#I think it would be fun if Akari caught like. the modern versions of the Hisuian Pokemon

[ghostypetrainer]

Okay but the reverse time travel AU is so funny?? Does Emmet end up going to the future to rescue Ingo at some point? Or does someone stumble upon Ingo/Akari in a hisui exhibit and start them on a quest to get them back home? Is the rift still caused by frenzied gods or is there a different reason? There's so many possibilities!! Plus, plus, imagine if Alpha Pokemon still existed in Hisui so Ingo and Akari are the only people who know what they are

Like, okay- the people closest to them definitely kind of assume Ingo and Akari are time travelers. It's obvious they have zero familiarity with even the most basic of modern technology- indoor plumbing? air conditioning? landline phones??? all so bizarre to them. so strange. Memory loss couldn't cause that!! Probably, at least. But the thing is, they have no idea where or when they're actually from. They don't remember much about their homes- only that the Pokemon there were much more dangerous than the ones here.

I think there are things they could make connections with- Akari arrived in her Survey Corps uniform, and Ingo of course had his Pearl Clan tunic and his Warden bracelet- two things he never parts with, even after being offered more modern clothing. He also has his flute, and Akari has an (empty) set of ye olde pokeballs with her. But this is more useful for Professor Laventon than it is Irida and Calaba- since you know, he's a professor! He eventually assumes that Akari is from Ancient Sinnoh, and was probably a member of the Survey Corps... but that doesn't narrow it down a lot. That's still probably a decently sizable chunk of history!!

And yeah, Volo still caused the rift, but I guess since this is set in modern Unova, he frenzied Reshiram and Zekrom instead? And is working with Kyurem? I GUESS it could also be set in modern Sinnoh, but then there's no trains for Ingo to discover lmao. Don't ask me how they ripped through time and space. they just did. don't worry about it.

Alpha Pokemon are still pretty common in Hisui!! It's their appearance in modern times that is so strange. But these huge Pokemon are somewhat familiar to Akari and Ingo, the former of which is skilled at avoiding them, and the latter of which is good at that too, but knows how to confront them if necessary- especially after he gets some Pokemon of his own, after Irida teaches him how to use Pokeballs.