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  1. Mindlack
    I don't think I have commented on this thread before, as I'm more of a lurker, but I wanted to express my delight at seeing that your run, which I immensely enjoy, wasn't dead. I loved your recap, even though finding the exact correspondance took me a while. What's your Madame X theory again? I look forward to your analysis about Crescent too.
  2. Mindlack
    I've got a really stupid idea... (atop Eclysia Pyramid) Ren: Stop talking as if you've already won! We're still here and we will stop you! Flora: But... I've already won? There's nothing else for you. As I speak, the Judicial building is being taken over by my loyal followers. It won't be long until Grand Dream City is completely under my control. Perhaps, if you sacrificed your three friends you desperately tried to save and stayed in the city... Things would have been different. Ren: I don't even know what to say to you... I've never met someone so far gone... So discon
  3. Mindlack
    Are you sure we see actual bodies? It looks rather like armor (although, it could still be an artificial body underneath)... I didn't think of androids for Nancy, I always assumed "doll" referred to maids. But indeed, why would a maid be able to program? It makes more sense indeed if Nancy is an android. Though I do wonder how come the MC didn't notice, if such is the case. A random question though: is it confirmed that maids are Garufan? Aren't they more ancient, as Indriad is supposed to be way older than that? That notion is a bit tricky when yo
  4. Mindlack
    But Crescent (or any alter ego) doesn’t show up either in the bad future when we get Decimated.
  5. Mindlack
    I also wondered about that. I thought of several explanations: 1) There are several people, related or not, taking Madame X’s armor (the Madame X we had atop Eclysia Pyramid wasn’t really consistent with every other encounter we had). Can be explained by the “armor factory” in Amethyst Cave. 2) The Madame X in Eclysia Pyramid has had her memory rewritten as well. 3) It’s a much younger Madame X which we meet at Eclysia (hence maybe why she insists to lock Aelita and us up). 4) The alliance between the Surfer Duo and Madame X is only circumstancial.
  6. Mindlack
    No, I'd suggest working with them towards a "spot the impersonator" show. Better money this way (and you can keep tabs on them more effectively).
  7. Mindlack
    That's a good and clear summary (and yes, your conclusion is sound), but it doesn't explain everything, far from it... Here are a few questions: 1) What kind of "danger zone" are we speaking about? Apart from being obviously working with the culprit behind the stone phenomenon and impersonating someone who is actually around? What exactly is a bigger threat? And how are they getting out of it? 1 bis: Aren't they attracting exactly the attention of any agent who could be after them? 1 ter: Or are they cooperating under threat of petrification? If so, how do you qualify this mess
  8. Mindlack
    This sounds like the stupidest plan in the entire game, including Team Anti-Assist's antics and the policemen's attempt at striking it rich. Seriously, no one is better than the entire cast at failing to come up with useful information. Isha has some sort of connection with Team Xen, of course, but you make a point. If the vaccines were behind the Xenpurgis, what exactly could we do? What could Flora do? I have a couple of possibilities in mind, but none seem very plausible: 1) the Xenpurgis needs some sort of specific activation sequence (for instance, set
  9. Mindlack
    I haven't seen anyone make this point, but Elias can't use Snorlax or Slaking, because sloth and gluttony are deadly sins. These Pokemon would even have to be curbed on a Holy Field...
  10. Mindlack
    Yay, Season 4! But I'm really worried the beginning is too good to be true. Too much positive emotion, that's... really ominous. Now I'm really scared... But I now realize it's somewhat true, from E16 on, the picture really looks grimmer and grimmer somehow. Like Pyrrhic victories.
  11. Mindlack
    It doesn't necessarily mean that Crescent is alive either. She could be Madelis's nightmare for all we know (or perhaps Zetta if you want to get meta). I thought that too, but actually Freya's timeline makes sense. From Braixen's memories (which could be faked but let's assume they weren't), Crescent appears after the Surfers' attack, barely on time to rescue the downed Saki & co. Still, her saying about them "there's nothing to worry about" at Tesla's house is rather careless if so (but then again, first rule of Being A Mysterious Omniscient Figure: you can't go around and
  12. Mindlack

    The final chapter of the first part of my Reborn story is out! Will Gabriel survive Corey's death trap?

     

    (There's going to be a break of maybe two or three weeks before part 2 starts)

     

    Second, more of an idle remark -- it's surprising the amount of questions you get to write down about a yet-incomplete plot when you try to fan-fiction/AU your way through/around/inside it. 

    (Yes, it's again about that Rejuv story idea. I don't know if I'll have the time to write it but it's rather cathartic to plan the highlights). 

