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[for_truth]

[A video post pops up on the network with a cellphone-y aspect ratio. The girl in charge of the camera has it way too close to her face before she pulls it back and starts talking at about a mile a minute.]

Heyyyy, it works! Good, I'm totally starving. Uh... I guess my info's still good cuz I got wi-fi, no problemo, but s'that really the date? I coulda sworn it was last year, like, 5 minutes ago. I was on a plane to Kalos and I walked outta the bathroom and now I'm here? Howzzat work, anyway? I mean, like, I'm stoked to be back and stuff but I tried FOREVER to get back last year'n I couldn't! It was the pits, and...

And I'm stuck. In a... I think it's a closet? Lotsa brooms. I dunno how I even got here but the door won't open and man, I was like 10 minutes away from my in-flight meal. I could eat, like... Somethin' that eats a lot. I hope I don't gotta sleep in here. I tried bustin' the door open but I don't wanna trash it cuz that's gotta be a detention or somethin'. Someone's gotta have a key. Right? ...Right?

Uh, thanks! If you see this and you can help a girl out! Umm... P.S., what's on the menu? If the cafeteria is still in the same place I'm there. Peace out!

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[video]

[jonny_talbain]

[Ohhhhhhhh yeah. Jon remembered this girl. From that one time where he thought she was making a cake in the shape of a.... thing. That thing. Yeah. Forever ago she probably didn't remember. He did remember she was a trainer, though.]

Give me a few minutes to come and find you. Do me a favor and rap your knuckles consistently on the door. I'll be able to hear it and know which closet you're in that way.

[video]

[for_truth]

You got it, guy!

[When Hilda shuffles back over to the door her camera wobbles and flips to the side before she rights it again. Oh, the joys of wearing your phone on your wrist... She's already knocking on the door when she starts talking again.]

Hey, you sound kinda familiar... Have I met'cha before, maybe?

[video]

[jonny_talbain]

Aye. We've crossed paths before. Some time ago when you were baking in the student kitchens.

[And Jon is just going to unplug his laptop and take it with him as he wanders from Teacher Dorm Land to The Land of Convenient Broom Closets.]

So, you've fallen victim to a space-time anomaly, it sounds like?

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[for_truth]

Baking... Uh... Wuzzat... OH!! You're the Pokemon trainer guy! Joe? John?

I guess it was a space-time whatchamacallit, 'cuz when I got here the clock on my C-Gear jumped forward, like, a year! Wasn't even supposed to be gone in the first place, y'know? I went out on my bike one time and then I got lost and then I was in Unova for a couple'a weeks. Why're you askin', does it happen a lot? I don't really remember hearin' about it last time.

[atmyage]

You're stuck in a closet with no food!? We have to get you out before you starve!

[Don't you think that's a little dramatic, Ema?]

[video]

[jonny_talbain]

Jon. That's right. I'm also the Martial Arts teacher, now.

I've heard stories about folk intending to leave for a short time and it becomes a longer stay away. And about folk meaning to travel one place or another but winding up here instead.

[He pauses, ears primed and listening for the noise of her knocking. Ah, there we go.]

Welcome back, either way.

[for_truth]

I've only been stuck in here for a couple'a minutes! I got time. I think.

Uh... How long's it take for someone to starve...?

[video]

[for_truth]

Thanks, dude! Good to see ya.

...Wait, did you say "martial arts?" Like, karate and stuff?

[jonny_talbain]

Aye. Well, I'm not so well versed in Karate as I am in Kung Fu. But I cover the basics of a range of Martial Arts and those who wish to get deeper into any particular style, I offer more in depth training.

[He can hear her knocking much more clearly now and he speeds up his steps. His video feed wobbles accordingly, found footage style.]

[for_truth]

[She stops.]

That. Is the coolest thing. I heard today.

...Aw, shoot! Sorry.

[Oops. Hilda starts knocking again.]

For real, though, that's totally awesome! Count me in.

[jonny_talbain]

Well, I'm glad to have impressed someone today. There's always room for one more in my class. It's summer break right now but if you'd like to do some catching up in the stadium, we can schedule something.

[cowardlyjustice]

[Well hello there cutie.]

The exact intricate details are rather complicated and long for yours truly to quickly explain in a beat, unfortunately. [AKA He doesn't have the exact clue.] However I will say that it kind of happens, sorry about that.

[BUT WAIT.] Did'ya say you're in a closet?

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[mohawk_tomahawk]

[What was going on and who was this? In a closet, she said? That's...heavily concerning.]

You are trapped in a closet?

[for_truth]

Oh... Uh... D'ya think you could explain it to me sometime maybe then when you got time? 'Cuz it's kinda a drag findin' out I been gone for so long.

And yeah? I didn't know it was a closet, I thought I was still on a plane!

[for_truth]

YES...

I mean, uh, I can wait 'til summer's over if there's a class for... Like, beginners, but if there ain't I totally wanna take you up on that offer!

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[for_truth]

I think the door's locked? I've only been stuck for a little while but I ain't gettin' it open from in here...

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Hey, I remember you! Hilda, right? Welcome back!

[for_truth]

Thanks! I'm thinkin' I missed a lot. Uh... Daisy, yeah? S'good to see ya!

[givemeyouranswerdo]

You too! We've got a lot to catch up on, I think!

[jonny_talbain]

Well, I intend to start each semester with the basics either way. Considering the range of ability levels I've got to cater to, it isn't as though anyone really finds themselves out of their depth. At least, I'd like to think not.

[Hear that? It's the jangling of staff keys. Freeeedoooooom!]

There we go. Hopefully you've not starved to death?

[for_truth]

Ohhh, gotcha. Are there, like, any special exercises you gotta do or any...

[Wait, KEYS. SWEET FREEDOM...]

Not yet! Thanks! I owe you one, dude.

[for_truth]

Oh, TOTALLY! Howzit goin'?

[lightyearsaway]

You were in Kalos?

[for_truth]

I wanted to be! I was on a plane and everything but now I'm here and I still dunno how that happened!

all of us

[mohawk_tomahawk]

And what did you say you saw? Brooms? Anything else?

[Connor had been locking up the janitor's closets ever since SOMEONE came in and turned one of them into a all day spa okay. If she was really magically stuck inside, that would be scary. Could anyone not lock their own rooms then anymore?]