barring emergencies

[the_very_best]

Bella's not sure where she has wandered. She thought she was about to walk into a shop, but this appears to be an unattended bar. With none of the windows associated with the shop she thought she was entering. It could be an elaborate psychic assault of some kind, but it doesn't feel very... assault-y... and she was in the middle of a town and doesn't think any humans want to sic their 'mon on her. It's strange. She approaches the bar, looking around warily, hand hovering near her belt.

with Max (Benedict)

with Earth and Lightning (kappa)

with Ann and Sabrina (kuuskytkolme)

Comments

[can_i_stay]

"I don't know about you, but I'm going with not."

Ann looks at the stranger. "How'd you get here? I don't think I've seen you around."

[the_very_best]

"I was walking into a store for Potions and Pokéballs and I found this instead."

[can_i_stay]

"Potions and what?"

[the_very_best]

"Pokéballs." She pats her belt. "A couple of mine are threatening to wear out."

[can_i_stay]

"I think we have a failure to communicate. I literally do not know what you mean."

[the_very_best]

"Po-ké-balls. The balls. That you keep Pokémon in. Because otherwise it would be hard to get some of them through doors or whatever?" She plucks one of the balls off her belt and waves it around. "These things?"

[can_i_stay]

"O-kay," Ann says. It does not sound like she understood anything.

[can_i_help]

While the two of them have been talking Sabrina has walked up to the bar. She kicks it to see what happens.

[the_very_best]

Excuse me, says a napkin.

The girl with the Pokéballs yelps.

[can_i_help]

Sabrina practically jumps, and turns around. "You two saw that, right?"

[the_very_best]

"Yeah, a napkin just appeared out of nowhere!"

[can_i_stay]

Ann walks up to her sister and pokes her. "You did this. I have no idea how, but you did this. So, you go touch it."

[can_i_help]

Sabrina carefully picks up the napkin between her thumb and forefinger.

She reads it aloud.

[the_very_best]

I didn't mean to startle you, says a new napkin.

[can_i_help]

This time Sabrina doesn't jump, she merely drops the napkin she was holding.

She exchanges one look with her sister, picks up the other napkin and reads it.

[can_i_stay]

"Who is 'I'?" Ann says slowly.

[the_very_best]

I'm the bar.

"You're a talking bar."

Insofar as writing is talking, yes.

"Riiiiight."

Can I interest any of you in a beverage? First one's free.

[can_i_help]

"No, let's instead get back to the part where you're a talking bar. I-I don't even know where to start. Where did you come from, how do you make stuff appear out of thin air? Where did the door go, how can we get back?"

[alicornucopia]

Unfortunately, I don't have a perfect memory and can't tell you anything about how I began to exist. I have always been able to make things appear and it comes very naturally to me. Your door will reappear in time but neither you nor I can control how much time.

[can_i_help]

"Well, isn't that convenient."

The next thing she addresses to Ann. "Do you want to take free food from a mysterious thing or person who calls itself bar that may or may not have locked us here?"

[can_i_stay]

"Well, when you put it like that, of course not."

She motions towards the stranger. "How about you... I don't think you've told us your name yet? Are you going to take up the offer?"

[the_very_best]

"My name's Bella. I don't know, I'm already here without knowing how I could have gotten here or having any way to find out besides asking the bar questions, I'm not sure how taking a drink would make anything worse. Not really thirsty enough to try it yet though."

[can_i_stay]

"Charmed to meet you. I'm Ann and this," she says and points to the other girl, "is my sister Sabrina. You don't know how you got here either? Hey Bar, do you have something to do with that?"

[the_very_best]

I do not control the door. I do apologize on the establishment's behalf if it has inconvenienced you, but I am unable to complain to the management.

"I'm not even that much inconvenienced, just kind of perplexed," says Bella. "My first thought was it was some kind of psychic 'mon attack, but it really doesn't seem like it."

[can_i_stay]

"Psychic what? You keep using that strange jargon, I have no clue what you're actually talking about."