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...It's okay...I think I needed to get that out...

Med-wing

Root PEFEgon: How... many...

Um... say, let us do that relocation now, hmm?

-a robotic gurney rolls over-

Halls

The saplings are fine... they are also up to shenanigans somewhere in this hallway, well past their bedtime. We're guarding the exits while Barley flushes them out...

You wanted to speak to me?

-to Tangent-

— Heh... I guess they liked this place. Hope Basket can take good care of them... and, that mate of her... did she ever told us what his name was? Barley, heh... sounds nice.

-shuffles some papers-

— Ah yes... I wanted to hand over my... official activity report, and ask, huh, to be stationed here... — rubs arms — I can help with whatever organization is needed, but I'd rather not see battle firsthand for a while... — shifts eyes — and not return to Goldenrod either.

-breathes, thinks of Inka-

— Also, I guess it's better if you hear from me first rather than someone else... you have seen anything in the flash reports about wild mons using military grade material, right?

edited 29th Aug '11 9:31:43 PM by SilentReverence

Something about that in Goldenrod, yeah... why? I had thought they might be yours... I mean, most everyone else is up to crazy stuff in this timeline too, after all.

Yeah, you should be able to stay. At least until some bureaucrat decides I'm not "qualified" to be the headmaster in this timeline. Though the local staff seem to be getting used to me, anyhow.

-falls asleep, still leaning against Mezzo-

Night all.

-Has been spending the whole day training-

-to Tangent-

— Heh, good point, at least makes me feel a bit better with myself... Don't worry though... seeing how you have set up things here and counting with Tagg and Tracer's word for it too... I don't foresee any immediate trouble. — clears throat — About Goldenrod...

-paces around-

— You know, it turns out I have been arming them for two years already... I gave them special training and medications... and it worked. When I saw them that organized, battling, going for the kill, you know, a part of me, this alternate timeline me, felt... proud of myself. That part that kept reciting passages of that damned second chapter from memory... And the rest of me felt sick and sicker knowing than the alternative was likely let them be as they were and end up what, massacred perhaps...

-looks around-

— And now I almost lost Maekrite's family because of it. It's a good thing you haven't let Basket see battle, that's something I can tell you.

-hands over a report of the Dept. Store attack-

— I'm sure at least the Johto League is gonna come asking questions, considering I used PEFE resources and all.. but I'd rather deal with me myself before anyone else has to. Anything in particular you need before I go check up on Inka?

-falls asleep, letting Every lean against her-

-Somewhere in Celadon-

<Vektor: "Um... I-Is there something that I should be doing?">

<9-Volt: "Not so tough when you don't have your scumbag buddies with you, are ya, Scum- OW!">

-Is pecked by a Skarmory-

<Amelia: "I thought Fern told you to leave him alone!">

<9-Volt: "Why do you care? And who do you think you are, anyways? I have a type advantage over you!">

<Vektor: "I-I'm really n-not that tough... J-Just lucky...">

<Beatrice: "Oh come on, you don't exactly look like a pushover... And you were in an army...">

<Vektor: "I-I was only th-there because I h-had to be! Th-They would hav-">

<9-Volt: "Have killed you if you ran away or disobeyed your orders, we're really sympathetic to your troubles, Scum- HEY!">

-Is pecked again-

<Amelia: "Quiet! Why didn't you go with Fern and Carol off to pick up supplies earlier? They offered to take you...">

<Vektor: "B-But... Th-The other humans and Pokemon, th-they-">

-A trainer comes in from a different room along with a Sceptile-

Trainer: "We're back!"

<Fern: "Did you guys manage we- Oh...">

-Notices a visibly nervous Haxorus-

<Fern: "He's still like that? I thought that you guys were trying to make him feel more welcome here!">

<Beatrice: "Most of us were...">

<9-Volt: "Mmph. He doesn't need a welcome!">

<Amelia: "Look, I don't like him either, but he's had a lot of things happen to him just recently! Just think of what life would have been like for us if everyone had been just as uninviting when we came from Hoenn!">

<9-Volt: "We came as refugees! We didn't burn shops for laughs!">

"Are you okay, Vektor? You've been so nervous ever since I took you here..."

<Vektor: "Uh... I-It's just...">

"Maybe we should try and find a game or something for us all to play... Something to take your mind off of everything that you've been through..."

