#the delta episode fucked her up on so many levels jdkfndkdoro

[horizonboundtrainer]

Random disorganized thoughts on what happened during my version of the delta episode:

Nobody's been quite the same since zinnia tried to pull a fast one on hoenn

Seeing her family and friends directly attacked by Zinnia really fucked her up ( And being forced to decide who she can afford to protect? Even moreso ) It's definitely part of why she's such a self isolating idiot. And refuses to let her closest friends get involved in conflicts ( regardless of how capable they actually are )

Courtney set up a hostage situation in the Devon building to split the league's forces. May being thrown out of the window was a hail mary after the situation in Rustboro goes FUBAR. Magma prepared the defenses for holding off and ensnaring Steven when he rushes in to save his grandfather. May survived. Tabitha's replacement didn't. ( There wasn't enough left of the poor man to fill a jar after what Alice did to him )

Alice's behavior... changed after the Devon incident. She's got a degree of ruthlessness that wasn't there previously ( which freaks even Metagross out )

Kira became even strangely reluctant to leave May's side and a bit overprotective of allies

Aeon ended up with a minor case of anxiety that nobody's equiped to treat

Sig's always been a bit of a kleptomaniac prankster but nowhere to the ( delusional ) extent he is now. It's partially to keep up morale ( after all, what good is doing anything if you can't have a good laugh while at it? ) and partially a coping mechanism for all the things he can't control.

Archie sends Wally and Brendan to Sea Mauville to collect a few pieces of data for fine tuning the dimensional shifter. They open the path that May follows when she heads there months later. Good thing they didn't have the time to piece together it's history like May did because what happened there would've put a dent in anyone's faith in the league ( and Deven of course for building the accursed place )

Twigs split off from May to help Watson and Flannery take New Mauville from Matt

Twigs gained a tendency to go off on his own to try and take the load off May's back... Which either goes extremely well because their enemies are forced to fight two forces at once or backfires horribly

May and Matt were close friends after facing off against Magma together. Zinnia's a bit more of a casual friend who gave her a few tips on coping with grief and spirituality... and Bagon care. ( The thing with May though? She gets attached very quickly and Zinnia's the same ) Being betrayed by two friends in quick succession wounded May deeply on a level even she's unaware of

May picks up her spear while digging through a deceased Lorekeeper's burial cairn for meteorite shards. She doesn't want to know why the spear seemed to call to her. Or why the weight feels at home in her hands even if she could barely lift it at the time.

The whole Rayquaza mess only really exacerbated her existing issues. She's still looking for an way out of her oaths that doesn't end with the two of them dead

Her opinion of Wallace? At rock bottom after being useless at best and an obstacle at worse for 2.5 entire crisises... It sucks to be a Lawful Good person in a world gone mad!

Watson and Roxanne gained quite a bit of respect with how they handled the situation

Hoopa's an asshole who still doesn't understand why May hates it for providing a "few" entertaining duels to the death. After all, what's an opera without a grand stage and great beasts to showcase the hero's might? It gets along well with Sig and Windy for some reason