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[Some might recognize this woman, now looking a lot less pale, from the strange fever dream of an experience that was Moon Prom. Still that weird sense of familiarity hanging around her. She seems pretty relaxed, all things considered, and is grinning into the camera.]

Looks like I'll be staying around in Johto for a little while longer, everyone. Things sure have changed in Johto, huh? I'm Dee, if you don't know me.

[She says it almost like it's a joke.]

Anyway, I'm back in New Bark, buuuut there's a problem. [There's the sound of earth being upturned, and Dee wobbles a bit.] First of all, there's that! There's a.... adorable but also really upset elephant around here tearing things up, and I can't get too close to get outta here. My Pokemon aren't exactly fit for battling here!

Oh yeah, and there's a bunch of trees and bushes that have fallen or overtaken the route itself, so I need help there too! Help, help, I'm a damsel in distress!

Alternatively... Keep me occupied while I wait thing out? It'll be nice to talk to people again! I mean, how about that food at the party, huh? I always forget how fun frosting tastes on your tongue.

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Okay, but where else would you be tasting frosting? On your face? Between your toes? Inquiring minds, et cetera.

Oh yeah, absolutely. But my sister could tell you more on all of that than I could.

Like as a synesthesia thing or something more literal, because I'm pretty experienced with one of those things but morbidly curious about the other.

A little of column A, a little of column B... It's complicated.

Fair. I hear that.

[He spares a moment to give her an almost curious look. She seems familiar in a way he can't put his finger on, and that's ridiculous, because he can count the people he knew before coming to Johto without running out of fingers, and she's clearly not one of them.]

You said your name was...Dee, right? Nice. I'm Dave.

Yeah, I know, Dave.

[There's a flicker of a knowing grin before Dee leans back.]

So, been around here long? I dropped by Johto ages ago, but it looks like a lot has changed!

[Uh. That was weird. He blinks, but takes his conversational cue.]

Nah, not really. Seven, eight months? [Oh, wait.] There might've been another Dave when you were last here but I heard I've been through here like thirteen times so sorry if I act like I never met you before in my life.

We’ve met before Johto, actually. Well, you know, as much as anyone can meet anyone ‘before’ with time-space weirdness, right? [She laughs.] Still, bummer about the memory loss. On the bright side, you get to experience all the fun weirdness anew again! It’s not often people get to repeat first experiences.

[This is completely confusing. He is confused. He can't know her, because before Johto he knew a total of, like, what, eight people, tops? And none of them were adult women. And it's not like future Dave could have met her, either, given. You know. Not having a future. Unless it was John timeline Dave? That might make sense.

But she seems so familiar.]

I guess, yeah.

So. Speaking of time-space weirdness, uh. When did you say we'd met?

Oh, a few times, if we’re counting other timelines. But, uh, the first time involved goo, so that was interesting!

Whuh...

Are you talking about, like. My conception?

Mhm. I mean, I didn’t stick around for long, because there was a lot to do, you know?

That’s why I like this place. It’s like a nice break from things. Just me, my flopping fish, and a crab blowing bubbles into the breeze as a small elephant rampages nearby.

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What, uh, okay. Yeah, totally, that makes all the sense and I have no questions about any of that to address whatsoever. Everyone deserves a Pokéland vacay, sure.

Sure is awesome that everything makes sense and you don’t have any questions! We can just focus completely on our groovy Pokemon Vacay that we 200% deserve.

[Yeah, that’s definitely a teasing grin.]

Or you can ask, Dave. I’m fine with it.

Asking is for chumps who actually want to, like, learn shit about the world and everything in it. I'm here exclusively for juvenile delinquency only.

Juvenile delinquency, huh? Going to spraypaint on walls and skateboard in “no skateboarding” zones?

As if I would skateboard anywhere else? What do you take me for, girl, seriously.

I dunno, I’m just sayin’- doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of cool ramps in ‘no skateboard’ zones!

Plenty of sick rails, though. Have you seen the kind of places they try to prohibit boards at, they're always fucking nasty.

Ooooh, good point. Gonna show me your wicked moves sometime, or are you gonna leave a girl hanging instead?

Oh. Well. I mean, I haven't seen a board awesome enough to take home with me yet. It's gotta be The One, you know?

Ooooh, high board standards, huh?

Well, naturally. I reserve all my giving shits for the important stuff.

Should I keep an eye out for the most radical boards and send a picture to you to see if they pass muster, then?

I'm pretty sure that's a thing you absolutely should do. Especially if they're ironically radical.

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