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Hiya, I'm Minori Hanasato. And let me tell you I am the most unlucky girl on the planet. Let me tell you why: I fell out out of my bed while I was sleeping, I tried to make breakfast and ended up burning it causing the water sprinklers to go off and completely SOAKED my pajamas, I forgot to charge my phone, a bird pooped on my favorite shirt, I was reheating a leftover burrito and I tripped and it fell into a urine puddle my dog Samo left (he's still not housebroken) and that was all just yesterday. Ugh! I'm seriously so unlucky... but still! I'm determined to become an idol like my favorite idol ever Haruka Kiritani! Let me tell you she's so great! She- oh I'm getting distracted, sorry. Anyway, back to the idol thing, I want to be just like her. But uh.. I never get past the audition phase.. 40 auditions.. well, 41 now. I was hoping after my horrible luck yesterday that today would be lucky.. but..
"*sigh* I just can't do it.. this is killing me." I take a seat on a nearby bench and huff. “Ack! What am I gonna dooooo!!” I whine and grasp my head as a man passes by
“Maybe stop screaming to yourself?” He says as he walks away.
I groan.. yeah he's right.. but that was so rude! Seriously, what a jerk. I stand from the bench, and take a step from it, about to head home dejected when suddenly.
Zoosh!!
“Ah!!” Something zoomed past! It startled me, and I fell on my butt! “Hey!” I call out to… whatever it was.. what in the world? It was so weird looking, without thinking I got up and followed it. I want to give it a piece of my mind! First that big jerk then that weird.. bird? I started running in the direction it was headed. It was zipping around people on the street, and no one else seemed to notice it? That's so weird! It's so weird looking! It's got like horns and rings! But detective Minori is on the case!
It's headed to the Ota Memorial Museum of art? Why? It flew right past the people standing outside, how is no one else seeing it?! It goes inside and I follow it. What is it doing? It stopped in front of a glass display holding a bunch of famous paintings. It's just floating there in front of them, now that it's still I can get a good look at it.. is it some sort of alien? What is it..?
As I ponder it takes a ring and throws it on the ground and it expands! “Whoa hey?!” The thing turns back to face me, and it scowls at me! Scary, but it dismisses me quickly and turns its attention back to the display case as it goes through and the case falls with it. “Hey wait! You can't take that!!” I suddenly run towards it, and then. Oh no, I tripped! “Eek!!” I fall towards the large ring and fall inside with the strange creature and the case! As I look up the ring closes as I continue falling!
“Ahhh!!!!!!” I continue screaming, as the weird alien creature. Notices me and snickers.
“Pa…” it says as it has a devious smile, and suddenly I stop falling. I notice it has the case suspended too, and before I can say anything else, it rears its stubby little arm back and juts it forward with great force! It just threw me!!
“Ahhh!!!!!!” I scream as it flies away in the opposite direction with its ill-gotten goods. Oh not good!! I'm gonna die!! I'm gonna die!! I look down and see I'm falling towards an island, and I'm plummeting towards a wooded area, oh no! Oh no!! As I keep screaming! I close my eyes and just hope to die in a way that isn't painful at least! Goodbye world, so many things I never accomplished.. I'll never be an i- before I can finish the thoughts I begin to crash into the trees. Ouch, oof, ack! Owww!!! And just before I hit the ground a branch has snagged my shirt, and left me dangling just feet above the ground. “Oh, huh? I'm alive! Whew.. but now” my attention turns back to the tree “the branch has my shirt.. let go!” Its snagged so deeply.. oh no.. how am I gonna get down? “*gasp* oh no! Will I have to.. take it off?” I feel my face turn red, no no I can't do that! But I can't just.. remain here! Ohh…. Fine! I'll do it. Okay okay okay, I just gotta be quick, there's no one here I'll do it fast and just immediately grab it back! Hopefully no one will come in the meantime.. as I go to remove it..
Snap! The branch broke! And I fell on my face! “Owwww…. That really hurt…” I examine my shirt, ohh it's totally torn..and “oh no.. my phone!” I see it fell out I pick it up and.. “noo it's cracked…” but at least I'm alive, and I didn't have to be indecent, though my phone is broken.. it still turns on at least but my shirt, modesty, and my phone aside.. where.. am I? I stand up and dust myself off.. and look around at my surroundings, it's dark.. and scary.
