J-Awesome_One

Aelita: Wow… Would you take a look at this route? Matthew: Yea… It’s almost as if we didn’t come through a weird spooky tunnel. This is… weird but amazing. When we finally made it to the outside, we were amazed to see that the trees were really weird colors. There were some purple, red, magenta and blue colored trees throughout Route 4. What in the world would make these trees that kind of color? Matthew: How is this possible? Aelita: Hmm… I once read a book that said a woman named Flora from Grand Dream City created them for tourists. Matthew: So like she has special tree plants to make them this color? Aelita: I have no clue but it’s definitely pleasing to the eye. Matthew: Yea. That’s for sure. Aelita: But enough about that, we’re abou- -sneezes- Matthew: Bless you. You feeling ok? Aelita: Yea. I guess the chilliness here is getting to me. But then again, I suppose that’s what happens when you travel north. Come on! Aelita went running up the route. I didn’t know how she went from being scared out of her mind literally just like a minute ago to being so pumped up for being so close to Akuwa Town. Just as I was about to explore the route though, I could hear a girl’s laughter from somewhere but I didn’t know where. Out of nowhere, a present popped out from thin air and plopped down onto the ground right in front of me. I was so confused as to what was happening right now. Matthew: What the- ???: Do you know what kind of situation something is without me? Matthew: Hold on… That voice! Are you- Nim: -literally explodes out of the present- A NIMpossible situation! Matthew: Holy fuck! How did that explode and you’re here and- What are you doing here Nim?! Nim: I have a great idea! Let’s skip out on Akuwa Town ok? Play with me instead! Let’s go! Matthew: Wait! But it was too late. Nim disappeared from right in front of me. I had no idea why Nim was here in the 1st place, let alone know how she exploded out of that present box. I wanted to know why she was here so I went searching for her. Unfortunately for me, she had made clones of herself throughout a lot of the area. And a lot of them said a lot of Nim related stuff. *Nim Clone #1* Nim: You know what I like more than the bae? The Bayleef! Matthew: What? Nim: I need more cinnamon… -vanishes- *Nim Clone #2* Nim: 1 2! Cross Impact! I really like our vibe. Matthew: Nim wait! Nim: Whee! -vanishes- *Nim Clone #3* Nim: We tech those. Punishment! -vanishes- Matthew What in the hell is going on?! *Nim Clone #4* Nim: Have you ever dipped french fries into ice cream? Matthew: Nim, you… Actually I haven’t but that doesn’t sound like a bad- Nim: What the experts say shall absolutely shock you! Don’t do it Mr. Computer. You’re my only friend. -vanishes- Matthew: Wai… Damnit Nim! *Nim Clone #5* Nim: Light a man on fire and he’ll be warm for a day. Light a man ON fire, he’ll be warm for the 30 seconds he has left. Matthew: …You never did that did you? Nim: …No! -vanishes- *Nim Clone #6* Nim: Why did the farmer say moo? Matthew: Umm… I don’t know. Why? Nim: I have no clue. I was asking you. -vanishes- *Nim Clone #7* Nim: YOU’RE TOO SLOW! DON’T MAIN SONIC. -vanishes- Matthew: …I’m not even going to ask about that 1. *Nim Clone #8* Nim: What am I doing here? Matthew: That’s what I wanna know! Nim: I’m waiting for my husband to come back home. Back from war. Matthew: I’m sorry. What? Nim: War is so devastating. If he were to not return… No silly Nim! I shouldn’t say such things! He shall return! Matthew: You don’t even have a husband Nim! Nim: Ohh… Yea. I don’t. Umm… Forget everything I just said. -vanishes- After chasing the Nim clones for who knows how long, I finally found the real Nim in front of what seemed to be a gate from Route 4 to Akuwa Town. I was exhausted, annoyed and confused as to why Nim was here and trying to get me to stay away from this place. Nim: Hey! You finally made it! Matthew: Nim! What is the deal?! Why are you here?! Nim: Just… Akuwa Town sounds like a bad idea right now. Matthew: Akuwa Town a bad idea? Why? Nim: Ohh! I know! Let’s play for a little while longer, ok? Matthew: Absolutely not. Nim: …You’re so stubborn Matthew. Matthew: Nim… Please… Nim: Well… Fine. I’ll let you pass on 1 condition. Matthew: -sighs- Knowing you, I won’t be able to get through anyways. So what is it? Nim: Battle me. If you win, I’ll let you pass. If you lose, you’re not allowed to get through. Matthew: Alright. I accept. Nim: Goodie! Maybe I’ll feel better about this if you’re stronger than me. No promises on that though. Nim spread her arms and started to channel energy into her body. I still had no idea how she was able to do this but I watched on as she teleported as both into this alternate dimension of hers. I looked around the place. It was the same arena as last time. I looked across towards Nim. I could tell she seemed very determined on winning this battle. Something must have happened at Akuwa Town for her to be acting like this. Nim: So you remember the deal with this right? Matthew: Yes I know. Nim: Then I shouldn’t have to explain anything to you! Bring everything you’ve got! Matthew: I will! I refuse to lose this battle! The battle was on. I thought for sure that I’d be able to defeat her easily but I was sorely mistaken. She was way tougher than I imagined her to be. Fortunately though, I was able to defeat her. She seemed highly disappointed in herself. Nim: Heh… I didn’t expect to lose that… Guess I can’t save you after all. Matthew: Save me? Nim: Augh! I was so sure that I’d be more than capable enough to defeat you! -sighs- So… you wanted to go to Akuwa Town right? Matthew: Nim… What’s going on in Akuwa Town? Nim: Let’s just say… whatever it is you want there… you won’t find it. In fact, I don’t think you’ll find anything there. Matthew: I won’t find anything there? Why? Nim: I was there earlier. I couldn’t find anything or anyone… Matthew: Hold on. You’re telling me you haven’t seen a person in that town?! Not a single 1?! Nim: Nope. Matthew: Holy… I can see why you’re worried for me now. Nim: Well to be honest, that’s not exactly what I’m worried about. Matthew: What is it? Nim: I… feel something. Something very, very bad. I don’t know what it is exactly but there’s something going on with that town. I’d feel safer if you didn’t go but I’m not your boss or anything. I can’t force you… but I will try to persuade you any way I can. Consider this… -throws something towards Matt- Matthew: -catches it- A… bike voucher? Nim: Wouldn’t riding a bike sound so much more fun Matthew?! Just then, Nim dropped down to 1 knee, holding her stomach and head. I was worried that her transporting us to this dimension again had gotten her hurt somehow. Matthew: Nim! Are you ok?! Nim: D-Don’t worry about me. I-I’m fine… Just ignore me. Matthew: I can’t ignore a friend! Nim: A… friend? Matthew: Of course you are! You’ve helped me so much in the short time we’ve seen each other. Before, you made me feel at ease when everything was happening to me and now… you’re warning me about Akuwa Town. I can’t just not go in there but I will be a lot more cautious now. Nim: I… helped you? Matthew, I… Thank you. G-Goodbye. Nim floated into the air with her arms spread out. I was teleported from out of that dimension and was plopped back down in front of the gate of Akuwa Town. I walked through and looked around a bit. There seemed to be a mini aquarium inside. This place obviously loved water in some way or form. When I exited that place, I could see Aelita. She was shivering a bit and trying to warm up. Aelita: Brrrgh… Matthew: Are you really that cold Aelita? Aelita: Do you not feel the cold Matt? Matthew: I don’t. But then again, I’m used to trying to make myself feel as cold as possible. Aelita: Well in any case… This way up north than I thought Akuwa Town would be. But we finally made it. That’s all that matters yea? Matthew: Yea… Just be careful though. Aelita: What do you mean? Matthew: A friend of mine gave me a… warning tip about this place. Not too sure how accurate it is but just be on your guard. Aelita: On my guard…? Alright. I don’t know who this friend of yours is but I believe you Matthew. Matthew: Right. Let’s see if we can find Saki. The 2 of us started to walk deeper into the city. So far, what Nim said about no 1 being around seemed true. There wasn’t a soul outside. This was very troubling. As we started to get closer to the middle of the city though, we found an old man on the ground. We went over to check on him. He was definitely unconscious. Matthew: What do we do?! Aelita: I… I don’t know! How hasn’t anyone seen this man on the ground though?! Matthew: That’s troubling me too… but we can’t think about that for now. Aelita: Umm… Ohh! I know! Pokemon Centers usually carry defibrillators in storage. Matthew: They do? Aelita: Mhm. If we can find 1, he might have a chance. Would you please go to the PokeCenter and try to find 1? I’m gonna stay here with him just in case he somehow wakes up. Matthew: Yea. No problem. I’ll be back as soon as I can. I headed for the PokeCenter. Luckily for us, we were right next to it. I went inside and started to look all over the place for a defibrillator. There wasn’t any there. When I stopped to think where it might be, that’s when I noticed something very strange. There was no Nurse Joy and that never happens in a PokeCenter. Now I knew Nim was right about nobody being here and I was also getting a bad feeling too. I noticed a door behind the healing machine counter. I went inside and luckily found a defib in there. Before I left, I quickly changed my party a bit. I don’t know why but a voice in my head told me to leave a spot in my team open. So I now only had 5 Pokemon with me. I quickly ran back out and handed it to Aelita. She plunged it into the mans skin and then pulled it back out. After a couple of seconds, the man started to cough. Matthew: Ohh thank Arceus you’re ok! Aelita: Yea! Are you ok? Why were you knocked out on the ground? Old Man: Why I’d never! You darn whippersnappers never have any manners! Don’t you know how impolite it is to wake an old man from his nap?! Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen! Matthew: Are you serious? If it wasn’t for us, you might not be alive right now! Old Man: Preposterous! Youth today will never get a sense of privacy and courtesy! Aelita: But… we- Old Man: SILENCE YOUNG LADY! THE NERVE OF YOUNG CHILDREN TODAY! Matthew: I am not a child. Ugh. Old Man: How DARE you! I am lecturing the both of you now and I expect you both to sit down and listen! Boy, when I was your age I spoke to my elders with respect. Ever heard of such a thing? RESPECT! Matthew: We don’t have time f- Aelita: Nope they haven’t. My mom was murdered when I was young and my dad never spoke to me. Does that answer satisfy you? Matthew: …Whoa… Aelita… That was hardcore… Old Man: -grumbles to himself- Mmm yes, well… Forget about what I said. Er… Who are you 2 again? Aelita: We asked you a question 1st? Why were you knocked out on the ground? Old Man: Ahh yes… Er… I can’t say I remember. Mmm yes well… Mmm yes… Matthew: Well he’s useless. Aelita: As much as I hate to admit it, you’re right. We’re not getting anywhere talking to him. Matthew: Ohh yea! Something’s wrong here. The Nurse Joy. She’s not in the PokeCenter. Aelita: Are you serious?! This is bad. Matthew: What do we do? Aelita: Hmm… Maybe there’s a festival on the beach or something? Matthew: Don’t you think we’d hear it? Aelita: I don’t know! Let’s just go check there! Matthew: Alright. Alright. Jeez. Don’t have to should at me. Old Man: I’m sorry young ones. I’ll try and remember but I can’t promise anything. Matthew: It’s whatever dude. We gotta get going though. Later. Aelita and I started to walk towards the beach part of the town. We were hoping to see people there. But when we got there, there was no 1 there. Not a single person. We were both worried about what could have possibly happened. There was a building up a little ways from us. We walked up to the door and started to knock on it. Aelita: Helloooooo?! Matthew: I don’t think anyone is in there. Aelita: Seriously?! Ugh! Where IS everyone?! Matthew: Alright. Let’s just calm down and think for a bit. Maybe there’s a logical explanation for all of this. Aelita: Maybe… Is it possible for an entire town to just… not exist? Matthew: You mean this town is here and no 1 lives here? Aelita: Yea. I guess that isn’t really a possibility. Matthew: Besides, that old man’s here. Aelita: Yea… That still bothers me though. Matthew: Yea. Me too. Aelita: Hmm… Ohh! There’s 1 place we haven’t checked yet. Matthew: Alright. Where’s that? Aelita: I’ve heard that there are daily performances down by the aquarium. Maybe people are there? Matthew: The whole town though? I mean… Maybe. I suppose it’s the best theory we’ve got. Aelita: Yea! No use standing here any more! Let’s head to the aquarium! The 2 of us left the building and headed up towards the aquarium. When were at the building, I could see a Gym Sign outside of it which meant that this place was also a Gym Battle Arena. Even though I’d love for a Gym Battle right now, finding Saki, or anyone at this point, was our highest priority. When we walked in, we could hear music playing. We were excited because that meant that somebody had to be here then. But walking into the next room, there was no 1 in there. Not a single person. The doors to the actual aquarium were locked as well. Aelita was getting aggravated but also scared. Aelita: Urgh! Where is everyone?! Matthew: Calm down Aelita! We have to assume something happened to this place. Aelita: How am I supposed to calm down to that?! Matthew: I don’t know but freaking out isn’t gonna get us anywhere! Aelita: -sighs- Alright… Ok. You’re right. Matthew: Look. There’s a room across the pool and it’s open. Maybe something is going on over there. The 2 of us walked over to the opened door and walked inside. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anyone in there. It was just us. Now it was truly scary. Matthew: Alright. Something bad has happened here. Aelita: I think you’re right but what happened? And what the hell is that beeping noise? Matthew: Umm… Well there’s a computer over there. Maybe it’s that? Aelita: -walks over to the computer with me- It’s gotten louder so it’s definitely the computer. Matthew: Maybe I should- Aelita: No no. I got this. I’m no computer wiz but I should be able to make something happen. Aelita confusingly played around on the computer until she came across an audio file on the desktop. We were both anxious to know what possibly could have happened to this whole place. Aelita clicked on the file and the audio file began to play. ???: Hello?! Hello?! Can you hear me?! This is Valarie Kersey, Gym Leader of Akuwa Town and the Marine Biologist here at the Akuwa Aquarium! We request backup immediately! Do you hear me?! This is not a drill! We require backup immediately! Aelita: What is going on…? Matthew: I don’t… This does not sound good. ???: Val, there’s too many of them! They already took Braixen and Adam! I… I can’t hold them back any longer! Kyaaaaah! Valarie: Oh god no! Saki! Don’t worry- What?! Where did you all come from?! L-Let go of me! Let g- *END OF AUDIO PLAYBACK* Matthew: What in the absolute fuck?! Aelita: Matt… W-What did we just listen to? Matthew: Something really bad Aelita. Aelita: Do you… Do you think there’s more to that file? Matthew: Umm… I don’t know. Maybe? Aelita: Umm… What about this blinking thing? -clicks on it- As soon as Aelita clicked on the blinking icon, a camera app popped up and soon, a police officer could be shown on the camera. We were both kind of surprised someone was on the other end of this call. What really worried me though was how shocked this police officer looked. Aelita: What is- Officer: Hello? I this Valarie Kersey of Akuwa Town? Aelita: Uh, n-no. This isn’t Valerie. Officer: Ohh? Then who are you? Matthew: I’m Matthew and this is Aelita. Aelita: We came to this town to look for someone but we haven’t seen anyone! Officer: Ohh… phew… You aren’t those guys. Matthew: Those guys? Who are you talking about? Who?! Officer: Wait… If you aren’t the others then… Listen to me very carefully you 2! Leave that town immediately! It’s not safe there! Matthew: Yea! No shit! Who are those guys that you spoke of earlier?! Aelita: What do you mean? Ahh! Nothing is making any sense! Officer: No time for explanations! This is an order! I’m telling you to- Just then, the power seemed to have flickered and mess with the computer. Everything the officer was saying was now hard to understand. Just then, the lights in the building turned red. Apparently, the backup generator power was running low resulting in the lights changing color. We decided that we should head back to Sheridan but then we heard a knock on the wall by the open door. Aelita went over to see who or what was knocking on the door. Suddenly, a Team Xen rushed in and grabbed Aelita’s arm and tried to take her away. She fought back and kicked the guy out of the room. Matthew: Holy fuck! Are you ok?! Aelita: I’m fine but what was that?! Matthew: It’s Team Xen! They’re here! Aelita: D-Did they have something to do with Akuwa Town being vacant!? Matthew: It wouldn’t shock me! But come on! Let’s get out there and teach them a lesson! Aelita: Yea! The 2 of us rushed out of the room and back into the pool area. But what we weren't expecting was the army of Team Xen Grunts. Even more shocking were the ones that had mechanical wings and were flying above us. There were definitely a lot of them. Matthew: T-There’s… There’s so many… Aelita: We can’t battle them all… Come on! This way! Hurry! Matthew: Alright! Move! The 2 of us made a run for it. Just then a Team Xen Grunt fell from the ceiling and landed right in front of us, making us stop. The 2 of us decided we’d dive into the water and swim our way to the exit. The plan worked and soon we made our way outside. But that proved to be not any better as well. There were even more Team Xen Grunts outside. Aelita: Ohh you’ve gotta be kidding me… Matthew: Urgh! Damnit! They outnumber us! Aelita: There are just so many of them… Too many, in fact… Matthew: No Aelita! It’s time! We can’t keep running! I’m not going to at least! You do what you wanna do! I’m fighting! Come on out guys! -sends out all 5 of my Pokemon- Aelita: You think I’m just gonna abandon you?! I’m sticking with you! We can’t give up! We’ve defeated them so many times! Let’s go! Come on out everyone! We need your help! -sends out all 5 of her Pokemon- We started to battle the many Team Xen Grunts. While we had maybe put a dent in their numbers, it wasn’t anywhere near to where we could escape easily. The time finally came where they took out our last Pokemon and it was just us left. We were defeated. The Team Xen Grunts rushed us and tied our hands behind our backs and put sacks over our heads. They then roughly pushed us onto what I assumed was a boat. They had us sit there quietly for the whole ride. I knew that wherever we were going was gonna be bad. POKEMON TEAM REJUVENATION CHARACTER RATES TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM QUESTION OF THE THREAD

Doesn't Ash get excited about any Pokemon he sees? Is he even gonna be in Gen 8?

