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Post by snark on Jul 6, 2019 22:41:55 GMT
"I'm going to be wildly optimistic and assume Mara is someone relevant to the question I just asked," Melissa says as Yue runs off. "Anyone else? I suppose we could try calling family to see if they've experienced anything unusual. It would help establish whether anyone we're linked to is affected, or only people we've interacted with since the loop began." She does not sound especially enthusiastic about this idea.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 6, 2019 22:49:32 GMT
"That'd explain it, yeah... That and how I've been feeling since the loop." Nori frowns. "Doesn't mean I have to like him, though. I always got frustrated with how protective my mom is, but if the other choice is winding up as a jerk..."
He sighs and shakes his head. "Anyway. She was close, at least she said she was in Pewter City. She thinks it's just because she's genre savvy - she understands how stories like this work."
Aaand there goes Yue running after somebody. Nori sighs. "There's Brian, the other guy I was up against in the tournament, but I don't see him here, and Alexa said the professor was like a whole different person. Could call my mom, I guess... Everybody I know's in Fuchsia City."
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Post by snark on Jul 6, 2019 22:56:05 GMT
"Yes, good. Do that."
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 4:23:47 GMT
Yue- She takes a look around and initially doesn't see anything resembling her, but in the corner of the room is someone in a familiar hoodie...
Gwen- As if sensing the tension of Gwen, the egg actively starts shaking in her lap!
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Post by oddeyes on Jul 7, 2019 4:30:02 GMT
Gwen looks about as she feels some rumbling, and then looks to her shaking egg. "Huh?....HUH!? OH! OH! HEY! THE EGG! THE EEEGGG!" Gwen carefully removes the cover of its holder, and places the exposed egg on the table. She watches very intently at the edge of her chair.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 4:42:00 GMT
The egg shakes more, and cracks begin to form as it wants to break out! It actually begins to glow and then... *Pop!* The egg cracks! And the pieces fall, revealing... a rattata!
Wait... that's it? One of the most common pokemon around? Gwen sees it's alt-colored (a somehow familiar shade of white with a blue underbelly), but it can't be just that, can it? The Rattata looks up to Gwen with it's tiny face.
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Post by oddeyes on Jul 7, 2019 4:49:17 GMT
Gwen's eyes lock with the tiny rat eyes. She tilts her head as it all hits her. "Oh...A...Rattata, huh? Uhh...Someone tell the professor?..." She picks up the baby, and holds it to her chest. Its' fur was colored different, but it looked pretty normal.
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Post by ventix on Jul 7, 2019 4:49:25 GMT
Yue runs over to the hoodie wearing person. "Mara? Is that you?"
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Post by snark on Jul 7, 2019 5:09:13 GMT
Melissa stares at the newly hatched Rattata, then bursts into laughter. "Ahahahahahaha! Did they give you a Rattata egg as a joke? Or did you expose it to the wrong mixture of stimuli? If only someone had thought to record what she did with the egg, you might know the answer..." She collects herself a little, and raises an eyebrow. "Tell the professor... that the egg she hasn't given away yet in this timeline hatched in your possession? I'm sure that'll go over well."
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 5:12:26 GMT
Gwen- In her half-shocked state, she doesn't realize she accidently picked it up at a weird angle. It squeaks and struggles out, falling out of Gwen's hands. But, it actually grows two wings made out of water, and flies back around into her 'momma's' hands again. Then snuggles back into place.
And then that's when it hits her like a ton of bricks. The professor (their universe one, seeing as this universe one hasn't given out the egg yet and might be a 'tad' confused as to how you got it) did say that it would take in whatever was around it, didn't she? Well one of the most influental things around, a legendary, Gwen has been spending a lot of time around, even giving her a massage the night previous.
The rattata was influenced by Yue!
(Rattata is level 1, with ability, nature, and sex of Gwen's choice. In addition, it has Fly 4, gains the fountain capability, and also gains moves from Lugia's move set alongside Rattata's. And, at level 40, it will gain one legendary aura it can call upon in a small way [Which we'll hash out down the road])
Yue- Mara is startled by Yue approaching, but looks confused/concerned when she's called out by name.
