The Grand Opening

[driftingmods]

[A large WELCOME sign is hanging from the buildings when you walk into Levanta Town, but that seems to be the only sign that today is any different than any other day. The villagers are simply going about their daily business. However, if they are approached they are more than happy to explain the region as well as they can to any new arrivals.

Welcome to Levanta Town in The Drifting Land!]

Comments

[battlestandby]

You're actually preferable compared to the Ash I know. Not nearly as annoying.

[falsified]

... Guess that's a plus. [Crap, he's not the same as the other versions of him. That might be a problem later.]

[battlestandby]

If there's going to be more than one Ash to deal with in this place, it helps to have at least one that isn't completely irritating.

[falsified]

I won't bother you too much. [He hardly even knows you.]

[battlestandby]

... What exactly have you been planning for since the Sinnoh League?

[falsified]

I'm going to the Unova League next.

[battlestandby]

Hm? That's a long way to travel for a journey...

[falsified]

I've already been through Hoenn, Johto and Sinnoh.

Besides, the farther away the more new stuff to see, right?

[battlestandby]

Perhaps... as long as their Pokemon are useful.

[falsified]

That's kinda harsh, Paul. Every pokemon's useful as long as you put effort into them. [A part of him just wants to agree with you.]

[battlestandby]

[Meanwhile, Paul feels that annoyed feeling he always feels when Ash lectures him.]

Yeah, let me know when you come across a Magikarp worth its own existence.

[falsified]

They evolve int Gyarados. You just need to train them for a while. [A really long and annoying while.]

[battlestandby]

I know what they evolve into. That doesn't make the Magikarp itself any less of a waste.

[falsified]

It is hard to train.

[battlestandby]

Speaking from experience?

[falsified]

Never caught one. [He didn't have the time or patience for the things.]

[battlestandby]

... So it's just empty talk. Par for the course for an Ash.

[falsified]

[He just shrugs. No real reason to fight back.]

[battlestandby]

[Hm, suspicious... normally he'd expect a "What'd you say?!" and a flustered idiot, but Ash just shrugging his trash talk? Very, very weird.]

[falsified]

[It's a stupid fight. And a fight he doesn't need. Certainly not when he's just arrived on a floating region.]

... What?

[battlestandby]

Just thinking.

[falsified]

[He would say you do that too much. But that would be hypocrisy at it's finest.]

[battlestandby]

[The fact that Ash hasn't asked what he's thinking about in his usual invasive way is another surprising discovery. This is definitely a unique sort of Ash. Very, very interesting.]

[falsified]

... I'm going to go. [He can't stand how awkward this is any more.

If running away meant he wasn't stuck dealing with it? He'd happily run away.]

[battlestandby]

[He'll shrug.]

Go on; get out of here.

[VOLUNTARILY LEAVING ON HIS OWN? how is this Ash we must figure this out]