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February 11th, 2022.
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When had it been that he had grown so accustomed to the sight of Unown that recognizing the letter each was meant to represent came naturally?
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Eyes marked by gold watched the Symbol Pokémon depicted on the screen, each form being more than familiar to him. Yet, no matter how much time Mars spent looking at them after having arranged them in a multitude of different ways until finding the one that made the most logical sense, there was still no clear answer.
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ORIGINAL.
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The Original One?
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A Sinnohan upbringing called forth memories of the myths he had been fascinated with as a child and of the Church of Arceus’ own gospel. A recent experience beneath the ruins of a church, however, called forth ones that were much darker and more unpleasant. Could this really be about Arceus? It would have made sense, considering the way the myths spoke about the Guardians’ connection to the Alpha Pokémon and that @ katherine, avatar to one of the Creation pokémon, was among those chosen by the Lake Guardians. And, if this truly was about Arceus all along, then perhaps there were actually answers to be found beneath the ruins of the church once led by @ bill.
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Caught up in the downwards spiral that was his own theorising about the supposed meaning of a singular seemingly-insignificant word, Mars didn’t even notice the way one of his Inkay soundlessly floated out of the tank, only growing aware of the small pokémon’s presence once a tentacle wrapped around his forearm.
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There, on his shirt, right on the spot the luminescent cephalopod seemed so interested in, there were spots of familiar maroon, and for a short moment, Mars frowned, wondering where the blood had come from. It was then that he remembered the events that had taken place only a few hours earlier. A traitor, a gun, and a trigger pulled in cold blood before @ felix’s own eyes.
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With the matter having been dealt with, its importance to Mars had decreased significantly, becoming buried in his mind until brought to light by the actions of an Inkay.
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A shame, really. He had liked this particular shirt.
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CHARMS
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■ Where Azelf gave prophecies, Mesprit and Uxie delivered amulets or charms to a select few.
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■ Those visited by Uxie forgot the encounter occurred. This is likely due to Uxie's influence as the Knowledge Pokémon. It aligns with the known lore regarding its ability to take memories with a mere look. Memories of this encounter appear to have returned to those present during the events of 2022-01-11.
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■ Those visited by Uxie are capable of seeing an Unown of a specific form (letter) carved onto their charms, but this carving does not appear for anyone else who looks upon the charm. In the case of @ hideo, the boy claims to "hear" a letter.
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■ All charms given by Uxie are the same (pictured above), but those in their possession don’t all see the same carvings.
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■ When a charm given by Uxie is in close proximity to one given by Mesprit, they react, and anyone present who has been previously visited by one of the three Lake Guardians seems capable of seeing a symbol on each charm. The symbol seen on charms given by Uxie appears to always be the same, while a different one may show for an individual on all charms given by Mesprit. Individuals who were given prophecies by Azelf always appear to see the same symbol regardless of what kind of charm it is on, I speculate this symbol is the first letter of word Azelf gave each of them (Unown-Y for ‘You’, in my case).
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■ Up until the events of 2022-01-11, every time a charm given by Mesprit and one given by Uxie reacted to one another’s presence, the events that occurred during that encounter were soon forgotten. To those present during 2022-01-11, those memories were recovered then.
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■ If taking into account that Uxie may have one last chosen who it gave a charm to (to match the four who Mesprit gave charms to), then it would seem as if all of the symbols seen by those who possess charms may be spelling a message:
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O R I G I N A L
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OBSERVATIONS: This may refer to 'The Original One', as the Church of Arceus so often refers to its patron. It may refer to the original 'Darkest Day', present in the Galar Region according to the information given by @ oslo. It may refer to some other form of 'origin'.
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QUERIES: How does it relate to the 'Gigantic' message written on Mesprit's charms? Is Arceus the key to putting an end to the Darkest Day? If this is about the original 'Darkest Day', where is the second one mentioned in 2022-01-11 coming from? What other 'origin' could this be referring to?
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NAME: @ LOCKE
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DATE OF ENCOUNTER: September, 2021.
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U CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK]
M CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK][BREAK]
STATUS: Present during the events of 2022-01-11. Now has full recollection of initial encounter with Uxie. Appears to have completely recovered their lost memories from the events of 2021-09-19 and of his encounter with @ crimsen. Memories of 2022-01-11 remain intact.
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NAME: @ Hideo
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DATE OF ENCOUNTER: No encounter. Claims to have found charm at Mossdeep Space Centre's Star Soirée.
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U CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK]
M CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK]
STATUS: Present during the events of 2022-01-11. Now has full recollection of initial encounter with Uxie. Appears to have completely recovered their lost memories from the events of late September, 2021. Memories of 2022-01-11 remain intact.
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NAME: @ Maverick
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DATE OF ENCOUNTER: Unknown.
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U CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK]
M CHARM SYMBOL: [BREAK][BREAK][BREAK]
STATUS: Present during the events of 2022-01-11. Now has full recollection of initial encounter with Uxie. Memories of 2022-01-11 remain intact.
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NAME: Unknown.
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DATE OF ENCOUNTER: Unknown.
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U CHARM SYMBOL: Unknown.
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M CHARM SYMBOL: Unknown.
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STATUS: Unknown. When the charms belonging to @ locke, @ hideo, and @ maverick reacted to each other 2022-01-11, they all pointed directly eastwards after pointing to the former three, this leads me to believe that the last charm may be in Mossdeep, Ever Grande, or Sootopolis.
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