#it is so exhausting i just cant...she alters realities i will go hey why did you do X could you maybe not do X and she will go i didnt do X.

[steelycunt]

does sometimes make me sad that i dont have a better relationship with my sister especially when i see other people who do have good relationships with their siblings but then well i have one conversation with her lasting no more than four minutes and its like oh no i for SURE cant do this with you today 😂👍

[batsoulscrolls]

PMD: Unbounded Fates

Chapter 7

A different view

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Ruby arrives at the apartments where she lives. The apartment building looks somewhat rundown, tucked away in the forest close by the guild but hidden away from it. Ruby finds her room and enters it, the room is small and has no windows. Ruby tries to make her shabby home a little liver with some hanged cloth and rugs. The hanging cloth at each wall has a different pattern and color from each other except the one above her bed which depicts Ho-Oh with her three eternal champions Raikou, Entei, and Suicune all gilded in gold.

Ruby put her Poké into the cabinet where the rest of the poké is stored, maybe just 5 more jobs then she could pay her bail and get out of this place. Ruby gets into the thin bed and sleeps but she can’t no matter how long she eyes she cant go to sleep. Is it that Zoroark talk is making her lose sleep, not likely the last two pokemon she's been with had the same almost the same talk with her. Both decided to switch her out right after. But this one sounded genuine like he meant what he said and not because they were tired of her. But now her mind on the Zoroark even though they been partnered for three weeks, yet she cant help to notice the small odd things about him like how he walks it doesn’t look right like he has a slight limp and his accent is odd too the best compression she could make is a mix from the great green plains and the dryon desert

Ruby continues to think about the Zoroark then she remembers a very old tale that her mother used to tell about how very powerful pokemon would send a Pokemon named Human from another world to help them in the most despite times but their true forms are altered to look like normal looking pokemon you would see across the street but act differently from any other pokemon and have no memories of their past.

Ruby gives a short laugh of the thought of the Zoroark being human. Ruby gets up feeling extremely exhausted and leaves her apartment, it's morning. Did I stay up that long?

Ruby makes her way through on the dirt path to the town and at the board. But no pokemon is posted there, only one thing why this would happen its review day. Ruby just walks away and goes into town, she finds Jax cafe then enters. She takes a seat at the counter across from Jax “Jax I need a Chesto berry drink and put it on my tab.”

Jax gives a supposed look “I didn’t know you like that kind of drink but here. Also you need to pay that tab before I stop serving drinks.” as Jax says giving Ruby her drink

Ruby scoffs down her drink trying to minimize the bitterness of the drink “Yea I hate chesto berries, but I need this. I didn’t sleep at all last night.”

Jax comes closer to Ruby integrated by the odd behavior “Losing sleep that is so unlike you, what made you not get your sleep?”

“That's none of your business Jax.”

Jax backs off as he was needed to attend to some customers, Ruby leaves the cafe, makes her way out of town, stops at a path that leads to the guild and waits.Then Zoroark arrives a lot earlier than usual to take the review. He almost passes Ruby only stopping after Ruby makes a short cough. “Seven can we talk, somewhere private.” Ruby suggested

“First thing you owe me because I covered for you with the review thing, second thing my name is Sevin not Seven.” Sevin says

“I don’t care about that but we need to talk right now.”

“Fine, what is it then?”

Ruby signals Sevin to follow her which he does. After Ruby cuts through the forest to a familiar sight to Sevin the lake where he was first woken into this world. Sevin turns to Ruby waiting for her “Look I’m not sorry about leaving you yesterday but I should have said something to you. Soo say what you want about me, tell me how bad of a pokemon I am, tell me how I am a jerk to you. Come on, tell me.” Ruby says

“You didn’t hear the part that I covered for ya?” Sevin states

“What do you mean you covered?” Ruby questions

“What I mean is that I lied about the review I gave you, and said that you are ok but still rough on the edges.” Sevin says

“Are you insane, why did you lie?!?” Ruby exclaims

“I….I don’t know.” Sevin admits

“You don't know?!? Dear Arceus, I swear your head has a thicker skull than a drednaw.But I do have to admit….I do kinda have to respect that” Ruby tells

“So…wanna get something to drink?” Sevin says

“Sure I got nothing to do.” Ruby replies

Both went back into the forest cutting though, but as they made through the forest Sevin can't help see the trees are coming closer, almost herding the both of them. Ruby stops at her tracks then lets out an angrily groan “We just walked into a mystery dungeon!”