The 2 of us walked down the steps and soon, we were deep underground. It was kind of creepy down there. Luckily, there were lights down there so we could see but everything looked weird. The walls looked like there was some kind of goo on it, the floors were cracked. It just didn’t look like a nice place at all. Matthew: Wow… This place is underneath Goldenleaf Town? Aelita: Who even knows if we are anywhere near that place anymore. This place is creepy. Matthew: Yea. We should- Aelita: Ahh! Matthew: What is it?! Aelita shakily pointed behind me. I slowly turned around and saw a Bannette there. I let out a great sigh of relief and was about to chew out Aelita for scaring me like that when the Pokemon came up to us, opened its mouth wide and screamed at us. It was safe to say that the both of us were officially scared from that. The Banette then laughed and disappeared. Aelita: Why did that- Matthew: I don’t know! Let’s just get going already! Aelita: Yea. You’re right. Let’s go. We started our walk through this creepy path. We entered the next room. As we were walking along the path, we could see the same Banette from before with a Scrafty. We kept quiet as to not alert them that we were here. It apparently worked as the 2 walked upwards and into another room. Aelita: Phew. That was close. Matthew: What do you think that’s about? Aelita: I don’t know… I got a bad feeling though. Matthew: I do too. Let’s be careful though. The 2 of us carefully walked up towards the way the 2 Pokemon walked up before. When we got to the next room, we made sure we couldn’t see the Banette or Scrafty. But when we went walking further into the room, 2 Shuppets appeared. They cornered us and had us float off above the ground. They took us to an opening below us. We tried to have them let us go before they dropped us but we couldn’t do anything. They released their hold on us and we dropped down to the ground. When we came to, we were in some kind of cavern. I looked over to me and could see Aelita. I tried to wake her up. When she came to, we looked around. There were a lot of separate little parts of the ground still up but below was just pure pitch blackness. A bottomless pit. Aelita: Ahh! Matthew: Ok. Ok. I know this looks bad but we gotta try to stay calm. Aelita: Calm?! How are we supposed to get out of here?! Matthew: I… I’m not sure. We… We gotta look around here for a way out. Aelita: You’re telling me we gotta jump onto those little pieces of land?! Matthew: Yes. Aelita: I-I’m not leaving til I know there’s a definite way out of here. Matthew: Are you serious? Aelita: Yes! Matthew: -sighs- Fine. Guess I can’t change your mind. I’ll risk my life, looking for a way out then. Aelita: G-Good luck… I took a deep breath and jumped over to the little plot of land ahead of me. I landed right in the middle of it. I looked back at Aelita. She seemed simply horrified at what I was doing. But there was a difference between looking at it and experiencing it and I was fucking experiencing it. I couldn’t let fear get a hold of me though. I started to jump to the little plots of land ahead of me. I was getting further away from where Aelita and I had fallen onto. I was definitely far away now. After a couple of minutes of hopping around, I could see a Shuppet. I assumed it was 1 of the ones that put me and Aelita in this situation. I chased after it as best I could. After some time trying to catch up to it, I had it cornered with nowhere else to go. Or so it seemed. The Shuppet laughed at me and then floated off somewhere. I was so exhausted that I had completely forgotten that Shuppets could float above air. I continued my hopping until I got to a little bit of a bigger plot of land. Unfortunately, there were these barrel things in front of me, preventing me from continuing. I could see a ladder going up out of here. I could see the Shuppet from before though on 1 of the barrels. I tried to get its attention but it completely ignored me. I then had an idea. It was just a speculation but I went back to Aelita. She was relieved to see me back ok. Aelita: Matt! Ohh thank god you’re ok! Soo… did you find a way out? Matthew: I… I think so? Aelita: You think so? Matthew: Look, I’m not definite but I need your help. Aelita: My help? With what? Matthew: There are barrel like things blocking the path. There a ladder on the other side. I chased a shuppet before and then it floated off and its now stuck on 1 of those things. Aelita: O…K? I’m confused. Matthew: If we can find 3 more, maybe they can get rid of those barrel things? Aelita: …Are you serious right now? Matthew: It’s our best chance of getting out of here. Aelita: Urgh… Fine. This sucks though. Matthew: Alright. You go that way and I’ll go this way. Aelita: Alright. Just… Just be careful alright. Matthew: Yea. You too. The 2 of us went off on our own, hopping throughout the area looking for the other Shuppets. It didn’t take long for me to find 1. Just like the other 1, I cornered it and then it floated off supposedly back to the barrels. I continued my search for the others. Eventually, I met back up with Aelita. Matthew: Any luck with you? Aelita: I found 1 and it went off somewhere. Matthew: I did too. So there’s 1 more left. Aelita: But where is- Ohh! There it is! The last Shuppet was there standing in front of us. The 2 of us went chasing after it. Unlike the other ones, this 1 was a trickster. It took longer to corner this 1 but we finally did. It then floated off. Aelita followed me as I took her to where the barrels were. When we got there, all the Shuppets were there looking at the barrels. When the 2 of us got close, not only did the Shuppets disappear but so did the barrels. Aelita jumped backwards from the scare of them all disappearing like that and started to fall backwards. I grabbed onto her arm and pulled her back towards me. The both of us fell onto the ground exhausted, scared but also safe. Aelita: I… fucking… hate this place! Matthew: So do I. Let’s get up the ladder and get out of here. Aelita: Yea. We won’t have to deal with this room ever again. The 2 of us climbed the ladder and reached the floor above us. We walked into the next room and realized we were back in the room where the 2 Shuppets had dropped us through the opening that was fenced off. We went through an opening and started to make our way through this place. We weren’t even trying to look around the place. We just wanted to get out of these as soon as possible. At last, we were starting to see more light at the end of a crumbled up hallway. There were some more jumping for us to do but it wasn’t as risky as the other area. Just as we were about to walk out, we heard a voice. ???: Aww. You’re leaving…? Aelita: Huh…? Who said that? Show yourself! ???: Why not stay here and play with us? Forever and ever and ever and ever… Matthew: Aelita, stay behind me. Aelita: Don’t have to tell me twice! Just then, the Banette and Scrafty from before showed up in front of us. Some other Pokemon showed up as well. I looked above them and could see even more Pokemon. It looked like that this could possible be some kind of Pokemon Gang. It was nuts. But before I could do anything, 1 of my Pokemon popped out of its PokeBall. It was my Duskull. It then started to talk to the Banette. I didn’t know what was being said but I assumed it was trying to calm everything down. Didn’t sound like it was going good however. After Banette laughed loudly in its face, everything was silent. Duskull was just floating there. I was worried about it. Aelita: I-Is everything ok? Matthew: I’m… not sure. Hey Krep…? Are you ok? Duskull: … Matthew: Kre- Ohh! Duskull started to glow a light blue color. I knew instantly what that meant. Aelita and I watched on as my Duskull started to evolve into a Dusclops. I didn’t know what was said to it but whatever that Banette said was enough to cause my Duskull to get so angry, that it was evolving. The light blue glow faded and there stood my newly evolved Dusclops. I looked on in shock when it roared out in anger. I never saw it this angry before. Matthew: Whoa buddy! Whatever that Banette said must have really pissed you off. Dusclops: Dusclops Dusc! -motioning for me to call out another 1 of my Pokemon- Matthew: Ohh. Need another friend? Sure buddy. Let’s take care of them! They’ve been messing with us since we came in here! I’ve had enough of them as well. I threw out another Pokemon and the battle began. For some reason, the opposing Pokemon didn’t want to attack my Dusclops. Most of them kept attacking my other Pokemon. Nonetheless, the Pokemon Gang was eventually defeated. The Banette and Scrafty seemed upset. The lot of them turned around and ran away from us. Aelita jumped up and down for not only joy but for the end of all this scariness. Aelita: Wow Matt. You and Krep here were great! Matthew: Yea. I’m not sure what that Banette said to it but it got you to evolve. You look amazing! Dusclops: -blushing- Dusclops.~ Aelita: Can we get out of here now though? Matthew: Yea. The outside is literally a few feet away from us too. Back in your ball now Kreps. You were great! I returned the newly evolved Dusclops back to its ball and walked with Aelita to the outside. We both were happy as heck to finally be out of that scary looking place. But we finally made it to Route 4. POKEMON TEAM TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM QUESTION OF THE THREAD

Yea seriously. Where is Impidimp? It's been like what? 3 months since we saw it revealed in E3? And hmm. G.F. Skitty and Delcatty? I will only agree to that if they give Delcatty an evolution.

I think it's not gonna have the best speed but not like 20. Maybe like... 60? It's deff gonna have a good attack though and maybe decent defense.

Yes! Sirfetch'd! I'm loving this so much! Buuut... I am a little confused. It is an evolution of Farfetch'd right and not just a G.F.? NVM! I immediately found my answer as soon as I posted this. XD

