-Tsubasa is glad to be free, and they come out-

-Cris is still kind of silent, unsure how to respond to what just happened-

-At some ambiguous point in time, Lucius notices the present that has been deposited in the room.-

Lucius: Huh? What's this about?

-He unwraps it.-

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Ganon darts over to Shaun and picks him up, <I wouldn't advise trying it. You might end out even worse going through one of those.>

"YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO REVERSE THE BUBBLES?! DO YA?! DO YA?!"

<It's probably by defeating the Reality!Blight.>

"IT'S BY DEFEA- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAW NO FAIR!"

"I KNOW MY PURPOSE. I KNOW WHAT I AM. I FEAR NOTHING."

The Airidos looked at the group, <Must you destroy the Blight?>

"THEY MUST. IT IS HOW THEY FINISH THIS GRAND QUEST. THEY ARE FREE TO ENTER, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NEEDED."

"These puns are very cool. You'll be feeling the cold shoulder soon as I institute! The Ice age!"

The Ice!Blight stood up, it's singular eye focusing on the group, "For too long I've played second fiddle to that glacier! But no more! I will freeze this island! Then! THE WORLD!"

Jester was still nomming pizza when he looked out his windows and saw the Grand Articuno flying at him. "Huh..." he mumbled, returning to his slice.

He sat back down and looked for Gunny, his spies found her, "Oh hey! Reality!Blight went crazy!"

He opened a quick portal and picked up the pure pineapple pizza and chucked it through, right at Gudrunn's head.

Silas is unsurprised, at this point he's a little jaded.

"Okay, so how much further?"

~My Compatriot wishes to know how much further we need to go.~

Iron Aux Base — Anemos-Cain Dorm

-Inside is a Focus Band, folded up neatly.-

-Lucius blinks at the Focus Band.-

Lucius: ...Wow. This could really come in handy for you, Falchion.

Falchion: <Meh, I get 2HKO'd in every battle anyway.>

Lucius: Yeah, but with this we can upgrade that to a 3HKO, and I'll take every little victory I can get.

-He reads the attached note again.-

Lucius: Guess this must be from Scarlette. That's... really nice of her, actually. Especially since it can't be easy to wrap presents with only one arm. I oughta get her something back. C'mon, Falch, we're going shopping.

Falchion: <I object to this, the new nickname, and the concept of shopping in general.>

Lucius: Too bad.

-He heads out with his mons in tow.-

Dragur Ruins

Zumi: ...Eep.

Arika: ...That happened.

-they follow-

Rock Tunnel

-The wall falls away to reveal rooms of strange silver structures, with glowing blue Tron Lines. Sora grins-

Sora: Moon Tribe. Jackpot.

-she and Chocobo head in-

Oron Fortress

-Gudrunn dodges the pizza, it landing on Molph's face instead-

Molph: <YETCH> -munch munch- <Hey, this is actually pretty good.>

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Rock Tunnel

Alyesha was quite surprised but also very happy as she saw this, slowly getting into the ruin, slowly trailling her fingers over its walls

Alyesha: "Wow... it's beautiful~"

Grand Articuno

Phaz: "But if you freeze the world, noone will be able to hear your great ice puns. That’s not cool."

Dominion Forest

Spinme: <Welp. You Cannot Self Terminate right? So, uhm. Why aren’t you possessed by the Jester guy?>

Camp Sergay

Cynthia nodded.

Cynthia: ~Sure. Anything in mind?~

Celadon

Vee: <And good riddance.> -very nearly spits on the unconscious Honchkrow before thinking better of it and recalling herself-

Megan: -belatedly, to Lewis- I'm pretty sure Murkrow line usually eat, like, dead stuff? Stuff that's been dead, and not, like, their own. I could be wrong...

Pippy: <...I suppose we can just leave them here.>

Thespi: <Our first victory as adventurers~>

<I wonder if they'll drop loot!>

Grand Articuno

<'Great ice puns' is an oxymoronic phrase,> Talbain spat. <Can we get to the fun part?> He asked bluntly as parts of the floor orbited around him.

Dominion Forest Outskirts

Monos: <We wish to complete this quest not for some kind of gain, we wish to complete it to gain access to his inner sanctum>

-The camera decides to just swivel about to get a good angle on...-

Monos: <We need to kill the Jester.>

An urban area!

-Yo, Pent's around-

-Their outfit is TBD and will likely rely on who is around-

Rock Tunnel(?)

