Um, are you sure that's safe?

Lake: <Whoa, really?>

That...Sounds pretty awesome, actually.

Lake: <...Yeah.>

— Hey, Tagg... Luke... Mezzo... — proudly grabs egg with Algira on top — look what I got!

-I raise the egg over my head..., then Algira uses a very bright Flash-

Algira — <It's so cute!> (flashes) <IT'S SO CUTE!!!!>

DO-DE-DOOOO~

edited 21st Jul '11 12:52:22 PM by SilentReverence

Oh, what's inside?

Don't worry Mezzo, I doubt anyone will get hurt either physically or mentally.

-Turns to Silent and covers his eyes once he sees Algira do her flash-

I see you've still got Roc's egg.

edited 21st Jul '11 12:52:44 PM by rmctagg09

AAAAHHHHHH! MY EYES!!! -Covers eyes.-

Lake: -Managed to put on his blackglasses in time.- <Ooh...Warn us before you do that next time, Silent.>

- Sits down to listen to the story, and after covering my eyes from the bright flash of light, releases HotStuff from her pokeball -

Hey, HotStuff? Would you mind-

HotStuff: (before I can finish my sentence) <No problem. Anything to make you more comfortable.>

- HotStuff lays down on my lap -

Thanks, HotStuff. You're so nice and warm.

-blushes-

— Sorry... — to Algira — what did you do that for...?

Algira (blushes) — <got a bit happy...>

-My group sits around, Dintel picking the place closest to Lake that he can get, while hugging the egg, with Algira still on top. Xatu sits on my head-

Xatu — <Ah yes, this story. This version sure will beat the DVD version from archives with so many black censor bars like the part where █████████▄██▄██▟...>

edited 21st Jul '11 12:57:48 PM by SilentReverence

Cobalt?

Cobalt: <On it.>

-Cobalt uses his psychic powers to create an illusion and connects to the researchers minds to show their memories-

Ooh.

Lake: <Oh wow. This is weird.>

Very weird...

Ooooh, cool.

Sunny: <Huh? Nothing happened.>

Heh. Sunny...

Maekrite — <Psychic stuff? I'd rather... ugh...>

-Maekrite looks away, focuses, tries not to puke-

edited 21st Jul '11 1:10:20 PM by SilentReverence

-Notices Sunny having a bit of trouble, and attempts to mix in some of my own Aura into the illusion while assisted by Cobalt, albeit clumsily since I lack any sort of training-

-A sixteen year old Tagg is walking out of Tangent's office shortly after actually meeting him-

You know when Professor Oak was saying that this would be a fairly revolutionary endeavor, I was expecting that we'd be a bit more better funded.

-The area looks a bit like it was a secondhand building, mainly because it was a hand me down from the original Pokedex Project-

Present!Tagg: As you can tell, at this point we were hardly at the same level we're at now in terms of influence.

edited 21st Jul '11 1:16:08 PM by rmctagg09

-Glances around.-

No kidding. This place looks like it's barely standing.

Lake: <Gotta' start from somewhere, though.>

Sunny: <Oh, now I see it. It's a bit blurry, though.>

Four Years Ago

-A Nidorina hurriedly climbs the stairs and starts smelling all the dirty and unopened boxes around-

Nidorina (yelling to the stairs) — Nido ni! ni ni! nnnghhh... ni! <This place is a whole mess, I'll have to start arranging this stuff from scratch! Who left this place like this?> — kicks one of the boxes.

Present!Maekrite — <That's mom! Before she had me!>

-Past!Me walks up the stairs, carryin a folder with many papers-

Past!Me — Hang on, Inka, don't get too far...! Let's see... I have to get this proposal for project guidelines, strategical planning, legalese and branding...

-I facepalm, almost causing the folder to drop-

— Oh right! Can't forget the plans for an artificial Nidoran settlement...

-Present!Me blushes-

Maekrite (to the others) — <Yeah... Mom says he was always like this.>

edited 21st Jul '11 1:27:40 PM by SilentReverence

Right.

Lake: <So that's your mom, then? She seems nice.>

Ian: Hey Star, I thought you said you weren't friends with the J-team people.

When I said that, I wasn't. -Sighs- Then I got stuck to Anom, and I was sort of forced to be with them for a while...

-Spots the group-

What's going on over there? -walks over-

edited 21st Jul '11 1:32:27 PM by stargirl93

Present!Tagg: Yeah, he always was like that, from the first time I met him.

-Past!Me peers inside the room where Past!Silent is unpacking boxes-

Um, hello?

-Looks around-

There sure are a lot of boxes here.

-In the illusion, having been with Tagg for a short time-

<Milo: "Wait, Tagg's got magical eavesdropping powers, too?">

<Audrey: "He's Aura-sensitive, or at least more so than most humans...">

<Shaun: "... You knew about this, Audrey?">

<Audrey: "Well, yeah. You didn't think that 'researcher sense' of his was just dumb luck, did you?">

<Vlad: "I thought it was...">

<Iggy: "Isn't this supposed to be incredibly rare as a phenomenon though, Audrey?">

<Audrey: "So are psychic powers among humans, and look at how many of them there are...">

-My past self enters the illusion-

Past!Tracer: "Hello? Is anyone there?"

<Past!Iggy: "Are you sure this is the right place, Tracer?">

Oh, look, there's Tracer and Iggy!

Lake: <Hmm. Must not have been very long after he started his journey, then. Well, that's what I'm assuming here.>

-I see Star nearby and make a gesture to her to come and join the group-

— Just mind the slight psychic noise, if any, as your brain gets used to the Pensieve effect.

-Maekrite chuckles as he sees his mom around scrambling boxes and kicking around some stuff she doesn't like-

Past

Past!Me — Oh? — looks at the door — Hey, you... Good afternoon.

-goes to say hi to the other newcomer-

— Hi... I'm Silent, just got here. That noise there — points to where some papers and small boxes with office stuff get pushed over — is my Nidorina, Inka. And you are...?

-then notice someone with a Wartortle coming in-

— Hey! — waves a hi — This way!

-Inka ignores everything as she empties a box, fills it with pieces of a newspaper, and sets in to watch us from there-

edited 21st Jul '11 1:48:31 PM by SilentReverence

-sorta sitting at the edge of the group, trying not to make her presence known-

Ian:What's going on?

Shh. Just give me a second..

Hmm.....

-Sees Silent wave to her and moves closer-

edited 21st Jul '11 1:55:04 PM by stargirl93

Past

-Rather shyly-

Oh, me? I'm Tagg, and this is Muddy, my Swampert.

-Muddy waves hello as we notice the other newcomer-

I'm guessing you're another recruit, and you are?

edited 21st Jul '11 1:51:38 PM by rmctagg09

-To Lake-

<Iggy: "Eh, it was probably a little longer than you think... Tracer had me for over five years at this point...">

<Lardna: "It took you more than five years to become fully evolved? I was fully evolved in less than five months after I met Tracer...">

<Iggy: "Well... Tracer wasn't exactly very active when he first got me...">

-Coming towards Past!Silent-

Past!Me: "Oh. I take it that you must be Dr. Tangen-"

-Notices Inka rummaging through a box-

Past!Tracer: "... Is that your Nidorina?"

-To Inka-

<Past!Iggy: "Oh, hello! Do you have a name?">

-Hears Tagg-

Past!Tracer: "Oh, hello. I'm Tracer, I'm here as part of a study program with my university. It's Tagg, right? What brought you here?"

edited 21st Jul '11 1:55:27 PM by TracerBullet