“Eek!! A spider!! Ahh!” I start running from the.. green? Spider? Have I lost my mind? Ah whatever.
“Hoot”
Huh? I turn my attention to the noise, and see an owl? On.. one leg?? It's shaped like a ball? Before I can finish my observation it flies away. What kind of owl was that? I just keep walking.. hoping to find something that makes sense.. when I hear a voice.
“Hey who's there?!” A man's voice broke the silence as I suddenly have a flashlight pointed at me, I shield my face and the man approached with a.. black dog? With.. horns?? What!
“Grrr..” the dog growls at me as the duo approach me. And the man speaks up “Hey what're doing here? How did you get in the forest? And I heard a ton of screaming? Are you okay?” The man barrages me with questions as his.. dog? Looks at me with fierce eyes and continues growling.
“Oh I'm..” as I went to answer his questions, my attention turned to.. a..*gulp* “AH A GHOST!!”
Next thing I knew I was waking up in a bed. I look around at my surroundings, it's daytime now. And I'm in a.. resort room? What in the world? What happened? I go to check my phone and. “No service!? Aww.. and it's still cracked…” I whine to myself, and as I do a knock is heard at my door, and it opens slowly, it's the man from before.
“Ah, you're awake. May I come in? I'm sorry about barraging you with questions last time”
“Oh, yeah sure. Come in.” He opens the door and walks in, accompanied by that weird dog, but this time the dog seems a lot less scary. Still, really strange. He places a chair by my bed and begins speaking.
“My name is Liam, and this is my Pokémon, Houndoom” The man explains, he's a tall somewhat muscly man with red hair.
“Doom!”
“Pokémon..?” I ask, curiously. But he continues.
“You passed out suddenly when a wild Gastly showed up outta the blue, I was concerned so I brought you to the resort”
“Re..sort? Okay I'm so confused! What resort? And what was that word you said.. Pokémon? What's a Pokémon? I'm so lost!” I ask frantically, but the man looks dumbfounded, and so does his.. Houndoom?
“You.. don't know what a Pokémon is? What happened to you in that forest? Did you hit your head?” He asked.
“Oh.. actually..” I explain the situation, of the weird creature, and.. falling from the sky, and the tree.
“I see.. that's.. quite a tale.. that explains why your clothes are so ragged and dirty. Well fortunately you landed close to the resort. But you didn't have any major wounds or anything so that's good. But still…” he looks deep in thought.
“Heh.. I understand.. It sounds crazy.. I wouldn't believe it either.. but-”
“That's okay, I'll choose to believe you..I mean at the very least it'd explain why you were in the forest at night. No one on the resort is permitted there as it's the wild Pokémons home.” He explained.
“Oh I.. see? Sorry I uh, really don't know what a Pokémon is.. your uh. Houndoom was it? Is one?”
“Yeah, he's one of many. Heh, you'll see many different kinds while you're here. Speaking of.. imma go get the owner, he'll wanna meet ya. Just wait here okay?” He stands up to leave.
“Yeah, yeah okay. Oh by the way, my name is Minori! I realize I never introduced myself.”
“Heh, yeah I guess not. Too much chaos, well Minori. Make yourself comfortable, we'll get you a fresh change of clothes when we come back as well.”
“Oh thank you! I'd very much appreciate that.”
He chuckles softly, “no problem. Come on Houndoom!” He says and his Houndoom barks, and just like that they're gone.
And I'm alone. Great. Can this day get weirder?
Tap tap tap.
“Eek!” I turn my attention to the window and see.. a bird? With a music note head? Another Pokémon I guess. It's kinda cute!
“Aww, you're a cutie, you want my attention?” I walk over and open the window. “And what's your name?”
“I'm Chatot” it.. says?? As it hops in “pleasures all mine!” It bows.
“Wh…you.. talk!?”
“Indeed I do. Surprised?” It asks, as if it even needs to! Of course I'm surprised!!
