subnauts AU in the "the two universe meet" thing: imagine milla and the submas brothers interacting. if this is post pla, psychonauts could probably help with any lingering amnesia of ingo's! also unrelatedly pokemon has its own journey to the center of the mind mechanics and probably its own psychic and or aura based mental healing and i imagine both worlds mental healing power methods would work in the other so thats probably going to result in at least one confusing convo
Oooo yes Milla and Submas brothers interactions! Once the initial confusion wether the other party is trouble of not, I think they'd get along swimmingly!
I think she'd admire their dedication and enthusiasm to their work and how they try their best to keep their passengers safe. They are also quite popular figures in Nimbasa, and have their own adrenaline inducing work they are passionate about. Milla is just about the same! and ofcourse she has her own style of helping and reassuring people when not in that superaction spywork from the comics.
Ah man, think about the brothers and pokemon breeding, specifically that fun fun trope of Emmet taking care of a bajillion joltiks and Ingo with Hisuian sneasels.
And yes! I definitely had post-pla subnauts ideas in version 3 of this post. One of the scenarios would be Ingo returning to his home and reunited with his loved ones, albeit still having Amnesia and being on the road to recovery. There is still the question to ask for us what kind of amnesia it is... be it head trauma, ultra wormhole, accidental divine fuckery or something else.
The mechanics between both worlds sure are different! One has humans with psychics powers and the other animal-like creatures with their own special powers! It's like having a different computer coding or a language barrier yet having similar gestures with the same meaning.
So of course there could be enough similarities that the psychic tricks from psychonauts world would be able to help out pokemon residents. It'd be fascinating to see the difference in structure between a psychonauts brain vs pokemon brain, be it in its build or just overall culture clash.
It'd also be interesting how psychic pokemon and other mental pokemon interact with human psychic powers. Imagine the difference of how they perceive these constructs of the mind.
Maybe in this way, the combined effort of both would be able to understand each other more and work together to solve problems as partners. Two different instruments learning how to harmonize with each others tunes.