"How... How do you know my name?"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 7, 2019 5:23:00 GMT
Nori was about to call his mom like Melissa suggested, but the commotion around Gwen's egg hatching distracts him. He suspects something may be up when he sees the Rattata's coloration is almost backwards... where has he seen that before?
And then it flies back up on wings of water! "Whoa! Well, you can't say it isn't a pretty unusual Rattata. Maybe it was always going to start from Rattata and change from there?"
He sighs and shrugs. "Anyway, I oughta call mom and see how much she remembers..." He goes back to dialing his mother, though he's not sure how much he'll be able to tell about what she remembers...
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Post by oddeyes on Jul 7, 2019 5:24:48 GMT
Gwen would blow up at Melissa, but the baby falling out of her hands almost sends Gwen into a panic attack. The little thing's sudden flight also causes Gwen's jaw t ohit the floor, and her eyes go wide. She keeps a much proper hold on the rat as she stares at it. Once all of her thoughts are finely set in place, she blinks a few times before speaking. "....Oh my god. Well.....I was never told of the species, but just that it changed...And it got quite the...legendary influence..."
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Post by ventix on Jul 7, 2019 5:38:52 GMT
"Yay! It is you!" Yue is so happy to see Mara that she forgets to answer her question, instead opting to give her a big hug.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 5:39:14 GMT
Nori- You call after the flying Rattata seems to shock Gwen, and she picks up right away.
"Well good morning honey! I'm honestly surprised that you'd call! You left here a few days ago with all the bravado in the world, I was pretty sure I'd hear of you next on the news when you started tearing through half the league!"
She laughs.
"You've just been so confident these last few years... well since the operation! But I always knew that if you took off, you'd end up like Red himself, out there, not needing help or running back home. Although I'm still a mother, and am glad you called. What's going on?"
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 5:43:48 GMT
Yue - Mara is surprised when Yue hugs her, and quickly slips out of her grasp, as if by magic. She pulls her hood close.
"I'm sorry Miss, I think you have me confused for someone else... We've never met before..."
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Post by ventix on Jul 7, 2019 5:48:51 GMT
"Oh right, forgot you could do that..." Yue says, pouting. "First Nue and now you, why won't people just sit still and let me hug them!"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 7, 2019 6:04:52 GMT
Nori's face falls a little when his mom clearly addresses him as the other Nori. That's not boding well for her remembering what he regards as the 'real' timeline.
"Have I really not called since I left? Wow." Gentle push to see if she remembers the calls he made before the loop, though he doesn't expect much. "Anyway, yeah, just called to say I'm doing okay, make sure you're not too lonely! We're almost done at the center here, I'm probably gonna head out later today after I sweep this tournament we're gonna have."
Operation, huh? So he didn't just randomly not get sick as much. "Hey, mom, I met this... she's kind of a mad scientist, built her own bionic arm and everything, and we were talking about the operation. Comparing scars and all that. She was curious, do you remember what exactly went into it?" He's trying to project as much obnoxious confidence as the other Nori without actually being a jerk to his mother.
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Post by Lessah on Jul 7, 2019 11:35:25 GMT
"Cute!" Stella declared as the tiny pokémon emerged from its egg. She leaned over the table as best she could to get a closer look. It was pleasantly distracting from all the weird questions they had to deal with.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 7, 2019 21:26:48 GMT
Nori - She chuckles.
"That actually sounds a lot like the person who did the operation on you! I can't remember her name right now, it was a while ago. M something. I'd have to go digging through the bills to find it."
Yue - She stands still like a deer caught in headlights at Yue.
"I ummm... I still don't know what you mean Miss. I mean I don't like strangers hugging me out of nowhere if that's what you mean...?"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 7, 2019 23:15:12 GMT
Well, that's unexpected. "Oh, yeah, I think I remember now... maybe they're related. Was the name Macavity?"
It doesn't answer his question about what the operation was, but Nori is abruptly starting to find this conversation way too surreal, like the room's tilting a little. "Oops, I think the tournament's about to start, I gotta go. Love you, mom. Talk to you later, bye!"
He swallows hard as he hangs up. "Okay, that was freaky. Doc, is anyone else in your family in the bio-augmentation business? Because I think my mom may have just told me that you operated on me in this timeline." He doesn't feel like he's got any new scars, but if this was years ago, he wouldn't, would he?
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