Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 15, 2020 0:55:39 GMT
"Oh, okay," she nods. "Well, that's convenient. Though... is that where your friends are? Or what?" She looks around.
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 15, 2020 17:15:49 GMT
Beatrice held up a Pokeball. "Please tell me these are at least somewhat familiar to you? I've six tame Pokemon with me."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 15, 2020 18:11:34 GMT
Alissa blinks slowly, before letting out a laugh. "Of course. Of course that's what you'd mean." She shakes her head, a bemused expression on her face. "I'd basically forgotten that that was a thing. It's just been rage and rampaging for so long. So, so long. They never bond beyond the fusing..."
"Be careful, girl," she warns. "The very air and earth is tainted. Lengthy exposure will mean they're no longer tame. And... the energy in the Falls is stronger than most areas."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 15, 2020 18:56:35 GMT
"Oh I have no intention of a protracted battle by any means, hopefully she hasn't built up a small army like she had in the future. Either way, even if it takes forever, I am getting Rainbow out of there..."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 15, 2020 19:01:40 GMT
"It's not an army," Alissa says, dryly, "but it's always enough for me to be physically carried out of there. Unfortunately, just because I can't be killed doesn't mean I can't be hurt or moved. Don't know how big your judge is for 'army.' Though, she might have more stuff squirreled away in those valleys."
"I do hope it takes shorter than forever."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 16, 2020 0:13:06 GMT
"It sounds like stealth might avail us better, but I am miserable about it... Is there a typical layout to her defenses?". Beatrice looked skyward and pondered the idea that the Celebi that brought her here might have been as inaccurate as Rainbow periodically did. Or the time hanging in time had perhaps left her love at Julia's mercies longer.
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 16, 2020 1:04:02 GMT
"Mostly just a handful of Pokémon," Alissa shrugs. "Sometimes an unlucky soul who tried their hand. It's not until I actually get close to her and she's had a chance to try and verbally lambast me that a few more come to kick me out."
"I think she actually enjoys having someone to whom she can brag about herself and call stupid and who'll actually remember that it happened. Doesn't matter to me. One day she'll slip up. And then she'll die." She thinks, before slumping a bit. "Oh... well actually she might not. Give that, well, she's apparently alive in the future. That's... that's disheartening."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 16, 2020 2:22:08 GMT
"Not after Yellow and I get done with her... but cripes was that a chore. You were actually a really huge help, passed along this big two handed sword made entirely out of purified aetherstone. Turns out once you destroy the crystals she's housed in, she becomes this... cloud of living malice that gets drawn into the purified stuff. I'm not generally one to make light of death but she was hard to deal with. Hopefully she's a bit more shy on tricks in this time, but I can't count on that. Either way, I will keep her monsters off of you."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 16, 2020 2:28:49 GMT
"I... I see," she says, but her tone makes it clear that she's mostly just saying that. "Well, just make sure to take care of yourself first. I will survive. I know that. You, on the other hand, may not. Just be careful. You only have one life, you should not throw it away."
Alissa glances over at Bea. "I want to make sure. Are you truly willing to do this, knowing that I have never seen her surrounded by this much power before? She is up to something."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 16, 2020 21:07:38 GMT
"It is either rescue the love of my life or suffer in this time knowing that I did nothing for her until I meet a violent end. There is no returning to the peaceful future I realized or my safe past without Rainbow. It must be done."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 16, 2020 21:30:18 GMT
"Alright. I see your heart is set, and your conviction true," Alissa says, nodding. "That is good. I wanted to make sure there was no doubt that she could try and exploit. Let's go."
The pair walk on towards the mountains looming off in the distance, the promise of the falls. Eventually, the forest begins to thin - though not before running into periodic Pokémon that were swiftly dealt with - and the pair emerge onto the grasslands. With the view now unobstructed, Rustboro lies a little bit off to their left.
But this very much isn't either of the Rustboros that Bea knows. There're none of the sprawling buildings, or towering stone walls. Remnants of the latter can be found, but it's very clear that the lives of the people living there are rather... precarious.
