Orion: The human, trained Pokemon aren’t too keen on abandoning the orders of their Trainers... sometimes separating them is an option... it was a Team Machine method, wasn’t it?
SNARK: Ah, yes... Hmm...
Orion: ...What? What is it...?
SNARK: It’s just interesting... seeing you so serious...
Rteddy: Emmit is fine, remember the gift I gave you all. That attack was merely more than his body could handle, if the damage exceeds what the regenerative properties of my gift to you provide... that happens... unfortunately. Not even my body can handle significant damage, well, save for the strongest of us.
Lizzy: B-But... we were s-supposed to have some kind of “lives”...
Rteddy: Remember what happened to RGB, I-or rather my true self-heavily damaged him, so much so that the damage, despite how minor it may have looked, was more than enough to drain him of the “lives” he was gifted... all I did was make it so he couldn’t return to his true form until... well... he somehow escaped the space we left him in... though I do wonder if my abilities were even truly impacting his existence... what my true self witnessed says otherwise...
Lizzy: ...
Rteddy: ... But this isn’t important right now... recall Enola and Gail before they act rashly, their lack of reaction is concerning... I’ll get Emmit, we need to retreat before he launches another attack. And remember, so long as I am around, I will not allow you to ever experience that again, I promise.
Lizzy: ... R-right...
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SNARK: It appears they are retreating, via an odd dark void-like portal... yes, it was indeed someone tied to Rteddy... quite lucky it wasn’t a resident of the village...
Orion: ... Then... I’ll stick around out here and...
SNARK: Your body is giving out, Orion.
Orion: I’m... fine...
SNARK: I’ll ask the others to come and help you inside, I will keep watch now... hmm.
Orion: Dark’s trying to find his own way to solve this issue... so we should focus on protecting ourselves.
SNARK: Well, last I checked, you’re all modified Pokemon with physical deformities or illnesses that keep you from functioning at 100%. Allow me to contact Dark, or the trainers in the village, I’m sure they can-
Orion: No, SNARK, I got this...
SNARK: What? Why?
Orion: Because...
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Rteddy: I see... I believe we should retreat then. It appears we’ve lost our base of operations thanks to something unexpected occurring with RGB...
Emmit: Whoa, seriously...
Lizzy: What... happened?
Rteddy: I am only being given the minimum amount of information necessary from my “better halves”, we will need to regroup before we act here, simple as that.
Enola: We’re ready for this, before you decided to take a nap! If we can pull this off, it’ll be a huge advantage or whatever, right?
Gail: I agree, the ones hiding here do appear to be quite weak compared to what we know of Reid or that white Pikachu... I believe we will be fine here. We have improved dramatically for this very moment, after all.
Rteddy: ...
Lizzy: That’s true... besides, we’re trying to gather information-
Rteddy: They know we’re here.
Emmit: Wait, what-
Rteddy: This was a while ago, but another version of myself discovered their computer on Kryona and tried to gather information from it... while we weren’t able to obtain much, we do recognize that machine’s frequency... it appears there was more than one and this one has many eyes on the area.
Lizzy: So, they’ve rigged the place with security cameras then? ... Um... where?
Rteddy: The trees, most likely. No one lives near this area, so they could lay down anything they prefer without much-if any-complaints.
Lizzy: Oh-
Enola: Psh... all the cameras in the world won’t help them if THAT is their defense... what is this weakened old Raichu gonna do? Huh?
Rteddy: ...! Well....
Rteddy: It appears this “weakened old Raichu” has found a way to defend.
[Referenced Posts:
A Letter to Reid
“If you listened...”
“If this was years ago... I’d have killed you myself-”]
SNARK: So, what’s the point in showing me this now?
Mr. Dark: We’re going to create a Logic Breaker.
SNARK: What? What??
