~Transmission begins~
CURIOSITY: Welcome ladies, gentlemen, ghouls, and people of all sorts to The World Without everyone’s favourite inter dimensional bar and grill. My name is Curiosity, but all my friends call me Curio and I’ll be your host for tonight!
CURIOSITY: Today we have a special guest, The Traveler from beyond the Rift, Jake, the Sylveon Shinobi
(A bright light momentarily blinds the camera, the sound of a very ungraceful crash being heard, before it clears to reveal a Sylveon picking himself up off the floor, shaking the dust off his cloak)
CURIOSITY: Woah, what an entrance. I must say the most impressive one yet!
(Curiosity claps two tentacle hands together with dull metallic clanks)
(The Sylveon sighs loudly, drawing his cloak back around himself with his ribbons)
JAKE: And since someone is already aware of me, I'm guessing this is ANOTHER gods-damned Isekai? After this long I'd thought I'd already hit them all!
CURIOSITY: Can you introduce yourself? Do you want a drink? What's an Isekai?
(Pads over to the bar)
JAKE: I'm Jake, I fix things. Big, world ending things. Usually with a lot of fruitless effort and bladework. And since this is an interdimensional bar, how about a whiskey, neat. Something with some kick.
CURIOSITY: I'm so glad you didn't ask for a mixed drink!
(Curiosities tentacles begin fetching and pouring the drink)
CURIOSITY: I'd love to hear about those world ending things, but first off what are you for the people at home. You're honestly adorable all wrapped up in ribbons like that.
(Pulls his hood off, revealing his distinctly Sylveon appearance)
JAKE: I'm the last Fairy type Pokémon you want to see in a dark alley. Forgive the pun, it was intentional.
CURIOSITY: Don't worry, I didn't understand it anyways! So you seem pretty comfortable being suddenly dumped into our strange bar, has something like this happened to you before?
(The Sylveon smirks)
JAKE: Finding myself in a bar between dimensions with a tentacle robot asking me about myself? Yeah, we call that Tuesday. Or did you just mean the whole "suddenly in another realm" thing, because again, that's just Tuesday.
CURIOSITY: Tell me about it, and also this Tuesday. How did you end up traveling to our humble establishment?
(Reaches a ribbon up to scratch his chin)
JAKE: Well seeing as I'm not in the middle of the pitched battle for the fate of the world I was in about 10 minutes ago, best guess is that the world ending calamity decided to go off early. Would also explain the dust and ashes all over my cloak, now that I think about it.
(Takes a long pull from his drink)
JAKE: Wonder how long it'll be before the next one yanks me out of here, though. Usually isn't an extended stay at any of these kinds of places before The Void realizes I haven't shown back up in a fresh hell.
CURIOSITY: Oh, are you saying you usually travel between worlds by dying?
(The Sylveon shrugs)
JAKE: Dying, failing whatever arbitrary condition I'm there to prevent, world exploding...but yeah usually dying. Just another day at the office at this point, though. Doesn't even really hurt all that much anymore.
(Curiosity looks toward someone behind that camera)
CURIOSITY: Hey we're not gonna have to do that right, Will?
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Traveller I assure you after this is done, you will continue to the next world that needs you free of any unpleasantness.
(The Sylveon raises his glass slightly before taking another swig)
JAKE: See, nothing to worry about robot dude. Besides it's been like a hundred years since I had a real break.
CURIOSITY: Well I'm glad we can give it to you! So you mentioned that you help worlds in crisis, what are some of these World Ending Events you stopped before?
(Finishes his drink and puts the glass down carefully)
JAKE: Well. There was this one time where a criminal syndicate working behind the scenes all but took over the world's government and began enslaving Pokémon for their own nefarious plans. Never really found out what those plans were, of course, seeing as I happened to appear right on tops of the Big Boss's desk. That was a fun conversation. Very sharp and to the point. (Gestures to his blades)
JAKE: Idiot tried to grab me while monologuing about his evil shit. I think I set a record for shortest incursion, there.
