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Post by lichlord on Jul 4, 2019 22:09:17 GMT
"Well... let's try again, shall we?" The host snaps her fingers, and the tv shorts out. The noise wakes everyone up. The six, including Nue even, are all sitting at a round table in... a cafeteria? No wait, this is familiar. Everyone's back at the training camp in Pallet. And it looks 'just' as the morning they came in. Maybe a few less people, but there's quite a few familiar faces. But before you can even think 'maybe it was a dream', all of the pokemon you've all caught are still there. All the items you may have gotten along the way are there, and Gwen still has her egg. So... what the hell happened? Stella- Right before you woke, you had a fuzzy dream of a strange crystaline chamber, and your view is obstructed like you were in something clear and oblong. You look over and see another clear oblong with... something moving inside. Before you can really make it off it launches out of the room, and then the thing your in starts to shake and do the same thing... and then you wake with the others in Pallet. Nori- Something feels... different. You feel good. Really good. Like better than you've ever felt. With how you've grown up, you can't remember ever feeling this way...
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Post by Lessah on Jul 4, 2019 22:20:18 GMT
"?!!" Stella looks round and around, trying to figure out what was going on. This wasn't where she thought she should be! Or where she had dreamed about either. She carefully reaches out and pokes whomever was closest, just to make sure they were real.
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Post by ventix on Jul 4, 2019 23:20:09 GMT
"Huh...? Was it a dream?" Yue says absentmindedly, checking her stuff. "Huh...Everyone's still here. Just what is going on...?" Yue says, racking her brain for an answer...for all of 5 second. "Oh well, whatever happened, it's over now! Time to get back to it!" She says.
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Post by Raven on Jul 4, 2019 23:22:16 GMT
Nue's first action: Find Yue. Ensure she is not (physically) injured. Upon confirming this, Nue goes into information gathering mode. Where is this? How are they here? If this is the 'pallet town training camp' like the others (those outside of the group) suggest by their discussions with one another, then why is Nue here? If this involved some sort of 'time travel' (as crazy an explanation as it sounds) they how would Nue be here? She didn't arrive in Kanto for at least another day or two based on the calendar date. Despite a penchant for messing with/pranking people with her mystery plush dolls and sticky note communication, Nue is at her core a logical person. She knows (roughly) how the world works and how to 'exploit' things like physics to perform seemingly super-human feats and accomplish the seemingly impossible, like 'disappearing into thin air'.
Point being, none of this makes any sense. One minute, she's running for her life with Yue in tow, desperately trying to put distance between them and Shio, and the next they're back in a place that Nue has never been to before. She never set foot in Pallet Town. The international port of Kanto is in Vermillion City! Of course, on the outside, Nue is her typical, straight-faced self. No obvious changes detectable to any who are unfamiliar with her behavioral patterns.
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Post by oddeyes on Jul 4, 2019 23:49:53 GMT
Gwen gasps when sight finally returns to her. Lots of nothing before suddenly just...sitting here? Gwen looks around at the others, and then to the building. "What the...? How did we get back inside?.....!? Huh?! Wait wait wait....Is this...?" She looks to her friends at the table. "We were outside...near that storm....in...Pewter City...right?"
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Post by snark on Jul 4, 2019 23:55:29 GMT
"Yes," Melissa says, sounding distracted and staring off into space. "You all witnessed that too, then? Interesting." She fumbles for one of her Pokeballs, releasing Diogenes onto the table; the Pumpkaboo looks around curiously. "Very interesting..."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 5, 2019 0:22:02 GMT
"... Is this Patrat Day? Are we in a time loop or something?" Nori shakes his head. There's something very strange going on here. More than that, he feels...
"Okay, so besides the obvious, does anybody feel... different? I feel like I've got a lot of energy all of a sudden." Nori flexes his fingers as he unfolds himself from his seat. "Man, and I thought things were crazy before, with the ghost thing and Yue showing up."
He turns and glances at Yue. "Hey, uh, what was with the explosion? Did something happen in the... that wasn't even a storm, was it? It wasn't moving, there weren't any clouds."
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Post by ventix on Jul 5, 2019 0:27:21 GMT
"...The explosion was Shio's doing. And before anyone asks, no I don't think it was her doing. She desparately tried to stop me and Nue from heading closer to...whatever that was back there, meaning she had no power over whatever was happening." Yue says.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 5, 2019 0:33:09 GMT
"Okay, that's... disturbing. Like, what I've heard about Shio, she doesn't exactly strike me as a model of mental stability or anything, but she was afraid of... whatever that was. How does she always know where you are anyway?"
