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Post by ventix on Jul 15, 2019 4:44:31 GMT
"Oh! Good timing, Mely! Can you please help me explain the temporal anomoly to Mara here? I tried to teach her about the potential quantum mechanics involved, but I'm afraid I just confused her."
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Post by snark on Jul 15, 2019 5:14:57 GMT
Melissa rolls her eyes. "Yes, I imagine it did. Do you want the short explanation, the medium one, or the long one?" She starts out of the room, beckoning the others to follow her.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 15, 2019 14:04:23 GMT
Alexa just tries to shake off the fact that Nori's just knows a ninja now, and turns to Melissa.
"Alexa. Met Nori in the tournament. The last time. Y'know, before everything went all wibbly-wobbly."
And poor Mara just still looks lost as hell.
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Post by snark on Jul 15, 2019 20:36:02 GMT
"Oh yes, the other one who remembers. He mentioned you." Melissa snaps her fingers in front of Mara's face. "Come on, I haven't got all day. Short, medium, or long?"
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Post by lichlord on Jul 16, 2019 1:32:33 GMT
Mara snaps to attention. She just stammers out ‘whatever makes more sense.’
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Post by snark on Jul 16, 2019 3:42:27 GMT
"The short version is that Yue here is a ditz and you needn't bother listening to whatever nonsense she's told you. I can explain in more detail if you like, but I have to warn you, if it's sense you want you're better off walking away right now."
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Post by lichlord on Jul 16, 2019 6:53:26 GMT
Mara leans over to Yue and whispers.
"Lady Lugia, are you sure she should talk to you like that?"
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Post by Raven on Jul 16, 2019 7:24:49 GMT
"Mad Scientist-san's assessment of Yue is accurate." Nue deadpans from right next to Mara, though nobody really knows when she moved. "That aside, it is actually quite difficult to truly upset/offend my sister. You need not worry."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 16, 2019 17:29:34 GMT
Nori sighs and rolls his eyes. "For someone who's being so impatient you're taking a long time to get to the point, Doc."
He runs a hand through his hair. "Basically it's like this. As far as we can tell, a few days from now time kind of skipped a beat and reset back to this morning. The seven of us - uh, everyone in this room except you and the Professor, plus Gwen who's not here - seem to be the only ones who remember. And this seems to be a different timeline, because there are way fewer people here now and there are a lot of things about the past that seem different. Like, I was sick a lot as a kid, but in this timeline apparently I had some kind of surgery that fixed it, and Doc is the one who performed it. Neither of those happened in the old timeline."
Nori wonders vaguely where Gwen is, anyway, but he's in the middle of something. "We're not sure why it happened, but we think it has something to do with the big dark area on Route 3 we came across before the reset, or whatever you want to call it."
He gives Mara a rather exasperated smile. "I'm Nori, by the way. I thought I saw Yue talking to you before but I don't think we've met. Also you're probably gonna be disappointed if you expect us to treat Yue like a goddess, we know her too well."
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Post by ventix on Jul 16, 2019 21:30:56 GMT
"Well I don't know what a "ditz" is, but a lot of people from back home call me that, so it must be true!" Yue says with a smile.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 16, 2019 21:33:35 GMT
Mara just leans back, not really sure 'what' to say to all of this. She doesn't really seem confused anymore, at least.
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Post by Lessah on Jul 16, 2019 22:10:53 GMT
Stella nods. Excellent! Then everyone was up to speed. Surely a nice walk would help process it all right? She pointed towards the Tangrowth region. Let's go!
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Post by snark on Jul 16, 2019 22:41:49 GMT
"I was saving all of that for the long version," Melissa mutters sulkily. "Also you forgot to explain the Lugia thing, which she apparently knows about. A dying legendary Pokemon crash-landed and bestowed its power on Yue, because she was literally the only option who wasn't responsible for its death. She's still a ditz, though. There. Yue explained. Now let's go find this Tangrowth."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jul 17, 2019 3:09:05 GMT
"I was sticking to the time loop thing. Though, uh..." He glances over at Alexa. "I was going to warn you about the Lugia thing when we weren't standing in the middle of the lunchroom, because I thought it was a secret. I have no idea how that works, but yeah, apparently Yue inherited Lugia's power, or something like that. Like Volthra's power getting picked up by her kids when she dies."
He rubs the back of his neck. "But Stella's right, we should get going. Sooner we find this Tangrowth the better, right?"
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Post by lichlord on Jul 18, 2019 5:11:21 GMT
"Well shit Nori, just lead with THAT. Clearly that makes more sense."
Alexa looks over to Mara.
"At least to me."
Speaking of, Mara stays behind for the pokemon catching and tournament proper (since her pokemon reset in power unlike all of yours, it makes sense). The rest of the group sans Gwen head following the directions the Professor gave, and reaches the area they were informed the Tangrowth spent most of it's time. A section of ground has no trees but a whole bunch of thick, dry, underbrush with a ring of clear ground around it. Maybe this used to be the Tangela nest?
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Post by snark on Jul 18, 2019 7:36:39 GMT
"This seems a likely habitat for Tangela and Tangrowth," Melissa says authoritatively, despite having never met either species before. "Let's see if we can find signs of recent habitation. Footprints, or eggs, or... footprints. Yes."
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Post by Raven on Jul 18, 2019 8:00:40 GMT
Nue begins to do just that! She's decent at tracking, having to keep up with Yue all the time. Plus, ninja training!
Perception nRQ|jB6d3d6! Let's search for tracks and signs of of Tangela in the area.3d6
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Post by Lessah on Jul 18, 2019 9:52:39 GMT
Hmm. Stella observes the underbrush looking for Tangrowth signs as well. She had to think like a flubby mess of vines to figure this one out? Maybe it would help. She carefully approaches the nest and tries to sit down in the middle. Where would a Tangrowth go?
Survival GghMHFaP4d6 - More searching!4d6
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Post by snark on Jul 18, 2019 10:00:24 GMT
Melissa does some poking around as well... though she quickly gets distracted from their actual purpose here in favor of uncovering crystal shards.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 19, 2019 5:31:47 GMT
Nue and Stella begin to search in their own ways. Stella searches for eggs, but finds none. If this nest had Tangela, it's been a long time.
Nue looks around, and the only thing that looks recently disturbed is something being dragged out of the area deeper into the forest.
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