-Sora maneuvers her way around-

Sora: There's gotta be something good in here...

Somewhere

-The mysterious person is near Pent-

Somewhere

-Why yes, Pent is very mysterious. Thank you for noticing-

-Oh, wait, did you mean someone else?-

Rock Tunnel?

Alyesha just continued to pace around the room, letting the cone of her flashlight swing all around the room as she filmed every detail with her bodycam

Alyesha: "What is already awesome... you are bringing me good luck it seems~"

Sergey's Camp

Aicha chuckled, nodding and getting back onto the branch again

Aicha: <Oh, so very much~>

She really had to hold back her chuckling as she procured fluffy handcuffs from behind her back

Aicha: <A special present for later... but what about you, anything in mind yourself~?>

The 6th Anniversary Un-Retirement Holiday Hullabaloo! Part 2

Somewhere outside Celadon

-Arika is sitting around, trying to carve a woodblock print-

Arika: Glad I finally found the resources for this... I haven't been able to do this since the old days...

-Someone suddenly taps her on the shoulder-

-Arika turns around to see... Herself, but in blue-and-green clothes and a hairstyle looking much like this,◊ but with eyes that are both still sea-green, no cheek tatoo, and a Blaziken with a Blazikenite attatched to its wrist by her side-

Arika?: Oh hi, other me!

Arika: ...

AUGH

-stumbles back in shock-

You- You're me... But...

Arika?: Yeah!

-Pulls out a Griseous Orb-

Ever since I found this on Route 130 I've been taking a vacation across the multiverse for the hell of it, but this is the first time so far I've met an alternate version of myself!

Blaziken: <This you certainly has worse fashion sense.>

-Arika leers at the Blaziken before shaking her head and turning back to her other self-

Arika: OK, this is alternate-universe shenanigans, I get that... But that outfit... That Griseous Orb... That Blaziken... What kind of me are you?!

Arika?: A you that saved the world from Primal Kyogre and an asteroid impact, all back at the age of 12! ^_^

Arika; ...

WHAT?!

Outside Celadon

-The two Arikas have had a long conversation about the newcomer's life-

Arika: So let me get this straight... You filled the roles of Gamer, Robin, and Jacob all at once when you were a kid?

α!Arika: ...Who?

Arika: ...Never mind. What I was trying to sum up is that you were some kid prodigy who saved the world twice.

α!Arika: Yep! I'm just that good!

Arika: Gee, thanks for the reminder.

Arika: And here's the team I did it with!

-Sends out a Scolipede, Talonflame, Krookodile, Latias with a Latiasite, and a Shiny Metagross with a Metagrossite to go along with her Blaziken-

Arika: -blinks- ...Three of those aren't from Hoenn.

α!Arika: I had three breeder friends who all gave me eggs! ^_^

Arika: -grits her teeth- How convenient.

α!Arika: Anyway...

-points to the Blaziken, Shiny Metagross, Krookodile, Talonflame, Scolipede, and Latias, naming them in that order-

Here's Flamebina, Pallad, Evil Tim-

Evil Tim: <I'm a girl.> -_-

α!Arika: - Bloop, Wuzzles, and Kiki!

Arika: Those are some... Interesting nickna-

-Record Scratch-

Wait, Pallad? Kiki? That's you?!

α!Kiki: <Ohheyshealreadyknowsus!>

α!Pallad: <More likely she's met this universe's versions of us, Kiki.>

Arika: ...Where'd you get those two?

α!Arika: Stevie helped me get them!

Arika: ...Steven Stone?

α!Arika: Yup! He's so dreamy~

Arika: Well, he's cool and handsome, yeah, but I'm more of a Wallace girl myself.

α!Arika: ...Ew, the guy with the midriff? No way. And he's so weak- Flamebina plowed through the whole of his strongest team after Mega Evolving! Pathetic.

Arika: ...

   WHAT WAS THAT, YOU BITCH?!   

α!Arika: ..H-huh?! o_o

-Arika essentially does this◊ before continuing-

Arika: ...Anyway, sorry about that. Let's just say he was a big influence on me.

α!Arika: ...How so?

Arika: -Sends out Ursula, Prinny, O'Chunks, Paul, Wrangler, George, and Tiana.-

That's how.

α!Arika: ...All Water types?

Arika: Yep. And I'm rather disappointed you don't have a single one.

α!Arika: Actually, I do!

Arika: ...Huh?