He rubs the back of his neck. "Did anyone see how far whatever-it-was actually went? Side-to-side, I mean. I guess if we get back to Pewter and it's still there we'll have to go around it when we want to leave town." He's not optimistic, given all the trees and mountains, but surely it can't cover the entire region, right?
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Post by ventix on Jul 5, 2019 0:35:48 GMT
"Oh right, she's watching us by the way. Probably shouldn't be surprised if she suddenly drops out of nowhere to heckle us..."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 5, 2019 0:42:44 GMT
"Greeeaaat. That's really what I wanted to hear, that your crazy stalker is now our crazy stalker."
Nori rubs his forehead. "Wait. If we're really back at the center a few days ago, is anybody but us going to remember?" He glances around, trying to see if anybody else looks confused or is reacting like they aren't where they were a moment ago.
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Post by ventix on Jul 5, 2019 0:46:14 GMT
"Huh...That's a good question...Are our half badges still valid...gasp are we gonna have to fight the obelisk again?!"
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Post by snark on Jul 5, 2019 0:58:58 GMT
"If we are, this time we'll know what to expect going in." Melissa frowns. "Unless... hmm. Our Pokemon remember what happened, or else Diogenes would be panicking right now. But that is no guarantee anyone else does, as they were present with us for the event - albeit in digitized form."
She points to Nue. "You were not here last time around - or at any rate, you had not shown yourself to us yet. I think that divergence, along with our physical possessions, rules out a straightforward Patrat Day scenario. Some other form of time travel? Perhaps. I believe we should ascertain the answer to Nori's question before speculating further." She stands up and walks over to the receptionist. "Excuse me. Did you experience anything bizarre and/or cataclysmic a minute ago?"
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Post by Lessah on Jul 5, 2019 1:20:46 GMT
Well they seemed real enough. That was good enough for Stella for now. Still it would be nice to know what was going on ... She tilted her head and pointed at the clock. A Patrat Day-like event? She wasn't really sure what that was either. But she understood time and loop and the combination of the two didn't seem too strange. Like napping on a ship, only reversed.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 5, 2019 1:54:34 GMT
The receptionist looks confused at Melissa’s request, but answers in the negative.
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Post by snark on Jul 5, 2019 2:18:59 GMT
After quizzing a few other people, Melissa returns to the table. "As expected, they have no memory of the event. It is far too soon to conclude that we are the only ones so affected, but I believe we can rule out a widespread phenomenon. We should consult Shio at the first opportunity... though the fact that she plans on assassinating Yue complicates that somewhat. Hm." She frowns. "Yue, did you say she tried to stop you from doing... whatever it is you did that triggered this?"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 5, 2019 2:28:27 GMT
"Huh... Y'know, though, it might depend on how much they've interacted with us? I guess figuring it's us is kind of a big assumption, but we're the ones who were near the big dark place when everything went nuts, so it'd be a pretty weird coincidence if we weren't the ones that triggered it. If we could find somebody we know better..."
Nori looks around, trying to remember who he matched up with in the tournament. Obviously there was Alexa, and... Brian, that was his name. He tries to find their faces in the cafeteria. "Y'know, is it just me or is it not as crowded as last time...?"
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Post by lichlord on Jul 5, 2019 4:50:52 GMT
Brian doesn't seem to be there, but Nori does spot Alexa sitting at one of the tables watching something on her phone intently.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 5, 2019 5:09:35 GMT
Okay, next question: how to approach Alexa without winding up looking like a creep if it turns out she doesn't remember him. Nori really does like Alexa, considering how little time they talked before, and he'd really rather not wind up with her hating him if he can avoid it, even if it turns out they aren't still on for that movie. If this really is a Patrat Day kind of situation it's not impossible that he'll get another chance, but it's probably a good idea not to tempt fate.
Though come to think of it if she's just watching something on her phone like normal it probably means she hasn't noticed anything strange. Oh, well, still worth a shot.
He wanders over toward her table and shoots her a brief smile. "Morning!" If it doesn't look like she recognizes him he doesn't have to stop and bug her, right?
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Post by lichlord on Jul 5, 2019 5:13:29 GMT
She seems startled a little when you say morning, but it seems it's because whatever she was looking up she was very intent on finding. After a half-second to compose herself, she looks back up.
"Oh um, hi? Have we met before?"
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