CURIOSITY: Oh, that good, exactly how many worlds have you been to?
(The Sylveon shrugs again)
JAKE: I stopped counting after about 200. And it's been about 400 years since then? A LOT.
CURIOSITY: Wow, and I'm not even 400 years old yet by like 380 years, that's a really long time! Though, Will didn't you say you were 400 thous-
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Curio! Don't talk about my age when the show is live!
CURIOSITY: Sorry, Uhhh- Tell me something that's important to you Jake?
(The Sylveon gives a little smirk again)
JAKE: Protecting my friends. Seems to be a recurring theme, making great friends who then end up getting themselves into trouble.
CURIOSITY: Oh I couldn't agree more! That's why I was so excited to make this show so I can make all types of friends... Though I guess I don't know when's the next time I can see them…
CURIOSITY: In your many worlds, have you interacted with people like us before, Robots I mean, not bartenders?
(The Sylveon cocks his head)
JAKE: Robots, bartenders, robot bartenders, robot bartenders running interdimensional bars, you're gonna have to be a bit more specific.
CURIOSITY: Uhh- More specific?
(The Sylveon deadpans perfectly)
JAKE: You're the 26th robot bartender running an Isekai I've encountered.
CURIOSITY: Oh- How about robot bartenders running an isthmus that can do this?
(Curiosity begins inexpertly juggling bottles between way too many tentacled robotic appendages)
(The Sylveon stares)
JAKE: Uh. I can safely say that's the first time I've seen a robotic bartender at an interdimensional bar break the laws of physics by juggling badly, yeah.
(As Curiosity attempts to stop and catch the bottles, many fumble and smash against the ground)
CURIOSITY: ...
CURIOSITY: Well you know what that means folks, we are running out of time. Before you go, there is one more thing I need to ask you Jake. What could you not imagine your world, well I guess you go to a lot of worlds... What could you not imagine many worlds without?
(The Sylveon stands up, tossing a small gold coin on the bar)
JAKE: Friendship and camaraderie. Nowhere I've been has been without that so far, anyway. Could you imagine a world full of purely selfish beings working only for themselves at all times?
CURIOSITY: I know I couldn't, and hey, guest drink for free!
JAKE: Keep the coin, as long as it's there I might be back.
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: There are doors along the wall traveller, take whichever one you chose and it'll take you where you are going.
(The Sylveon turns on the spot, his cloak billowing out a bit behind him as he stalks off towards his next adventure)
(A moment of silence follows the Sylveon leaving the bar)
CURIOSITY: Hey Will, he never answered what the word he was calling our bar meant, do you know what it means.
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Sorry I wasn’t paying 100% attention but I can look it up, what was the word again? Was it Isekai?
CURIOSITY: I think it was isthmus
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Are you sure, it says here an isthmus is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land.
CURIOSITY: Oh, I think I misheard part of it, it was definitely Christmas!
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: This says it’s an ancient holiday from earth.
CURIOSITY: Tell me about it, and also can we have someone on from earth?
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Just take it and see for yourself
(A well machined appendage of pistons and steam comes in from off frame and hands a tablet to Curiosity)
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Also maybe when you’re older
(Curiosity reads from the tablet muttering it quietly out loud)
CURIOSITY: Night before christmas... something about a mouse…
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: Curio, can you please end...
CURIOSITY: Uhh!
(Curiosity quickly scrolls the tablet to the end of the page)
CURIOSITY: HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!
(There is a big smile on Curio’s face)
VOICE BEHIND CAMERA: I meant the episode.
CURIOSITY: Oh! None of this was canon, and to all a good-night!
CURIOSITY: How do you think that was, I really liked that ending I thought we could maybe-
(There is an exasperated sigh before a click is heard and the feed goes dark)
~Transmission Ends~