Aelita: Wake up Matt. Matthew: Erm, give me a couple more minutes… Aelita: Seriously, you have to get up. Matthew: Leave me alo- Aelita: WAKE UP RIGHT NOW MATTHEW! Matthew: Whoa! -falls out of the bed- Ow! Aelita: About time you wake up! Matthew: Oogh. You know, I’m happy you didn’t just leave without me but you could have woken me up in a better way. Aelita: We don’t have time for that Matthew. Matthew: Hey. What’s wrong? You sound serious. Aelita: People came here looking for you. Matthew: Looking for me? Wait. Is it Team Xen?! Aelita: No. They didn’t say where they were from but they requested to see you. Narcissa is already down there trying to get any kind of info out of them. So just hurry up! Aelita left the bedroom. I wondered why someone would come here to look for me. I got out of my bed wear and into my regular clothes and left the bed room and came downstairs. I met up with Aelita and Narcissa and could see the people they were talking about. There were 3 of them. 2 of them looked like Pokemon Rangers but the 1 on the middle looked a bit more important. He had long green hair and had a business suit attire on. Matthew: Hey. You get anything out of them Narcissa? Narcissa: No. The only thing they would tell me is that they needed to see you urgently. Matthew: I see. Well… I’m here now. Why are you wanting to see me? ???: Before I say anything regarding to the situation, I would like to make clear that you are in no trouble nor are we here to capture you in any way. Aelita: Hmm. I don’t know. That sounds just too good to be true. C : I know but I just need you all to trust me. I suppose I should introduce myself. While I would give you my real name, becauae of the type of work I am apart of, I will only give you my codename, which is C. I am part of the International Police. Specifically the Aevium Department. Narcissa: The International Police? C : That’s right and these 2 here with me are Goldenwood Rangers. Matthew: Wait. Goldenwood Rangers? Male Goldenwood Ranger: Yes. We are. Female Goldenwood Ranger: Does that mean something to you? Matthew: It’s just… last time I was there is when Team Xen came and tried to kidnap my 1 friend… Now I don’t know where she is. C : I see. I’m sorry to have brought bad memories but this is important. You see- Male Goldenwood Forest: Hold on. How can you be so sure that he can handle this sir? Female Goldenwood Forest: I mean if you can’t do it, what makes you think he can? Matthew: Handle what? Can someone just explain to me what’s going on? C : Hmm… You 2 have a point. I’m sorry Matthew but I think a demonstration of your power is necessary right now. Matthew: I’m not sure what this is all about but I never turn down a battle. Sure. Let’s do it. Narcissa: Hold it! Not in my house. We can do it outside please. C : Of course. All 6 of us went outside of Narcissa’s house. The C dude stood on 1 side as I stood on the other. 1 of the rangers yelled begin and the battle started. The match didn’t take long though. None of my Pokemon even took any damage. But C seemed impressed as well as the rangers. C : You are indeed strong. Male Goldenwood Ranger: That was incredible! Female Goldenwood Ranger: You didn’t even take a hit! Matthew: Well I mean you know- Aelita: You can boast about your victory later Matthew. Narcissa: Yes. We still don’t know why you all have shown up here in the 1st place. Matthew: Ohh yea! So what’s going on? What does the International Police need with me? C : Well as you already know, something is happening down at Goldenwood Forest. The wild Pokemon there have started to flee the area at an extremely rapid pace. Male Goldenwood Ranger: When me and my partner went to take a look at what was causing them to flee, we saw something out in the water. Female Goldenwood Ranger: It was this weird orb of energy. When we tried to get closer to see what it was, it attacked us. We were no match for it. C : Not even I could do anything against it. While trying to think of what to do though, I’ve heard about a trainer that has been going toe to toe against Team Xen and found out it was you. I figured you might be the only person to help us out in this trying time. Matthew: Wait… In the water. You mean the lake right? Male Goldenwood Ranger: Yes. We’ve never seen anything quite like it. Matthew: No way… It’s still there after all this time? Aelita: What’s there? Matthew: Remember that Volcanion back in Carotos Mountain? Aelita: Yea. I think it was called a Dimensional R- Hold on. Are you saying that this- Matthew: Yes. I am. Not only that, I know exactly what it is too. C : Are you telling me that you know what that thing is?! Matthew: Yes. It’s a Dimensional Rift and inside that is a Dimensional Rift Gyarados. I still don’t know the whole details but it transforms, kind of like Mega Evolution, but way more scary. C : I see. That is most troubling. Sources have told me that it can’t be tamed… Therefore, you will have no other choice but to destroy it. Matthew: …Heh… Narcissa: What is it? Matthew: I have to kill another Pokemon again… Narcissa: Kill? Matthew: Yea. If you can’t tame it, the only way to make it stop… is to kill it. Narcissa: That’s… That’s horrible! Matthew: It is and it sucks that I have to do this again… but I’m sure it’d rather have death than be like that for the rest of its life. C : Again, I am sorry that I am having to put you in a rather uncomfortable situation but we need your help. Matthew: I know… I accept. C : Then it’s decided. You are hereby a temporary member of the International Police. Matthew: Alright. So what are we waiting for? Male Goldenwood Ranger: Uhh, sir? Aren’t you forgetting the other thing as well? C : The other thing…? Ahh yes! Thank you for reminding me! There is another issue as well. We have been getting reports of a weird Rockruff attacking the Pokemon of Goldenwood Forest. Matthew: Stop… I know what it is. It’s a Shadow Pokemon. C : Shadow Pokemon? That’s back? Aelita: Unfortunately. Me and Matt have actually purified some but… I don’t know if he can catch it. His Snag Machine is broken. C : I see. That is unfortunate. Matthew: Wait. Does this Rockruff have a trainer? Female Goldenwood Ranger: From what we’ve seen and what the reports say, the Rockruff is acting on its own accord. Matthew: If that’s the case, then I might be able to catch it after all. Aelita: And then you can open its heart and purify it! Matthew: That’s the plan. So should we get going? C : Before we leave, I must tell you that only you are allowed to come with us. Aelita: What?! Why can’t me or Narcissa come along as well?! C : We can’t endanger people’s lives. Matthew seems to have dealt with these creatures many times. He’s the best suitable for this. He has the best outcome of coming back unharmed. Aelita: But I- Narcissa: Aelita, please. I know you want to help but if this is what they decided, then we can do nothing to change their mind. Matthew: And don’t worry about me Aelita. I got this. I’ll be back in no time. Aelita: Hrm… Fine. Just be careful ok? Matthew: You got it. Lead the way C. C and the Rangers lead me the way to Goldenwood Forest. I was shocked to learn that Wispy Path also lead back to that place. When we got there, they wished me luck and then went back inside the resting area. I looked around the place. The plant life definitely had taken over since I was here last time. It was amazing though. I started to make my way down to where Melia and I had 1st encountered Zetta. I wondered where Crescent had taken him. Hadn’t seen either of them since that day down in Amethyst Cave. When I finally made it to the little hill, I walked up onto it and looked over the water. It was true. The Dimensional Rift was still there. I took a deep breath and exhaled. Matthew: Alright… Let’s get this over with. I’m here Gyarados! I could hear Gyarados’ cry. The orb out in the water started to change. In a blink of a flash, the orb came closer over to me and then it appeared. Dimensional Rift Gyarados. It roared at my face. I looked up at it with remorse. I didn’t want to kill it but I knew there was no other way of doing it. Matthew: Well… I gotta put you out of your misery. D.R. Gyarados: -roars out in anger- Matthew: I wish there was another way of doing this but there isn’t. I’ll try to make this as painless as possible! The battle started. Unlike last time, it didn’t seem to be as destructive. It seemed like it was holding back. As if it was trying to help me release it from this horrible fate. It didn’t take too long for me to defeat the monster. After the battle, I looked up at the Gyarados. As I stared at it, it closed its eyes and smiled. It then disappeared into thin air. I was happy that I was able to help it. ???: Gyarados will finally be able to rest in peace. That’s a job well done Matthew. Matthew: -turns around- Ohh! C. Surprised to see you out here. C : Are you referring to my blindness? Matthew: Y-You’re blind?! C : Ohh. Did I not mention that? Well in any case, I am indeed blind. But I can see through the eyes of my Pokemon though. Matthew: Ahh… I see. Well in any case, I’m glad that the Gyarados will be at peace. C : Yes. Goldenwood Forest is 1 step closer to being safe once again. Matthew: Yea. Now we gotta find that Shadow Rockruff. C : We may not have to go searching for it. I just got a report in not too long ago on its most recent location. That’s why I’m here. Matthew: Alright. So where is it? C : It’s back up north in Goldenwood Cave. Matthew: Alright. I’m gonna head there now. C : I’m gonna go there with you. Matthew: Are you even able to? C : I made it here without any help didn’t I? Matthew: Ohh… I suppose you did. C : Then let’s head up there. The 2 of us headed upwards to Goldenwood Cave. I was amazed that C was able to walk up there and not walk into a million things along the way. Maybe he was really seeing through his Pokemon eyes somehow. When we made it to the entrance of the cave, we heard the growl of a Pokemon. We slowly entered the cave. Almost as soon as we entered, we heard the growl again but I was able to see the Pokemon. It was definitely a Shadow Pokemon and it was a Rockruff. Matthew: C! Watch out! C : I know! So what do we do?! Matthew: I gotta see what it does before I can do anything! I watched as the Rockruff stared at us with an angry stare. But it was acting weird. I expected it to try to attack us almost as soon as it spotted us but it didn’t. Instead, it was jerking its body around. Then I realized something. It was fighting. Fighting to either keep the door to its heart open or fighting to open the door to its heart. It wasn’t a fully completed Shadow Pokemon. Matthew: It… It’s not… C : What is it Matthew?! Matthew: That Rockruff isn’t a fully completed Shadow Pokemon. C : is that a good thing?! Matthew: Well kind of. It- Rockruff: ROOOOCKRUUUUFFFF! Matthew: Huh?! I looked back at Rockruff and it was charging towards me. I could notice that the top if its forehead was a brightly colored pinkish/purple color. I didn’t have anytime to get out of the way though. So instead, I opened my arms and waited for the Pokemon to fully make contact. When it did, I wrapped my arms around it. I was pushed back towards the little pond behind me. This attack hurt like hell though. I dropped to my knees. I let Rockruff go. Right now, it seemed that it was in control of its body. It looked up at me with remorse in its eyes. C : Matt?! Matt! What’s happened?! Are you alright?! Matthew: I-I’m fine… Are you… doing good Rock…ruffffff… I slowly lost consciousness and fall back towards the pond and splashed into the water. I could hear C yelling out to me to please come out of the pond and be ok. I could soon hear a scuffle going on. I gradually regained consciousness. Luckily, I wasn’t underwater. I was floating on top. When I looked towards where the Rockruff and C were, I could see C dodging all the moves Rockruff was throwing towards him. I waited for an opportunity and threw a ball at the Pokemon. It made contact and it went inside the PokeBall. C and I waited to see if the Pokemon was successfully captured or not. After a couple of shakes, it clicked, marking it a successful capture. The both of us gave a great sigh of relief. I swam back to the hard rock and pull myself up out of the water. C came over to my and draped me over his shoulder. C : Hey. You ok Matthew? Matthew: I-I will be… Must have been… hit harder than I though… C : What it do to you? Matthew: I’m not sure… It’s head lit up a weird… pinkish/purple color and then… headbutted me… C : Hmm… That sounds like Zen Headbutt… But how can that be? Rockruff can’t learn that move. Matthew: It’s a-another thing