No Really He's Fine-

[luckydragonsfoot]

Who: Jonouchi and You!
What: Jonouchi makes his appearance!
When: During the Galar trip!
Where: Stow-On-Side
Warnings: Nah

Jonouchi Katsuya had been here for about a week.

The last thing he remembered, was that chaos had all but broken out above the map-like trap of a massive temple in the middle of India, not long after a plane crash. Someone had maybe pushed someone?? Maybe he got pushed.

Well something happened, and that was the important part. Something happened, and then he was...here. He fell, passed out, and woke up with a rainbow pony licking his face.

"...nice t' meet y' too..." he had muttered at the time, not really sure what to do about it all. About five minutes after that the panic had set in, and he'd begun running around trying to find Yugi. Shizuka. Ryuzaki...

Hell Haga and his nervous as heck sister even, where was everyone?

And then it turned out he wasn't even in his own world. No one even knew about 'his' world, for that matter.

They just knew about theirs.

Suffice to say it was a rough week. No one he knew was here, no one who knew about Duel Monsters was here, and actually, the cards were pretty freaked until he poked at 'm.

Something about not even having access to more than their pocket of reality, which...alright that was bad. (And how did one of the God cards get in there!?)

The pony- er, Ponyta- stuck around at least, and that was pretty handy considering the fact that it was plenty obvious all the weird animals around were less the equivalent of duel monsters no one could see and...er. The local wildlife.

He knew he'd pulled someone out of his cards once or twice before, but he was pretty sure they wouldn't like being called out to deal with. The local pets. Especially in this mood (though Wingguard would probably come out to pet a yamper, knowing them).

So, Ponyta. And she wasn't too bad, kind of a sweety even! When it became clear she wasn't going away, he even got a cool idea. One that he'd get his ass kicked over, probably. "Heheheee...bet Seto-chan'd hate it if I showed up an' said yer name was Kaseri..~"

Unfortunately, registration didn't really hear him right.

"Ka...Kassuu...Kassureee..." Katherine.

Well, whatever. She could be Kaseri in his heart, that was plenty enough. Even if she was answering more to 'kasureene' than 'kaseri'.

But a week is a week, and he sure as hell wasn't going to stay here forever. He might not have been in tip-top shape after falling from another dimension, but he was recovered enough now and that meant taking a few stretches and belting off into the wodods with a whoop. "Heh! Alrigh'! Let's head on out an' get home already! We gotta find Yug' an' the others before that French guy does..!"

"Tyaaaaa~!" What she said.

...

Man though, he really hoped time was going slower in his own world or something like that, because it was going to suck if he wasted his spring break on this...

He's out of the woods pretty quick though at least! Out of the woods and...

"Huh. Guess th's place 's 'Stow-on-Side'..."

Hey Katsuya, get out of the middle of the road.

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[blue_ice]

Kaiba must have woken up on the wrong side of the roadside sleeping bag this morning, because he's felt a strange sense of foreboding all day. He's taking his team for a walk in the small town, and they're walking on the side of the road like the good visitors they are.

Traffic is flowing nicely, all is quiet...until he hears a distressingly familiar voice. Yup. That sure is Jonouchi, sitting astride a pony in the middle of the road. Seems about right.

"...you're still not sure if you're coming or going, are you," Kaiba shook his head.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Katsuya for his part is half leaning against the pony and half sitting. Little gal is pretty strong all things considered- it's like being on a donkey, and he's just going to ignore the fact that he knows what being on a donkey would feel like despite never even seeing one.

Instead he sits up and groans. "Mannnn S- Kaiba," he corrects, rubbing the back of his head as he turns. If it's the guy voice and it's a public space after all, best not to slip up- for reasons other than ticking someone off. "Ain't my fault I've been stuck 'n th' middle 'f th' woods f'r a w..."

Wait.

He chokes, sputtering. "W- SE- KAIBA!?" Wait wait wait-

"When th' hell did you get here! You were in th' states, w' Mokuba!!"

....

"O-OI, Where's Mokuba then!!" Also how did you get here you weren't on that plane!!

[blue_ice]

Did...did he just try to call him Seto? He bristles, but brushes it aside when it becomes clear that Jonouchi is either drunk or half asleep. Typical.

"Maybe in your timeline, but I've been in this world for several months. Mokuba is back in Domino. I've visited him, but we've agreed he's staying there until I'm finished my business here."

Hence the change in appearance. He's switched back to his iconic dueling outfit (for now, because Galar is colder than Alola) but there's a small goo dragon and a small blue frog at his feet, and a yellow cutesy mouse-type creature on his shoulder. He strolls a little closer to Jou and the small horse, the tiny frog jumping up into Kaiba's arms so he can go greet the blond stranger.

