Sixteenth Quirk | The night is dark and full of terrors (Video - staticy)

[for_realsies]

*Imogen looks like she hasn't slept well the past week, and that she hasn't seen sunlight in a week. Omen (Absol) and Talent (Espeon) look just as ragged, the former just looks dirty while the latter's eyes are closed as they move about in the fresh clean air. The only thing that looks taken care of on Imogen is her dress... it's the one from the icon there. Black straps on the abdomen, a rainbow tutu attached, long sleeves... odd choice of outfit.*

So... ever woken up in a cave you don't remember falling asleep in? Then trying to get out of the cave, finding the exit, running toward it... and ending up in a different cave? THAT WAS MY WEEK!

...And I thought the weird dream about Sasuke hitting on me and taking me for coffee was weird...

Also... do any of you have memories of this place from before you came here? I mean... like... no, it's weird, nevermind!

*Crazy cave dreams, that's all that was. Of her being her from when she was still obsessed with Eli. Yeah. That's it!*

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how I got to Mount Moon. Thor, Steve, Tony... where are you guys? As I need a bath, a hug, and a massage in... some order or another. And a lift to town. See... Aglon fainted, and I don't have Wildfyre's pokeball for some reason.

...Tell me nobody went surfing up and down the edge of Cinnabar...

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[itsjustdust]

....Is your cave at least lit?! Mine isn't and it's more than terrible enough. And seems to have no exits at all.

[He paused a beat, tone turning bewildered.] You had a dream Sasuke hit on you?

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[for_realsies]

The first one wasn't, the second one was. But I found my dress in the first one so I was okay in the dark! My friends here are still not quite used to daylight yet. And... we didn't catch any of the pixely.

Why are there pixely things anyway? A glitch in the Matrix?

And... it had to be a dream, I mean, a reality where Sasuke grows up flirty and smiley is just weird right? *Imogen's threshhold for weird ends with 4th Wall BS.*

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[itsjustdust]

No idea about the Sasuke thing. I vaguely remember trying to set him on fire but he electrocuted me so uh, I had a less weird dream than you? I'll have to ask him if he's really an raiton user.

[He paused, then sighed.]

I haven't been able to get a good look at most things, but even before the ghost... incursion... my group was being attacked pretty regularly. Now it's just... really really bad.

And dark. So, uh, I know we haven't talked much but I hope you end up somewhere sunny at the end of being bounced around okay?

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[for_realsies]

...I did mention he smiled, pleasantly! Not, 'I'm going to win clever,' but a legitimate unmoody smile?

*She clearly wins at weird Sasuke dreams. Okay?*

I'm out in the sun now! Well, it will be in a few hours, right now it's just streetlights. Which is still a bit brighter than I'm used to after all that dark cave climbing. Talent seems to be enjoying the fresh air. I just... happen to be on the wrong side of everything from my travel party.

This is Kanto, I should be in Johto.

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[itsjustdust]

Stop trying to creep me out with the idea of perky Sasuke, I'm already creeped out enough cause of the cave situation.

[You could probably hear his pout.]

I'd say be glad that you're out, otherwise it might stick you in a Johto cave.

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[for_realsies]

Have a Pokemon that can dig? That should be able to get you out of whatever cave you're in? Or... nope, I got nothing.

Well, okay, maybe we got left in someones jeans and went through the washing machine. That's my only theory.

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[itsjustdust]

[There was a nice long pause but yep. Nope. His tone was bewildered.]

I have no idea what any of the last part of what you said meant.

[buckyouup]

...I ain't sure I've ever fallen asleep in a cave.

[Not what's important here, Applejack.]

D'you have any idea where you are? Spook'll have me there quick.

[for_realsies]

Mt. Moon, it's that place in Kanto between Pewter and Cerulean.

It was okay enough. A bit lumpy. Omen refused to rest because of the Zubats.

[buckyouup]

How'd you end up all the way there?

[This is going to take longer than she thought. Good thing she already left.]

