Third Confine

[bravegreen]

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[As the feed clicks on, Marona's panicked expression fills the screen. She looks absolutely drenched, although for now she seems to have found shelter in a warmly lit building.]

Hello?! Is everyone okay? Ash, Athrun, Rise... where are you? I don't remember what happened, but I think I blacked out... When I woke up, I was in a different city! The people at the Pokémon center said it's called Goldenrod, and the police are blocking off the roads, so I can't leave...

The Center is taking me in, so I'm okay for now. Is everyone at the ranch still safe?

Comments

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? You're in Goldenrod City?!

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Y-yes. I'm not sure how, though.

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

That's--

[Athrun stopped himself. He was about to say "impossible," but the impossible had just apparently happened. At the very least, Marona wasn't in Violet City with everyone else.]



But you're otherwise okay, right?

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Right. The Pokémon Center is letting me stay until the flooding goes down and the police open up the roads again.

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good, at least. Just sit tight for now. Either whatever happened will reverse itself and send you back or we'll come get you.

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Once the roads are open, I'll start walking back. Otherwise, it will take two and a half weeks before we could meet up again.

I... want to see everybody again.

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

Before you do that, find out how strong the wild Pokémon are in the area. If they're too strong, stay put.

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

Marona-chan, you're--

... You're where?

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

It's someplace called Goldenrod City. I don't really know where that is, but-

[Wait wait wait, she's still got to find out what happened at the ranch!]

A-anyway, I'm fine. Are you alright? What happened to everyone else? Are the eggs safe?

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

I'm fine, but the eggs were scattered; it looks like a lot of people picked them up, though.

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

That's good. At least people were able to help save them.

Umm... Is Ash...?

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

He made Thistle take me away, but I'm pretty sure he's okay. ... Though I think he's sick.

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

S-sick?!

[powerfail.livejournal.com]

Golden what? Wow, did everyone get sent somewhere else?

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. All I know is, one moment I was at the ranch, and the next I was here.

[powerfail.livejournal.com]

I was sleeping, so I'm not sure how it happened to me...

Maybe someone is playing a trick with magic.

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Magic? But when I got here, all of my magic stopped working. Then again, that might have only happened to me.

[powerfail.livejournal.com]

It happened to me, too. If I had my magic, I could probably transport myself back to where I was.

...but the Pokemon have magic! What if one of them did it?

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Wow, you can do that? You must be very powerful.

...! I didn't even think about that! But what kind of Pokémon would move everyone to different places like this?

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[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

[Sigh of relief. Ash has been screaming at his Pokegear for answers since yesterday... On finding this message, he can relax. She's okay... She says.]

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[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

Marona. Are you sure everything is okay? Don't worry about the ranch. Some of the eggs you saw float away have been found, people have been taking care of them.

How far away are you? I can come get you right now!

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Ash! [Marona is clearly just as relieved to see him.] I'm fine. The people working at the Center said I can stay here until the flooding goes down.

[At the last part, she visibly cringes.] ...Someone I talked to said it takes at least two and a half weeks to get from Violet City to Goldenrod. And they blocked off the entrances, so nobody can get in or out.

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[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

Two and a half weeks?! How did the water carry you so far away?!

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[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.] I don't think it was the water. It didn't feel like it, anyway.

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[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

Not the water?

What else could it be? A Pokemon?