Pokémon Radio Signals
Funny Shaped Donuts

"What to do, what to do?"

Cecily Atwood let out a deep sigh from the desk in the lab Professor Oak provided her so she could start formulating her plans regarding an actual lesson plan for the girls in case they ended up finding themselves stuck in this world of Pokémon for any duration of time. He'd eventually convinced her to get some rest herself and take up the task in the morning, yet this didn't prevent there from being circles under her eyes and the need for coffee to arise.

So far, the only thing planned out was the girls writing a letter to their parents if something happened to them, though none had started yet, and instead they were all outside looking at the Pokémon.

"I want funny shaped donuts for breakfast rather than that stupid mush."

Hearing the sound of Chelsey Bianchi's voice made her look up, noting the girl just came in from outside. In the back of her mind, she didn't know what the girl meant by funny-shaped donuts, but the tone of voice Chelsey used was far from flattering; it was in fact quite demanding. "What funny shaped donuts?"

"She's talking about the ones that show up in the cartoon, but I want some too," Felicity piped up, curling a lock of hair around her finger and letting out a puff of air with great gusto.

"Those weren't donuts." Heather piped up.

"What time is it? And how long have you girls been finished with breakfast? Are all of you done?"

Instead of answering the question, Chelsey turned and yelled into the kitchen. "Hey! Do any of you guys want donuts?"

This simply reminded Cecily of her initial thoughts regarding the students of Gladstone Academy – they were spoiled. Amy piped her head out of the kitchen. She carried in her arms a stuffed Pikachu. "You mean for lunch? Because we've already had breakfast."

"Those funny shaped donuts would be nice for lunch," Felicity batted her eyelids as if she expected this to get what she wanted. Cecily still didn't know what her students were talking about.

"What are these funny shaped donuts?" Of course, neither did Nichole.

"They're these funny shaped donuts that Brock serves in the Mankey episode," Chelsey said as if she held authority over the matter.

"Oh." Amy's eyes widened in surprise. "Those weren't donuts. They were rice balls. I'd like to learn to make rice balls."

"Nu-uh," Chelsey insisted, crossing her arms and glaring at Amy.

"Good idea. I'm sure Professor Oak will teach us." Heather glared at the girl. "Particularly since it will be one of the skills we'll need to learn if we're going to be stuck here, which I'd rather not happen because I'd rather be at home helping my mom." Chelsey opened her mouth to protest. "And yes, Chelsey, my family situation is far more important than you getting a Pokémon."

"Girls, no fighting." That was the last thing Cecily actually wanted, but it would definitely bring on a headache.

"They're definitely funny shaped donuts, Amy," Chelsey folded her arms across her chest.

Felicity nodded her head. "It was definitely funny shaped donuts in the cartoon."

"Anime."

"What?" Chelsey blinked at her, but Felicity was equally confused.

"Pokémon is an animated series from Japan, but such series are called Anime, not cartoons."

"Come on! That's not true!" Chelsey blurted out.

"There's no difference between the two," Felicity pouted.

"Yeah, in where they're made," Heather pointed out. "You two, for knowing more about Pokémon than Nichole does certainly don't know much. Pokémon wasn't made in the United States but in Japan."

"So?" Chelsey glared at Heather, making it evident those two specifically would not get along with each other, at least not easily.

"They censored stuff."

"What do you mean? They don't censor stuff in cartoons brought over from Japan," Felicity pouted. "Censorship is wrong."

"Have you seen Sailor Moon?" A smirk appeared on Heather's face which in turn made Amy's eyes go wide.

"Yes! I absolutely love that one."

"Where are you going with this?" Chelsey let an eyebrow lift up.

"They're not cousins."

"What?" Felicity's eyes blinked.

"Uranus and Pluto aren't cousins," Heather repeated while Amy placed a hand on her mouth. Nichole was majorly confused.

"So they added something, big deal." Chelsey rolled her eyes.

"Except they didn't add something. They changed something."

Cecily's eyes blinked. "Oh. Wait. I actually know this one. And you're right, they did change that."

"Change what?" Felicity looked over at her teacher.

"Don't say it!" Amy suddenly piped up. "They'll both be mean about it!"

Heather let out a sigh while Felicity let out a sound of indignation. "Come on. What would I be mean about?"

"How about we let them decide if they'll be mean Amy?" Heather's response was one Cecily could get behind, yet she understood where Amy was coming from. Not everyone was understanding of that.