"Did they at least tell you where 'here' is?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

If Kaiba thought he was half asleep, then Katsuya is about to 'wake up' with alarming speed. Abruptly, he jolts, stepping off the ponyta with a severe sort of expression that far betrays his 'usual' attitude.

"...Th' hell you mean, another timeline? You-"

And then he pauses. There is something, something small, a needling little feeling that something isn't right. The outfit is definitely not familiar- elements of it certainly are but it's different. It's...

"...Yeah, I got 'here'- Galar, Ballonlea, Stow-on-Side, whatever. No one knew how th' hell I got here though, an' I sure 's shit didn' see you in India!" He adds with a low growl. "So if you know what's goin' on, go ahead an' spill, cause if you've got a way back I got people t' go back an' warn!"

[blue_ice]

The small blue frog starts to whimper at the man's outburst, and Kaiba immediately shifts into protective mode. He tucks the creature into his coat and gently shushes him, rubbing the soft blue head and humming to it. After a moment he remembers to look up.

"Keep it down. If you make Goliath cry, I assure you we'll both regret it."

He takes a deep breath. "As far as what's happening, interdimensional holes have been opening around the islands of Alola for a while. You fell through, same as the rest of us. Once we get back to the Aether labs on Alola, they can call up your portal and send you back. But you'll just have to wait."

[luckydragonsfoot]

"An' that's it huh? Easy as that, nothin' changes back there till then?" He asks, voice low despite his mood.

And he keeps narrowing his eyes- not only as if suspicious of Kaiba's words, but also of Kaiba himself. He eyes the other with far less familiarity than he started with now, instead looking him over as he would an imposter.

Perhaps because he's wondering if they Are one. "...That easy huh?" He repeats, fingers twitching in his pockets. Behind him, the ponyta cautiously stares. Waits.

"....An' what abou' that 'timeline' thing then, huh?"

He'll be weighing the answer with care.

[blue_ice]

"Some amount of time may have passed. It's annoyingly imprecise, but setting it to go back to the time you came from would theoretically be possible...but every hole is different, there's no one size fits all formula"

Kaiba soothes the little frog until he's sure he won't cry, then refocuses on Jonouchi.

"There are others who have come from our world and also play Duel Monsters, but they're from the future. The far future, in some cases. I've met a descendant of my family line from a hundred years in the future---Mokuba's descendant, not mine."

Because Seto? Having children? Probably not happening.

"Not all of our stories add up when you lay them on a singular timeline, so we must have come from multiple similar branching dimensions."

[luckydragonsfoot]

Frankly, Katsuya wants to be more confrontational. He's itching to be more 'confrontational'. To have a good fight, blow off the steam of wasting a week (and quietly it hits him again that if it Has been a week his sister and his best friend may well be good as dead, along with anyone with them, and-).

And then there's a flash. For Katsuya, anyway. For Kaiba there's an instant- an instant of the blond's eyes losing focus, gone and then back just as quick and as he sucks in a breath he turns and after a frustrated scratch of the head gives out a loud but elbow muffled FUCK!

He saw a flash, that was it. Of numbers, portals, computers...

He already Knows his won't work.

So great! Just 'chill' until then huh? No better no worse than before but even so!

He calms. Takes a breath. Rubs his face, groans again and turns back to the no doubt irritated Seto Kaiba. "Aaaaughhg...Figures he'd have d'scendants before you I guess...hope th's kid takes after him at least..." Hahaaa. Well.

Alternate...dimensions...

"What, so like 'world where you ain't adopted' or somethin, you sayin' that could be real then?" Weird choice of words for some, maybe, but even after almost a year, Ra's nightmare test is still pretty fresh in his mind.

[bestfriendroute]

In a strange new place, exploring is the only thing that keeps Sayori going - and there's no shortage of interesting cities and routes to explore! But she often gets... rather distracted by things, and this becomes a problem for other people (and herself.)

Take today, for instance, where she made her way towards Stow-on-Side, and, while admiring the sights and sounds, suddenly finds herself running smack-dab into a Ponyta, and falling onto her butt.

"Oww! Uuu... that hurt..." She rubbed her forehead, making sure there wasn't a mark there. She didn't even notice that there was a person alongside said horse!

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Mnh-" Aw shit, that ain't good.

Katsuya turns, hands otherwise still in his pockets as he blinks down. "Oi, you alright?" Look maybe she didn't crash too hard into the pony alright? Kaseri sure seems fine at least!

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Wes blinks as he looks at the weird man in the middle of the road. He was heading to Ballonlea because someone said he might like the peace and quiet there. But with such a narrow, rocky rode, it was a little hard to progress from the rocky town.