<Vektor: "H-Huh? Wh-What sort of-">

<9-Volt: "This is a joke, right?">

<Beatrice: "Oh come on, give him a chance! What's the worst that could happen?">

<9-Volt: "He kills Carol when we're not looking.">

<Fern: " 9-VOLT! ">

<9-Volt: "Oh fine, just don't tell me that I didn't warn all of you!">

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-On an infamous imageboard-

[No. 70985346: "So that [REDACTED] cat and bug out in Unova are finally gone."]

[No. 70985354: "They get strung up from a pole or something?"]

[No. 70985361: "How the [REDACTED] is someone supposed to do that with a SCOLIPEDE?"]

[No. 70985369: "Point is, they're DEAD, right?"]

[No. 70985373: "Actually, I heard that they're still alive."]

[No. 70985382: "What stupid [REDACTED] out there thought that was a good idea?"]

[No. 70985487: "Probably the cousin of that [REDACTED] who came up with that adoption program out here in Kanto."]

[No. 70985494: "They're setting one up out here in Hoenn too. I swear, it's like those [REDACTED] are contagious or something."]

[No. 70985502: "Hey! Don't knock those programs! I got a free mon out of it that way!"]

[No. 70985510: "Dude, what the [REDACTED] is wrong with you?"]

[No. 70985518: "Well I mean it's not as if they're going to be able to DO anything. And from what I've heard, those sons of [REDACTED] about as emotionally secure as an orphaned Cubone."]

[No. 70985523: "Sounds about right. One of my friends picked one of those [REDACTED] up just the other day. The thing broke down and started whimpering like a little [REDACTED] after dropping a stack of PLATES! For a second I thought that it was going to [REDACTED] itself!"]

[No. 70985529: "Makes you wonder what would have happened if that [REDACTED] dropped those plates back under that seal."]

[No. 70985534: "Probably would have gotten tied to a [REDACTED] pole and left to die."]

[No. 70985541: "What HAPPENED to that thing anyways?"]

[No. 70985549: "Probably crawled off into some sewer to go and [REDACTED] itself."]

[No. 70985554: "Eh. It doesn't matter. It's not going to get all of those streets and buildings cleaned up any faster."]

[No. 70985562: "So are we going to keep [REDACTED] over some otter, or are we going to see some skin already?"]

[No. 70985571: "Hey, [REDACTED] you! We do things here other than look at porn all day long, you know!"]

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-At the Entralink-

-Most of the team is dozing-

<Nathan: "... We've won... So why does everything still feel just as uncertain?">

<Teala: "I don't know... But... We know what we have left to do, don't we?">

<Nathan: "... What's going to happen to us all if we defeat that man that the others were talking about? Will we still get to be with Tracer? And what about all of the Pokemon that simply wouldn't have existed due to fate working differently?">

<Teala: "... I hadn't considered that... But... I suppose that if it happened to Pokemon from the other time... It's only logical that it would have also happened to Pokemon from this one...">

<Nathan: "So what do we do?">

<Teala: "I really wish I knew... I guess we just do what we can and try to make this world better...">

<Nathan: "I hope you're right...">

edited 19th Sep '11 6:59:50 PM by TracerBullet

We'll see. At least at this point, it'll probably be twenty months before they've even finished typing up the strongly-worded letter about our activities...

I hope the Unovans don't blame us for this upheaval... we really do need to make sure things get stabilized there. At least the Tao Dragons support our alliance; that helps with legitimacy, right?

I'm doing well enough for now; see you tomorrow. Go to Inka... we start fixing what we can, right?

-Goes to sleep-

-gives a somewhat forced smile-

— Heh... twenty months before being dragged into a war trial doesn't look so bad all of a sudden... Maybe I can even take in some sunlight... get to walk around. Oh well... — shrugs.

— Well, with the two Dragons here, yeah, we have some social high ground, even in these circumstances. I'm sure with them around, you'll be allowed your position for enough time for PEFE to finally make it count.

-thinks for a moment, then waves a goodbye-

— Thanks, Tangent. Be seeing you tomorrow... and be sure to catch those saplings before midnight...

