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Mewtwo: [Care to explain what I might experience?]

Reid: [Well... his attacks hit extremely hard... not sure how else to describe it...]

Vris: [He also healed completely from Reid’s unique variations of Shadow Moves...]

Speara: [That’s... new...]

Entei: [And with the ability to “Clease” Shadow Pokemon with the same aggressive force as Celebi, could be pretty deadly if used with far too much force... in theory at least, hrm...]

Hikari: [This “Strident King” sounds more like the big villain of some Human’s fanatical stories, the ones they make into books... feels like Dark was underselling them somehow...]

Cecil: [Right? I’m glad I’m not alone here...]

Entei: [And if this is the kind of force we’re dealing with and they’re on some bizarre warpath... it’s best to answer this “question” being asked of you two.]

Vris: [I still have no idea what that’s all about...]

Reid: [Yeah... my memories of the past aren’t really... focused at the moment...]

Entei: [Then allow me to focus them, since we’d like to avoid a Mew with the power of creation going wild: It, presumably, has something to do with one of your many fights with Team Machine...]

Reid: [Do YOU know what he wants?]

Entei: [Unfortunately, this is a... guess... If Celebi were here, I’d imagine they’d tell you to figure it out on your own... so I will do the same.]

Vris: [... Uh-huh...]

Entei: [I will say no more... unless you wish to challenge me-]

Lugia: [Stop that you old fool!]

Entei: [Humph.]

Gareth: [... Despite everything I’ve heard about Rteddy... for some reason I’d rather deal with that over King right now...]

Mewtwo: [Thanks for your encouragement.]

Raikou: [Sorry to interrupt this train of thought, but, what happened to Koko?]

Reid: [And what or who is that..?]

Vris: [That weird-looking thing that tried to fight with Rteddy?]

Raikou: [It’s wise to say that in terms of raw power, the Tapu have us beat to some degree.]

Reid: [Rteddy was able to push them back...]

Entei: [There are four Tapu, and their power comes from their homeland, when at full strength, from my understanding, they can become massive, humanoid, beings the size of titans.]

Vris: [And why didn’t they do that...?]

Mewtwo: [I assume we’d like the lingering bit of green in Orre to survive the wrath of a regional “deity”...]

Faril: [So... these Tapu things could lay waste to everything?]

Lugia: [Apparently?]

Mewtwo: [Make them angry enough, sure. An entire town in Alola was left in ruins because their faith faltered in one of the Tapu... or so I was told. They also fight with beings from another dimension entirely that... probably would make Rteddy look... tame... or so I’m told...]

Vris: [Then... let’s leave them to deal with Rteddy...]

Reid: [A-agreed...]

Mewtwo: [Hmm... anyway, I don’t think I can ignore the Mew in the sky here any longer... plus I doubt your ‘kid’ is able to understand why every single adult just stopped talking all of a sudden. Good luck.]

Lugia: [I’ll be in touch~]

Faril: [Like hell you wil-] Damn it!

Vris: ... Ugh.

Royo: ???

Reid: Okay-

Hikari: I have an egg to worry about... not even going to try and process this in detail right now.

Speara: Would anything we learned even be of use? No one’s willing to directly deal with Rteddy, the Strident King seems to have grown stronger and I feel like we’re still missing something.

Faril: Hmm... [Care to fill them in on the “end of the world” bit?]

Reid: Riight... [No.]

Cecil: Sounds like the Strident King is just... bad? Hah... I’ll focus on treasure hunting and rescuing eggs...? Yeah... I don’t think Ian and Qui’ll even believe this...! Plus... yeah, not touching the weird magic doll monster... no way.

Vris: That “hint” Entei gave is.. useless... if we can’t figure it out and he shows up again... then what?? If we shouldn’t fight him-then what???

Raikou: Talk? There’s something important that Mew wants from you, you know this.

Hikari: Since when has talking ever worked for any of us?

Speara: ... Hmm...

Vris: Feh...

Faril: Suddenly my face hurts...

Reid: H-Hahah...

Cecil: Hmmhmmm~

Raikou: No comment?

Cecil: No, just happy to be here. Besides, these problems seem... insurmountable right now, but I’m sure there’s a solution to everything, hmm~?

Hikari: ... If there is, I’m too tired to figure it out.

Vris: I can agree there...

Reid: ... Yeah...

Raikou: You should check on your injuries anyway, and take the chance to understand the “Mew’s question” situation... do either of you know where to start?

Reid & Vris: No...

Hikari: Damn it all...

Speara: Ah...

