perhaps it was the different phase of this alien moon, but this time, when she landed, it was not with the pleasant feeling she’d had during explorations with saskia volosenkova . a sense of wariness never faded.[break][break]

at the altar, she was joined by a celesteela. she nodded to nenet, ”of course. this moon fascinates me.” it did more than that. it pulled her in, calling her to stay. through notes, she’d come to realize it was not just her that felt the bizarre pull.[break][break]

she looked up at the symbols that faced them.[break][break]

”that sun…. it’s the same symbol beast harcourt showed me.” her eyes shifted to the other, reminiscent of the wings of lunala. ”perhaps the megalopolans' ‘ultimate weapon’ is a pokemon.”[break][break]

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why had the moon symbol not been with the sun in megalopolis? what did the sun mean?[break][break]

”it was injured. and angry. i wondered if it was the same that necrozma attacked some time ago, that day the tree of life died.” the one she’d mentioned to nenet. had she done her research since? ”i wonder if time is inconsistent here too. or maybe something else got to it since. probably be the more likely explanation.”[break][break]

after a pause, she mentioned, ”i saw the moon explode too. how strange. what do you make of it?”[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"]Neffatari Nzingha [break]

were there more like lunala, or was it unique? they had even seen two necrozma.[break][break]

nonetheless, she nodded. ”i think you may be right.”[break][break]

the cracks before the altar once created by tapu bulu’s attacks were no more. how could it all still be there, on a new moon, when they’d seen not a soul around to build it?[break][break]

nenet’s theories intrigued her, evident by the look she cast back towards her colleague. ”a lifeform? like eternatus?”[break][break]

but she had other ideas, about the possibility of a time loop.[break][break]

”the drk triad have dialga. maybe celebi, too.” she recalled the names on father winter 2’s riddle. ”i believe they’re using the RKS machine to create new timelines. maybe they’re doing the same with these rifts, somehow.”[break][break]

her brow pinched in thought.[break][break]

”or maybe it’s dialga’s absence, causing time to warp as these worlds crowd our own.”[break][break]

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she nodded. anything was possible. it was a truth that bloomed into reality as new universes and timelines were born, branching out into the beyond.[break][break]

wondering about lunala’s birthplace begged the question, were there others? as nenet tapped the altar, she watched where it had flown out last time, curious about its contents.[break][break]

”i didn’t know it, really – just that it belonged to valerio. but as far as i know, it was loyal to us for a time. it protected us when necrozma attacked sootopolis.”[break][break]

though she didn’t voice it, the implication was clear enough. it would likely not return willingly to the home it had found with them, because they had chosen its enemy instead.[break][break]

or rather, it had chosen them – twice.[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"]Neffatari Nzingha [break]

she stepped closer to the where she’d watched the lunala fly out from the altar before in it shrieking rage, and she did have an idea – though nenet’s suggestion pulled them in the opposite direction. it made sense enough to leave it alone, if they were trying to gain its favor.[break][break]

”perhaps.” but while it was there, it was within reach of the league, and other threats.[break][break]

when asked for any other ideas, she shared the thought: ”we could try to break in. not like we’d risk damaging anything permanently. it could be in there, and even if not, it might be worthwhile to have a look inside.” she looked over to nenet curiously. ”unless you’d rather not bother it.”[break][break]

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