opening the door at the top of the stairs, the first thing the girl looked at was her dog- a 4-year-old Yorkshire Terrier. "Hellooo, Audrey, baby!" she greeted, playfully, voice cracking slightly as she walked over to the living room, moving the gate that kept the dog from getting out of the kitchen to the side, and dropped her stuff off next to the couch. "Y'know what, Audrey?" Phantom questioned, looking back to the tiny animal, who was wagging her stubby tail frantically, "Screw homework, amirite? I'm playing Pokemon! Besides, there's no one to stop me!"
Plopping herself on the couch, Phantom scooped the Yorkie, placed her down on the couch next her her, then leaned over to grab her pink Nintendo 3DS. I only wish they'd gotten me, like, blue or something, she said in her mind, scrunching her nose up in disgust at the otherwise hated color of the device, remembering getting it as a Christmas present. Oh well... Better this than nothing, right? Turning the DS on, a random jolt of energy surged through her body as the shorter girl kicked around wildly, ecstatic that she was now able to play the game after seven-or-so hours of 'hell', as she called school. "I better get that shiny, Audrey! I better!" Glancing over to her dog, she slumped in her seat at her current position- as close to her leg as possible, snout buried between it and the couch's cushion. "Really, Dog? Why do you always do this?" she questioned, smirking as the game started up.
Skipping the video that started the game, the light brown-haired girl used an index finger to re-position her red glasses higher up on the bridge of her nose, since they had slid down. Once she had clicked into the game using her stylus, Phantom got right to work, using her bike and Larvesta to make the egg-hatching process go faster.
She had been sitting there for only about a half an hour when it started. At first, it seemed like another dud, another normal Pokemon. But, as she heard the sheep-like cry, she started, looking up to her brother, who had walked in not that long ago, for a split second before studying the purple Mareep that was shrouded in sparkles on her DS's upper screen. "Oh my God..." she spoke quietly, getting louder by the minute. "Oh my GOD! YES! IT FINALLY HATCHED!" Fist-bumping the air, Phantom deemed her new favorite Pokemon Audrey, after her Yorkshire Terrier puppy(?).
The screen turned black, as it normally did after an egg hatched, but this time it did not brighten up with a picture of her character, May, again. "Uhhh... whaT."
Instead of the picture she expected, the screen shined a brilliant white color, causing Phantom to shade her eyes with a hand. "This doesn't look good." Throughout the house, wind picked up, carrying papers, dirty dishes, and even Audrey with it. As quickly as she could, Phantom sprang up, caught her dog, held her close to her chest as she squinted her eyes up to her 3DS, which had moved directly to a spot in the midst of the wind and debris, unfaltering when it stopped its motion. The wind suddenly changed direction, moving counterclockwise seemingly into the DS's screen. Everything it had picked up fell to the carpeted floor just before it could get to the electronic- but by this time, the wind began to sweep Phantom off her feet. Eyes wide, she cried out to her brother: "Take Audrey! Quick!"
Scrambling from his spot on the opposite side of the couch, awestruck at the scene in front of him, Phantom's brother grabbed the dog from her grasp. Before he could even reach out to his sister, though, she had vanished. "Ph-PhANTOM!" he cried out, placing Audrey down on the couch as he dropped to his knees, tears streaming down his face. "WH-WHERE'D-D YOU G-G-GO!?"
Phantom was unable to hear him as she traveled in a void for at least a minute or so. As quickly as this had all started, though, it came to a stop, with the girl face-planting into the ground she had spawned a foot over. Picking her head up, she instantly recognized the terrain as grass, but was unsure where the grass was located, where the obviously possessed 3DS of hers had dropped her. She took her glasses off, wiping all the dirt from their lenses with the bottom of the shirt she wore under her sweatshirt. When she replaced them on her nose, her eyes widened in surprise at the bright, sunny view before her.
Well. This place looks familiar, doesn't it?
Behind her, a short road led off to a cute, little village. She could see people scattered about, but their positions reminded her of something she did not like to think of that much. In front of her, a massive building full of noise stood, but it was the shack on the side of the path that resided in front of a fenced-in field that got her attention. Using tiny footsteps, Phantom shuffled over to the fence, peering over the other side at the creatures that played within its boundaries.
"Mee-OWTH!"
"Azu-AzUmarill!"
"WHAT," Phantom said out loud, loud enough to scare the old man that stood not that far away from her.
"What's all the fuss about, youngster?" he asked, looking over to the freshman.
"Um... Where am I? That probably sounded really dumb..." she asked, eyes wide as she slowly turned to face the man.
"Why, Mauville, of course!" the man answered, simply.
Backing up slightly, Phantom looked back to the people behind her, noticing the rustling in the taller portion of the grass. "What do I do?" she whispered to herself, turning to face the entrance to Mauville City. "What, will Audrey pop up next? My Mareep, I mean," she continued, quietly. "Well, let's go this way, I guess..." And with that, the girl who had no idea what had just happened to her, or how she would get home, shuffled off into the artificially-lighted city, dying to throw her hood over her head, but she restrained herself from doing so.
(OOC: So that's a day in the life of me! Sorta. xD Don't feel like you have to go into this much detail. I only did for the sake of the first post. Plus, all the info above actually happened at some point in time, but it's all insignificant, so I felt fine with sharing it with y'all. Also, feel free to use your username for your name in this, okie? Unless you want to use your real name, but I don't think anyone really does.)
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