Yet, she had to agree, particularly since that might be something she would need to deal with later on, given the fact she would, if they were stuck in this world, be acting not only as a teacher, but a legal guardian, something she now in the back of her head dreaded given the fact she'd really not thought about her future plans beyond surviving her second year of teaching at Gladstone Academy. "Go ahead. They're going to remain curious until this is out, but we might as well deal with this now."

"They're not cousins. They're lovers."

Felicity's eyes blinked. "Wait? What?"

"No, they didn't." Chelsey blurted out. "I'm telling you, they don't censor things like that."

"Really, have…"

"Has anyone thought about the fact the shows from Japan, but Professor Oak's name isn't Japanese?" Somehow, Nichole found a way to make that particular argument end. The look on Felicity's face said she was lost in thought, meaning it might come up yet again."

"Their names are Japanese in the Anime," Amy piped up.

"But it's not Japanese here." Nichole had a point.

"That's because it's not Japanese names. It's English names, duh." Chelsey continued protesting.

Cecily let out a sigh then pointed to Heather's side with her hand. She wasn't sure if this was the best way to handle the situation, but then it also seemed Chelsey was wanting to argue with Heather over anything. "Point for Heather and Amy's team. They are correct in saying that the show would have likely used Japanese names."

Nichole placed a hand on her chin, contemplating this knowledge. "So then, why are the names we're using English?"

"It translates in our heads because of whatever brought us here?" Heather suggested while Chelsey rolled her eyes.

"No. That doesn't make sense."

"Well, there is a Pokémon with the power to do so, or there could be," Felicity muttered, her mind still focused on the revelation that Uranus and Pluto weren't cousins.

"Well, maybe, but that would require the Pokémon to be constantly using its power, right? And we'd have some kind of inkling that would be going on." What Nichole said made Cecily blink her eyes, given the fact Nichole didn't know anything about this world, but then, something told her Nichole was trying to make sense of everything using real-world facts she knew. Not that real-world facts necessarily mattered in a world with sea dragons.

"True." Heather of course seemed interested while Chelsey stewed. "Any theories?"

"Are there any other differences between different versions?"

"Well, the games and manga are also different even in Japanese." Amy continued holding onto her Pikachu toy.

"So, one could argue the multi-verse theory?"

"The what?" Chelsey glared at Nichole.

"It's a scientific theory that…"

"Why don't you go help Oak help us find a way home since you're so smart? I'm sure Heather would appreciate that."

"Chelsey! That was uncalled for!" Cecily gave the girl a look. "Let's just leave it at yes, it does explain why we're able to understand English and that maybe we shouldn't be overthinking things."

"Oh. She's right!" Felicity piped up.

"Nichole?" Chelsey glared at Felicity. "You're siding with her?"

"No. The whole thing about Uranus and Pluto being lovers. It makes so much more sense that way."

"No, it doesn't." Chelsey wasn't pleased with that answer. "Stop siding with them."

"There is some pretty weird stuff in Greek myth," Nichole piped up.

"Uh, we're actually not talking Greek myth." Heather's mouth twisted as she attempted hiding her amusement.

"Well, isn't this about homosexuality? That happened in Greek myth, but since we're talking censorship and lovers that must be it. It makes sense given Greek myth that it would be in whatever this Sailor whatzit is."

"Could you shut up already about how smart you are?"

"Chelsey!" Cecily shook her head at the girl.

Heather's eyebrows lifted in amusement. "Well, I guess we were talking about the same thing."

Felicity looked at Chelsey. "The question is, does Chelsey have an issue of homosexuality?"

"No, no I do not!" Chelsey snapped. "Where would you get that idea?"

"Because you kept arguing that it isn't true after the teacher said it was?"

Chelsey's eyes blinked, before flopping down onto the couch to pout. "Nichole still doesn't…"

"You know what. Nichole and I are going to go and seek out Professor Oak to see if he'll teach you girls how to make rice balls because I don't know how to myself, but in the meantime, Chelsey, I want you to think about your behavior towards the other girls."

"I'm not doing anything wrong."

"Yes…"

"Heather, why don't you take Amy out to see the… some of the Pokémon outside. This way there aren't any arguments between you and Chelsey while I'm gone." Heather glared at her. "And no, you're not being punished." It was more of she didn't trust Chelsey to not start something but hoped she wouldn't get into it with Felicity. So far, things were a definite headache.