-walks away-

-In the Dream World-

-A female Honchkrow draws near to the form of a Honchkrow with an Unfezant-

<Sonny: "You! What are you doing here?!">

<Courtney: "Mmm hmm hmm... I see someone's a little nosy!">

<Leana: "Grr... How on earth has someone not smacked you already?!">

<Sonny: "So you were here for some reason other than to be a vreditelyami, da?">

<Leana: "Ugh... I can see why dad never liked you... I wanted to ask if you happened to know anything about what happened to me in the other time...">

<Sonny: "And just how do you ex-">

-Is hit by a sudden realization-

<Sonny: "...">

<Leana: "You know, now tell me!">

<Courtney: "Mmm hmm hmm... This is going to be good, I can tell...">

<Sonny: "... It's Leana, da? You don't want to know...">

<Leana: "Hey! I didn't ask you to be coy! Spit it out!">

<Courtney: "Mmm hmm hmm... Someone needs to be put in her place!">

<Sonny: "Fine then, do you really want to hear?! You're-">

-About 20 seconds later-

<Leana: "... WHAT?! ">

Good night.

-Has finished the call, tries to remember where in Hoenn the ancient ruins from the original timeline were-

- The Entralink, most of DS' Pokémon are asleep -

Artemis: (wakes up briefly, glancing over at Wolf) <...> (thinking) ... Despite everything I've done, the others are still willing to forgive me... I don't get it... (realizes something) Hey... Wolf is here... DS' Pokémon are here... But where is DS? (yawns and closes her eyes again) ... Maybe I should ask if any of them knows later... (falls asleep again)

- Meanwhile, in another dimension -

- DS is asleep, dreaming again -

(talking in my sleep) ... Everyone... (smiles) ... So nice to see you all again... I missed you so much...

- The Lake Trio look over at my sleeping form -

Mesprit: <... She's so cute.>

Azelf: <... You girls don't suppose that Cresselia may have something to do with those dreams she keeps having?>

Mesprit: <What would be wrong with that? It is better than her having nightmares, at least.>

Azelf: <... Yeah, I guess you're right.>

-Somewhere in the Entralink, shortly after waking up-

<Leana: "... And that's apparently what happened to me in that other timeline...">

<Pascal: "Oh wow, man... That's really harsh...">

<Shaun: "So the old leader of Sonny's murder was just as nasty as she was in this time...">

<Nathan: "... So that's two of us who we know aren't around in the other timeline...">

<Zoe: "And if that Sandslash that you guys told me about is the same as that Sandshrew that he reminded me of, then...">

<Kat: "Ugh... This was supposed to get easier, not harder!">

<Nadia: "Yeah... It seems like for every problem that we solve... We just run into a bigger one...">

<Toothless: "Well... It's worked out so far, hasn't it? Who's to say that this can't be worked out?">

<Buster: "... Wait, why are we fighting to try and restore this other timeline again?">

<Kammy: "BUSTER!">

<Buster: "It's a valid question!">

<Vesta: "Because they're our friends... And we have to help them...">

<Guy: "But... What about us?">

<Zoe: "Most of us have no idea what we're giving up... Or if for that matter, whether we would be better or worse off because of it...">

<Iron Marrow: "Well, if it's any consolation, I'm not sure if this timeline could be re-merged with our own even if we tried... So that implies that you will all at least have some form of existence with your human here...">

<Aloysius: "Or alternately...">

<Kyle: "It implies our existence's destruction...">

"..."

-Thinking-

"Oh dear Arceus, how on earth are we ever going to settle this out?"

- Somewhere in the Entralink -

HotStuff: <So... When do we tell Reshiram and Zekrom about what we've been through?>

Wings: <Well, from what I can tell, there are still three trainers who don't yet know of it... So, maybe we should ask them to be there when we tell those trainers what happened?>

Velvet: <... That could work.>

HotStuff: <If it means I only have to tell that story one more time, I'm all for it.> (strokes her "scarf")

Velvet: <... What about Artemis? Should we tell her?>

HotStuff: <... I don't know.>

Wings: <It wouldn't be right to keep the truth from her, would it?>

Briar Rose: <Well, unlike Mira, we don't know for sure if DS is dead, and even if she is, both she and Mira will come back when we get Dialga to return things to normal!>

HotStuff: <... You both have a point there.>

Velvet: <... Well, if she does ask about DS' whereabouts, we will tell her.>

- They all agree -

The Entralink

Woolly: <OH! Guys! I just had a thought!>

-My Pokémon stop what they're doing (which, right now, isn't much) and turn their attention to Woolly.-

Treeo: <What's up?>

Unite: <Yeah, is something wrong?>

Woolly: <Well, not at the moment. But...I've been thinking, and I started wondering, If we get Dialga to restore our universe...what's going to happen to this one?>

...