Mr. Dark: I’m quite concerned about Reid’s... I guess you could call them ‘enemies’, especially now that we have someone like Crysta on our side, it’s safe to assume quite a few nightmare scenarios playing out. The worst case is this R-Teddy and their followers showing up here, eventually.
SNARK: And you have little faith in the old woman?
Mr. Dark: I have all my faith in her help, but I don’t have faith in my health.
SNARK: You worry far too much about this... issue of yours, there are options, you’re just stubborn, just like Reid-removing the a-
Mr. Dark: SNARK, your ocular component should be good enough to notice that my skin is beginning to blacken far more than before, just like Orion, if not worse, I’d say neither of us are in good health, me especially. Focus on my words: We need alternatives in case I cannot act.
SNARK: ... Understood. So what is this alternative of yours?
Mr. Dark: R-Teddy was made with a Logic Breaker, Reid never explained how exactly he made the original, but it’s possible to use a very specific component stored within his collar to regulate his more logic-defying abilities.
SNARK: Is that so? This is new to my data, please, elaborate.
Mr. Dark: Simply put, Team Machine had many projects, their biggest one was creating the various Alpha Mutants, with Reid being the focus. To further advance our project, we tapped into others, specifically the team who captured and experimented on Legendary Pokemon, like Hoopa for example.
SNARK: The dimension-hopper? Amazing.
Mr. Dark: Yes, now the component was a part of their mystical rings, it had enough energy that matched the needed power source for the Logic Breaker and the bigger versions, the AR Machines, allowing us to create the four main mutants and many more. A piece was stored inside of Reid’s collar as he had more volatile energies and needed more regulation than the other three... what... no...
SNARK: What is it?
Mr. Dark: It’s gone. The shard of Hoopa’s ring, our only method of making a new Logic Breaker, is gone...
SNARK: ... So what’s our next option?
Mr. Dark: I... I need to send a message out... hopefully he’ll respond.
SNARK: What? Who?
Mr. Dark: What could’ve happened to the shard...? No one should’ve known it was even in there... and to put it back so neatly... he couldn’t have... could he?
SNARK: Dark? You’re muttering... WHO are you contacting?? DARK!?
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Reid: ... What is this thing...? Weird, it’s giving off some freaky vibes too... huh... I wonder if I can make something with this as the base...!
>A Curious Mind of the Past, Led to a Failed Plan of the Present...<
Reid: Mostly how I should be careful outside during the day because-I guess I’m technically part ice... there’s also note here about Shadow Pokemon... to be careful around them...?
SNARK: Aren’t you friends with a fair majority of the Shadow Pokemon here?
Reid: I... yeah? I mean... yeah?
SNARK: You forgot their names-
Reid: No! Um... it’ll come back to me-it’s been eight years-
Reid: I’m not dignifying that with a real response.
SNARK: You just did-
Reid: Anyway, I never had any intentions of going there, I mean, if there WAS something there, it’s gone now... besides, I think Crysta and Carla got their info wrong, or maybe they haven’t been into the desert in... eight years-
SNARK: That’s a stretch.
Reid: Yeah, I’m realizing it now... I guess there’s more than one lab out there, but, that doesn’t explain the implications of a “Powerful Shadow Pokemon” hiding out there...
SNARK: What if Orre has a literal underground? For example, in Sinnoh-
SNARK: How would you know? You can’t see how long his tail-
Leo: Well, my tail’s long and you don’t see me trying to surf on it.
SNARK: That’s true, but-
Reid: I kind of agree with Leo on this one.
SNARK: But there are Raichu that can do that.
Reid: Really???
SNARK: Yes, through electromagnetism and psychic power.
Reid: Yeah, SNARK, I’m part ice and sometimes dark when Dire’s around... everything about what you said won’t work-I’m also not as powerful with electricity as Pyre-
SNARK: Don’t let logic block your chance at trying. Dream big, Reid, do iiiit...!
Reid: SNARK-
Leo: I think SNARK wants you to fall on your face so it can record it.