Latias: <I think they're willing to try.> -looks at Sierra and Vyvyan, a bit away from them- <It's so romantic, isn't it? Almost like something out of a storybook.>

Last night

I guess it'll be a d-d-d-date then.

Present, Sootopolis

-Is busy having lunch in a cafe with my mons while this plays from the iPhokex-

Latias: (giggles a little) <I guess so.>

Meanwhile, on Route 126

- Has reached the darker parts of the water -

Okay, Odette. We've reached the dive spot.

Odette: (nods) <Okay...> (tries to blow a dive bubble, but it pops before it is even fully formed) <Oh dear... Maybe we should've practiced first...>

Try again, Odette! I know you can do it!

Mossdeep City

Kim: *doing research on Team Ozone, presuming the weather anomalies were caused by them*

Kessie: -riding on my head, humming something that sounds awfully like a Maxi Eary song-

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Latias: -giggles, too-

Somewhere along Route 126

-bubbles start appearing over a darkened spot in the ocean. It keeps increasing until a man pops up out of the water, lifting a girl out of the water-

Narrator: Grab on to me if you want to live, my ass! You can't even swim! Eh?

-He notices a good amount of the Pokémon around him have either been paralyzed or fainted. He's about to let Artesia float on the ocean surface to check on them when suddenly he's choked by her in effort to stay out of the sea-

Artesia: "Don't put me back in, you idiot! You want to kill them?!"

Narrator: Wh-what?

Artesia: "Urgh...get us to land and I'll explain..."

-The pair (or rather, just the Narrator) make their way to the closest isle-

Route 126

- Odette is trying to blow another dive bubble -

Come on, Odette!

Odette: (the bubble pops again) <Hmm... Almost had it... Trying again.> (starts blowing another dive bubble)

Elsewhere

Latias: <So... I guess the next thing to do is to help investigate the whole weather thing?>

Latias: -nods- <With two Weather Trios, we may even be able to counteract the effects for a while.>

Latias: <Ooh, I guess you're right!>

Latias: <Plus, to super-powerful Psychics!> -grins, and high fives her sister-

Latias: <Yeah!> (returns the high five) <Hey, isn't there also a Latias and Latios living in Hoenn? I wonder where they are?>

Latias: -shrug- <I dunno.>

-Elsewhere in Hoenn, the Latias and Latios are throwing a fancy dinner party, where the guests include Red, Regirock. and a Spinda-

Latias: <Hmm... I think I've heard there's this island where they like to hang out... What was it called again...?>

Latias: -is drawing a blank- <Is it near that one that Mew likes to visit now and then?>

Alto Mare...Why did I say that out loud just now? Or am I thinking of the Southern Island?

Nudi: <Alto Mare? Isn't that some island between Hoenn and Johto?>

Yeah. I went there once, years ago.

Forecaster: <Yeah, it even has its own Latii pair...or at least it did.>

En Route to Mossdeep City

Having concluded that the rest of his team was probably worried about him after being away for such a long time, Stratus decides to return to Mossdeep to reunite with them, Rayquaza deciding to accompany him for the time being.

To avoid being seen, the two had been flying through the lower cloud layer, poking their heads out from underneath to get their bearings every now and then.

Somewhere near Mossdeep, however, the two come across a certain wrecked airship...

Rayquaza: <...>

Stratus: <...I think we might have missed something important.>

Rayquaza: Nods. <Indeed.>

The legendary sighs.

<Such a shame. I would have loved to have shot it down myself...>

Stratus blinks at Rayquaza, not entirely shocked at his reaction.

Stratus: <...Lets just go...>

Latias: (shrugs) <I'm not sure... I hear there's a forest on it, and it might be... somewhere in the South, I think?>

Route 126

- Odette has finally managed to create a dive bubble -

Hey, you did it!

Odette: <Yes, I did!> (thinks for a moment) <Hmm... I wonder if->

- Is cut off by a random Tentacool randomly showing up and popping the bubble -

Odette: <Hey!>

Tentacool: (snickers and sinks back in the water)

Odette: <How rude...>

Skies of the South Pole

A certain Salamence is (not exactly) enjoying his enforced flight...

Foreign!Mence: <eeeeeoooooouuuuu...> — flies away...

Skies of the North Pole

...and lo and behold! Thanks to the weird effects of Video Game Geography, he now keeps flying southeastwards but from the North Pole...

Foreign!Mence: <ccoooooollllddddd...> — flies away shuddering...

-Jet managed to get out of the airship before it crashed into the ocean, though he had to fight another grunt for the escape pod-

Jet: My plan...it's ruined...

-Jet remembers Sierra-

Jet: But I can always make a new one...

Elsewhere on the Mossdeep beach...

-Maxie and Archie are climbing out of their escape pod, having finally reached land-

Underwater

- Is now exploring the underwater route, heading towards Sootopolis. Odette looks around for any rude Pokémon that might attempt to pop the dive bubble, while also making sure to not accidentally pop it with her own pointy beak -

-Is eating the local variety of cucumber with Gaia and Tropius-

This thing tastes like a melon. I hate melons.

Gaia: -Takes it right out of my hand- <More for me, I guess.>

-Leans on the bench I'm sitting on-

I have that date with Fool later...I'm nervous.

Tropius: <Isn't she your girlfriend already Tagg? You humans are strange.>

Yes, but I've never had a date before.

Underwater

A Spheal, a totally playful and [not rude] kind of Pokémon, swims besides Odette's Dive Bubble and waves a oh hai.

Underwater

Odette: (notices the Spheal) <Oh, hello there. Nice day, isn't it?>

Underwater

Spheal: <Oh hello, nice and calm day...> — swims around and examines with interest — <Are you a Pidgey?>

-Is reading through the files Phi brought back from the airship, skipping the ones that appear to be personal files for various Team Ozone members-