(Route) [001]: Welcome to New Bark Town! [video]

[The feed comes on to show...well. It’s hard to tell what’s going on with the screen shifting back and forth so much, but it looks like Byrne's trying to figure out if the thing's working or not.]

It’s on, right? [The man’s face gets very close to the screen for a moment as he squints at something, possibly the technology.] Oh! It is! [He smiles, pulling away from the camera so his face can stop hogging the screen.]

Alright, if anyone’s picking this up, can someone please tell me where the heck 'Johto' is? I have no clue what I'm doing here--or how I even got here. [He knows how he woke up, and that's not an experience he'd like to remember, thank you very much.] But I'm here, no idea where I am, and--oh, and there's this weird fox-looking thing that's following me around.

[Byrne then shifts the camera down to show a Vulpix sitting beside his leg. She looks up at the camera curiously, tails twitching slightly.]

This, er, strange woman told me it was called a 'Pokaman'. Or something like that. I have no idea, but she won't leave me alone, whatever she is. I think she's some sort of cute mutant fox.

[The camera moves back up to him again.] Anyway, I’d love to know how to get to Los Angeles from here. I was in the middle of a trial and it wouldn’t be good if I couldn't get back to that. If anyone knows Detective Tyrell Badd--actually, how do you call a United States phone number here? I try to dial his cell phone number in this thing and it doesn't recognize it.

[He pauses a moment, wondering if there's anything else to ask. The Vulpix lets out a soft noise, as if she's bored.] Guess that's all, so uh. My name's Byrne Faraday, and I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out.



...Holy crap, it's cold out here.