-α!Arika promptly sends out... Kyogre-

α!Kyogre: <Hello, dearie!> ^_^

-Arika's jaw drops-

α!Arika: I caught her in one Ultra Ball! She's great for tours across the sea!

Arika: ...

-twitch-

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Muninn: <Well, I was thinking about it, really. Obviously, I've gotten around a little over the last 7000 years.>

Ever: Are you bragging?

Muninn: <Stating facts. Now, while modern Latii can't really breed with most other species, that used to not be the case, and it's very possible I have progeny out there.>

Ever: I don't know where you're going with this.

PEFE!Every: I do.

Muninn: <Well, think about it. We're bound up in each other's destiny. Would it not make sense?>

Ever: Um, what?

Muninn: <Ever...I am your father!>

Ever: WHAT?!

Muninn: <Well, ancestor. But you see my point, obviously.>

Ever: Are you fucking serious?

Muninn: <No.>

Ever: ...

Muninn: <I watched the new Star Wars while we were waiting for PEFE!Every to wake up, got the idea. So much for not being able to lie to you, huh?>

Ever: ....I'M GONNA KILL YOU A SECOND TIME YOU GLORIFIED HAND PUPPET

Muninn: <EMPTY THREAT I'M FAR TOO ADORABLE TO DIE>

PEFE!Every: Could you two keep it down? I'm trying to write up a procedure.

Ever: YOU CAN WRITE YOUR PROCEDURE WHEN I FINISH THIS EXECRATION

Muninn: <HA YOU COULDN'T BANISH A WIMPOD WITH AN EJECT BUTTON>

PEFE!Every: Muninn, you've altered minds in the past, haven't you?

Muninn: <Well, sure. Who hasn't?>

Ever: Dude.

PEFE!Every: Could you still?

Muninn: <Well, no, not any more. Unfortunately this body isn't telepathic. I've got a little telekinesis at best from the Psychic TM Ever found for me.>

PEFE!Every: Disappointing. I'll need to locate a Beeheeyem.

Outside Celadon

-Arika is still twitching-

α!Arika: You're pretty impressed, huh? Bet you're wishing you got to my heights!

-Arika immediately stops twitching and is about to respond angrily and possibly violently...-

-when a realization crosses her mind and she grins evilly◊ instead-

Arika: ...Yes, I'm very impressed, and rightfully so, miss glorious savior of Hoenn. But I've got some tricks up my sleeve - I know things about myself - and by extension, you - you don't.

α!Arika: ...What?

Arika: Tell me... You've got a Griseous Orb... you happen to have the other two?

α!Arika: Yeah! I collected 'em faster than anyone else in the world could!

-she frowns-

Though I don't use the Lustrous Orb much 'cause being too close to it makes me feel all tingly and weird...

Arika: Hmmm, interesting... And, I'm assuming you're adopted and Norman and... Whatever the hell his wife's name is found you as a little Native Alolan toddler on the Slateport Beach shortly after they got married?

α!Arika: -blinks- Er, yeah, except it was the Olivine beach...

Arika: Hmmm... Interesting, but doesn't change much. Now tell me...

What do you know of the legend of the Lunar Pendant?

α!Arika: Um... It was this magic-wish-granty thing owned by some Legendary before skipping around mortal hands until the Ghost Lord supposedly almost got ahold of it but that White Arcanine killed him and after that it was never seen again... but something like that's totally just a stupid myth, right?

α!Kyogre: -blinks- <Er, actually, dea->

Arika: -to α!Kyogre- Not yet!

-α!Kyogre shuts up as Arika continues-

Well... Think a bit. What if it wasn't?

α!Arika: Er, go on?

Arika: What if the damn thing was real? What if it was so fucking magical it had a mind of its own? What if because of that it was the master of loophole abuse when it came to wishes - even including its own?

α!Arika -stares, then shakes her head and rolls her eyes- Figures the first ever other me I find is completely bonkers. Hopefully next one I find lives up to my-

Arika: -grimaces and grits her teeth- Bitch, I'm not done yet.

α!Arika: -blinks-

Arika: Anyhoo... What if after mingling with humans for thousands of years it wanted to try the whole human game itself?

α!Arika: ...Still pretty sure you're bonkers.

Arika: A reasonable assumption, dear, but think about it... Your parents found you alone on a beach one day, you feel super-weird around certain Legendary artifacts, and that Kyogre of yours seems to know something about that supposedly fictional pendant... Don't you think something odd is going on here?

α!Arika: ...Look, crazy other me, I've got no clue what you're getting at.