Cecil: They’ve had a lot of run-ins with Team Machine... just from the stories I’ve heard... h-hahah...

Speara: Remembering which specific event King’s possibly asking about isn’t going to be... easy...

Vris: Oh no... really? Thanks queen obvious...

Speara: Humph...

Vris: Humph....

Reid: Let’s... not fight here... please?

Faril: That’s rich, coming from you, Reid...

Reid: If this is about your eye again, I said I’m sorry-

Faril: Sorry doesn’t grow a new eye!!

Cecil: ... D-do I want to-

Hikari: Reid and Vris have a history of maiming people...

Cecil: Aaah... fair enough~

Hikari: You think that’s “cool”... don’t you...?

Cecil: ... ... ... No-

Hikari: Uuugh...

Raikou: I believe I will take my leave... being here is making me very uncomfortable... a past life isn’t too... pleased to be here...

Hikari: They’re all distracted... so, take care wherever you’re going... safe to assume you Legends won’t interfere much more, right?

Raikou: Considering we’ve likely turned humanity against most of us... we may become closer than you think... however... I’m not too eager to deal with this... “Rteddy” creature...

Hikari: ... ... Fair enough.

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Faril: ... WHERE WAS THAT AGAINST LUGIA?!

Yoshi: EXACTLY...!!

Reid: ... Eh?

Vris: Reid... what is this? This isn’t Shadow Sky...

Carla: It’s definitely not Shadow Sky...

Reid: Something Dire did a long time ago... also kind of reminds me of when Lugia initiated their fight with me... I’m just... “mimicking” it... shrouds the area in shadow auras... so his ability to track us or our attacks is likely nullified a bit now... anyway, before he comes back, Faril, Yoshi? Can I ask you guys to-

Faril: I’m not fighting THAT...!

Reid: Wasn’t asking that, could you make sure everyone’s okay? And hide them in the mountain cave, please?

Faril: ... Why...? [He’s way too calm right now...]

Reid: Because, Vris... want to make this “Shadow Storm” into a “Shadow Typhoon”...?

Faril: ...

Carla: ...

Yoshi: ... Um-

Vris: ... Hell yes...

Yoshi: ... I-I’ll get Sean... or try to...

Faril: ... Right... behind you, Yoshi...

Carla: ...

Reid: Right, Carla... want to help out? We could use the help so long as you’re not going to-

Carla: Of course. So long as we don’t kill him, you both know what’ll happen if he dies right...?

Reid & Vris: ...

Carla: ... Guys.

Reid & Vris: No promises.

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Vris: Did you stitch it back up like this?

Pyre: Yep, well, I tried, Reid helped me out the best he could, too, but I... didn’t intend for that to happen... but you can’t predict modified Pokemon’s powers...

Vris: Right, the whole Kryona thing, right?

Pyre: Yeeah... I guess Reid explained that to you?

Vris: A good chunk of it, yeah,including your story.

Pyre: O-Oh... r-riiight... I probably... didn’t need to recap then... h-hahah...

Vris: Relax, Reid told me that Rteddy... was being... Rteddy... I trust you.

Pyre: Phew-uh-I mean-yeah...! I don’t get how you guys handle all of... that.

Vris: Did we, though? I’m not sure, honestly...

Pyre: H-hahah... Fair enough... and uh, random question... d-do you sometimes get this feeling that... maybe... juuust... maybe... it’s... watching you...?

Vris: You too, huh...?

Pyre: That... can’t be a good thing... right?

Vris: It’s... not, but outside of being very, very creepy... they don’t... do anything... even Reid’s seen them-

Pyre: Riight, I remember... he had a huge breakdown after it.

Vris: Tch, makes sense... anyway, Reid can-or well-could sew?

Pyre: Yeah, apparently, but he says it’s hard to do really precise stuff with his right arm, oh and he got super good at building things too, made a bunch of communication devices out of some bracelets he had and stuff and was able to fix a bunch of things, you know?

Vris: Oh yeah, he was always good at making machines... but they weren’t always “good”...

Pyre: Rteddy?

Vris: Rteddy.

Pyre: Right, hah... well, I’ll let you get some re-

Vris: Wait, do you still have those sewing tools around?

Pyre: No, but I bet Camomile has something we could use, why?

Vris: Do you still have Reid’s bandanna? He told me he lost it when Faril and Sean attacked him.

Pyre: Yeah...! But, aren’t you tired?

Vris: Very, but this’ll only take a few minutes... I have some sewing skills too... heh! And Pyre-

Pyre: I’ll be right back...!

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Hikari: ... Right, right...