about… Shadow Pokemon… They seem to learn 1… move they usually aren’t… able to. C : Well at least you caught it. Let’s get your ball and get you back to the resting area. Matthew: R-Right… C took me over to my PokeBall and I weakly picked it up and put it in my pocket. He then helped me out of the cave and all the way back to the building. The rangers there did everything they could to get me close to 100%. It took about an hour but I felt better than before. I was still not 100% though. Matthew: Ahh. Thanks you guys. I’m feeling better already. Female Goldenwood Ranger: Yea right. You’re not even close to being fully better. Matthew: -chuckles- Well maybe but I feel better than I did a bit ago. Male Goldenwood Ranger: I’m sorry you got hurt but we deeply thank you for helping us with this issue. C : Yes. I’d like to congratulate you as well. Without you, I don’t know what would have happened to this place. Matthew: You guys don’t need to thank me. I’m glad I could help. But I gotta get going. I need to purify this little guy. C : Ahh yes. That Rockruff. Are you going to keep it afterwards? Matthew: That’s up to the little guy. I decided I’d let them decide if they wanna stay or leave. C : That’s very admirable of you Matthew. Again, thank you for helping us. Whenever we see each other again, we must have a rematch. Matthew: Yea! That sounds like fun. Well, I’m gonna go now. Bye everyone. We waved to each other good bye. I knew where I had to go. I had to go back to Sheridan Village. Thankfully, when I got back to Goldenleaf Town, the guy with the truck was there. He let me ride in his truck as he drove me to Sheridan Village. When we go there, I hopped off and went to the Celebi statue and touched its head. When we were in the purification place, I walked up to the Eldest. Eldest: Ahh. Back so soon? Matthew: Yes but only to purify this 1 Shadow Pokemon. Eldest: Very well. Bring it out and the process shall be done. I took out the PokeBall, which was actually the Mineral Ball exclusive to this region, and called out Rockruff. The Eldest did the ritual and soon, Rockruff was soon back to its normal self. It seemed so relieved. It made me happy. When it noticed me, it started to wag its tail happily. It must have known that I rescued it. I knelt down next to the little dog Pokemon. Matthew: Well Rockruff, I’m glad you’re back to yourself again. Rockruff: Ruff Rockruff! Matthew: So, do you wanna travel with me some more or do you wanna leave by yourself. Rockruff: Rockruff Rock! -jumps on me and starts licking me- Matthew: -chuckles- Alright. Alright. I know what your answer is. So what should I call you. Hmm… I know! How about Sasuke? Rockruff: -nods its head in approval- Matthew: Well then Sasuke, it’s time we head back on our journey. I took out the Mineral Ball and returned it back to it. I thanked the Eldest and went back to the statue. When I got back to Sheridan Village, I went back to the truck driver and had him give me a drive back to Goldenleaf Town. When I got there, I could see Narcissa and Aelita hanging out by the Giratina statue. I joined them. Aelita: Matthew! You’re back! So how did it go? Matthew:Well I took care of the Dimensional Rift Gyarados, the Shadow Rockruff hurt me… kind of a lot, caught said Shadow Rockruff and then purified it not too long ago. Aelita: Wow… Are you ok? Matthew: I mean I feel better than before but it’s gonna be a little bit before I feel 100%. Narcissa: Well I’m glad everything worked out. Matthew: Me too. So why are you 2 here? Aelita: Narcissa said she was gonna show me the way to Route 4. Matthew: Before I got here?! Narcissa: I would have showed you when you got here. But since that’s not the case anymore, I can show you both now. Aelita: Ok. So why are we in front of this statue? Narcissa: Do you see the inscription here? “Giratina, the protector of the Goldenleaf Region.” Matthew: Yea. What about it? Narcissa: The “R” in “Region” is actually slightly pushed outwards. Push it back and… The statue started to make some weird noises. A couple of seconds later, apart of the statue started to go underneath. Aelita and I could see a set of stairways under the statue. Narcissa: As simple as that. Matthew: It’s been here the whole time!? Narcissa: Mhm. Aelita: Whoa… Totally cool! Narcissa: Well… as much as I appreciate both of you, this is where we’re going to part ways. As I said before, change isn’t instant. It takes time for it to happen. I have to stay here and supervise things. Aelita: Ok! Thanks again! Matthew: It’s been fun Narcissa. Hopefully we see you again soon. Narcissa: We shall. Good bye Aelita, Matthew. Narcissa: Ohh! Before I forget… Thank you both. -leaves the area- Matthew: Well… that turned into a whole ordeal didn’t it? Aelita: Maybe so but we helped a lot of people. So it turned out for the better right? Matthew: Yea… Yea you’re right. Aelita: It’s good if we help the world a little as we go right? Matthew: Heh. Definitely. Alright. Let’s get back on track and get to Route 4. POKEMON TEAM REJUVENATION CHARACTER RATES TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM QUESTION OF THE THREAD

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I got fully prepared and left Narcissa’s house to go to the theatre. It was pretty late into the evening but I had a feeling that a lot of people were here wanting to watch this play. When I walked into the theatre, I could see weird pictures of Exeggutor and Slowbro. I didn’t know why she had those up in here but I guess it did add some kind of charm to the place. Before I went further up, I could see the panel to talk to Jan at the side. I decided to go over and see what I can learn about Narcissa. Jan: Hey Matthew. Another late battle eh? Matthew: You can say it like that. Jan: Hmm… By the looks of it, you’re at the Goldenleaf Theatre. So Narcissa’s finally doing her job huh? Matthew: Jeez. Ain’t that a bit harsh Jan? Jan: Do you know how many trainers quit here because she refuses to battle them? Well whatever you did, maybe she’ll battle more now. Anyways, let me give you some details on her. Her ace is a Dusclops. A strange ace, but an effective 1 nonetheless. It will be holding an Eviolite so it’s gonna take a lot of wittling down to send that ghost to the afterlife for good. Narcissa’s signature move is called Spectral Scream. It has a 25% chance of raising its defence. She’s all about that bulk. The battle field she uses is called the Haunted Field. Like the field suggest, this field is beneficial mostly to Ghost Pokemon. Ghost Type moves are boosted in power by 1.3x. Dark and Fairy Types are 0.7x in power. Most notably, Night Shade deals 1.5x more damage. So be wary of that. Matthew: Alright. Thanks Jan. I think I can take it from here. Jan: Alrighty then. Good luck Matt. And thanks for getting her to do her job again. The computer shut off. I walked up more into the theatre and could see Narcissa standing there. She seemed kind of nervous but excited at the same time. Matthew: Well hey there Narcissa. Narcissa: Ahh Matthew. There you are! It seems like the show is about to start. Matthew: Nice. You nervous? Narcissa: A little but I’ll be fine. But there’s still some time before your part comes in you know? Matthew: Ohh I know. The big main event! ???: Narcissa! Matthew: No… No way… The 2 of us looked behind me and walking up towards us was none other than Ren. He seemed somewhat shocked to see me there inside of the theatre. I could tell that things were gonna go from being decently good to annoying fast. Narcissa: Oh my… This is a plot twist. Matthew: Ren… Ren: Matthew… So you got through the barrier? Matthew: Yea but it wasn’t easy. Narcissa: Hold on. This seems pretty ironic. Are you telling me that you were the 1 who put that old thing up again? Isn’t that exactly what we used to do Ren? Something you detested so much? Ren: Hmph… This time it was different…! I had to buy time so that I could become stronger! Narcissa: To defeat me in battle? Still? That is your dream? After all this time you’ve worked so hard to do the same thing we did in the past. Ren: It wasn’t like that! I said it was just to buy time! Narcissa: Call it whatever you want but I’ve seen through your actions. But… I shall give you an opportunity if you wish to battle me that badly. Ren: You will?! Matthew: What?! What about my battle Narcissa?! I thought that was supposed to be the main event?! Narcissa: Calm down Matthew. Let me explain. Currently, all of the tickets to my show are sold out. However, there is 1 ticket I kept secret. 1 ticket that will allow you to see the show close up. Matthew: I’m… not so sure I follow. Ren: Yea. I’m confused… Narcissa: The 2 of you shall compete for this ticket. Ren: So where is it? Where is the ticket? Narcissa: It is located somewhere within this theatre. Ren, you will enter the right wing and Matthew will enter the left. 1st person to clear the backrooms of this theatre will receive their ticket. Ren: I understand… So it’s a race. A race to see who will change this town for the better. Matthew: Yea… I guess it is… Ren: I told you Matthew. I told you that I was determined to change the town myself. I won’t let anyone get in the way of that dream. Matthew: I know it is Ren. Trust me. You won’t let me forget it anytime we run into each other. Ren: Matthew… if you truly want to battle Narcissa, then you better beat me to the end! -goes to the right side of the building- Matthew: Urgh! Damnit Ren…! Narcissa: I apologize for changing the plan out of nowhere. Matthew: It’s ok. If anything, my determination to battle you has gone way up now. Narcissa: Good. I said I was going to convert my entire town in the direction of peace and love. And this includes Ren as well. He’s just as bad, even if he doesn’t know it. Matthew: Yea… I’m starting to realize it too. Hopefully, this snaps him out of it. Narcissa: As do I. I want you to defeat him in this race. But not out of spice. I want you to show him what he’s doing is wrong. I know his intentions are genuine but the execution is severely lacking. You must severely break someone down before you can rebuild them into a better entity. Remember that Matthew. Matthew: I will Narcissa… Thanks. Narcissa left to get ready for the show. I went to the left wing of the room as Narcissa instructed me to do. When I went into the next room, I was puzzled as to what I was supposed to do. I went through a door that was right in front of me but when I came to the next room, I was back where I started. That weirded me out a lot. I tried it again and the same thing happened. I noticed a door on the other side of the room. I tried that door. When I got to the next room, it was different but there was a Pokemon in front of it. When I got close behind it, it turned around. It turned out to be a Mimikyu. However, it spoke which scared me. It then disappeared. This was definitely a weird Gym puzzle. I then read what was on the wall. Matthew: “1 path leads to many doors. Many doors lead to only 1 exit.” Hmm… Is that a clue to how to figure out this weird as puzzle? I went to turn around and noticed a fire lit on a torch on the wall. When I came into this room, it wasn’t lit up but now it was. I had an idea. I went out that door and then up to the door that just led me back into this room. This