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[The feed starts with a woman sitting on a bench with a little Gothita beside her. The woman looks like she was plucked out of a history book, with her spine ramrod-straight, her skin the color of porcelain, her waist so narrow that she must be wearing a corset, and her giant green floor-length dress using way too much fabric to be practical. Seriously, she could probably clothe a small country with all the cloth in that dress. Rocket uniform? What Rocket uniform?]

Good morning. [The woman carefully folds her hands in her lap, ignoring the Gothita beside her making a kissy face at the camera.] I am told that this object is ‘broadcasting’ what it sees to whosoever owns another one of its kind, so I decided that I should introduce myself.

[She inclines her head slightly, flashing a beautiful smile.] I am Miss Justine Florbelle. Don’t concern yourself with explaining the current situation to me—people already have, yet I find myself quite displaced. Not by the animals—they, I have accepted. No, what I am curious about is the current date, because I have received conflicting answers. [Yep. Kissy-faced bunny goth things, totally believable. Time skip, no.]

Does anyone care to assist a poor lady in distress?

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[...DID SOMEONE SAY HISTORY, THOUGH.]

The grace and aplomb with which you're taking your present circumstances, Miss Florbelle, makes me believe you're neither poor nor particularly distressed. But to answer your question, by local reckoning the date is February 4, 2013 — quite the displacement, as you so aptly put it, from what I imagine it must've been when last you checked it.

[Yes, Carmen. Yes, someone did.

For someone from a time period where being able to write isn't really at an all-time high, specifically responding in writing seems to smack very much of showing off and attempting to signify the responder's wealth.

Not that it bothers Justine all that much. She can prove her family's ability to pay for education with the best of them.]

Perhaps I should add a touch of fainting to it? But yes, I am perhaps more calm than the circumstances would warrant, but I arrived yesterday and have had ample time to become accustomed to the change in scenery.

[Yup. A day was all she needed to be completely at ease with Pokemon. Yup.]

When I last checked, it was the 22nd of April, 1858. So yes, it's quite a change from where I was before. I believe I should brush up on recent history.

[She'd had a feeling her recipient wouldn't be thrown by a message in text, given her general appearance and way of articulating herself; that all spoke of education. Plus, to be honest, if she really is from 1858, the prospect of using what amounts to a live video broadcast to communicate might actually be more disorienting than treating her as a woman of letters.]

There's no need to faint for my sake. I can think of a few far more productive responses — soliciting this network for information, for example.

1858. Victoria, Princess Royal just married recently, didn't she? They played Mendelssohn's Wedding March as the recessional.

Relatively recently. She married eighteen years ago, now. It was just a small while after that scandal with one of her ladies-in-waiting. Or perhaps it was her mother's? I would not know; I am a lady of France, not of Britain.

Speaking of, I do not know to whom I am writing. Or perhaps it is not writing since I am not using any kind of writing implement, but I do not know the proper words for these more modern inventions. What might your name be?

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February 4th, 2013! According to local time. It's not what I remember it being, either, or most people.

Ah, you are displaced as well? From what time are you from, then?

Oh, trolls don't count time the same way humans do, so your guess is as good as mine.

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You seem a bit calm to be stressing about this. Here it's February 4th, 2013.

Well, I have been here for a day. Enough time to come to understand the situation, don't you think? [No, Justine. No, it's not.]

The time difference, however, may be more difficult to grow accustomed to. As I've observed, things are... different than what I remember.

It's not that difficult to adjust to a time difference. It's like jet lag, you get over it within a week.

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_{[All right, Justine. Ready for a big ol' Welcome-to-the-21st-Century mindscrew?]

[Because here's what, for all sakes and purposes, probably looks like a BOY on the screen. Short, shaggy hair, a face full of freckles, and a coat of black leather that pretty much successfully obscures any presence of bust, at least on the tiny PokeGear screen.]

[And then it opens its mouth.]

[And speaks in a VERY GIRLY VOICE.]}

... Well, I'm gonna guess it's not your date, unless you're one of those re-enactment people.

The last time I saw a dress like the one you're wearing was in a museum.

[What.

What is this.

What are you.]

...You have visited a museum? [Surely this is a bizarre child of the streets, and those aren't usually found in places of education.]

_{[Heather blinks, then shrugs broadly.]}

Uh, yeah. 'Course I have. Lots of times.

_{[Surely they had museums in... uh, whatever time period this chick was apparently from.]}

For school, or with my dad or something.

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[She may be out of a history book, but it's a history that Envy's lived through, and that in itself is interesting enough to ping him. He inclines his head forward in a brief bow when he turns on his video, the respectful gesture at odds with the amused smirk on his face.]

Welcome to 2013. You know, you're awfully calm for a lady in distress.

Well, I suppose I could add a touch of fainting for your sake. [She flashes a flirty smile, although... is that hair normal for the future?] But I figured it would be quite unproductive to spend my time fanning myself instead of simply asking questions.

[Yep. In the future, styling your hair to look like a tree is the height of fashion.]

[Envy laughs quietly, still wearing that same smirk. This lady seems interesting already.] No, no need for any fainting or fanning at all. It's just always interesting to see people show up who aren't panicking.

So, Miss Florbelle, any questions you haven't already gotten answers for?

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[Hm, it's not every day that people from different time periods appear in Johto, so Dimitri's quite interested.

By the way, that nondescript room he's sitting in may look a little familiar to Justine. Rocket dorms: so unique.]

How are you faring now that you have your answer?

[He didn't feel the need to repeat the date.]

[Oh look, another guy who lives in those incredibly drab dorms.]

Better than people expected, apparently. I was merely confirming a suspicion. Now I am forced to begin adapting, am I not?

When are you from?

That's right.

[It's nice to see that some can keep their head while having to deal with the stress of winding up in this world...and another time.]

I too have had to adapt somewhat, but the time gap is not as large. My time is approximately fifty years before now.

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It's the future!

So I have been told. I take it it is the future for you, as well?

Yes, but just a little.

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[Adaptable, Ziva can respect that. Her appearance is probably not as jarring as Heather's--Ziva is still very obviously feminine, with long hair and makeup--though her clothes are still very much closer to masculine than Justine is used to. Pants and all.]

I imagine you have had a chorus of responses with the date. I admit, I was not as severely displaced upon my arrival.

[She went from May to October, it wasn't that jarring at all.]

My name is Ziva David. A pleasure.

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The pleasure is all mine, Miss David.

[Justine arches her eyebrow, because while Ziva isn't as jarring as Heather, she's still a little confusing.]

All evidence seems to imply that crossdressing has become popular among women. Is this true?

Women's clothing has changed quite a lot over the years. We are no longer expected to wear corsets and skirts unless we wish to.

[She rests her chin on her hands and looks amused as she continues.]

For many of us, it verges on impractical. I assure you, any man wearing clothing cut like mine would be the one accused of crossdressing.