“Yeah! I'm surprised, Pokémon can talk like humans?!”
“No, just me. And well a few others, it's very rare. You'd be hard pressed to find another one on the island at least.” It explains.
“Right.. right.. I'm so confused! What even are Pokémon.. I have so many questions..”
It laughs slightly “I'm sure you do, I have a question for you as well. Did you fall out of the sky last night?”
“Huh..? You saw that? Yeah..” I explain everything that happened last night, with the weird creature, the rings, and how I fell from the sky into a tree.
“I see, I was right. I was nearby in a tree and I saw a huge ring open up followed by a lot of screaming, when I went to investigate there was nobody. But I figured Liam had found you and brought you here. Hmm..” it says stroking its beak with its wing.
Before I can say anything more, a knock is heard at my door again.
“Hello, Minori? May I come in?” A man's voice asks from outside the door.
“Oh, Chatot you should probably leave, that's likely the owner” I explain. Then to my surprise he replies “nah, no need. They all know who I am” he clears his throat and then says “you can come in Phineas!”
The door opens, and the man, seemingly Phineas enters. A rather short man with dark hair and a happy demeanor. He smiles at me.
“Ah, I see you've met chatty Chatot, how are you both?” He says with a small laugh.
Chatot answers first “I'm alright, I was just headed out, catch you later.. Minori was it? I'll see you later.” He bows and flies out the window.
“Heh, seems like he's gonna talk your ear off later. He's a pretty big mystery, just like yourself y'know?”
“Oh? How so?” I ask curiously.
“Well, he talks for one. But he says his memories are pretty much gone, he only remembers bits and pieces of his past and doesn't know how he ended up here on the island. Just like yourself, no?” He explains.
“Well.. yeah I guess, but I do remember how I got here! It was through a ring like portal! It was..” before I continue he stops me
“Whoa easy, easy. No need to panic. Allow me to properly introduce myself and welcome you to Resort Undell! I am the Owner Phineas Le Roy” he says as he bows. And then a.. Pokémon? Walks in. “Ah, and this is Gardevoir, my Pokémon partner.” Pokémon are so.. weird.. that almost looks like a human woman!
“Oh.. I see.. well uh. Thank you! But I gotta get home! But.. I don't know where home is.. it feels like I'm in a whole new world.. for crying out loud I still barely know what a Pokémon is!!” I explain, unable to keep my cool.
“I understand, it's as Liam explained. Well I wish you the best of luck! However you are welcome to stay here as long as you need. This resort is yours.” He says offering a warm smile “I'm sure you'll find a way home eventually.. but please, try to remain calm, and patient. There's a lotta people here and I can't exactly have someone screaming all night after all.” He says with a laugh.
I laugh as well. “Yeah I guess you're right. Thank you so much! But isn't this a guest room? What if a guest needs it?”
“No actually this is an empty staff room, we have a few positions open if you're interested in applying.. oh but first.” He hands me a briefcase. “Here, these are some fresh clothes. There's all sorts of shirts and shorts there, and even a swimsuit should you wish to go for a swim, this is an island resort after all, please make yourself at home. All the facilities are available to you. And best of luck to you.” He says with a nod and he and Gardevoir exit.
Okay.. I guess this won't be so bad. But.. I miss my home. And Samo.. but! Hey, island resort. I guess I should make the best of it.. hanging around here could lead to some answers.. or so I hope. But again there's not much else to do.. was that creature a Pokémon? The one that brought me here? Maybe I'll find it while I'm stuck here. I open the briefcase and sure enough there's a lot of clothes here! Cargo and Jean shorts, tank tops, Hawaiian shirts, tee shirts, and a swimsuit like he said. This is enough clothes to last a very long time. I can't help but smile. These people are so nice!
I take one of the tee shirts and cargo shorts and go change. Then I look at my poor old torn shirt. I had on.. “aw, I'm probably gonna have to trash it. And my pants..” I whine and just toss em aside for now.
Grr grr grr.. oh. My stomach.. I guess I'm hungry. Well, he said the facilities were free to use. I should go get breakfast. And with that I leave the room and start exploring the resort, it's very pretty! I can see why people like coming here, it's very comforting.
