it happens quickly. [break][break]

it happens too quickly. she's already processed what happened to her head, and her eye, and her ear - and she's lucky that a part of her brain wasn't taken along for the ride. but now it's so troublesome, trying to listen to the words with one ear. now it's hard for her to eep one eye open, and she wants to open both, only to realize the other one is gone. is this what they called a phantom limb? she hates it. [break][break]

but if there's something she's sure about, she isn't dead, and her body is still working - it's just that the attached senses are no longer there. and she has to wonder if this is the real world, or reality. when she thinks hard.. the voice said something about multiple dimensions? a complex network? ah, it's too much information to take in, and she's starting to wish she stayed home. things were so complicated, and so complex, but this explains all the anomalies that were happening in the region. some of them, at least. not sufficiently, but it will do. [break][break]

Leonidas Stone is trying to be optimistic in this kind of situation, and she can't help but to wonder how. then she remembers who she's talking about, and all her answers are suddenly answered. "that's good to hear--" she's picking herself up, letting a soft sigh escape her lips. at the same time, she staggers, and another scan runs the large group of trainers over. it's then when marisol holds the remainder of her face in her hand, and she pauses. [break][break]

it's a feeling that wells up, filling what used to be apathy and indifference. it's something that she hasn't felt in a long time, in so long. [break][break]

she doesn't feel the void; she feels an entire zoo. but she's trying to figure out why she's lowering her other hand to hold her heart, and why she's starting to pant a little more quickly. she takes a step back, staring at the unfamiliar woman through the glass. her eyes are empty, but she stares at her, and wendy doesn't quite understand. "wh-what the--" she's staring at her reflection, and yet she doesn't even know. [break][break]

she looks around, and still recognizes leonidas. but when she tries to think, and recall their relationship, she can't put a finger on it (rather she can't remember what she thinks, or feels, or how she acts). it's void and when she thinks too hard, she holds her head and winces. "i-i don't--" wendy stammers, and for once her eyes are filled with such a familiar fear. when she glances around, she recognizes the figure of Cillian Quinn, the same man who.. kicked her out of rocket, or let her go, or just let her run away from rocket how long ago. what did she do in the time in between? [break][break]

she doesn't want to find out, and her hands reach to search for a pokeball, only to feel only three. three pokemon who are so unfamiliar. "where--" she starts with a whisper, gradually rising into panic as she searches her belt "sero..?! where's sero?!" the frantic panic escalates until wendy's confusion reaches a peak, when she feels the locks of pale blue. [break][break]

she's panicked, and frantic, but there's one thing for certain; gavin merlino is here, and her leg still remembers the stinging. [break][break]

so she grabs the wrist of the man who knows her, and who she knows, but can't remember anything about herself. "i-i don't know." she glances back, with one eye. gavin has disappeared, but she doesn't want to be here, with all the chaos. "i just d-don't want to be here..!"[break][break]

it's ironic that her feet bring her to the past.

---

𓆙 marisol's memories of reformation are gonezo. she's lost her apathy.
[break]𓆙 wendy's back and making a cameo here we go
[break]𓆙 and because of that, she's absolutely terrified of people she recognizes. Specifically Cillian Quinn .
[break]𓆙 slightly panicked because her emotional support sylveon isn't there
[break]𓆙 ignoring the fighting and noping the heck outta there
[break]𓆙 walking down terminal 4: past

cyberchase conundrum

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matias glances down at Eva Morales to assess the damage only to find the same mysterious wound as some of the others. just a perfect circle carved into her torso.[break][break]

"i know, i know, but you'll be fine." for now. "it'll come back once we leave this place."[break][break]

his assumption is aired right as the third scan is complete. it takes away parts of him though it does not leave him any less. in fact, some could argue that it makes him more.[break][break]

"...!"[break][break]

anger flashes at the attacks directed at FERNANDO SILPH. his brother. it only takes a second for a pokeball to crack open before he's soaring straight at them.[break][break]