A balance that looks to be threatened by several Pokémon that seem to be making their way towards the city from the north-east. Including one very much sizable blue colossus, clear even from this distance.
They're not to the city yet... but soon.
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 16, 2020 22:16:02 GMT
"....Wonderful. Julia is indeed trying to circumvent her future by causing drastic changes in the past. We should head for Rustboro and mount a defense.". Bee was tired. In ways she shouldn't be at her age. She understood how Alissa felt.
"You can accompany me to the front, or press on alone and see if you can't retrieve Rainbow? Stealth might work well with her attention on this conflict."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 16, 2020 23:45:02 GMT
"What?" Alissa asks, confused. "How do you know that's what she's doing? We probably should help, though, if you're willing. Probably better for me to help here. I... really haven't been able to do much on my own against Julia, and I don't even know what your friend looks like... so it's probably better that we not split up."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 17, 2020 0:00:51 GMT
"The only thing that can move through time and have a drastic impact on the course of events is information. In the future I came from, she claimed to have acted benevolently for the sake of survival of the fittest. By the shift in Rustboro here, and the force she is sending, she is content to wipe them out instead.". Beatrice took a breath out of habit.
"If she could get into Rainbow's head, something she was capable of before, she would know that Rustboro was the staging area for our final assault on her. If she kills enough people in this time, the future shifts. A Celebi, Rainbow's bonded species, pulled me here from where I was stuck. So if the event was Julia's defeat and is now part of the timeline, time wants it to occur. Events will bend to put the two of us in conflict again, and ideally in my favor but this looks bad."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 17, 2020 6:29:03 GMT
"Hah," Alissa gives a snort of derision. "Her? Benevolent? In her dreams maybe. If she were benevolent, then Rustboro would have time to actually rebuild. It's been in this state for as long as I can remember. People still do what they can, but... it's sadism at best."
She sighs. "They'll be able to push this one back. Judging by what she's sent before, at least. But barely. Many will die. Morale will fall. But... someone will rise to give hope. Someone always does. But, hey," she gives the tiniest of smiles. "Maybe this time it's you."
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 19, 2020 3:35:55 GMT
"Wait, are you telling me this level of bad is just business as usual?". Beatrice frowned. "I thought Yellow might have been too harsh with her at first, but now I have to wonder if it was enough. We should get into town and rally them, then push on to the falls if we are still in the condition to do so.". The girl felt an uneasy weight in her heart. Wherever Rainbow was, she hoped she was okay. They hadn't been separate for more than a few hours at any given time in almost a half year.
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 19, 2020 6:58:08 GMT
"Yeah, it ebbs and flows," Alissa says, "but now's about the average level. I think people've given up on building walls this generation. They never last. But people always eventually get hope again."
"The places further south are usually a bit better, from what I've seen when travelling around. Fortree… well, people have dreams of reclaiming their home, but it's almost as pointless as trying to rebuild in Fallarbor or Lavaridge. But I know Oldale and Littleroot aren't doing too bad. Petalburg is a bastion, as much as that term means anything, against the worst of the lot."
She does look confused, though, as they push on towards the town. "A yellow what? What are you going on about, girl?"
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 19, 2020 11:07:00 GMT
"Yellow Star was a Pokemon that grants wishes, called a Jirachi. Julia's punishment wasn't eternal but it may as well have been, and he delivered it swiftly once she was defeated. Cursed to experience every moment of suffering she caused to each and every one of us, starting with you. We have a lot to discuss when there is time."
|
|
Administrator
|
Post by DataNinja on Oct 19, 2020 16:00:25 GMT
"I... huh." She's pensive. There's some silence as they walk on, before she looks at Beatrice once more. "Should you be telling me this? You said that information might be able to change things. I mean, if what you say is true, I'll probably forget it all just from time alone, but... I don't know. Might it hurt things? Cause things to turn out differently than how they did?"
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 10, 2024 12:51:43 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Oct 19, 2020 17:12:40 GMT
"If anyone has reason to want her to suffer, it was, is, and will be you. I don't believe there is anything I can say that will change that for you. So long as you don't go repeating it, I see no cause for alarm."
|
|