time, the torch next to the door was lit. When I entered that room, it was a different room. Now I knew that the room I was supposed to be in would be lit up on the torch by whatever I was supposed to go to. It led me back out of the room and into the room I was just in but this time, there was a hole in the wall. I went inside, up the stairs and found myself on the next floor. I continued to follow the fire until I came across a mirror. A Dusclops came out of it and took me through it. After that happened, a weird girl came out of nowhere and teleported me back to the beginning of the area. I continued following the fire until I was at the top. There was a resting area there. I took a break there and then went through the final door. I thought I had won but Ren was walking through at the exact same time. We looked at each other in shock when we saw that we made it there at the exact same time. Ren: Damnit Matt! You’re so persistent! Just leave! Matthew: Me leave?! Why don’t you leave! I was here 1st! Ren: The hell is your deal? Why can’t you just let me battle her 1st? Matthew: Dude, she said that I could challenge her. Why shouldn’t I? Ren: I have been training so hard for this day… and you’re going to ruin all that training with just 1 battle… Matthew: Ren- Ren: No. I want you to listen to me. I appreciate you as a friend Matthew, but this is where I draw the line. Matthew: So what are you saying? This is like me breaking up the friendship? Ren: …In a way… Matthew: Dude, what is going on with you? You were NEVER like this before we got to this town? Is it really that important? Ren: Yes! Yes it is! Only 1 of us can get to Narcissa and that 1 is going to be me whether you like it or not! Matthew: Fine then! Bring it on! Show me what your training has led to! The battle between us started. While he was definitely better than the last time we faced off, the results were the same. I had come out the winner. The 2 of us returned out Pokemon back to our PokeBalls. I wasn’t happy though. I didn’t want whatever all of this was to break up our friendship. Ren: This… You… Matthew: Dude… Please… I didn’t want this. Ren: Then why did you do it?! Matthew: Because… you’re being just like how these people are right now! Ren: Wha-… No… No. You’re wrong. Matthew: Listen to yourself. You’re telling me you don’t sound like them? Ren: Shut up! Just… shut up. After everything… After my ambition to become better and fix this town… All those years spent becoming stronger… were for nothing? Matthew: Of course not! You got another reason to be stronger you know. Ren: Heh. That’s a joke. Matthew: What?! Ren: I’ve seen what you’ve done for this town Matthew. The moment I walked through the gate and into this town… I noticed something significantly different. Not everything’s fixed but I can feel the will to change. Matthew: I… I didn’t do it on purpose. Ren: Maybe not… but that was my dream. My goal. To accomplish that myself. So I ask you… Will you let me please battle Narcissa 1st? I thought about it for a bit. I mean what would it hurt if he did go on and battle Narcissa 1st and then I would battle her afterwards? I didn’t want all of this to mess up a friendship we made. I made up my mind. Matthew: Yes. Ren: W-What did you just say…? Matthew: Yes… You can battle her 1st. Ren: -stays silent for a bit and then starts to laugh- Matthew: What’s… What’s so funny? Ren: Ohh Matt. I know there’s no way you mean that. Matthew: What?! Ren: Face it. You beat me. Why would you let me go 1st? I wouldn’t be able to beat her now anyways. Matthew: Are you serious right now Ren?! Ren: I’m gonna go now. I’m not going to watch your battle with her. Let’s just see how good you are against her. Ren looked at me with a disgusted smile and then walked out of the room. I stood there looking at the door, hoping that he was just playing some kind of sick, sadistic joke and would walk back into the room and everything would be cool. I waited and waited. Nothing. He didn’t come back. I felt like I had ruined a friendship even though I didn’t really do anything wrong. I couldn’t do anything else though except go into the mirror. When I came back into a room, I was on a battlefield with Narcissa across from me. Matthew: Whoa. Is this… the battlefield? Narcissa: It is. The show’s not over is it? Matthew: No way. Let’s give them a grand finale. Narcissa: Yes. This is the final stand off between Goldenleaf Town and the world! Show Goldenleaf Town what you’re capable of! The Gym Battle was underway. In any Gym Battle I had in Aevium so far, Narcissa was definitely the hardest. Her field definitely backed me up into a corner. I didn’t know if I would be able to get out of it. But luckily, my Pokemon and I pulled through and came out the victors. Some cheered as some booed. It didn’t bother me though. I enjoyed the battle and it seemed Narcissa did too. Matthew: I have bested you in battle Narcissa. Narcissa: You have and thus, Goldenleaf Town has fallen and the world of peace, love and happiness have won as well! The world has missed us. This ordinance of isolation is over! From now on, we will welcome any outsider as if they were 1 of us. Let us- Sariah: Narcissssaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Matthew: Ohh fuck. This loudmouth again? Sariah: -walks up onto the stage- What is this nonsense?! How could you lose to this… this… outsider! Matthew: You know, you keep calling me that as if it’s an insult. Just saying, it’s not. Narcissa: To answer your question, I suppose I wasn’t strong enough. We weren’t strong enough. Sariah: So what…? Are you saying we’re just going to treat these outsiders with respect now?! After everything? Have you completely forgotten what they did to us? Narcissa: What they did to “us”? What are you talking about “us”? You weren’t even born when that tragedy happened. Matthew: Really? So she’s just like this because… Why are you like this?! Sariah: Shut it you… you…! GAH! Narcissa: You know what you’re doing Sariah? You use that as an excuse to be a hateful, xenophobic, miserable girl. Sariah: Wh-What? No! That’s not- That’s not what I meant! I want to avenge my fallen brethren! Narcissa: Then avenge them in a more positive way. The past is the past. It cannot be changed no matter how much you cry, grief or scream. Instead of living it, let’s build a future that our loved ones would be proud of! Matthew: Doesn’t that sound better? Sariah: …I seriously cannot believe what I’m hearing right now. Aelita: Then you don’t have to believe it. No one’s telling you to stay here. You can leave whenever you want. Sariah: Excuse me but who the hell do you think you are?! How dare you to tell me to leave here when you’re not even part of this place! Narcissa: Ahh. But where would you go? No matter where you’d end up, you’d be outsiders. I wonder… Would they greet you with love and compassion? Certainly not because you didn’t give them the treatment they desired when they visited us. Sariah: I… I… Urgh… Fine but I’m not going to like it. Narcissa: And you don’t have to. Matthew: Hell. I’m not asking you to like it. I just want you to give it a chance. Sariah: …Mhm… Matthew: That’s an improvement! Narcissa: This is just what’s going to happen from now on. And I’m aware that change won’t happen immediately. It takes time for it to blossom. But I will be here until we bloom into a beautiful flower in the sun! For peace, lover and happiness! The people in the audience got up and left for home. Aelita and I helped Narcissa clean up a bit in the theatre before going back to her place. It was almost pitch black outside when we finally left. When we made it back to Narcissa’s house, we sat down at the table. We were all tired as hell but happy that the play seemed to have paid off. Aelita: Narciss, that was an absolutely beautiful performance! Matthew: I know I wasn’t there to see any of it but I bet you were. Narcissa: Thank you 2 so much. It’s been a while since I’ve done something like that. If I’m being honest, I was extremely nervous… Aelita: Really? You didn’t look nervous to me. Narcissa: Apparently so. I pulled through somehow. And I couldn’t have done it without you 2. Aelita: We were happy to help! Matthew: It was nothing really. That battle was awesome though! Narcissa: Thank you. I must admit, I had a fun time battling you too Matthew. It got my blood pumping. Narcissa: Ohh! I almost forgot. Matt, here’s your badge! -hands over the Phantasm Badge- Matthew: Sweet! This marks badge #4! Aelita: 4? How’d you get 4 already? Matthew: Uhh… I’ll tell you about it some other time Aelita. Aelita: Huh…? Well ok then. Whatever you say. Narcissa: Now you 2 are trying to get to Route 4 right? Aelita: Yes! We have to get to Akuwa Town as fast as possible. Matthew: I need to get my Snag Machine fixed pronto. This is essential in taking Team Xen down. Narcissa: I see. Sounds quite the ordeal. I shall show you the way out of the town but that will wait until tomorrow. I’m sure you 2 want some rest? Matthew: Desperately. I’ll be lucky if I can walk another 10 feet. Aelita: Yea. I’m tired as well. Narcissa: Well you 2 are welcome to stay here for the night. When morning comes, I’ll take you to the area. Now let me show you both up to your rooms. Aelita and I followed Narcissa upstairs. She showed us the room we’d be staying in. Luckily, there were 2 beds in there. We said our good nights and got ready for bed. As I laid in bed, I couldn’t help but wonder about Ren. I wanted to know if he still saw me as a friend or an enemy now. I drifted off to sleep wondering about our fate together. POKEMON TEAM REJUVENATION CHARACTER RATES TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM QUESTION OF THE THREAD