“A mystery dungeon? What a mystery dungeon?” Sevin ask

“Do you have a thick skull or you REALLY don't know about mystery dungeons? Whatever I just tell you, mystery dungeons are self explanatory, they are dungeons with a “mystery”. Some of them have entrances but others don’t, a lot of them are permanent but a few are seasonal. Also the pokemon that roam the halls of the dungeons are pokemon that got lost in these dungeons and promptly went insane or illusions of pokemons. Finally the layout of the dungeons are random so each time you enter it is different.So that is why we call them mystery dungeons. Now we need to find the stairs and get out of here.”

So Ruby takes the lead as she enters further into the dungeon. Sevin takes in the environment, the trees that guide their way are tall and posing and almost alive with the vines that binds them together. Ruby enters into a small square room and a staircase going down “There's the exit, let's go.”

Sevin nods and follows Ruby down the steps and the environment warps and contorts until the lake with a sunset is in clear view. Ruby is conflicted because no dungeon is that short but glad they're out of there. As she turned to Sevin but he was nowhere in sight, then she realized she was kicked out of the dungeon. Ruby rushes into the forest trying to get back into the dungeon but is met by the town. Then she sees Trev by the board updating it like she always does, Ruby rushes to Trev “Trev I get some help. Sevin in a mystery dungeon and the damned dungeon kicked me out and I can't get back in.”

“Look slow down Ruby, I can report it and put it on lo-”

“No, we need to go now, Trev. We don't know how he can handle himself so-”

“Ruby, that dungeon kicked you out and can't come back in. so we need to wait until it becomes available again. So go home Ruby, I will take care of this and make sure he gets back.Ok friend?” Trev finally says

Ruby grits her teeth as she leaves and goes home hoping Sevin will be fine.

./.

Sevin is currently losing his breakfast after the nauseous reality warping staircase. After recovering he looks around to see Ruby is nowhere in sight “Ruby where are you!” Sevin yells but he gets no response. Sevin is lonesome again. I’m starting to see a pattern

Sevin retakes his surroundings; it's the same tree, same vines, same floor, same very thing and the same room where stairs used to be. But now there are two hallways opposite from each other, he takes the right one on the idea that right is alway right. As he treds through the hallways making more turns and taking different routes until the claustrophobic halls open up to a large room, Sevin goes in and finds the staircase. He goes to the stair until he hears a click as he looks down, a rush of gas fills the room. Sevin already took a breath of the gas, he unties his bandana and covers his mouth and nose. But it is already too late. The environment spirals around him, then he falls and the world turns black.

Sevin wakes up feeling like he had one bad hangover. He gets up as he does and realizes he's no longer at the dungeons as he finds himself sleeping on a bed and surrounding walls are covered in cloth. Then the wall of coth separate in the middle in front of Sevin to reveal Cindy who looked shocked then relieved, then she hugs Sevin “I’m glad your ok Sevin” she whispers

“Thanks Cindy….hey you know where I could get some fresh air? My head feels a bit heavy.”

Cindy losen her grip on Sevin “I guess you can get some air and me too”

Sevin follows Cindy outside the room and into a long hallway with the same wall of cloth separated by logs in between. As they make it at the end of the hall Cindy makes a right into another hall then a left at a doorway to the outside. Sevin steps outside onto the balcony to see a small western town. Sevin turns around to find the doorway is gone. He has to be dreaming or at least hallucinating.

Sevin takes in the environment better to enjoy the dream. The town looks like a mixture of an old weastern town from the movies on VHS he vaguely remembers and the current town he only knows. The town it's placed in fits exactly what he told Doc it is dry,hot,dusty, and barren. Oddly it feels very homely to Sevin.

Then Sevin finds himself back at the dungeon with the stairs next to him. He takes the stairs diving deeper into the dungeon.