Arika: I'll get straight to the point then-

You were once the Lunar Pendant, just as I was.

α!Arika: ...

-laughs-

Ha! Me, some former fairytale piece of magic jewelry? That's ridiculo-

-She suddenly goes completely stiff in shock, then collapses unconscious as a blue crescent moon marking appears on her right cheek-

α!Arika's Team: O_O

OU!Arika's Team: ._.

Arika: -blinks- ...Okay, that worked too well.

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Outside Celadon

-α!Arika's team aside from α!Kyogre immediately turns on OU!Arika-

Wuzzles: <Bitch, what the hell did you do to our Trainer?>

Bloop: <I've got Gale Wings, I'll Brave Bird your ass!>

-OU!Arika's team immediately turns on them-

Tiana: <Well I'll Hydro Pump you out of the sky!>

George: <You shall not vanquish our collective MIGHTINESS!>

Prinny: <I don't care if they have a Legendary, I'm totally with you doods on taking these guys down!>

O'Chunks: <Aye, I'll stomp you sorry lot!>

Paul: <This calls for war, not peace, dude.>

Wrangler: <Guys... Please don't fight...>

Ursula: <Yeah, we should probably all calm down...> ._.

-α!Kyogre, who has been staring at α!Arika's prone body the whole time, suddenly speaks-

α!Kyogre: <...I can't believe that's what happened to that old thing!>

The Rest Of α!Arika's Team: ...

<Huh?!>

α!Kyogre: I know Xerneas was worried sick when Palkia first ditched it... But I never expected it to become a human, especially one that ended up being my Trainer!

Flamebina: <So wait, this crazy other version of our Trainer is telling the truth?>

Ursula: <Why wouldn't she be? I've known her for more of her life than even you have, and I saw her go through the whole reveal myself!>

α!Kiki: <ifthat'sthecaseohnoohnowhatdowedo?>

Arika: Er, first... Pallad, try waking her up?

α!Pallad: <...Very well.>

-He gives a psychic "prod" to α!Arika's brain that wakes her up, at which point she sits up, dazed-

α!Arika: Oog... Okay, what the hell did you do there, crazy other me? You told me something weird then I konked out and had a weird dream about-

-Her eyes suddenly turn purple and her voice becomes very different-

α!Arika?: ...First off, I wanna say thank you so much for doing that.

α!Arika's Team: O_O

OU!Arika's Team: ._.

Arika: -blinks, then smiles- You're welcome. Like I said, I'm the master of loophole abuse.

α!Arika? Glad to hear it.

-looks at Arika's eyes-

Looks like with you the me and her of this world worked something out... How'd your life play out?

Arika: Well...

One Explanation Later

α!Arika?: Wow.. That J-Team thing sounds like fun.

Arika: Yeah... Maybe you and her can go home and find something like it?

α!Arika?: Good idea.

Arika: OK. But... Two things?

α!Arika?: Oh?

Arika: One, bust a hole in her ego for me... but two, try not to make the rest too traumatic? As I said, it was for me. Definitely keep the stabbity-stabbity memories under wraps as best you can until she's ready.

α!Arika?: Duly noted. And yeah, certainly.

-She stands up, pulls out the Griseous Orb again, and opens a portal with it-

Come on, team. Let's go home.

-She heads through the portal, her highly confused mons following shortly after before it closes-

-Arika and her mons stare after for a while before one finally speaks up.-

Prinny: <That was way messed up, doods.>

Arika: Yes, Prinny. Yes it was.

Celadon fountain

Homer, to Laura: Um, ok. But I don't think it's potty trained.

-"Homer points to the murkrow, which has begun "relieving" its self in Lauras arms"-

Homer, to Anubis: Get the wet naps.

Anubis, yips: <yes sir>

Solana looks away awkwardly.

Solana: Wellll, I've only really been reading for the last... 6...ish? 6ish years. As oppose to the... usual amounts of time one would be reading to be a researcher.

She takes a sip of her drink.

Solana: But yes, I was illiterate for most of my life. I was raised by Pokemon, not people.

Amber: No! It's not a trick! I don't have anything else weird going on with me! It's just a family skill!

The sky behind Amber seems to waver and wobble...

Celadon Pokemon Center

-Human!Chrome is watching the news while waiting for Arika-

Reporter: In other news, a coup of Doduo and Dodrio attempted a takeover of [AUSTRALIA REGION]...

Human!Chrome: They should know [AUSTRALIA REGION]'s tougher than that...