After a bit of exploring I finally find the cafeteria, it's being run by a man and woman, they look very similar, I wonder if they're related. I walk up and the guy speaks up.
“Yo! What'll ya have?” he says in a very nonchalant tone.
“Tsk, Ray can you please act somewhat professional? You're embarrassing me..” she turns her attention to me “I'm sorry about him he's a numbskull.”
“Pft, whatever. I'm just tryna have some fun! Work sucks otherwise.”
I walk up to the counter and laugh softly “are you two siblings?” I ask.
“Mhm, I'm Ray and the anti fun police here is Autumn.” She nudges him.
“It's a pleasure to meet you. What's your name?” Autumn asks.
“Oh, I'm Minori Hanasota. Pleased to meet you both.” I say with a giggle, these two seem like fun!
“You too, anyways what will you have? If you have your Pokémon with you, Autumn can whip them up something too.”
“Ah, no it's just me.. uh what's available for breakfast? I'm starving..” I explain.
“Then allow me to fix that, just go take a seat I'll get you a breakfast that'll knock your socks off!” Ray boasts and Autumn rolls her eyes.
I giggle and nod, I'll take him up on his offer, I sat myself at a table and waited. About 5 minutes later he comes out with a plate, and places it in front of me. And wow! It looks good!! Omelets, bacon, French toast, and a large cup of milk! Oh I'm in heaven!
“Enjoy.” He says with a large grin before backing away and heading back to the kitchen.
After breakfast I left feeling stuffed and satisfied, Ray may be somewhat cocky, but he knows his stuff. He's a great chef. But now.. what should I do? Go back to my room..nah, I'll explore around some. Get my bearings or something, besides it's a lovely day!
I leave the cafeteria and make my way to the lobby, there's so many people here! And they all have Pokémon with them, heh I'm kinda the only person without one. I probably stand out.. hopefully not too badly.. oh well. I step outside and woooow! Oh man, it's so pretty!! The sun's shining, not a cloud in the sky! It's warm! The sun is beaming down on me. I breathe out in satisfaction, man what a beautiful da-
Plop.
“Eek!! Oh come on!!!” A bird pokemon pooped on my shirt! What even!! Ugh! I guess it's a good thing I have several others.. sigh, I make my way back inside to my room. I take off the dirty shirt and put it in the wash bin. I put on a tank top and a Hawaiian shirt over it. There, now I have TWO shirts! Take that birds!
Okay let's try this again. I step back outside, and decide to explore the outdoor resort. There's a lot of facilities out here, it's very pretty.. oh there's the ocean! Wooow! It's so blue! And sparkly!! I'm in love.
“Having fun?” A familiar voice calls out.
I turn around, oh it's Liam!
“Hey Liam, how's it going?” I responded.
“It's going great, it seems you've calmed down some. You've met the owner then?”
“Yeah that's right. He's letting me stay here till I get things figured out. He's pretty nice, though I still have several questions.. but I'm sure things will work out!”
He laughs softly “you're pretty optimistic, I like that. Well I hope you have a good stay. Oh yeah, during the day I run a yoga class, would you like to come? It'll start around 5pm”
“Oh yoga? I dunno I've never done it before..”
“Heh no worries, it's beginner friendly. But you don't have to. It's up to you. If you wanna come just head to that gazebo around 5” he says pointing toward a gazebo with a smile. “I've gotta get going now. I'll see ya around.” He says and takes his leave.
Huh, Yoga huh? Hm. Well could be fun, I'm not doing anything later. Could be fun! I'll stop by, not like I'm doing anything later. But that's not till much later. So I'll just wander around until then. I also wonder if that Chatot from earlier will show himself again later. He seemed to wanna talk to me.
It got to be around 5, so I left my room to make my way to the gazebo. I show up and Liam is there already with a few others.
“Hey Minori decided to show up huh? Take any empty mat. We were just about to start.”
“Heh, okay!” I make my way towards a mat and stand on it.
