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Post by DataNinja on Jun 20, 2020 0:44:15 GMT
"Hmm?" Lucille asks, and Rainbow turns, too. "Did you... dream that that was going to happen? Are you part psychic type?"
"Oh, oh dear. You didn't tell us back home that you were getting troubling dreams... we could have tried to find something to help you sleep. I know mom sometimes took things."
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Post by Robot on Jun 20, 2020 1:01:09 GMT
"It was once. The dream seemed to imply that this other we are working against knows of you, and your motions against it. I suspect we will encounter more resistance then we would expect from a typical journey across Hoenn. The massive Tentacruel raised my suspicions, secondary events with creatures beyond run-of-the-mill will effectively confirm it." Bee scratched behind one of her antennae. "Please don't fret too much... but no, Lucille, I am Electric/Steel."
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 20, 2020 1:16:54 GMT
"There's... an other?" Lucille asks. "Like, there's someone actively controlling all of this? That... that can't be right. Pokémon aren't smart enough to do that sort of stuff. They're cunning, not intelligent. They don't do things like... plan ambushes at spots that we frequently use, or anything. We'd be in big, big trouble if they did..."
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Post by Robot on Jun 20, 2020 1:21:34 GMT
"Took some help from a Psychic type once, and chatted with a few of the infected back in my time. They all had a common goal of returning everything to nothing then. Further, a nexus for this corruption has grown under Hoenn, a focal point of power similar to the Cave of Origin, the beginning of all life. I would say the Meteor Falls has become the place where this anti has congealed. All unsubstantiated theories, but paranoia is a worthwhile thing at this stage."
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 20, 2020 2:04:12 GMT
"You... you mean that this whole world... there's, there's something inside of it? How can we fight that?" she pales. "You may as well ask us to drain the entire ocean. Or extinguish the sun. It's... ohhhhh…" Lucille doesn't look as peppy as she'd been back at the food.
"...what's the 'Cave of Origin'?" she asks, at last.
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Post by Robot on Jun 20, 2020 12:06:37 GMT
"The Cave of Origin is the beginning of all life. It was rumored to be the birthplace of Kyogre, with all life beginning there. It is filled with brilliant crystals that refract light in every color across the walls, and being there fills the body with strength, so I'm told anyway. I couldn't feel it as a full human, but Rainbow and our other friend both drew strength there." Bee didn't move to assuage the girl's fears, as they may have been justified. Things she considered on her own when things were quiet as well.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 20, 2020 16:28:57 GMT
"You've... been to a place that births gods?" Lucille asks, incredulous. "A-amazing... and as just a human? How? How did you manage to live like that, and be so strong?" She seems very thirsty for tales of what once was, even if there was some disillusionment the other day.
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Post by Robot on Jun 21, 2020 1:22:51 GMT
"That is the legend in my time, anyway." Beatrice nods, blinking a few times in surprise. "I'm not sure I follow the question? If you mean my personal strength, I'm not sure how the hybridization process works, nor of Solenoid's strength became mine." Clasping her hands in front of her waist, she thought on it, tail idly swaying to and fro. "There was no pollutants back then, not the Dark Aether anyway, I grew up healthy and strong the same as any other person. My training, too, was typical if a bit late. Fighting was considered a leisure and career activity in my time, both. Everyone took a right of passage to become as strong as they could, learning from a journey into personal difficulties and growth."
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 21, 2020 2:40:14 GMT
"Well, surely you must have been incredibly strong to travel to the realm of gods!" Lucille breathes. "And that's how strong everyone in your time was? Amazing... no wonder a handful of people were able to mess up the world..." She seems to think, and brightens. "Well, I'm less worried now. If we have someone like that on our side, then this should be no problem!"
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 2:10:20 GMT
"It was just a cave amidst a town out in the ocean, a ring island if memory serves the term... Southeast of here most of a day by aerial mount. I can only imagine what it looks like now. Please don't give me too much credit Lucille. Strength... is an asset, not a promise of success." Giving the girl's shoulder a squeeze, she excused herself, cheeks burning. This was the first time she'd had anyone react to her like that, certainly.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 22, 2020 3:15:27 GMT
"Ah, alright," Lucille says. "Well... here we are. This is the place where we're staying." It's a large-area two story wooden structure. Sturdy like the rest of the town. "Go in, get settled with what you need! I'll just... go back and make sure the others are getting on okay, okay?"
