It wasn’t easy to get Red concerned about something; there were only a handful of times that the trainer had ever been legitimately worried about something, and none of them had ever been for his own wellbeing. Heck, even now, he was more concerned about his Pikachu, and the rest of his team that he no longer possessed rather than about what was going to happen to him. After he’d exited the small, unmarked door, leaving the screen that had previously been telling him about why he was even there, in the dark. Needless to say, he was confused, disgruntled, and a little bit more than irritated at the whole thing. ‘Experiments’, ‘test subjects’, it all smelled so fishy, it was worse than one time when he could catch nothing but Magikarp while fishing.
Sighing, he felt a small nuzzle on his cheek. At least he still had Pika with him; every other pokeball containing his friends had been confiscated without his knowledge sometime before he woke up there in that room. ‘I hope they’re all okay.’ It had been a long time since he’d gone without his team, and he felt vulnerable without them- and he could barely stand to think they’d be stuck somewhere he didn’t know, without anyone to let them out or keep them company. Maybe they had been sent back home? To his ‘universe’? The concept was all too mind blowing to think about. To be in a separate dimension all together- sure, he’d seen some weird stuff back home, and certainly wasn’t the first one to say anything doubtful about fantastic events happening. But this? This was crazier than he’d ever dreamed of.
Glancing at the corner of his eye at the small yellow rodent, whom sat comfortably on his shoulder, Red gave him a hopeful and reassuring smile. “Don’t worry buddy, we’ll figure this out, just like we do every time something happens.” With that, he laid a hand on the Pokémon’s head, petting him softly as he turned toward the nearby board the man on the TV had mentioned earlier. The black haired teen located his note after a few moments of searching for his name; despite his worry, he was actually kind of excited to explore this new place. With a small exclamation, he snatched it from the crowded surface, scanning the neat, printed letters carefully.
Subject: Red
Housing location: Sector oo4, Complex oo4, Apartment L-4
Apartment roommates: Byakua Kuchiki and Andy Bernard.
Below this, was a finely printed set of directions and instructions, fine tuning what he’d been told and a few extras that he hadn’t. It didn’t interest him at the moment, aside from the fact he was roomed with two other people. He wondered what they were like, and if they had been taken from their homes like he had been, too. Red folded and tucked the paper into his jeans pocket, mentally noting to make sure he didn’t lose it, or forget to reread the information later when he’d need it. For now, he was actually eager to explore, stepping away from the billboard to get his first real look at the City that would apparently be his new ‘home’. At least, he promised to himself, until he found a way back to his real one.
Looking up, the sun glared off the metallic and glass-encased framing of the buildings around him, blinding the teen for just a moment before he could get a good look at the tall structures.. By now, he was used to big towns and cities, lined with nothing but shops and apartment complexes. But this place was by far the biggest he’d ever seen; it was even larger than the Battle Frontier back in Hoenn! He couldn’t help but let his jaw sink in amazement. For a second, he completely forgot about his predicament, and felt genuine awe creep up in the back of his mind. Wherever this place was, regardless of how or why he’d been taken there, he couldn’t help but admit that it was impressive and kinda cool too.
In the midst of his absent boggling, the steady pace of a few bystanders continued, ignoring the new member of their community as though it happened daily –and for all he knew, it did-, and just as he turned about to look at another skyscraper standing tall above him, he crunched shoulders with some stranger, very nearly sending both himself and Pika, as well as the other person tumbling to the ground. An indistinguishable jumble of words fell from Red’s mouth as he stumbled a few paces passed his collision mate, catching himself just before he took a nice faceplant into the ground.
Straightening up, feeling a bit like a chicken with its feathers ruffled, he turned to face the stranger.
“Sorry about that! Wasn’t paying any attention to where I was going, hahaha.”
He scratched the back of his head, giving the person a sheepish grin.
"My name's Red. I'm... uh, new here."