Liam begins the class. “Alright class! Today let's start very easy, by going to what's known as the warrior pose” he stretches his arms in the air and goes into a deep lunge. The other participants do as he does and I copy as well, but I can't keep my balance as easily, I start to wobble.. and. THUD!
“Ow…” I fell..
“You alright back there?” Liam calls.
“Yeah! Yeah I'm okay” I get back up. And I hear a voice from behind me.
“Quite a tumble you took there”
I turn around to face it “Oh, you're Phineas right?”
“That's right, if you don't mind, may I have a word?” He asks.
I look towards Liam first who nods “go on Minori, you can do class again some other time.” He says with a smile.
I turned back to the owner. “Okay! Let's go.” I walk out from the gazebo. And start walking with Phineas.
We make our way to a tent and he sits down and gestures to the chair across from him. I sit in it. “So, what did you want to talk about?”
“You, how are you adjusting from this morning? You seem a lot more calm.” He points out.
“Oh, yeah thank you! But there is a problem.. it's just well.. I feel bad for taking advantage of your hospitality like this.. you're giving me all this for nothing. So. I want a job!” I ask suddenly, it's too nice of them to just let me have all this. After all Liam, Ray, Autumn, and even Phineas are all way too nice. I can't just take advantage of them like this. It's the least I can do!
“Heh, well honestly that is a relief to hear, we are short handed. But.. are you sure? I assure you that you're not a bother whatsoever.”
“I'm sure.. I'm gonna be here awhile and it just feels.. wrong y'know? I think I can handle it!”
“Hmm.. okay. Very well.. but it's just this is a Pokémon resort. And while there's no rule that states you need to have one.. you don't really know Pokémon do you..?” He says.
Ah, he has a point…I'm worthless with Pokémon.. that could pose a huge problem…
“Don't worry your pretty little heads!” A voice chimes in, and Chatot flies in and lands on the table.
“Chatot!” I exclaim.
“That's correct, I see you're in a predicament. Not to worry Mr Owner! I volunteer myself to be her Pokémon companion. I am a living encyclopedia on Pokémon, I believe there shouldn't be any issues.”
“Ah ole Chatot, heh all this time on the island and finally you decide you want an owner?”
“I told you I have an owner somewhere else! But I believe Minori and I can be quite a beneficial team to each other. Besides, I had wanted to talk to her about some things anyway. So win win!” He says with a chirp.
“Well, I see no issue. Minori..? What do you say?”
Oh my.. that's perfect! Chatot can help me out and maybe the two of us can find out more about my situation and get me home! Yeah!
“Definitely!! Thank you Chatot! Thank you!” I squeal with excitement.
“That settles it, very well. I'll handle the paperwork and get you a badge soon. Congratulations Minori, you're now an employee of Undella Resort!”
“Excellent! Now” Chatot perches on my shoulder. “I have a few specifications you'll have to meet in order to be my temporary owner.”
“Looks like he's getting ready to talk your ear off, so I'll be going now. Best of luck Minori, Chatot!” He says as he quickly exits the tent.. oh dear, what have I gotten into..
“Now I need only the best quality food, Autumn at the resort makes the best so you're in luck, I'll need a nice comfortable place to sleep. I saw a chair cushion in your room earlier that's perfect so I'll take that, now you'll also have to brush my feathers, you'll have to procure a comb somehow I don't care how you do it. Next..”
Chatot goes on and on and I start to tune him out and turn my attention to the night sky as I let my mind wander. Today's been a pretty exciting day.. I didn't expect to get a job or to find myself enjoying my time here. And now I have a Pokémon.. I have a Pokémon.. weird.. Chatot is a very mysterious little guy, he already allegedly has an owner.. and he doesn't remember how he got here. The two of us make a perfect team right about now. Maybe he's from another world too. A world that has Pokémon..that's confusing, I can't wrap my head around any of this. Or any of his demands.. but I'm sure it'll work out! It has too!
“Hey!” He snaps me out of my stupor. “Are you listening to me?” He says placing his wings on his ‘hips’
I let out a giggle.
“Hanging onto every word Chatot.” I smile warmly at him. And begin making my way back to the resort. I'm ready for a good night's sleep.