HURRICANE sweeps at Eris Halla and Lulu Flint, threatening to cut and buffet them away. matias slides off his charizard, landing next to FERNANDO SILPH.[break][break]

"the both of you can fuck right off."[break][break]

notes:[break]
- joins his brother.[break][break]
- loss of REGRET and GUILT.[break]
- gains FAMILIAL BOND & DUTY.[break]
- memory loss of KING WAYLAND's betrayal and everything leading up to it.[break]
- memory loss of all negative interactions with the silph family (including FERNANDO SILPH).[break]

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As Andrea was walking along the path leading to Terminal 05, she heard a wild and violent ruckus behind her. Oh no, had the rest of the crew gone under attack again? She worriedly ran back to the main terminal, fearing the worst. The scene she saw as soon as she came back surpassed her expectations. What the heck had happened in the five seconds she was gone?!

The air was filled with a sinister, shadowy miasma. The young PokéManiac thought she caught a glimpse of Cillian Quinn making his sneaky getaway, but she didn't think much of it. People seemed to have turned against each other, their Pokémon trading blows. The source of the infighting was none other than FERNANDO SILPH, who along with his brother MATIAS SILPH threatened Lulu Flint as well as a very small child.

Following that, the renowned CEO of Silph Co. gave everyone a stern lecture about how half of them hadn't contributed to the puzzle-solving and instead endangered everyone by picking the wrong answer. Andrea took that personally. "Hey, that happened one time! ONE TIME!" She hastily retorted, a faint blush gracing her cheeks after realizing that she'd unintentionally raised her tone.

This wasn't the time to get flustered, though. Fernando's strange dog directed a powerful attack against Lulu. Given her past encounter with the Rocket scientist, Andrea had tried to avoid her for as long as possible, but this time her body almost acted on its own. "Barron, use Protect!" She exclaimed, hurling a Pokéball forward.

The Aggron that was sent out took the Land's Wrath head on and suffered a great deal of damage from it. The Steel type roared in pain and collapsed on the floor, barely clinging to consciousness. The draconic cosplayer gasped in horror, running up to the armored rhinoceros and hugging him desperately. "Barron, stay with me! Why couldn't you use Protect?! What's wrong with this place?! Nothing that happens here makes sense!" The girl wailed, tears cascading her face.

With the last of his strength, Barron let out a deep growl, reassuring his trainer that he was alive, before his eyes turned into swirls, fainting. Sniffling, Andrea returned him to his ball and then directed an incensed glare at the Silph siblings. "You're the ones endangering everyone!" She accused them. "Sure, we're not all smart enough to solve those riddles, but we're still doing what we can to help! You're just finding people to blame instead of trying to deal with the problem!"

Truthfully, she had no idea why she was standing up for Lulu of all people. That woman had tried to kill her on top of being genuinely terrifying. Maybe her intuition was telling her that the true villain was hiding in plain sight... Regardless, it was too late to turn back now. She'd made a decision, even an impulsive one, so now she had to stick with it.

//Andrea returns to the main terminal and sees utter chaos
//Sends out AGGRON to protect Lulu Flint from ZYGARDE's attack
//Due to having forgotten Protect, AGGRON takes the attack head on and faints
//Andrea is angy and yells at the Silphs