  13. Mindlack
    So here we are, at the very last chapter of Part 1. I didn't make any pictures, maybe I'll add some later. Perhaps how the battle against the game's Corey went, perhaps something about Beryl Bridge. As I said, there is going to be a short hiatus after this one, you'll have to go find something else to read for a while (how fortunate, I suppose, that someone decided to start a new season of their tale). I have plot details for Part 2 to figure out -- Yureyu, the Orphanage, Blacksteam to some extent. If you really are bored in that time, you might also try and find some little hints
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  15. Mindlack
    I am aware of that. I was using this fact to argue that in the game, the sequences in the past were plot-moving instead of mostly expository. In other words, I was arguing for the first choice of the following alternative: is Rejuv a huge, ramified and intricate stable time loop, or is it rather a linear (timeline-wise) adventure with very “vivid” history lessons? Of course, to draw a conclusion we'd need to consider the entirety of the plot... Random question about Crescent -- does anyone have the impression, looking back into the game, that in her interactions with the cast
  16. Mindlack
    I wish we knew. What we do know is that it is important. If it weren't, then it's just a plot device to get us/someone else to the 18 Badges and that sounds too lazy. Other indices of its importance include: 1) the fact that someone took the bother to circumvent the (heavy) procedures to register us. 2) the fact that these procedures were very paranoid in itself -- especially when time travel is involved, any mildly relevant background (such as the tournament's former fiasco and Cassandra's former decisions) event can and should be treated as deliberate interference.
  17. Mindlack
    Clearly, a lot of parties are interested in the tournament. We could be sent back in time to register once we realize how important it is. I understand your point about time travel being (in the game) mostly a glorified way for exposition of past events. But I don’t quite agree – we make a lot of ripples in the past. Saving the officer (if so), the Rift book, interfering with Indriad’s bomb, stealing a file from Rejuv. Co, killing Gardevoir (at last!), helping Vivian make the protection spell and helping Cella and Anju figure out what is happening...
  18. Mindlack
    Ok, so I found a couple of very strange ideas instead of doing whataver I was supposed to do, so let me sketch them... 1) About Yveltal's Demise 2) About Amanda Oh, and a third one about the Tournament because I really don't want to do whatever I'm supposed to:
  19. Mindlack
    (Spoiler for the end of the hidden library sidequest)
  20. Mindlack

    You know what's a fine way to procrastinate? Searching for anagrams.

    Spoiler

    Thus, "Meet Existentialists whom harten" is an anagram of

    Spoiler

    It whose limits Team Xen threatens

    Team Xen threatens me with its silo

    Team Xen threatens me with its soil

    Team Xen is the threat to smile wins.

    So threaten Team Xen with its slime.

    SOS. Threaten Team Xen with elitism.

     

    The conclusion of the story, of course, is that 29-letter sentences have way too many possible anagrams.

  21. Mindlack
    Did I miss something, or is everyone completely forgetting about whoever is behind Melia being the antagonist is really a funny idea though.
  22. Mindlack
    Okay, so, since Team Xen is doing PSAs over the Coronavirus, some particularly dirty-minded opponents are bound to counterattack... (warning: what follows is nowhere near any kind of sound medical advice -- please don't follow anyone's actions as shown below) ***** Getting into Xen headquarters had been a breeze. She should have done that earlier, actually. These distancing measures were actually severely hurting their ability to be a nuisance, and their security. She hadn't had any trouble to find a sick executive, send them wherever she pleased, and take their un
  23. Mindlack
    Okay, so first -- don't stress so much! (and please don't be stressed or ashamed over your own stress, that's doubling your troubles ). Second -- it's finally out! You've been teasing it for a while, I was quite excited. So, I think it's a nice prologue. Are the events in Sinnoh that drove her to Reborn mundane, plot-relevant, or very plot-relevant (like, end-of-arc revelations)? Does she have a specific reason to go to Reborn? How will she react to Reborn? I'm very interested to find out!
  24. Mindlack

    Chapter 25 of my Reborn story is out!

     

    I get significantly more views for my story now. Looks like global lockdown somehow gives people more time to glance at stuff. I kind of wish I knew the proportion of people who actually read, but then again maybe I wouldn't like the result. 

     

    Also, I have a horrific idea for a Rejuv story. It's so bad it might be funny to plot out, maybe cathartic to write at some points, but perhaps not very entertaining to read. So I don't know if I'm going to pursue it. 

    1. Mindlack

      Mindlack

      Thank you for the comment! 

       

      But I'm afraid it wouldn't be the same thing, actually... 

       

      I thought of my Reborn story when I realized that a lot of protagonists I had read had a lot of certainties -- who they are, what they want, what they're going to do, why, how and how much they fight, the fact that they're (as per canon) outstanding Trainers. And I wanted to challenge all of that while still remaining in the framework of the Reborn story.  

       

      But that idea for Rejuv, it's not really about love (I've got a much more complicated relationship with the plot, I guess). It's more like... (warning, terrible metaphor ahead) 

      A blindfolded team that tries to thoroughly redecorate the ground floor of a skyscraper.

      It may become something entirely different, and, well... it may collapse.  

       

      But I'll certainly be thinking on about this. If I think it holds, if I have enough time, maybe I'll give it a go. 

       

    2. Lexi Starr

      Lexi Starr

      Yeah, I realized that too. That's why I wanted to write Melanie as unsure and nervous at first, instead of the "outstanding trainer" at first. I wanted her to be different.

       

      Also, to tell you the truth - I kind of have complicated feelings about Rejuvenation's plot too. So, it's ok. It's also ok to be different with your story. Not everyone has to do a long retelling of game's plot, for ether games.

    3. Candy

      Candy

      I’d say if you have time and the ability to keep two stories afloat, you should write it. Whether or not people read it, you’d have fun bringing your imagination to life. As for me, I realized early on that I can’t do two Pokémon stories at once (lol I barely can do one) so won’t be writing a Rejuv story until Vanini’s story is complete. By that time I’m sure Rejuv will also be complete 🤣

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  25. Mindlack
    Since we're in kind of an important progression, I'm making a slightly shorter delay for this chapter and the next one which is the finale of Part 1. Expect a bit of a hiatus afterwards as I need to fully figure out Gabriel's next misfortunes the next steps of the plot. Mostly, I need to fill in the blanks between the end of Part 1 and whichever showdowns I plan for Part 2. Warning: There are some descriptions of violence in the chapter but nothing imo that's harsher than the game. Chapter 25: Last Stand Characte
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