"Peko!" Morpeko jumps out of Wes' pocket, scampers over his mechanical arm and jumps to the strange man's feet. Morpeko waves, enamoured by frilly horse's beautiful mane.

"Morpeko, don't pester strangers," Wes says gruffly.

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Nyeh-" Oh- Woah!

Woah woah there! Katsuya's not exactly on the ponyta right now or anything, but he's doing a bit of a dance to avoid that rodent! "O-OI!! Hey, watch it!!" he yelps, before it finally stops to stare at Kaseri's mane. Kaseri in turn gives a short whinny, the hair glowing with the sound.

And well then, that's a person soooo... "Hey, this guy yours?"

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Yes but you are between the horse and Wes so jumping to you is the best.

Morpeko’s eyes light up and he cheers. He looks closer, a little child enamoured by the lights.

“Yes.” Wes grunts and walks forward. He picks Morpeko up. “And is this yours?”

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Eh...I guess? Seem t' like me anyway, an' stuck around..." He shrugs, smiling a bit awkwardly about the matter. "Never thought I'd see a unicorn, but here she is I figure! She's pretty neat!" Healing horns...

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

"I've never seen a Ponyta like this. Usually, they're all on fire." But hang on... this guy mentioned not seeing a unicorn... most people never referred to Pokemon in that way.

"Are you from another world?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Uhhhh...." Uh. Hm.

"...Feels like it." Yep.

[withoutcontrolofmyself]

Wes gives a bit of a sigh.

"This is Galar. That's a Ponyta. A Pokemon." Wes then goes to grab Jou by the wrist. "I'll take you to get registered by Wicke. All Fallers have to."

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Er- Wh-" Andddd he's going to try and get out of that grip. "Th' hell?! I ain't gettin' registered by anything! What's your problem!"

Forward to Alola

[fallers_npcs]

Wicke is in the middle of decorating the tree.

"You sure you can handle putting up that tree?" she asked curiously, sipping her coffee while wearing a fluffy dressing gown and offering Jounouchi the coffee mug. "It's a little big. I often get one of my neighbors to help me with it."

[luckydragonsfoot]

Alola has been a hell of a time suffice to say. It's a good thing Katsuya's actually a bit used to the whole 'being taken in by some stranger who covers a bunch of key expenses', because otherwise he'd either be neck deep in refusal, or flying off the handle to take advantage.

Instead he's alarmingly calm and even gracious about it all, possibly even a bit embarrassed- rubbing the back of his head before being shuttled off for the various needed steps involved in processing a Faller.

All very late, of course. But that's just how it goes. And now...

"Heh! I got this," he laughs easily, flashing a grin. "Sheesh th's weird though... ...Here it was barely th' start of Spring where I was, now it's Christmas again? Mannnn..."

[fallers_npcs]

He was lucky that he and Della and Sayori were discovered in time to be brought back, and Chairman Rose was able to arrange tickets last minute for their flights back home to Alola in time as a thank you for dealing with the situation. But cest la vie and all that.

"Time's different between different worlds," said Wicke off-handed. "I'd be surprised if the time lined up between each world the same."

"Did you want toast or eggs for breakfast after this?"

[luckydragonsfoot]

"Yeah uh...Kaiba mentioned that," he muttered- finding it far easier to use that name now that he knew just how different that version was from his own. "...Really hope th' idea abou' it freezin' is right too, t' be honest..."

Otherwise...well. He'd hope that Yugi and the others can get themselves through, but it's not exactly something that's easy to sleep over!

Oh, food- "Uhhhh.... 's both an option?" he asks as he gets going on the tree.

[fallers_npcs]

Wicke honestly had no answer for that. On one hand, she had perfect evidence that time did NOT freeze which would dash hopes, according to the reports that both Angela and Alice were passing between their worlds? On the other hand, Tony's world had seemed to desynchronized to barely an hour of time since his arrival. "Still looking into that to be honest," decided Wicke on her answer. "We're not sure what really happens between worlds."

"Both is an option," she said. "There's also fruit too."

[luckydragonsfoot]

He doesn't like that. He doesn't like that at all!

But, he still remembers the flash of numbers that hit is mind, so he just nods- quiet for a moment. There's nothing to be done about it anyway ultimately. He's stuck, whether he likes it or-

"Fruit too!? Heck yeah! Sign me up!" he shouts, somehow carrying the tree with even more ease and vigor as he gets the thing properly set up and stable. "Normally I'm jus' eatin cereal!"

Though to be fair that's still something of a luxury- he sure didn't get milk that often when he stayed with his dad.

[fallers_npcs]

"Well, you're a healthy growing young man after all," said Wicke. "There's plenty of fruit and vegetables, meat and other kinds of food for you here. Never think badly if you're hungry and want to get something out of the fridge. Okay?"