A platform transferred them to a lower level in... whatever place this was, and Knight jostled together with the others, looking around but at a loss for what to do. It seemed best to just go with the flow and see what would happen next.[break][break]
Hey, maybe this was just a very realistic and elaborate nightmare! He shouldn't have had cheese before bed...[break][break]
But in the pit of his stomach, Knight knew that wasn't the case. He stayed close to Thea and Cass as more people join them, and Knight wonders if they were sharing the same fate right now.[break][break]
It sounded like there was a lot of machinery around as Kay listened to the clanging of pipes and tried to look around but it was just endless darkness. He hoped Thea was feeling okay and reached out to hold her hand -- if she wanted to.[break][break]
As soon as they all exited the platform, it rose again and disappeared. Knight frowned as he was certain he heard something below them and looked at his friends,
"Do you hear that?" He whispered, trying to be as quiet as possible. [break][break]
Something was lit up, and Knight craned over everyone to see... Was that a mochi bowl? What was going on? Did they have to
make mochi now?[break][break]
"Cleaning..." Kay frowned. He had a sinking feeling that there was more to this than met the eye but what-- Oh. The explanation came and Knight let out a shout as well. These weird Pokémon had some messed up ideas of what they should be doing. Why pit them against each other? If they needed them to gather or sort resources, to clean things up, wouldn't it make more sense to keep them healthy?[break][break]
No, they seemed to enjoy inflicting punishments on them![break][break]
Instinctively, Knight reached for where a Poké ball would normally be attached to his pouch, only to remember he had neither and no way to defend himself or his friends. Thea called out for someone, and Knight turned to see -- just a kid. Just a kid like them. [break][break]
How was that fair?![break][break]
And then another creature entered into the fray and caused confusion and hurt around them. Knight tried to stick close to his friends but he was shoved by someone else, unseen, and singled out. The creature seemed to make a bee-line for him and he threw up his arms to protect himself.[break][break]
But it wasn't necessary, as something blocked the inevitable attack --
"Thea! Thea!" Of course his cousin would protect him. He winced as she was slammed against the ground and hurried to her side. Luckily, it seemed the creature had moved on (for now) and he helped his cousin to her feet,
"Why would you do that? You got hurt..." Because of him...[break][break]
There was a lump in his throat and Knight gave his cousin a gentle hug,
"Thank you." [break][break]
But Cass' words caught his attention, and he realised someone else had spoken up as well. Knight kept an arm around Thea as he turned to them and sought answers.[break][break]
"You know that Pokémon?" He asked both Cass and the woman he didn't recognise, hoping that in the confusion of what was happening they would be free to answer him. He checked on Thea again and once he was certain she would be (kind of) okay, he started to clean up. [break][break]
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