As the other heads back the way they'd come, Rainbow lets out a giggle that she seems to have been holding in for quite some time. "Ahhh… she is something. Got a good rise out of you, I see," the Celebi-girl giving a wink and a nudge. "Gotta be careful to make sure that it doesn't go to your head."
It's easy for them to get a room that's private enough to tend to the Genesect. It seems to be awake, but still rather groggy, with several slices in its armour... though, much like Bea, it's metal seems to be slowly stitching together. A peculiar trait that metallic 'mon seem to have, opposed to ordinary metals.
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 17:25:52 GMT
"Lucille makes the most mundane things sound extra-ordinary." Bee commented shyly as she looked over Genesect's condition with her first aid kit. "Thank you for your efforts, with your assistance there were no casualties to Lilycove or our traveling companions." A touch of antiseptic and a gentle, non-toxic bonding agent along the wounds in the Pokemon's armor. "They will eat well for some time. Things to be proud of. How are you feeling?"
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 22, 2020 17:33:58 GMT
"Look, I've been to your time, Bea," Rainbow says, "gotten used to many of the things there, and what is there still boggles the mind at times. The buildings are enormous! The world is safe, almost everywhere you go! You have huge mechanical means of crossing the ocean! There are so many people! ...pretty much anything you could ever want is there."
"It all seems normal to you because that's what you're used to. But to us here? We've manage to hold on to the scraps of things, to give us light, safely circulate air to within our abodes. But that's nothing compared to what you've had, what you're used to. You have to understand... much of what you describe is frankly inconceivable."
The Genesect seems to think on its answer for some time. "Diagnostic complete. Systems impaired, but functional. Recovery process in progress. Feeling... satisfied."
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 18:10:19 GMT
"I suppose context helps, but still. I didn't make those things, or do anything even slightly out of the ordinary for my time. It might be exceptional, beyond mortal limits in this time, even... but I don't feel that way. I'm still just me. I don't want her to get overconfident in my abilities, because I've struggled before. Frankly, I'm terrified of what comes when things are legitimately serious. Will I have to watch someone die?"
She becomes more active in patching Genesect's injuries, occasionally meeting its expressionless face with a look of unrest. (Beatrice drains 3 AP and Genesect recovers 57 Hp.)
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 22, 2020 18:18:43 GMT
"No, I know, you're still just like us, in every sense," Rainbow says, "but... it's what you represent that causes that awe. A lot of people here still idolize the past. We know that we had so, so much more, and it was all lost. I don't think you'll ever dispel that."
"And... in all likelihood, I would imagine, yes," she adds, sadly. "There will probably be death. We are going to be heading into the most dangerous part of the world. In pursuit of what is the root of all this corruption. I would be astounded if the nastiest things in all of Hoenn are not in that locale. And with the way that some of them seem to be treating this like an ordinary excursion... I feel like death for some may be a very real possibility. I can't prepare you for if that happens. Nobody can. But... just know that I'll be there to help you work through it. And Brooke, too, once we get back home."
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 20:07:43 GMT
"It's hard to know where the blame will lay... I suppose ultimately with Julia, but it is best not to dwell on such things. Each of us will do our best, and play our part in this moment. It will resolve how it was meant to, and history will keep the story forever." The magnezone let out a long, slow puff of air. "I want you to promise me, if I tell you to leave, you'll leave. As when away as you need to be, to be safe. Without you, there are no second chances to stop what is coming."
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 22, 2020 20:11:54 GMT
The girl opens her mouth as if to say something, before closing it again. She mulls it over, before sighing and saying, "...okay. I promise. I'll do it for you. I... I want to see it through to the end, but I guess... it's bigger than us." Abruptly, she moves in to embrace Bea, shaking a little.
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 20:24:46 GMT
"Thank you." The trainer's smile was small but strong as she huddled into Rainbow's arms. "If I am not enough, and your mother's fears close in around us... I needed the assurance that you would be alright." Kissing the other girl between the antennae, she stayed in that embrace for some long while in silence.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 22, 2020 20:27:48 GMT
"Does it... really matter, if all is lost on this excursion?" Rainbow asks. "I... don't know if I could ever find anyone quite like you, willing to jump to save people you've never met. The same feelings of love and caring for a time that isn't yours. And not trying to use power for your own ends. I might look forever and not be able to find someone who's willing to do that..."
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Post by Robot on Jun 22, 2020 20:47:13 GMT
"You would still have Yellow, I am sure he could guide you to a successor that could build on my achievements. This is all speculation though, and probably needlessly stressful speculation at that. We are well, and things are on track for the time being. Let's see that they stay that way, alright?"
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