#nema sinistea

[ask-impatient-samurott]

(@ask-the-ofdreamsandsorrows-team) Sina @ Nema

“Quite an ordeal you’ve been through, ey, hun?” Sina says softly, floating beside Nema.

“I might not know much, but this Pokemon . . Marigold, was it? They care ‘bout you a lot, right?”

“If that’s so,” Sina gives Nema a smile, “I’m sure they’ll still love you, no matter how much you’ve changed.” The polteageist stares off into the distance, a bit of sadness in their gaze as their smile drops for a moment.

“But change does not come easily. It’ll be difficult, hun.”

Sina turns back to Nema, smiling once more.

“So take all the time ye need”

A sad little sniffle came from Nema. She wasn't able to stop her sniffling before Sina had left. Aw, she wanted to say thank you...

Nema lowered herself to the ground again, thoughtful. She replayed the other Pokemon's words back in her head.

Lots of things have changed, but we can't know how Marigold will react. Those words sat heavy in her ears. It wasn't what she wanted to hear, but it's what she needed to understand.

If she wanted to go back to Marigold, she had to give them some leniency. After all, how would she react of Marigold were the Sinistea in this situation?

...

Nema took in a few deep breaths. She felt like she was ready to go.

[ask-impatient-samurott]

[Nema's reference has been revealed!]

MOD NOTE: Ask Hints have been updated for real this time! I forgot to update them before I posted, oof. Also, Brainstem is open for asks again!

Did you guess it? I actually left a hint quite a while ago about what happens to Nema, hehe.

[ask-impatient-samurott]

@Nema: Hello Nema, I can only imagine how bizarre and scary this must be for you. You died. Yet somehow you return. I imagine you'd wish to reunite with those you care for.

But...you've been gone for a while. The world is not the same. Time has eroded the places you know, the relationships that were left behind. Friendships broken, paths split. Who would you return to? Could you? Everyone has gone on their own journeys, changed locations. Is there a way to even know where they are? To contact them? .....should you?

I...imagine you harbor negative feelings towards Kappa. It would be fair to downright loathe her. She killed you after all. Why give her a bit of peace with all she's done to you? To Marigold?

And what about him? Marigold who has mourned you, gone through the terrible emotion called grief over you. Do you return to her? Would that be better for them? Or worse?

Everyone has been living with your death for a while. Do you finally see your loved ones again at the cost of opening up old wounds that only just started to heal?

You returned but.....at what cost? You are a different pokemon with a different body coming back to a different world. Things are clearly different now- so who's to say your friends aren't? What if your friends are unrecognizable now? Is there anything left for you? Should you just start anew?

Nema froze, her ears sticking straight up.

Her friends had moved on without her... Well, that's okay. Nema didn't expect or want them to grieve her forever. She still had Marigold, after all!

Thump.

Marigold... Would they take her back?

...How long has it been since she died?

Thump. Thump.

Nema's breath came out in quick, ragged gasps. These were not thoughts she wanted to entertain.

No, no. If she went back, Marigold would accept her. Right? They'd shriek with joy at her return, give her a big hug, and everything would go back to the way it was before. No drama, no trauma, no death.

The only thing that was different was she was a... different Pokemon. No longer a Pikachu, just a teacup.

But, that was okay! Marigold would still love her, wouldn't he?

He would accept her if she came back, right?

He would still love her...

Right..?

Thump. Thump. Thump.

[ask-impatient-samurott]

(@ask-teamlightbringers) Armani carefully inspected Nema, giving the Sinistea as much space as needed to ensure she did not feel crowded. "Oh... oh you poor dear. How long have you been awake like this? You must be terrified. I remember I was when I... when I went through this for the first time." They lifted their mask a little to indicate their similar fate. "This body... it is very different from the one you were in before. How are you adjusting? It took me quite a while to be used to moving without legs."

Nema could only remember being cold. She was woken up by a harsh breeze that tore through Giant Chasm. It looked... a lot different than she remembered it. The wound in the wall behind her for instance...

