8th moon [video/action for Violet???]

[paladinlost]

[The feed shows Sprout Tower. A very pixellated Sprout Tower. A very lopsided Sprout Tower. Almost as if the Pokégear was being held by a very limp hand.]

This is not quite what I expected when I decided to take a walk this morning.

Aerith, you might want to go to Goldenrod today. I believe it will save you some travelling time.

...Is this some sort of nightmare?

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[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Good question. Excellent question. But no, pretty sure we're all wide awake.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...On the one hand, knowing that those strange monsters are no dreams fills me with dread.

On the other hand, I walked from Cherrygrove to Violet in a few hours instead of a week. This... strangeness is quite efficient.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Efficient's good. And I've seen worse monsters before.

[As he spoke, he examined a particularly pixelated few bones--the arm of a Kabutops, apparently.]

Though how these walk when they're by all accounts pixels and bones is anyone's guess.

[video]

[paladinlost]

So have I, but never without my sword or my powers.

A few people mentioned a link between this world and a 'videogame'. Could that explain it?

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Glitch in the system making everything all...boxy?

[He poked at the giant blade-arm curiously.]

Hm. Interesting.

[video]

[paladinlost]

What worries me the most is the changes in our Pokémon. How could those little squares make them lose their personalities? Will they... will they ever go back to normal?

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Now you should listen very carefully, because I am about to say something I very, very rarely say.

I have no idea.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...For some reason, hearing these words is very alarming.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

It should be. I'm the Doctor; I always know what's going on. I've traveled time and space for hundreds of years. This...is something I've never experienced. Never heard of.

This is something I know nothing about.

[Action] We're in Violet now? HUZZAH...sorta

[thisdesertrose.livejournal.com]

[;; He's scared. Daddy, hold him!]

My Pokemon don't respond as they should and this music...

[OH GOD THE MUSIC]

...Cecil, what's going on?

[Action] All Cecil wanted was to take a walk!

[paladinlost]

[Don't worry! Should Missingno attack, he'll Cover you!]

I'm afraid I do not know. But it might have something to do with those abominations in the grass.

[Action] Firion wanted to play with Pokemon!

[thisdesertrose.livejournal.com]

[Too late for that. He's hiding a bandage that may be peeking out from his sleeve from a SURPRISE ATTACK from one of the skeletal Missingno.]

But how would they cause this to the entire region? It looks like Violet City is not the only place effected.

[Action] Reaching Violet = nice. Everything else? Not so much.

[paladinlost]

[*sob* Cecil is a fail!dad *sob*]

They might be following the orders of a higher power. If they had a god powering them...

[Action] They need pancakes. Clearly.

[thisdesertrose.livejournal.com]

[shhh, *pet*, he doesn't need to know Firion got hurt. Then again, Firion was always horrible at being discreet when it came to hiding his wounds.]

But is there a god powering them? I have not been able to find out.

[Action] Screw the pancakes. They need hugs and therapy.

[paladinlost]

[White magic and his sword would be very nice right now.]

And now the locals can give us no information. Perhaps that is why they were affected by those squares? To leave us without support?

[Action] Hey, hey, you have a growing boy. Those hugs and therapy don't feed him~

[thisdesertrose.livejournal.com]

[Most definitely.]

I don't believe they know what it is going on.

[Action] Fine. He'll buy you ice cream too.

[paladinlost]

They do not seem aware that anything is going. They repeat themselves endlessly, never reacting to their surroundings. They must have also been modified, like our Pokémon.

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

--?!

[ what the--

Isn't that--

Wasn't he--

Really, Kisa's spent most of the time hiding behind Savyna, but something scared her off and he looks familiar and not all... square-like or making weird noises, so...

Have a loli looking your way, absolutely TERRIFIED. ]

[action]

[paladinlost]

[Loli radar activate! He turns and sees Kisa.]

Miss Kisa? Thank goodness, you are unharmed!

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ bites her lip, nodding in response. He's okay... ]

[action]

[paladinlost]

[It's his first smile today, and man does it feel good.]

Well, it appears that the journey between Cherrygrove and Violet took less time than I thought it would. It seems to be a side effect of the squares. Wonderful for travelling, is it not?

[Operation 'Cheer up Kisa' is a-go?]

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ another nod, even as she wipes her eyes. He's being calm about this; she at least has to TRY. ]

[action]

[paladinlost]

[There, have his handkerchief. He'll do his best to be strong too.]

Do you think this would be a good time for ice cream? Wild Pokémon do not enter buildings, so we should be safe from the monsters there, right?

[action]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ she half-wonders if the ice cream is going to be pixels too, but she nods trustingly and makes good use of that handkerchief. ]

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[paladinlost]

[Hey, as long as it tastes like ice cream.]

Wonderful! Ice cream should make everything better. Where can we get some?