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There truly was a whole lot to take in. Granted, it all only mattered in the first place when one believed this man to be accurate. Yes, he had no obvious reason to lie. And given what he was able to do here seemingly at will, it was certainly at least somewhat reasonable that he would be correct with what he was saying here. But just because one did not have a reason to lie did not mean they would not. And just because one outlandish thing was true did not mean that the person behind them was telling the truth about another outlandish thing. It did play into her own theory at least, the one that this was more or less a simulation created for their sake, not for his. But she still felt herself quite irked when she tried to open her mouth and actually reply to that guy, only for him to cut off immediately after dumping all that information on her.
[break][break]
Really, it was annoying. However, there was no point in getting too riled up about this. Just because she somewhat suspected that to be what he wanted, so she on the other hand did not want to give him the satisfaction.
Still though, this was difficult. There was another scan. Once more, people seemed to lose things. And to lose it, for that matter. However, Mina found herself summarily distracted when her partner turned towards her and gave that kind of smile. It was different from before. More….real. And she could not help but blush immediately, somewhat flabbergasted. “R-right. None of this really matters. When we get out of here, let’s go on a proper date,” she replied, somewhat embarrassed but still pulling through.
[break][break]
Then she let go and allowed the other to do something about these issues. There was a look in Elaine’s eyes, the kind that father often showed when he switched from being a bit of a goof into serious work mode. It was best to let her do her thing. Instead, she released her third and final Pokemon, since it just seemed right for the moment. The big, dark ape appeared next to her. “Go and use Jungle Healing on whoever seems to need it most,” she replied, gently, causing her Pokemon to seem a bit confused at first but still go on and do his thing.
[break][break]
Then she turned towards the guy who so aptly rejected Elaine’s intervention. In part because his logic pissed her off. “Yes, we, mister! So far, when we got wrong answers, we got problems. And we needed the files from all terminals to proceed. It is pretty obvious that we need to cooperate if we want to succeed, so get with the program! Pick a lane, do whatever busywork he has planned for us next, leave and then you can go and pick fights!”
[break][break]
That got a snicker out of Violet. Which was odd. Much like she was the odd one out here. Everyone seemed to have some kind of doppelganger, yet where hers would be was some girl with white hair she did not know, one who now snickered at her. Why was she the only one with that issue, anyway?
[break][break]

+ answers Elaine Highland , sends Zarude out for free heals for anyone who needs, also loses knowledge of, well, Violet and thus shifts towards her older self, yells at @sylph . Also loses some of her fear to account for any attacks i might have missed while writing this

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the name sticks out to him. an image settles uneasily along the frayed edges of his memory. a pixelated screen, familiar from repetition:[break][break]

C:\u820\maldacena

[break][break]

he draws lines between the dots of the disturbingly digital vernacular, until his thoughts spiral out into their own path: a command line. a directory. a user profile?[break][break]

(and if so, then: the administrator privileges to their universe, in the hands of a triad pulling at strings of data. their fingers, he presumes, hovering above Delete.)[break][break]

[break][break]

the third scan passes out of his notice, the robotic announcement and the sudden, still quieting of his own breath blending into the ambient noise — a murmur of unrest that grows unsteadily into a explosive cacophony, finally snaps him back to the present.[break][break]

but it isn't his fight. his first inclination is to leave: twiddle his thumbs, contribute nothing and head down the middle road; the merry, silent freeloader of FERNANDO SILPH 's well-deserved ire.[break][break]

the surge of toxic purple wrenches his attention back.[break][break]

his pokeball shoots forward, an unpracticed motion drilled into his instinct over the course of the day's trials. as his mr mime drops into position, he whips his hand out, a command on his lips —[break][break]

" — ̶̲̞̭̹͇͈̇̅̃̈ ̶̱͉͇͔͑̓̈͂͌ ̴͍̻̝̯̖̖̂ ̸̜̭̣͕̌̓ ̶̢͍̤̠̲͙̔͌̋̉ ̶͉͙͆̈͘͘" — "[break][break]

his breathless breath catches in an absent throat. he chokes on nothing[break][break]

panic sends him lurching unsteadily on his feet. soundless and frantic, he points until understanding sparks in mr. mime's gaze. turning to Andrea Vaneau , the pokemon mimes a tug on an unseen rope — the digital space between them warping as he attempts to ALLY SWITCH her to safety.

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] @ CYBERCHASE [break]
• attempts to ALLY SWITCH Andrea Vaneau out of range of Katherine Fairburne 's attack[break]
• has lost a perfect circle out of the center of his throat, as well as his voice and breath.[break]
• will eventually head down Terminal 5
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