Cecil: No offense but it seems like you’re... tired?

Hikari: Ugh... Probably... it is... late... I think?

Speara: We already have an idea of what to do and how you should proceed, at least until we can be sure that Meinshao and her friends won’t show up again looking for you, at least for a bit. I’d say, for Pokemon who want to keep somewhat of a low profile, it’s probably best to have this place as some kind of haven... not that I agree with everything that goes on here.

Hikari: ... Fair enough.

Cecil: Exactly, you should rest for a while and leave everything to m-

Raikou: Where...? Ah... the Under... vague, but unpleasant memories are coming back... ugh.

Vris: Wait, we’re in the Under? How-

Faril: Lugia... ugh... they didn’t give me enough time to get ready for that after trying to tell me to brace myself...

Royo: Huh, mom!

Vris: Royo, are you alright!?

Reid: ... Phew... at least Rteddy’s not-

Hikari: Excuse... Me...?!

Reid: ... Uh-

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Yoshi: Probably above us?

Arrow: On it!

Sean: Will you focus on watching Royo instead?? I think none of us want Vris pissed again!!

Arrow: Doing both, Sean!

Cassidy: Gugh... T-this just... H-had to happen... n-now...!

Yoshi: Cassidy-

Cassidy: I-I get that King’s... t-trouble somehow, but... t-there’s no way we’re ready to d-deal with him... r-right now...! A-and what was that pressure earlier??

Sean: ... Yeah...

Yoshi: When Team Machine and the Strident Knights fought, King got involved and held nothing back... that weird aura of his, that “pressure”? Goes right along with it...

Sean: So, like with Lugia-

Yoshi: Yeah...

Sean: Yoshi... WE NEEDED VRIS TO JUST CALM LUGIA DOWN!!

Yoshi: I-I know, chill...!! We just need to stall for time... There’s no way Lugia’s ignoring King’s appearance here... we just need to hold out until either he, Reid and Vris catch wind of this-

Cassidy: T-that’s asking a lot...

Yoshi: I know... but our first move should be to break that move he’s using... Tri-Attack is one of his most destructive attacks.

Cassidy: W-w-wHA-

Sean: Excuse me?? HOW???

King: [How can I gather the needed information? Threats aren’t going to work while they’re all together... do I really have to use force like the prior Mew suggested...? No... if I could get to that child... maybe-no... what would that accomplish... their wrath would just grow... Damn it... the only options seems to be fighting, to keep them here... and...]

Peroxide: [Why did I have to be the only flyer;;;]

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Arrow: ...

Peroxide: DON’T SAY ANYTHING!!!

Mew: Hmm?

Arrow: ... You know, you’re pretty scary, but Vris is faar worse than you...

Mew: Is that so?

Cassidy: ...

Arrow: By the way, do you know anything about XD Shadow Pokemon?

Mew: What?

Arrow: Yep, all yours Cassidy!

Mew: ??

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Bartholomew: Wherever he is right now... I worry for whoever got him on edge like that...

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King: Yoshi. Cassidy-

Cassidy: B-b-b-but....

King: What are you so nervous about, Cassidy? You could fix everything by merely... subduing these threats... easy enough, right?

Yoshi: Hold on-

King: Vris’ allies, I believe? While your appearances don’t match the reports I obtained years back... I’d assume the ones here are: Peroxide, formerly a Vibrava.

Peroxide: ...Uh...

King: Arrow, a Buizel, though the scar is new.

Arrow: ...

King: Sean, a Scrafty, typically not directly associated with Reid or Vris, but often seen lingering nearby whenever they were in Orre.

Sean: W-what-how?!

King: Missing are Faril, a Ralts with an attitude, Zang, the apparent leader of the group-

Arrow/Sean/Peroxide: ...!

King: And of course, Reid and Vris, though...

Royo: ...!

King: Would this be the child seen with the Trio? Huh-

Yoshi/Sean/Arrow/Peroxide: STAY AWAY FROM HIM!

King: Oh, surprising-

Cassidy: H-He’s been through... e-enough!!

King: Cassi-

Cassidy: B-b-n-no-shut up!! Wh-why are you... h-here!!?

King: ... ... To speak with Reid and Vris. By any means necessary. And it seems you and Yoshi have chosen your sides.

Yoshi: Damn right we have! I’ve put up with it long enough...! You’re the reason my brother’s dead! So many Pokemon died on your watch, just like Nelda-you two are monsters!!

King: ...

Yoshi: Reid and Vris... so long as I’m here, you’ll never... ever get near them...!

