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[infinitejustice]

[First, some music to set the mood.]

[Athrun has been through many things. However, going to bed in his own bed and waking up in another bed is one thing he hasn't experienced. Nor is dealing with some woman claiming to be his mother. Like he needed that wound reopened. Best getting out of there ASAP.

Athrun found himself in an unfamiliar town. It was small and very...green. Unsure of what else to do, he decided to heed the advice he'd been given. He made his way to the Elm Pokémon Research Laboratory.

After looking in through the windows, Athrun takes a deep breath. Well, nothing's going to get done just hanging out outside. He opens the door.]

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[fcups]

[ Right... then...

.... It's a good thing she added that year as an afterthought. ]

Really?

[ Seriously. This is fascinating. Even if she does think you're just a little bit mental. ]

What is it like in the future?

[infinitejustice]

Uh, well...

[Where to begin? It's not like she asked about anything in partic -- oh. That's an issue.]

That's, er, a rather broad question, isn't it?

[fcups]

[ That's true. ]

Is it vastly different from the 21st century?

[ The whatever calendar he'd said before... that one. ]

[infinitejustice]

In many ways? Yes. For example, we no longer use fossil fuel at all. Everything has transitioned over to cleaner energy sources from the earth, or nuclear power. That was due in part to necessity, though -- Earth's deposits of fossil fuels have all been practically used up.

[fcups]

[ Oh. Well. If there are huge mobile suits or whatever... then there must be... ]

So there's people living in space now, right? And teleporters? And hover cars?

[ All the important stuff, you know. ]

[infinitejustice]

[...Trying really hard to not facepalm now. He's heard stories about how people of the twenty-first century imagined the future.]

...No. I mean, we have space colonies, yes. But teleportation isn't happening any time soon, and hover cars? Probably never.

[fcups]

[ Oh.

She doesn't even bother trying not to look disappointed. She's disappointed, man. This sounds like it sucks. Minus maybe the space colonies, thing. ]

But you still play basketball?

[ Space basketball...? Even better.

She is asking all the important questions, here. ]

[infinitejustice]

[Oh, please. Like hover cars are at all practical or even safe. Drivers are bad enough these days; giving them an additional dimension to maneuver in would just make things worse.]

Er...yes. All the popular sports from that era are still around. I take it you're a fan of it?

[fcups]

Something like that.

[ 'Fan' is a bit of an understatement. ]

Do you play?

[ Doesn't quite look like you do. ]

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun shakes his head.]

Nothing more than what we did in gym class. I was more into engineering and science as a kid than sports, though I've got a fair share of martial arts training now. Plus some military CQC.