victory_road | 11th Recipe [Video]

[The Jane that greets the feed on the 'gear today is a little tired and quite thoughtful, her brow furrowed as she rifles through a stack of photos - of the kind that one might have gotten developed from a disposable camera in a PokeMart, which she happens to be in at the moment, waiting to be rung up by a clerk-in-training who seems to be having some trouble with the register. The device is tilted up at Jane, and the tiny edge of pink fingers indicate that her Audino is the camerawoman today.]

So...there was a weekend a few weeks ago where everything got...you know, odd? And I figured it would be unsafe to travel during that time, so I stayed home. But afterwards, I found a used disposable camera in my things? Or, well, Dinah found it - [The Audino trills at the mention] - so I thought...what's the harm in seeing what photos are on it, to find out who they belong to? But...

[Jane sighs, and turns some of the photos towards the 'gear. While blurry, they still very obviously focus on Jane and various strange people...and a Togepi in her arms.]

Did...was I...was I out and about and didn't realize it? Or is this one of those weird "alternate self" things? [She squints at one in her hands.] This is so weird...it's surreal, I...this me looks so relieved to be with some of these people...

[She tsks and shakes her head, putting the photos away.] Anyway - if you did see me back then, I'd like to hear from you. I hope this other me didn't...I don't know, treat you rudely? Or something.

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Seems like a lot of really weird stuff went on that weekend. I haven't developed any of my pictures yet so I'm not sure how weird it got on my end but I didn't think I ran into you..that version of you?...at all.

[He's still trying to wrap his brain around having his powers back then not having them again. Oh and running into Ardyn who apparently thought he was the King of Insomnia???]

[Haha who's Ardyn there's no way alternate Jane would have been watching his misadventures for the past almost two months]

Oh, well, that's alright. I imagine folks knowing me and running into her would have proven incredibly confusing.

[DON'T TRUST THE HOBO, JANE. DON'T DO IT.]

Wouldn't doubt it. I ran into someone I know from home but the one that was here was completely different. It was really, really strange.

And apparently happens regularly in this place?

[IT'S FIIIIINE IT'S FIIIIIIIIINE SHE ALREADY HAS A MORALLY DARK DAD IN THAT UNIVERSE. And a FF Mom.]

So far this is the second time I've experienced it happening - the first was in November. So...hm, that's about six months in between...it's a biannual anomaly?

[JANE NO. NO IT IS NOT FINE.]

Great. Well, at least there's a timeframe, I guess. I can be a little more prepared for weird stuff next time.

[It's totally fine he put his daemon herpes in a paperweight he's human now it's all gonna be just fine

~~spoilers: it's all probably going to be on fire by tomorrow and we're all terrified~~]

...I wonder if anyone's ever tried to make a guide for these sorts of weekends. "Welcome to when everything goes topsy turvy, here's what you do to stay sane" or something like that.

[That's not how that works, Jane.

~~Godspeed, Airlocked darlings!~~]

If there is one, I haven't heard of it. It might be something useful to put together.

If we could somehow make it part of the Poke'gear programing, that'd be even better. Pamphlets can be destroyed or lost, and word of mouth only goes so far if enough people are around to remember what to say.