[for_realsies]

I don't know! Teleport doesn't work that way, and Parkay isn't with me anyway.

Did I get really really drunk? I don't really drink all that much at all, but all of last weekend is fuzzy and odd, and I think Sasuke ended up in a dress...

And not the good kind of fuzzy. Or the good kind of odd! And pink is not Sasuke's color!

[buckyouup]

Now that y'mention it... my memory is a bit hazy from the last couple days, too.

[Not even going to comment on Imogen's friends ending up in dresses. That's just something you come to expect, living with Rarity.]

You ain't hurt, are you? I should be able t'get there in a couple hours.

[Having already swapped Spook for the much faster Knight, Applejack takes to the sky. The large bird lets out a happy, metallic screech.]

[for_realsies]

Plus there's all the not right Pokemon too. Which worries me more than the memory stuff. Because it's... well, not not not not not not right at all!

I'm fine, Aglon needs to be taken to a PokeCenter, and I need to find where Wildfyre is. Oh, and where the three extra sleeping bags came from. That might be worth looking into...

Still, I have my pretty dress from home!

[artofthestress]

... Imogen? Is that you this time? [ She says this very cautiously, as one might speak to a bear when one's hand is inadvertently covered in honey. ]

[for_realsies]

Who else would I be? Is there another Imogen!? Is it as complicated as Foofyku, Evan, and Rin?

*...Yeah, she's Imogen.*

[artofthestress]

I'm afraid I don't know who those are, but you were replaced by an extremely similar substitute the last time I heard from you. Tried to pretend she was you, but she didn't have any idea who any of us were!

[for_realsies]

...Bigger glasses, darker clothes, lace choker collar?

[artofthestress]

She did seem as if she'd walked out of a vampony story, rather than an explosion in a clothing factory.


... A particularly stylish explosion. That was a compliment!

[for_realsies]

I wasn't that bad!

*Yes you were.*

That was me, just... me from about year ago. I wasn't in the best of places back then. Did I say anything too awful?

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[starspangledavenger]

Mount Moon? That's a long ways away. Last time I saw you I think we were still in Johto, but I can't remember clearly. [Which bothers Steve far more than he's letting on. Even here, he's had a better than average memory] I'm in Blackthorn right now and I haven't been able to find Thor or Tony yet.

I'll start heading that way. It'll be a while, but I can be there as fast as possible.

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[for_realsies]

Last I remember I was in Johto. But a lot of this weekend feels like post-exam cram time. Where one moment you are sitting down to take a biology exam, and the next moment the Dot is closing and apparently you've been mumbling about space aliens in your sleep for an hour!

*Oh Imogen...*

I think Applejack is coming to find me, you focus on finding your friends. I'll catch up with you once I have my proper travel companions. This is just bizarre... Aglon never gets taken out in battles! Not like that anyway...

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[starspangledavenger]

I don't get the reference completely, but I know I understand the feeling. It's been strange lately.

Okay, but if you need me, just say the word and I'll head straight there. [okay, Steve doesn't want to ride the train, he's still unsure how he feels about them, but he would if Imogen needed him there] A few days ago half my Pokemon were with me and in the computer box the next. I still don't know how or why.

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[for_realsies]

You've never taken final exams at school studying using nothing but coffee and hours of reading all your textbooks the night before the test?

*Imogen thought that was everyone!*

It's sweet, but I'm fine. I'm worried about the others. And... I hope that's where Wildfyre is, I would hate to lose the first egg I hatched, and the first egg a friend ever gave me here.

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[starspangledavenger]

I've taken final exams, but nothing that extreme.

I'll keep an eye out for Wildfyre, but I'm sure she ended up in your box. When I find the others, I'll let you know.

[Video - Fuzzy but understandable]

[for_realsies]

So I maaaaaaaaay have goofed off for a week to paint, and that's why I had to cram.

Thank you. I'll keep an eye out for Thor and Tony. They probably aren't in the computers. I hope.