No, wait... She remembers. It's where those other Pokemon pushed Kappa back. But, what happened after that..?

Nema's eyes wandered down to Armani's mask. She immediately put the pieces together.

[Nema] "This is a thing that happens frequently..? That's awful..."

Nema shook her head. She was surprised to find that her entire body moved with that motion.

"I knew that when Pokemon or Humans died that sometimes they can come back as Ghost-types, but..."

But, I never thought it would happen to me. She didn't finish her sentence.

She looked at Armani's mask again at the mention of legs. At the strange tendril that held it. That must've been their legs at some point.

Nema tried to look down at where her own legs should be, but struggled. Her face was a pattern on a cup. It didn't offer much mobility.

But, she didn't need to see to confirm what she felt. Her entire body was an amorphous mass, and nowhere in it did she feel her legs.

@ask-teamlightbringers

[ask-impatient-samurott]

Heyyyyyy Nema... how are you holding up?

[Ask Hints have been updated.]

[ask-impatient-samurott]

( @askanoddpikachu ) Lux @ Nema: “Do you… remember what happened?”

Nema was loathe to recall what brought her to this point. The more she thought about it, the more she had to contend with the implications.

[Nema] "I remember... fighting Kappa."

"...Yeah, yeah. She had Dynamaxed because the Wishing Star in the chasm exploded. And she got all big..."

Her voice faded in and out as she slowly recalled the hour of her death.

"She caught me in her mouth, but Jean saved me, and- Hhhk-!"

Nema hissed and slapped a liquid arm over the right side of her face. Oh yeah, half her face was torn off. How could she forget?

She remembered how much her cheek buzzed. The adrenaline pistoning through her veins.

She ran her new hand over her new face. Her hand was lukewarm. Made of bitter tea. Her face was cold. Made of cracked porcelain.

Speaking of her hand, wasn't that also bitten off? Ugh.

"Oh! I tried to use Thunder, yeah. Kappa was low health and I had the type advantage, so I thought I could knock her out, but..."

"After that, all I remember is feeling... really cold."

"I used Thunder, I closed my eyes, and then... I was here."

Nema looked out at her surroundings. Giant Chasm was still and quiet. Save for the chilly wind that whistled through the hole on the east end. The scar in the earth that used to mark Team Plasma's battleship had filled with rainwater and become a pool. The northeastern corner, where Kyurem's cave used to be was completely overtaken by a landslide.

And behind her, a massive welt in the wall where Kappa was flung backward by the Pokemon who tried to stop her.

It was clear to Nema that quite a while had passed between now and when she died.

@askanoddpikachu @whenworldscolide1209

[ask-impatient-samurott]

To nema: I imagine all of this can be quite a bit to process. But uh, welcome back?

I heard sinistea goes through several cups before finding one that's perfect for them. If your not familiar with yours maybe we can find another?

Pictures of overly fancy teacups flickered through Nema's mind. If she could change her teacup, would she?

She was suddenly reminded of how much she missed going window shopping with her friends. Hovering around store windows, piling together what little funds they had to see if they could afford that cute toy in the window... That was nice.

Maybe if she found Marigold again, they could do that together.

Nema was thankful for these other Pokemon. Their voices seemed to ground her and calm her down.

[ask-impatient-samurott]

(@ask-the-shiny-pokemons) Rimi @ Nema

"Hi. Sorry...I..." she is a bit sad as she helped Nema defeating Kappa. But somehow...her power is not really enough. "Oh, you must be that Samurott's friend, right...? I mean, was...

Anyways, kinda heard that Pokémon reincarnate into Ghost types. How do ya feel, anyway?

Nema's new porcelain body made a sad clinking noise as it hit the earth. Keeping herself in the air took some concentration she wasn't used to giving.

A quiet 'clikclikclikclikr' resonated through the gash in the chasm's wall. Nema was shaking.

[Nema] "...Is this... real? Am I... alive? I don't...."

A shuddering sob erupted from whatever she had that passed as a throat.

"H-help me..."

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