King: ... Where was all this anger before? Shouldn’t it be directed at Reid? I mean, it was his creators who killed your brother after all-and Cherry’s situation-

Yoshi: Shut the hell-

King: Why should I? Yoshi, you’re just as guilty as I am, considering your friend.

Yoshi: ...! King!!!

Sean: Dude, don’t fall for something so cheap!

King: Now tell me where-

Cassidy: N-N-NO!!

King: ... I-

Peroxide: Hey, we don’t even know where Vris and Reid are! They left hours ago!

King: ... You expect me-a psychic-to believe that?

Peroxide: I-It’s worth a shot...?

Arrow: Sean, I have an idea.

Sean: Yeah, I can imagine...

King: ...

Yoshi: Whatever it is, leave this asshole to me!!

King: Yoshi... OK... then I guess we’ll go with force.

All: What-

King: I’ll get my answer... one Pokemon at a time...

Yoshi: !! MOVE!!!

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Reid: ... Wait... Wait a minute...

Lugia: Ooh, do you see it now, Reid? Can you see Shadow Auras now~? Perfect timing!

Reid: ...

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Reid: BUT-

Lugia: Oh... this is going to be fascinating!

Royo: ... Huh...?

Reid: What?

Lugia: Oh, right, your little goggles are broken, aren’t they? Might be time to get used to sensing shadow energy, Reid.

Reid: Lugia-

Royo: Uncle... Reid?

Lugia: Think about it, Reid... I’m sure you can assume some vile things happened to lead this child here... why isn’t Vris with him, hmm? Finally, he gets to see you again, but you’re hunched over, barely even able to raise yourself up... standing before someone obviously stronger than you-and who knows what else the poor child’s seen-think about it.

Reid: ...! R-Royo!

Lugia: Oh, this’ll be fun~

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Lugia: Sometimes, it’s better to share… it might help you get over them, little one~! 

Royo: ...

Lugia: Do any of them have to do with… Uncle Reid? 

Royo: …;

Reid: What, Royo-

Royo: W-Why did you run away…!

Reid: … Royo please, I didn’t want you guys to get hur-

Royo: First, Mr. Rocket disappeared and then you ran away… Momma and I were so sad…

Reid: I… Royo-

Lugia: What’s to stop him from running away again, little Royo! Uncle Reid doesn’t like responsibility anymore!

Royo: No…

Reid: S-stop! He’s… he’s lying Royo, I wouldn’t leave you alone here, I promise-

Lugia: Like his mother did? Or the one who apparently took him away, hmm~?

Reid: What?

Lugia: You were all alone, for so, so, so long, weren’t you? And now your Uncle Reid’s planning to do the same thing to you all over again, aren’t you, Reid?!

Reid: Be. Quiet. Lugia! I’d never-

Lugia: But you did. And what about this Vou individual, hmm? Remember, I’m an exceptional psychic, no secrets are safe from me~

Reid: … You… bastard… Vouto was NOT like what happened back then! I didn’t leave him because I-dagh…

Lugia: Because…?

Reid: Lugia-

Royo: Reid… 

Reid: …?

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Faril: ... Are you-you’re kidding me...

????: Oh, uh... heheheh...;

Faril: This might be our out-they don’t want to leave without Reid-

Arrow: ... Reid, so we weren’t hearing things...?

Royo: Reid’s here??

Faril: ... Stop changing the subject-

Arrow: No, I think we do-what are you doing here? What’s the fight about further inside?? WHO’s actually fighting?? It can’t be Reid, can it-

Faril: Not. Important.

Faril: We don’t have time for idle chatter right now, that’s my last warning!!

Cassidy: W-what’s so special about that child...?

Faril: We can distract Lugia with him-then get out of here.

Royo: ...!

Cassidy: W-w-what?? That’s cruel, even for you, Faril-

Sean: Wait, what’s-

Faril: It’s either a cave-in or Vris’ anger, because I can sense her-outside, so... which one is better?

Arrow: ...

Sean: ... oh god...

Cassidy: ... Wait... so that’s-

Sean: ARROW... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!

Arrow: What?! What did I do...?! You’re the ones talking about re-kidnapping him!

Cassidy: N-No we’re n-not!!

Sean: You’ve got this COMPLETELY wrong...!

Faril: ...

Arrow: Do I?! Seriously?? And when did Faril lose an eye? He looks especially angsty now-

Faril: ... Screw it...

Sean: Faril, no...!

Arrow: Heh, whoops... [Find somewhere to hide and stay low, ok?]

Royo: ... [OK...]

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Sean: [... This is bad, Arrow...]

