liarofabrother | [Video] 1st Falling Feather

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[Video] 1st Falling Feather

[There's a young high school kid with a Swablu on his shoulder cheerfully smiling on your screen.]

Salutations, mes amies! I'm Sakazaki Yuuya, and this lovely bird has yet to receive a name. He shall get one the moment I think of an appropriate one.

[He lightly scratches the Pokemon's head, and it makes a cooing sound in response.]

Getting to the point, I highly doubt that this is the afterlife, so I must still be alive. Else I'm in some dreamland, but it feels much too real for that. There was an explanation given to me, but I'd like to verify it before putting any sort of belief into it. Anything at all will help, even recommendations to the best restaurants in the cities!

Ah, yes, speaking of that. Is there a map I can use, or perhaps a map function on this "Pokegear?" I would so hate to get helplessly lost, especially on my first day here.

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Most certainly! Then this world doesn't care about time or circumstances when it takes people. It almost makes you think it has a mind of its own.

As long as we keep my height and weight out of it. I was formerly a fantail dove.

Just as quickly, people can vanish from it as well. It's rather inconsistent.

[Although that second part is...]

...A fantail dove?

Then entering and exiting are left up to fate. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not.

[He doesn't even miss a beat.]

Precisely. The most abundant species on the Earth I'm from would be birds on the same level of intelligence as humans. Actually, most humans have died out, and the birds most commonly found are doves.

...I see. Could I ask-- what caused all of this?

Of course. There was a highly contagious and lethal to humans strain of H5N1, avian influenza. The leaders of the time decided to use another virus to counteract it, which was designed to kill the infected birds. Instead of killing the birds, however, it started to change the size of their brains and body structure with each generation. Now, we're a bit shy of the average size a human is, and so far there are only a few species of birds with enough intelligence to even attend school. They're getting there, though. The quails are a much more recent addition to our society, and doves were the first.

...I see. Quite different indeed.

[...To think such a thing could happen in any world...]

And you're a human here... Interesting. Hopefully it won't be too hard for you to adjust, although to be honest you seem to be getting along well already.

As you can probably guess, there's a bit of animosity between birds and humanity. [That's an understatement, Yuuya.]

Oh, I just need to remember that I can't fly. How embarrassing would that be?

Indeed. After such an attempt, and with the knowledge gained to understand it...

Please try to remember that well. I've not heard of anyone dying here, but I also think it would be best not to challenge it too much.

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