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There is something entirely different about the area. It is still grassy, but it is the wrong grass. In the wrong places. Also, the sky is different, the trees are wrong, and the air has a different smell to it.

Like mystery creatures that the little yellow thing does not know. It does not smell of any clefairy, jigglypuff, caterpie, ekans, or anything familiar.

The yellow thing takes a few moments to look around for any immediate danger, then to wait and see if the weirdness will fix itself.

It doesn't.

So, it is time to do the obvious thing, which is to wander around and see if anything here is edible.

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The Aerie one had been involved in a routine search of the area, when they caught the flash and bang that indicated a new arrival, and now the plane lands in a field, with suitable loud noises and high wind.

Dinah steps out on her own, peering out.

fdjklgdsjklfdsjl GIANT LOUD FLYING THING

Initiating run the hell away and hide procedures!

The yellow thing cowers, trembling, under a scrub of bush as the massive thing lands, roaring, then falls silent. It's just started to venture warily out when a HUMAN pops out.

OMGWTF. Time to run back to the bush!

Not that it's a great hiding place for someone who is BRIGHT YELLOW.

"I don't know," Dinah's saying to nothing in particular. "I can't see anyth..."

And that's when she sees the flash of yellow.

"Hang on, I saw something. Going to check it out."

The human's approaching the bush carefully, now.

"kachuu...." OH GOD IT'S COMING THIS WAY!

It watches, frozen, then scampers out of the bush and behind a rock.

A moment later, a pair of ears rise over the rock, followed by a wide-eyed head.

"...pikaaa..."

IT SPEAKS.

Dinah smiles sweetly, and stops a distance away, crouching down with her hands on her knees.

"Hello, there."

Its nose twitches cautiously.

Well, this human doesn't look like it's got any nets or anything. That's a good sign.

Cautiously it creeps forward. Maybe there's some food to be had.

"pika...."

"Hey," Dinah says softly.

"My name's Dinah."

She even does that holding out her hand thing, but there's nothing in it.

It fwips an ear, watching. The hand is disappointingly empty.

"Pikachu," it informs her.

It continues its cautious movement forward, sniffing at her fingertips.

If it comes close enough with no sign of shying, Dinah will turn her hand to the side for scratching.

"Hello, Pikachu. Was that flash you arriving?"

It jumps at the movement, regarding her hand warily. IT IS ON TO YOU AND YOUR HUMAN TRICKS OF... MOVING YOUR HAND AND oh hey, that actually feels pretty good. Sure, you can keep that up.

"Kapi?" It fwips an ear again. "Pi pi pi, pikachu ka pikapika, chupi kachuuuu pikapikapi." It gestures vaguely.

Dinah does keep it up gently.

"Yeah, we;re all new to this world,"she says, not feeling the least bit - OK, she'll admit it, feeling a little bit weird explaining the situation to a creature she thinks is probably sentient, but possibly doesn't understand her.

"There's a safe place in Kansas, with lots of people. They're nice."

"Pikachu?" So this is some sort of bizarre world-that-kidnaps-people. It is an EVIL WORLD! "Pikapi."

The yellow thing approves of nice people. Especially nice people that may understand pokemon. It is not sure what a Kansas is, but it will trust Kansas to be okay if there are nice people associated.

Dinah takes her hand away, just enough to form a cup with her other one.

"We could fly you over, if you want.If you trust us."

We?

OH! Her and the giant flying thi-

Wait...

It looks at her sideways. This isn't some sort of weird human trick to catch a poor defenseless pikachu, is it?

"Pi pi pi..."

On the other hand, it can probably take her and then run away from the giant flying thing. GENIUS.

"Pikachu," it decides, putting its paw in her hands. Let's do this!

If - IF he'll let her, Dinah will pick him up. At the first sign of any reluctance, though, she leaves him and stands, leading the way back to the Aerie One on foot.

"Let us in, Zinda," she says, and the hatch begins to open.

It definitely shies away from being picked up, but follows her with only a modicum of suspicion, peering warily at the plane. It sniffs at the hatch, then scampers behind Dinah when it MOVES OMG.

THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER.

(Dinah likes this world. She'd like it even more if she could meet any hot studly men, but cute furry yellow things will do at a pinch.)

"It's OK," she says, stepping on to the walkway. "It's just the way in."

GOING INSIDE ANOTHER POKEMON IS KIND OF CREEPY.

It quickly grooms its fur back down from terror poofage and then sniffs at the inside before following her.

This thing does not really smell like pokemon. It smells like people, and metal, and some other stuff that the yellow thing does not know. This is somewhat cheering- it has never had to fight with things that smell like metal. Metal tends to be pretty still.

"Pika pikachu?"

"Oh my god, Babs, you have to see this thing," Dinah says to no empty air. Zinda will have to see it, too, but she's busy preparing for take off.

"It won't hurt you," louder, "honestly. It's just a plane. To fly back to Kansas..."

"Pikapi?" Well, that's okay, then.

It looks around, padding here and there curiously. So, this thing is called a "plane." It tentatively approves of this "plane." Especially if it is edible.

A quick attempt on nibbling the edge of a doorway proves that this is not, in fact, edible.

"I can see it, Dinah. There are cameras all over the Aerie One." Barbara's voice betrays a pretty broad smile. "But I've gotta ask. Is that thing as unbelievably cute as it looks on my screen?"

"Cuter, I guarantee it."

Dinah follows the OMG CUTEST THING EVER on to the plane, and stands by the door as it shuts.

So, now what?

It turns to stare expectantly at the human. This Kansas thing isn't too far away, right?

Maybe it's further inside.

"Well, if you can find out what it eats," Barbara's voice continues in Dinah's ear, "I can see about having some waiting when you land."

Dinah keeps smiling as she sits on the floor near the thing.

"I have no idea," she says. "Hey, Pikachu. Do you want anything to eat?"

"PIKAPI!" it replies, hopping forward happily. YES YES FEED THE YELLOW THING!

"It would help if you could tell us what," Dinah observes, standing.

She heads to the fridge and opens it to scan inside.

OOOH CAKE. HERS!

COLD THING! WHOA! It shivers, then peers inside.

OMG FOOD! THERE IS FOOD RIGHT THERE INSIDE.

So it is now scaling the fridge shelves. Destination: cake.

"Hfffffph!"

This is Dinah's cake, that she's pulling away from the refrigerator urgently.

"Kachuu!" Nooo, cake!

OK, so that's out. It doesn't want to fight with anyone.

Hey, here's an apple. Apples are pretty good, too. Not as good as cake, but hey. It grabs the fruit and hops out again.

"Pikachu."

Dinah uses her hip to shut the door of the refrigerator.

"OK, it likes apples, I think," she tells Babs, smiling again. "And hey - Zinda's been hiding cake from me again."

But then she sits down again on the floor, staring at the little creature.

She wants to keep him.

It plops down across from her, happily munching. It returns the stare, though its gaze keeps drifting to the cake.

Apple's still pretty awesome, though. Definitely better than an empty belly.

After a few of those glances, Dinah reluctantly offers a bit of her cake.it's not fun if you don't share, after all.

And this is going to be a fun journey to the farm.

BIG SHINY EYES.

"pikaaaa..." It takes a bite, chewing and savoring, then rolls on the floor in pure bliss.

mmmm, cake.

Dinah squeals in complete delight.

"It's good, huh?"

"Pikapiiiiii!" it replies.

Darn good!

So, this place is already cooler than back home, just on the basis of people giving cake.

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