When I got to the Wispy Path, I could see some Team Xen trucks just like back in the Goldenwood Forest. It brought back bad memories when Melia and I were trying to escape that place. I knew it was bad news that they were here. As I continued to go to Wispy Tower, a Xen Grunt approached me and engaged in battle. I was able to defeat him quite easily but I was upset. He was using a Shadow Pokemon. A Shadow Masquerain to be precise. I instinctively went to throw a PokeBall at it but then I remembered that my Snag Machine was busted. After the battle the grunt gave me a cocky grin. Matthew: What are you smiling about? Xen Grunt: I may have lost the battle but you weren’t able to snag my Shadow Pokemon. Matthew: Urgh! -sighs- I will someday… I left him and got up to the Wispy Tower. When I went inside, I was surprised to see an entrance going down below the tower. I knew that it could be a trap but I had no choice but to go down there and see what was going on. I cautiously walked down the steps, making sure not to set off any kind of possible traps they might have left me. When I got to the bottom, I could see someone standing with their back turned towards me. They were talking to themselves. I then realized it was Geara. Geara: How long has it been since I’ve last visited this place…? It’s torn to shreds now. -turns around and notices me- Ohh? You’re out? Matthew: Yea and I’m here to stop you Geara! I don’t know what you’re planning but I won’t let you get away with it. Geara: Heh. I’d really love to see you try. You know Matthew, you really shouldn’t be butting into Team Xen’s business. But if you want to stick your nose where it doesn’t belong, then fine. Let’s make this a little more enjoyable shall we? Matthew: What are you talking about? Geara: I’ll meet you at the bottom level of this laboratory. Matthew: What? You scared to face me right here and now? Geara: Ha! Don’t get so cocky. I still have some things to iron out. So I can’t have you meddling. Matthew: And what exactly are you trying to iron out? Geara: You’ll see soon enough. Hey Sharlene! Can you hear me?! Sharon: I can hear you just fine, so stop shouting. Also… it’s Sharon. Geara: Yea yea. Whatever. Just close the gates! I’ll be down there in just a moment. As for you Matthew… See ya! -runs down the hallway- Matthew: Come back here Geara…! Urgh! Damnit! Now what? ???: Hmph… What a big fat loser that guy is. Matthew: Huh…? Ohh. It’s you Mosely. Mosely: The 1 and only.~ But man. That guy can go on and on about stuff no 1 care about. Like please, save me all the angst and teenage hostility please! Matthew: Well it made sound like nonsense to you but he’s apart of Team Xen. Whatever they’re doing here can’t be good. I need to get through these gates but I don’t know how to open them up. Mosely: Me neither. I think our best bet is to just look around here and look for a way to open them up! Matthew: Yea. You’re right. Alright. Let’s go searching then. The 2 of us headed to the right and looked for a way to try to open the gates. When we got downstairs, another Xen Grunt was there and just like the last 1, he too had a Shadow Pokemon that I could not snag from him. After the battle, the 2 of us got away. I was upset about not being able to save them. Mosely could see that I looked upset. Mosely: Umm… You ok? Matthew: Not really… Did you notice that person’s Pokemon before? Like did it look different than usual? Mosely: It did actually. Matthew: Well that’s what known as a Shadow Pokemon. Mosely: A Shadown Pokemon? What’s that? Matthew: Hmm… It’s when you close a Pokemon’s heart from the rest of its body. It then becomes a fighting machine. It’ll go berserk. Even on the person using it sometimes. Mosely: That’s horrible! Matthew: I have a Snag Machine that I could have used to snag them but… it’s broken right now and that means I can’t save them. Mosely: Ohh… I’m sorry. But I’m sure you’ll be able to save them in the future! Matthew: I hope so… Mosely: Hey. What’s that? Matthew: What’s what? Mosely pointed out the end of the wall. There was some kind of panel thing on it. The 2 of us ran over to it and pressed a button on it that said open. We could hear something upstairs move. The 2 of us looked at each other and ran upstairs. When we got up there, we could see that 1 of the gates were open but there were 3 others left to open. Since we already searched all of the right side, we went to the left and searched that area. There were a couple of Xen Grunts there too. Again, 1 had a Shadown Pokemon I couldn’t save. I was upset but I had to push those emotions to the side for now. We came to a section that went up more, to the left and right. We went to the left and saw another panel. When we were leaving though, I could see a book laying on a table. I decided I’d come back later to read it. We went to the rest of the rooms and each had a panel in it. They also each had some kind of book on a table too. With all the buttons pressed now, the gates upstairs were all opened. Mosely: Alright! That should have done the trick! Come on! Let’s get upstairs! Matthew: Uhh… You go on ahead. Mosely: Huh? Why? Matthew: I wanna see something really quick. Mosely: Well ok. Don’t take too long! Mosely ran out of the room and back to the now opened gates. I went to the table with the book on it and began to read it. Matthew: Let’s see here… “Greetings… I work at the Wispy Radio Tower. Together we created an experience that was unmatched by anyone. Soon what was supposed to be an innocent job… turned into something much more intense. We all thought that we had influence to change the world. What could 1 do to change the mind of others? This is what we were interested in. How powerful is our influence? The head of the Radio Tower, Sirius, believes that 1 with a voice can change the mind of anyone who listened. But there’s a game to it. Certain key words that must be carefully crafted together. I was intrigued… So I joined his efforts in creating a new world with our influence. How deep this will go? Only time will tell?” I put the book down. I was kind of confused but what was being said here but I figured it couldn’t be good. I left that room and went to the room that was up from the section. I went to the table there and read what I now knew was a journal. Matthew: Alright. Let’s see what you got for us Journal #2. “I’m sick and tired of Sirius going around and testing things we didn’t agree on. You said you wanted a perfect worl but you haven’t exactly stated what’s “perfect” to you? Anyway, I let him do what he wanted because he seemed to know what he was doing. At least tell me what the hell you’re doing Sirius. Are you sure no 1 knows about this?” Whatever this Sirius was doing, didn’t sound too good. I wondered who the person that made these journals was though. He seemed to have known what Sirius was doing. I left that room and went to the last room which was to the left. I went into there and picked the book up from the table and started reading it. Matthew: “I walked into our lab today and Sirius said he had something to show me… My interest was piqued. I decided I had wanted to follow him. What I saw was absolutely unbelievable. I saw the legendary Pokemon Giratin-” Wait! Giratina!? How the hell did that happen!? “Sirius said that our influence wasn’t enough. We could not change everyone with our Radio Tower. He said that we could only create a new world by destroying this 1. He sounded like an absolute madman but he talked as if he was completely sane. It was a hypnotic experience, if I’m being honest. That’s why I opted to continue helping him regardless of what the result would be. Together we’re going to destroy and recreate the world in our image.” I stared at the book in complete and utter shock and horror. Then I remembered what Geara said earlier. He had stuff to iron out. I didn’t want to believe it but if these journals were telling the truth, then there was no doubt in my mind. Giratina was still here and Geara was gonna try to use it. I dropped the book to the floor and ran as fast as I could back up the steps and through the opened gates. Ahead of me, I could see Mosely and also Narcissa. It seemed as though she had woken up from her unwelcomed nap. Narcissa turned around and noticed the both of us. Narcissa: Ohh Matthew. You’re here too. And you… you’re that child that likes to steal from residents from my town. Matthew: We… Wait. You stole things from the people of Goldenleaf Town Mosely? Mosely: Well… I mean yea but- Matthew: There’s no time for that now. Where’s Aelita? Narcissa: Ahh yes. Aelita. She’s still knocked out. Don’t worry though. She’s in my house in a bed. But enough about that. What in the world is this place? What is it doing underneath Wispy Tower? Mosely: Uhh… I actually don’t know. It might be a Team Xen base? All I know is that this place is super old. We have things growin’ aroudn here! Matthew: Yea. Well whatever this place is, we need to stop that Geara person before it’s too late. Narcissa: What’s wrong? Matthew: I’m not too sure how accurate it is but while I was downstairs, I found these journal entries. The last 1 mentioned about Giratina and it was in this building. If it’s here and Team Xen is further into this place- Mosely: That isn’t good then… We should hurry! Narcissa: Yes! We must! Mosely and Narcissa ran down the steps. I took a few more moments to relax and then I followed suit. When I got to the bottom though, I heard something close and then some kind of banging. I ran to the front of the room and could see Eli and Sharon standing there in front of a closed door going to the next room. Matthew: You 2 again? Sharon: Ohh. Lookie here. It’s Matthew. Again. Eli: Yes. I could see that Sharleen. Sharon:…Disregarding the blatantly wrong name… we were ordered to stall for time a bit. It looks like Geara is having some issues. Matthew: It’s Giratina isn’t it? Sharon: Couldn’t tell you. I haven’t been down there. I don’t really like being around the jerk anyways. Mosely: They closed the door on us the moment we walked past it! That’s pathetic! I mean what kind of jerk tries to trick a child!? Sharon: The kind of jerk who was ordered to? I dunno kid. Matthew: Don’t worry Mosely! I’ll take them on over here! You and Narcissa should go downstairs and see if you can find Geara and stop him! Narcissa: Right! Come along Mosely! Mosely: Whoop some ass Matthew! Sharon: Hmph. Having them go down to Geara huh? Whatever. We should get this over with right? Matthew: Yes! Sharon: Ok… Let’s start. We each grabbed a PokeBall and the battle started. Unlike the last time we fought back in Goldenwood Forest, they were a lot stronger this time. Their attacks seemed more coordinated as well. Even though it was very close, I was able to come out victorious. But like last time, this Sharon girl didn’t seem to care that she lost. Sharon: Well, we lost. I guess we have no other choice but to bail right? Matthew: I don’t get you. You never seem to care what Team Xen is doing and never seem to care if they fail in their mission or not. You don’t even really try your best to help them. So why stay with them? Sharon:…I just can’t ok? But before I go, I think we should 1st open the door, right Eli? Eli: Yes Sarah. Sharon: …It’s SHARON! Ugh. I swear you people do that just to piss me off. I mean is it that hard to remember such a simple name?! SHAAAAAAROOOOOON! Right. Well I’m over that now. Eli: I apologize Sharlon. Sharon: …Let’s just open this stupid door and then beat it. The 2 opened the doors and then left the area. I couldn’t figure out that Sharon girl. She was a mystery to me. But I couldn’t focus on that. I had to go downstairs fast. When I got to the next room, I looked around quick to see if there was anything important to find and there was. Another journal on a table. I picked it up and tried to read it as fast as I could. Matthew: “I must write this quickly as I may not have time left but… the tower is currently on fire. We don’t know how this happened but it did. Sirius and I are trapped in the stasis room for Giratina but we can’t go upstairs or we’ll die for sure. But there’s something I have to say. Something I re-” What…? Damnit! I can’t read the rest of this for shit. I gotta get to Mosely and Narcissa though. I put the journal down and went to find the 2 girls. When I found them, they were staring at Geara and something else. When I caught up to them, I couldn’t believe it. It was Giratina. I was right this whole time. Giratina was inside this place. But it looked like it was hooked up to a machine of some kind. Matthew: D… Damnit… Mosely: What the heck is that big chicken?! Narcissa: T-This can’t be… Is this…? Geara: It’s exactly what you think. Matthew: I was too late… Fuck! Geara: Indeed you are Matthew. Gaze your eyes on the so-called protector of Goldenleaf Town Giratina! It’s been propped down here for decades. Did you know