ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Blobble: <I suppose I could...but where's the fun in that?>

- Blobble notices Every and Mezzo-

<Ah, so that's where he's been.>

Sunny: <Well, it's not very nice.>

-Is thinking, trying to sift through what the Drake Mind remembers about rumours-

Drake Mind: <There's people who can speak to mons?>

Pentigan Mind: <No, that's not it... Already knew that.>

Drake Mind: <Certain berries are high in vitamin C?>

Pentigan Mind: <Too common.>

Drake Mind: <There's a Mismagius on Mount Pyre?>

Pentigan Mind: <Nah, too- waitwhat?>

Blobble: <Oh, spare me. If they can't provide a defense agaisnt mind-reading, they don't care enough about their secrets.>

-gestures towards Mezzo and Every-

<But since it seems to be such an issue for you, you can tell me; who is the blue-haired girl and why is she sitting with Every?>

Sunny: -to Mezzo- <You might want to put Shadow on your head.>

Sunny: -to Blobble- <Oh, you don't know? They're in love with each other!>

Gotta go to bed now.

PEFE HQ

Maekrite (looks with mild interest) — <Oh? So this blocks sounds or...?>

-Maekrite moves his ears around as the IVs get reattached, then listens to the report-

Maekrite — <So many broken bones... ugh... sounds horrible.>

-flinches-

Maekrite (swallows) — <I don't want sedative... thanks. Just...> — sighs — <tell me more... I want to know how they are...> — sobs silently.

-rests-

-Meanwhile at the upper facilities, I talk on an audio phone-

— ...I don't want to importunate them, at least for the moment. I just want to make sure they're all right.

Goldenrod Operator on the Phone — Right... the guys at Ecruteak were so nice to pass on the news and go checking the individual homes, so I hope news back soon.

— Thanks for that, really. — shifting position on the chair — Speaking about... what was that about some videos you wanted to ask about?

Goldenrod Operator — Oh yeah, there have been videos about the attacks on the internets... most of them about the situation at Saffron, but there was some tech talk on a Goldenrod video someone managed to upload.

— ...Oh.

Goldenrod Operator (with an inquiring tone) — The talk went mostly on this so-called "/k/" imageboard about some takes of Pokémon fighting in military gear.

-idly-

— Uh uh...

Goldenrod — More specifically Nidos...

— Is that so? Go figure...

Goldenrod Operator — Look, er... officers have come around asking questions. I just told them you were at PEFE. What's this abo-

— Oh heavens look at the time! — start making noises — I really need to report about what happened in Unova. Look I'll call you back soon. Maybe tomorrow.

Goldenrod Operator — But- — is hung up.

-sigh-

I swear... once this is over, I'm taking a full month of vacations... perhaps in a beach... or a whole archipelago, I guess in this timeline I haven't used any of my away days, like, ever...

-Leaves the office and goes look for Tangent-

-Is contemplating how to best go about examining the rumour, decides to check something very important-

-Dials X-Tranceiver-

Blobble: <I see....>

<Well, good to know he's alive. If you'll excuse me...>

-Blobble recalls himself, Every completely fails to notice this-

-Mezzo idly picks Shadow up and sets him on her head; he hops off-

Shadow: <Why did you just do that?>

Sunny said so.

Shadow: <What?>

Sunny: <It's okay now, he's gone.>

Shadow: <I'm confused.>

Sunny: <Oh, it's to prevent mind reading. She did that with me in the other timeline.>

Shadow: <Why would you ever put up with that?>

Heh. I used to do that with Breeze.

I wonder where Breeze is now. Along with the rest of your team.

-sighs-

I don't know...I hope they're alive, but...

They're all from Sinnoh...

Oh...

I can relate, I guess...

...

-starting to tear up-

I miss them...

-hugs Every-

I miss them too. And I miss my team...

-returns the hug, now crying in earnest-

-Snowman warps back, this time she has the missing member of Fool's OT team with her-

<Snowman>: <Now everyone is here Sol~! Teehee~>

-Satine floats over to Fool-

{Satine}: {...Sol... It seems that you have changed greatly in such a small amount of time... but unreasonable times can cause radical changes in one's persona so to speak.... Has your other psyche been bothering you lately...?}

-Fool stratches her head-

No... Ever since yesterday, I felt that her voice had clamed down.. As if, her desire to kill was directly linked to Napoleon.

{Satine}: {...Just as I thought.. With her manipulator being destroyed, she became weak and lifeless like the marionette she was... and such, you have acquired peace with your two psyches....}

-Fool just stands there dumbfounded-

-is now crying on Every's shoulder as well-

PEFE HQ, Med Wing

Root PEFEgon: They are on track to survive. The extent of their recovery is up to them... At least three of the aforementioned injuries are direct results of them defying their bed rest regime.

Perhaps... I should locate you to the same room... then again, that may trigger crazy instinct stuff... rm -rf /, I'm a regulator, not a doctor!

Hallways

-hidden in an alcove-

OK. Ready, Basket?

Basket (via radio): <Me and Barley have covered the other halls. Perimeter is fully guarded.>

So now we just have to wait... perhaps applying pressure if need be...

-sees Silent walk by-

Oh! Hello.

-Every is curled up against Mezzo, still crying softly-

This is all Cyrus's fault...when he's gone, it'll all go back to normal...

Just keeeeep thinking that...

Not the time.

Sunny: <Don't cry, both of you. We'll bring them back to life when we fix the timeline, won't we?>

PEFE HQ, Medical Wing

-Maekrite smiles to himself-

Maekrite — <I'd welcome to be relocated, yeah...> — turns his sight at the Granbull, who is now snoring — <Peoplemons here were not very welcoming...>

-looks around-

Maekrite — <Say, from the group I was in, there were many other Nidos with them...> — flattens ears — <How many of them... survived... do you know?>

Hallways

-Walks around fiddling with some reports to be filled, and the medical checks on the three or four Nidos that survived of Rize's group, when is surprised by Tangent-

— Oooh! *phew* -Er, Tangent... hello to you too... — stares idly — Err... So, how are the saplings doing?

edited 29th Aug '11 8:58:28 PM by SilentReverence

I really hope so Sunny...

-pets the Espeon-

I really hope so too.

...And I'm sorry I brought that up. I didn't mean to make you cry...