-Suddenly Arika enters and collapses next to him-

Arika: Agh... the weirdest and most frustrating thing just happened...

Human!Chrome: Weirder and more frustrating than avian takeovers?

Fallharbor Hotel

Owner and Staff: -twitch violently-

Celadon Pokemon Center.

Arika: Well...

-One explanation later-

Human!Chrome: ...Egotistical alternate universe version of you that saved the world twice as a kid? Yeah, weirder. ._.

Arika: I know... But just glad that it's dealt with.

Human!Chrome: -pats affectionately-

Arika: Though, now I'm wondering...

Human!Chrome: Oh?

Arika: If there are alternate-universe mes like that... What the hell are some of the others like?

AU, Lilycove Beach

-Arika and Ursula are sitting on the beach watching the waves-

Arika: ...Ursula? I should tell you something.

Ursula: ...Yes?

Arika: Ever since the Dragon War ended and all the humans got turned back to normal I've been having these weird feelings...

Ursula: <Residual stuff from being a mon, or...?>

Arika: No... More like weird dreams and fuzzy recollections of things that seem like they happened long ago...

Ursula: <Have you asked anyone else? I heard a few years ago a few people got weird memories from some other universe...>

Arika: No, not like that... And I asked Jackie, she hasn't felt anything like what I'm feeling...

Ursula: <Oh. Then... I don't know.>

Arika: Alright.

-looks back out to sea and sighs-

It's probably nothing.

-As she says that, however, her eyes flicker purple-

PMD-B, Shoal Cave

-Chrome is searching the cave, a satchel attached to his body-

Chrome: Rrgh... Finding Shoal Salt and Shoal Shells for the kingdom is always tedious...

-He notices a faint glint of something behind a stalagmite-

Hm? Might be a Shell...

-What he finds, however, is a kyanite-and-silver pendant, the silver parts corroded by time-

A... Necklace? Certainly not a Shell, but also certainly an artifact worth studying later...

-He stows it in his satchel and continues onward-

Otherverse, Sootopolis

-Another Arika with a Mega Blastoise is fighting a familiar blond man with a Mega Aggron-

???: Atlas, Earthquake!

Mega!Atlas: <You won't get through me this time!>

-Shakes the ground, harming the Mega Blastoise a bit-

Arika(?): Michelangelo, Aura Sphere!

Mega!Michelangelo: <Not so fast, dude. Cowabunga!>

-Launches a massive sphere of orange Aura from his top cannon at Atlas...-

-Who is promptly knocked back unconscious and reverts to his non-Mega-form-

Michelangelo: -also reverts and fistpumps- <Aww yeah! Don't mess with the Mikey!>

???: Aw, geez... Forgot he knew that.

Arika(?): -laughs- It's OK, you still did great!

-he goes over to him and hugs her-

-He hugs back tightly-

-On the side, Michelangelo helps Atlas up-

Michelangelo: <You did good too, bro!> ^_^

Atlas: <Thanks for that, Mikey.>

-Meanwhile their Trainers look out over the Sootopolan landscape-

???: You certainly picked out one hell of a romantic vacation spot, Arika.

Arika(?): Yeah... The calm stillness of the lake, the way the crater frames the sky, the way the sun shines off the rocks...

-she turns and looks into the man's eyes - one of which is red and one of which is blue - and smiles widely-

...But the best part's seeing it all with you, Max.

Max: ^_^

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Castelia Library Balcony (prev)

Cephas: -to Colton- <I'm just... surprised you attacked Mew and survived, is all.>

Zoroark Green: <Yeah... anyways, it's getting late, I should get going back to Nimbasa City. I like to go through the Relic Passage, either of you coming?>

Cephas: <Um, thanks, but I just need to get to the PEFE office here to reunite with my Trainer. Once the suits stop looking for a Geodude...>

 Lacunosa Town, last night 

-To Channah-

I'll shop with you, Lacunosa makes a lot of cool clocks, but you seem kinda... troubled.

Tapu Village Pokemon Center

-Ludmilla breaths in, and breaths out.-

Deziree: You ready, Millie?

-Ludmilla nods.-

Deziree: I won't be able to go up there with you. Being the wife of a different region's champion has certain perks. I'll see you on the other side!

-Ludmilla pats her bulging medicine pouch, nods again, and smiles.-

Deziree: Alrighty dear. Bye!

-Ludmilla heads outside and heads to the Mt. Lanakila elevator.-