Arrow: [Shush, we’ll just lay-]

Vris: What are you two hiding for!?

Lugia: Well, obviously from you~

Vris: ...

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Lugia: [Ruined your plans, Mewtwo... ahah... sorry~]

Carla: ... XD000...?

Vris: ...

Yoshi: A-aah;;;

Cassidy: And King... wanted us to fight her... I can only imagine Reid at his prime now, aaah;;

Faril: Now... we should go.

Sean/Arrow/Peroxide: Yes!

Reid: What? Where?

Faril: Follow the cave river... simple.

Reid: Wait, but what about Lugia?

Faril: What about Lugia?

Reid: ... Fair... but, Vris?

Vris: ...

Faril: Word of advice... if she gives you the death glare run, run fast...

Reid: Um... Faril...

Faril: Yep, I know.

Reid: Faril, wait!!

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Carla: I believe your name is Arrow, yes?

Arrow: Yes...

Carla: I’m a bit of an oddity... I can kind of soothe Shadow Pokemon with a bit of effort... sometimes... Yoshi and Cassidy can attest to that... it should work here too...

Arrow: Someone like you would’ve been... incredibly useful in the past...

Carla: It’s not... the best thing to use, it um... kind of absorbs a lot of shadow energy into me, and it kind of stays there-probably led to me becoming a Shadow Pokemon in the first place...

Peroxide: Wait, so what’ll happen to you if you do this?

Sean: Ow-exactly-we don’t need another ‘mon in a Mode right now-ow...

Arrow: Have you done this since becoming a Shadow Pokemon?

Carla: ... No.

Yoshi/Cassidy: Carla-

Carla: Relax, it’ll be fine... this is nothing compared to fighting a god’s proxy-

Sean: You fought a god’s Proxy!? Even us basic Proxies don’t go messing with the god’s-ow!

Royo: Let.. go!

Carla: Ok, I will explain later... I promise... but let’s help him first...

Reid: Are you kidding me?! If she could’ve done that-

Faril: How did you not know that??

Vris: I didn’t know that... I’ve run into her a few times, she never mentioned that...

Lugia: Well, she is the daughter of the legendary “Shadow Killer” after all-

Vris: What-

Faril: She’s related to that monster?!

Reid: Well, yeah, she’s not like Crysta though-

Vris: Why do you know her name...?

Reid: ... Um...

Faril: Explain. La-

Lugia: Because the benefactor and the sacrifice for Reid’s Pikachu body were her best pals! Isn’t that right, Cousin~?

Vris: Cousin-

Faril: LATER!

Lugia: Don’t forget about Yule, Faril~! I’m sure Reid can answer that-and maybe even Sister has a confession about him.

Vris: Excuse me?

Reid: Lugia...

Faril: You’re playing dirty, Lugia...

Lugia: I play to my opponent’s weaknesses... we’re all unstable here, and it’s fairly easy to read memories-you brought all the ammo I need-they don’t even notice my digging~

Reid: ... Just ignore him-

Lugia: Like you did, Reid? It was quite poor, actually.

Faril: Lugia-

Lugia: I have my reasons, Faril. This goes a bit beyond me... you’ve read Reid’s memories, you know, besides, as a Proxy of mines... you and Sean are just so poor... severing ties is such a hassle though... just do your job and... help me here? Hmm?

Faril: Hell no... not if it involves whatever this is becoming...

Lugia: Oh, Faril-

Vris: Just. Stop.

Lugia: Hmm?

Vris: Faril, can you do one more teleport?

Faril: ... I can try...?

Vris: Reid... watch closely...

Faril: Take this chance to calm down, Reid... and watch... you’re going to see what makes us so scared of Vris...

Reid: ... Huh...?

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Reid: [Did... Lugia... just say... “Sister”???]

Vris: What the hell are you up to now??

Lugia: Well, just trying to bring us all together~! It’s been a while since I’ve been in Orre, after all~

Vris: And it was going just fine without you here...

Royo: ...?

Reid: ... [Please work;;;]

Lugia: Sure. Sure it has... Where’s Zang, by the way?

Vris: ...

Lugia: You know, I don’t condone killing fellow Shadow Pokemon, I mean, I know we’re above them and all but-

Vris: Shut it...

Lugia: Rude... besides, I’m not the one who murdered a fellow Shadow Pokemon.

Vris: ... You’re the worst “little brother”...

Reid:  [... Huh...?]

Royo: ... Grr...

Reid:  ... Crap...

Lugia: Oooph, I can feel the hate this time-I’m disappointed... But, really... Vris...

?????: I hope you’re up for this...

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