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UPDATE 14th of July: Lots of stuff has been switched around. Fan region is back in the heaviest WIP box, several muses have been put back to be tinkered with.
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How in the world was he going to explain this one? Wait--why should he be the one to explain? This was the bird's idea, so Aesen's gonna let him deal with it!
This wasn't necessarily a gift--as Aesen was pretty sure Prexas would have more than a few words for the Champion otherwise--as it was a first meeting of sorts.
"Rika? I know this might be a bit of a surprise to see a Galarian Moltres right behind me, but this is Lavaine. He wanted to meet you."
Oh, this was going to be entertaining for at least two Legendaries involved--and Aesen wasn't one of them.
“Oh, Aesen, you always make it sound like this is me attempting to be scary to absolutely everyone and anyone. It just so happens that I have a bit of a spooky exterior.”
That is a bit of an understatement. But no need to spoil the mood right out of the gate.
“So you are Rika... I have seen your prowess, and I must say. I am very impressed. And I quite like your fashion style.”
Silver is currently having a not so brilliant time.
He’s stuck in the Crystal Clear timeline, in the Ruins of Alph, looking for that one stupid blue letter so that he can get on with IMPORTANT STUFF. (Like looking for a shiny version of his starter because I want the boy to suffer.)
This might or might not be utter crack. I haven’t yet decided. Though, leaning towards “yeah, I see that happening” - much to the chagrin of Silver.
“Okay, so, I have looked into the whole situation with the professors in Paldea, and ... there are some theories I am having.”
(This is gonna get crackpot-y. Be warned. Also, from Azure’s POV as a listener to multiversal ripples. But that is not nearly as important as the utter crackpottery that my brain is spitting out.)
“First, it is absolutely mindblowing how both Turo and Sada obsessed over the Paradoxes. I mean, fair game. Obsession with particular phenomena amongst Pokémon is kind of the norm with the professors. Though, on the other hand, I have not seen it spiral as hardcore as with these two. They styled themselves (or maybe just their AI replicas?) to vibe with the whole past / future aesthetic, they completely forgot about their son during this whole ordeal, and we still don’t know their ultimate fates. In one case.”
(Mun’s note: This will be from the point of view of Pokémon Violet, as this is the version I have played.)
“Let’s consider Sada for a hot minute. In this version, she was the one to abandon her son practically days after birth. Which, woof. That is a gut punch and a half. We still don’t know what happened to her, but I have my theories. Most of them centering around either still being holed up in an unknown part of Paldea, or. Or. She is as dead as the original Turo. Hard to tell. Or we have a GLADoS situation, which I will expand upon in a moment.”
“The entire incident of Research Station 4 is still a bit muddled. We know that the Time Machine spat out a Paradox mon, we know it went wild and attacked. Professor Turo was mortally wounded in that incident, and only his AI replica remains. In the same time frame, Arven’s Mabosstiff gets seriously injured. My suspicion is that the wound was this persistent because of the sheer radiation of the Tera Crystals, which have been shown to be able to distort time - as in being the complete inside of the Time Machine - but also aspects of a Pokémon, like an underlying typing. Much like a prism bending light from bundled to a spectrum.”
“But this is where things get ... murky. The AI, from what I have observed, is not entirely slaved to the Time Machine at all times. It acts independently, until such time as the Time Machine detects a threat to itself. Now. I want to make perfectly clear that obsession with the Paradoxes and worry about Arven are not necessarily contradictory. BUT. In my mind, one scenario makes far more sense than others. And it is troubling.”
“Since Sada abandoned Arven at birth... she might never have formed that bond with him. Or never had it to begin with. That happens too. Anyway. Maybe she is the core of the Paradise Protection Protocol. It makes a bit too much sense in my mind, and it is uncomfortable. Look at it like this. The obsession of Turo, who stayed - albeit in a limited capacity, let’s not kid ourselves - was tempered by the knowledge that Arven would need protection. Again, admittedly, this was done very sloppily, if we consider that anything not registered to Turo’s ID was simply locked out of being activated - which by the by was the first time I saw that happening anywhere, this is wild. But Sada? She likely hardly cared about that, if my theory is correct. This was about the Time Machine. This was about keeping this gate open, come what may.”
“But until such time as we find out what happened to Sada in this strand of the timeline, this is standing on somewhat shaky legs. On just conjecture from my part. And still, I can’t shake the feeling that Arven really hit the shittiest of shit bingo of parents. Or that Paldea very narrowly escaped the obsession of two people ready to tear the continent a new one just for Pokémon that existed or are yet to exist in a distant, distant time. We have seen it before with Lusamine and her obsession with Nihilego... but this here? This feels like an entirely new level. And it makes me queasy.”
Currently this bean is living in my head rent free, with the “What If” going “what if he was just one of the many young trainers setting out on an adventure, unaware of his familial ties” - and this is gonna happen, folks.
(With a Starter Houndour, from Ecruteak City, after being encouraged by several of the Kimono Girls because they see that he wants to really give it a shot. Adoptive Parents? Still figuring those out, likely at least loosely related to Morty? Prolly grew up with him some. That could work~)
“Also, how can someone go through life and not know what a twink is?”
Nio only knows what it is because someone called him that once. That someone also ended up mysteriously vanishing off of the face of the earth, never to be seen again.
Nio blames a certain tall individual for that, even though he’s not entirely certain that’s the responsible party…
Hey, it’s all vital knowledge. Especially when going according to the logic of “never ducking underestimate the twink, that’s bound to end with you stuck upside down in a trash can - in the best case”.
Also no confirmation or denial he might or might not have allegedly one time told Nio that. Because, second rule of dealing with twinks: “Cover your ass.” Though that is just a good principle to go by in general. So. Take that however you will.
“Sooooo... let’s see. World’s halfway to boned again, I am sensing major shenanigans breaking through everywhere, my lab went poof... Yeah, seems like the usual stuff. Well. I guess I’m off to somewhere or other... as soon as I have a damn idea what just happened.”
So, after two weeks of intense Pokémon Violet... <u< I might be surfacing here a bit more again. Holy moly do I have OPINIONS AND HEADCANON TO SPEW ALL OVER.
Sinos is just going to take the day off. The rest of the servants can handle everything around the estate, but this was a day of mourning for him–for all who were born on Galar’s soil.
“She will be greatly missed by all who are connected to Galar. May she rest in eternal peace.”
“Let’s see... this calls for strong Earl Grey, a Victoria Sponge Cake, and an open ear. Best throw a couple hundred tissues on top.”