that Narcissa? Narcissa: I’m… I’m speechless. Geara: I know what will lighten the mood. How about a little story? Matthew: A story? About what? Geara: Shut up and you’ll find out! Ahem. Once there was a prosperous, wealthy, and intelligent young man named Sirius. Narcissa: W-What? Why do you know that name? Geara: …This man was ambitious. He always knew what he wanted in life. He wanted a world where he could create everything in his own image. A so-called perfect world. A world without a god. Matthew: A world without a god? That’s insane! Geara: 1 day, this man heard of the Legendary Pokemon Giratina. He learned that Giratina was the protector of Goldenleaf Town. He MANIPULATED the leader of that village and married her to gain power. Narcissa: Stop it… Matthew: Wait… that Sirius dude was your husband…? Geara: He was able to convince his wife to let him build a Radio Tower. A place where he could continue his studies without ever being suspected of wrongdoing. And he succeeded! Mosely: Hey moron! Are you deaf?! She said to stop it! Narcissa: Why…? Why are you telling me all this?! I don’t understand! Geara: Quiet down the both of you. Anyways, as I said… he succeeded. He was able to capture Giratina and bring upon the start of a new age. Unfortunately, 1 day, this tower mysteriously caught fire. The tower burned him and his research down with it. Trapping this Giratina in the abyss of this very dark shell of the past. Matthew: You’re fucked up in the head to tell her all of this man! Why would you- Narcissa: No! M-My husband would never keep… How do you know this much!? Geara: Heh. That no longer matters anymore. I only want 1 thing and that is revenge. And I’m not leaving until Matthew have been successfully eradicated! Matthew: You can try but I’m not dying here today! Geara: Imagine… Imagine being trapped in a tower for decades. Being trapped without anyone knowing you existed in the 1st place? In a way, I feel for this Giratina. I can feel its rage and its lust for destruction. Matthew: Narcissa! Mosely! Get back! He’s gonna unleash Giratina on us! I’ll protect you ok?! Narcissa: I… Mosely: R-Right! Geara: I’m going to grant it what it wants! Narcissa: Gregory, stop this nonsense! Geara: Wha- Gregory?! Don’t you dare call me by that name you bitch! I haven’t been called… that for a long time and I don’t intend to be called that either. Giratina, lend me your power! We can benefit each other! Giratina looked at Geara and then looked at the 3 of us. It gave a dark stare at us. It moved back and then thrusted forward, breaking whatever was on the Giratina. It was now free and apparently working alongside Geara. This was a bad situation. Matthew: Fuck. This is gonna be hard! Geara: -laughs loudly- Now together, we’ll destroy every enemy that dares to cross us! Giratina! Destroy them! The battle started but Geara 1st used his Pokemon team. That battle was hard enough but when he had Giratina come in at the last second, that’s when this battle got difficult. For a bit, I thought it was all over for me. Team Xen would win and the 3 of us would be no more. But that wasn’t the case. My Pokemon came through for me and I barely managed to squeeze out a victory. Geara looked absolutely shocked at his own defeat. Geara: No… No! That’s- Matthew: Impossible? You do know that I defeated a Shadow freaking Mewtwo right? Then again, I did have help in that battle. Geara: You… You’re lying! There’s no way it’s possible for ordinary trainers to match the power of a legend… Matthew: Listen to me Geara. Since I came to this region about a week and a half ago, nothing ordinary has happened to me. I’ve been battling weird, demon forms of Pokemon, have to deal with you twisted fucks, had to deal with a psycho dad who put his kid through horrible trials and I am trying to save any Shadow Pokemon that I see. So in short, I am no ordinary trainer. Mosely: Whoa… How long have you been holding that in? Matthew: A very long time Mosely. Narcissa: Gregory… I haven’t seen you since that day… To see you again this way absolutely breaks my heart. You don’t have to be this way. You can still be loved by everyone. Geara: I don’t want your sympathy! I don’t want a damn thing from any of you! You know what I really want?! I want to crush you all! Narcissa: That’s unfortunate. I’m sorry to say that no 1 will be crushed today Geara. And that includes you as well. So please, come with us. Geara: Well… When you put it like that… Giratina! Kill Matthew! Narcissa: -disappointedly sighs- You always were just so stubborn. Dusclops! Dusclops popped out of Narcissa’s PokeBall and got behind Geara. It grabbed both of his arms and spread them. It was kind of weird what I was seeing to be honest. It didn’t look right. Narcissa ordered her Dusclops to take Geara somewhere but to where, I had no idea. Before he disappeared though, he returned Giratina back to its ball and then threatened us. Dusclops then floated upwards and the both of them disappeared. Matthew: Whoa… That’s freaky. Mosely: And just like that, he’s gone. Narcissa: Yes… indeed he is. Mosely: Who was that guy anyways? You seemed to know him… Narcissa: You’re asking these questions now? Where were they when he was actually in the room? Matthew: Well I mean when there’s a Giratina staring you in the face, it’s kind of hard to think up of questions. Mosely: Yea. There really wasn’t an opportunity to ask questions. You 2 seemed like you were having a moment anyways. Narcissa: Ahh… I see. But I don’t feel like being here any longer. Matthew: Yea. It’s kind of… I’d like to get out of here. Narcissa: Let’s go to my house. I’ll make you all some dinner. Matthew: Food does sound good right about now… Mosely: Yay! Food! Maman was supposed to cook tonight but… Narcissa: How about I lower her burden tonight then? Let’s leave this place together. The 3 of us walked out of the Wispy Tower together and went back to Narcissa’s house. As Narcissa cooked, we all talked about stuff. Our separate adventures, lives, just random stuff. This was the 1st time in a long time I felt really relaxed and happy. Even though my Snag Machine was still broken and Melia was still missing, this was a great evening. Narcissa got done cooking and we all began to eat. I have to admit, Narcissa is a good cook. She made so many good stuff, I didn’t want to stop eating. And apparently Mosely felt the same way. While we were eating, Mosely began to laugh. Narcissa: Did someone get the giggles? Matthew: -chuckles- Yea. What’s so funny? Mosely: That Geara person. His name. -continues to laugh- Narcissa: What about it? Mosely: What does it sound like? Matthew: Hmm… Geara… Geara… No way… Narcissa: I’m not getting it. Matthew: Geara named himself after Giratina. Narcissa: Huh…? Oh my. So he did. The 3 of us started to laugh at that fact. Who knew someone would be so pretentious that he would name himself after a Legendary Pokemon. It was pretty funny. Just then, Aelita came walking down the stairs and seemed confused on what was going on? Aelita: Uhh… Did I miss something? Matthew: Yea but it’s alright. Aelita: Well… ok. If you say so. But hey! I’m up and ready to go! Narcissa: I’m glad to see that you are finally up Aelita. Aelita: Of course! I can’t let something so small bring me down! Matthew: But you’ve been out longer than Narcissa… Aelita: Shush Matt! Uhh… anyways, good morning everyone or whatever time of the day it is. Mosely: It’s the evening. Aelita: Ohh. Sheesh. I was out for a long time. Damn. Matthew: It’s ok Aelita. We took care of things. Aelita: I can’t believe I lost so quickly to that creep but I won’t let that happen again! I wanna be the person who always has your back. So please look after me too! Matthew: Hell yea. You know I got yours dudette. Narcissa: Ahh. Companionship. Humanity’s final hope for redemption. I suppose this brings us to our final problem, does it not? Aelita: Huh? What are you… Ohh… Yea. We still gotta figure out some way to change the people of this town. Is the assembly idea still on the table? Narcissa: I’m not sure. An assembly is such a ludicrous idea… So ludicrous that it just may work. Matthew: That’s awesome! Aelita: Yea! Should I go ahead and set everything up then? Narcissa: Hmm… No. No I don’t think that will be necessary. Aelita: What? But why not? Narcissa: I prefer to take a more personal approach. Matthew: I think I know where this I heading. Narcissa: When I was younger, I used to be a famous actor. I lived in the theatre practically. I yearned for the crowd’s cheering, the elegant showtime… That dream has unfortunately died a long time ago. But I don’t care. I would like to persuade everyone with my acting. Matthew: There we go. Aelita: So… you want to persuade your people by… acting in a play or something? Narcissa: Yes. In fact, I’ve already planned out everything. Mosely: Already? You’re a fast thinker Narcissa. Narcissa: Thank you Mosely. Matthew, you will be playing a vital role in this play. Matthew: Wait. I’m gonna participate in the play? But… I suck at remembering lines. Narcissa: -chuckles- Do not worry. You won’t have to do any talking if you choose not to. At the very end of the show, I will battle you in front of the entire town. Matthew: Ohh. Ok. Now THAT I can get behind. Hold on… Is that gonna be a Gym Battle? Narcissa: It will be. Now while I won’t be holding back, I want you to defeat me. Mosely: Wait. You want to lose to Matthew? Narcissa: Yes. I want you to show our little world what an entire galaxy is capable of. Aelita: …I see! Well this is definitely a more creative way of doing things. But damnit! I think it’s a great idea! Matthew: Me too! Especially since I get to battle you for the badge! Narcissa: Then we shouldn’t waste time should we? Mosely: As much as I’d like to stick around and see the play for myself, I have to get back home. Maman will kill me if I don’t get back soon. I’d rather be alive, ya know? Matthew: Aww. That kind of sucks Mosely. I was enjoying your company. Mosely: Hehe. I’m sure we’ll meet again someday Matthew. Don’t be sad. Narcissa: I completely understand. I did not expect you to stay in 1 place for too long anyways. That’s your nomadic spirit isn’t it? Mosely: Heh… Narcissa: Ohh. You should take this as well. Mosely: What is it? Narcissa: Leftovers. I put some food in there for Maman as well. Tell her it’s a peace offering and that she should visit Goldenleaf Town soon. Mosely: Ohh Narcy! You’re the best! I’ll visit you again soon! -leaves the house- Narcissa: Well as they say, the show must go on! You coming with me Aelita? Aelita: Yes of course! How about you Matthew? Matthew: I’m gonna stay here a bit and prepare myself. I won’t be too long though. Promise. Narcissa: Alright. See you in a bit. Narcissa and Aelita left the house and went to the theatre. I stayed at the house preparing myself for my upcoming Gym Battle. I was getting hyped up for it. For the 1st time, this Gym Battle was gonna be a regular fun battle. There was no 1 I was trying to save quickly, there was no 1 that was just gonna bolt and try to do something to stop Team Xen and there wasn’t a psycho person pitting me against a friend. It was gonna be a normal Gym Battle. I couldn’t wait to face Narcissa. POKEMON TEAM REJUVENATION CHARACTER RATES TIME SPENT IN AEVIUM QUESTION OF THE THREAD