-My Pokémon all look awkward. Except for Cinder, who now looks very worried instead.-

Cinder: <Yeah...What's going to happen to this universe? And...what's going to happen to me?>

Unite: <Hey! Don't worry! I'm sure that you and everyone else in this universe won't just disappear if we fix things. Right?>

Treeo: <We don't know that for sure, though. And when you think about it, Cyrus used Dialga to change things. Asking him to fix it would probably revert things to how they were before this all happened. Which means...>

-A horrible realization sets in.-

Stratus: <We...We can't do that!>

Harriet: <But...what about all the people who died in this timeline who would have gone on living otherwise? Like Mezzo's Pokémon...>

Unite: <But what about all the Pokémon who got to live instead? We can't just wipe them out because this timeline isn't the right one!>

Cinder: <I guess it works both ways, there.>

Harriet: <Oh, yeah...>

Woolly: <Can't we just stay here in this timeline?>

Flare: <I don't think that would work. This world if far too different to our one. And not in a good way. No offense, Cinder.>

Cinder: <None taken.>

Unite: <She isn't wrong. We may have made things a lot better, but this world is still a wreck.>

Treeo: <Yeah. Hoenn's been flooded AND blown up. Kanto's been half destroyed...>

Unite: <And let's not even get started on Sinnoh. It's a struggle just to survive over there...>

Lake: <...So...What do we do? We can't stay here, otherwise a whole lot of people and Pokémon stay dead, but if we fix things, everyone who wouldn't have lived otherwise ends up dying. And if we did that...Would any of us be any better than Cyrus?>

...

Flare: <Oh, Arceus. I HATE moral dilemmas like this...>

-With group-

<Milo: "So now what?">

<Vesta: "... Well... If two timelines could be created... Maybe there's a way that they could both be allowed to exist?">

<Aloysius: "But how do we go about allowing that?">

<Nadia: "I don't know... But... We won't know if there's a way or not unless we try...">

<Pascal: "... Is there something that we could do until then, man?">

"Well... There are a few loose ends to tie up... There's that awful recruiter off on Quest Island that we left with those Marowak... And there's all of those people and Pokemon that need to be moved back to Unova..."

edited 30th Aug '11 10:15:00 AM by TracerBullet

... Is something wrong with the chatroom again?

- In the other dimension -

... Have you given any thought to what we'll do about Cyrus when this is over?

Azelf: <We haven't decided yet, but I'm sure us legendaries will be able to come up with some sort of punishment for him! And this time, we'll make it so he can't possibly escape again!>

Yeah... We certainly wouldn't want anything like this to happen again.

Mesprit: <Well, at least we legendaries will have learned from our mistake so we can prevent this from happening again!>

... So, I'm guessing Dialga will just revert things to the way they were when this is over?

Uxie: <I assume so, although he has never had to do anything like this before.>

... Really? No one has ever accidentally altered the timeline before?

Azelf: <Not like this, that's for sure.>

Oh, I see...

- We continue walking, still headed towards Palkia -

edited 30th Aug '11 11:48:26 AM by DarkerShining

Yes. I can't even connect to the server.

BTW, those of us who have Jabber accounts not in the tropi.us server (or Gmail accounts for the matter) can still talk to each other even if the chatroom is down

How?

Hmm... if I had to guess, the datacenter is having some pains getting their new network hardware shaken down. The outages started popping up when they "upgraded"...

Edit: And yes, if you have Pidgin, just add others' names to your contact list. Get them by PM if need be.

Entralink, Just Outside Portal

-steps out, stretches arms-

It's about time I actually left the HQ for a bit... I wonder if Reshiram and Zekrom are nearby...

edited 30th Aug '11 11:57:21 AM by Tangent128

-is talking to my uncle with my Pokegear in the sub, my team minus Hecate crowded around the bunk. Hecate is pacing along the far wall-

Shame I'm not exactly in a position for that.