victory_road | FOURTH WALL MINGLE LOG

[As she is busy making notes, she may bump into a (somehow) familiar stranger looking around the Goldenrod City. However, he stops his sightseeing tour for a while once Augustine notices her presence.]

Oh hello. Sorry that I didn't see your presence.

Oh no, it's my fault. I hadn't noticed you there.

[Wait, wasn't he...? He looked very familiar and while Lillie hadn't met Professor Sycamore directly, she had seen him many times on television.] You're... from Kalos, right?

[Usually for him, he would say yes. But instead, Augustine gives a confused look to the young lady.]

Kalos? Oh no, I'm not. I'm from Recolle.

[In fact, is Kalos even a country or a city?]

But... that can't be right, unless there's two of you. You're Professor Sycamore, correct? I've seen you on the news before...

[Had she gotten him wrong? He looked and seemed the part of Professor Sycamore of the Kalos Research Facility. She saw him on TV during the Team Flare incident.]

"Professor Sycamore"?

I'm sorry, but I think you've might be mistaking me for somebody else. What does he look like anyway?

He looks exactly like you. Right down to the curl of hair in front of your face.

Are you sure you're not some kind of alternate Professor Sycamore of the Kalos Research Labs?

I don't think so. Besides, I'm just a college professor and I doubt I can own a research lab like him.

That's too bad. Maybe in another world you became him at least.

Oh, where are my manners. I'm Lillie, from Alola.

[He is unsure on that part considering the visions that might relate to this "Professor Sycamore" person.]

My name is Augustine Sauveterre. It's very nice to meet you, Lillie.

[Alola? He doesn't hear of that country, region, or city before, but it reminds him of the Hawaii word "Aloha".]

Nice to meet you, Augustine. I'm sorry I mistook you for Professor Sycamore, but the resemblance is uncanny.

I take it you don't know what Alola Region is.

I'm afraid so. I don't know what the Alola region and Kalos you've just mentioned. Although, the former reminds me a lot of Hawaii.

Um... how to explain. Alola is a group of four islands, formed by a volcano many years ago. We have traditional foods like malasada and fruits such as pineapple and coconuts...

And Kalos is super fashionable, and their main city has a large tower, where a gym is. It's stylish and everyone from there has a pretty accent...

[Guess that Alola is really the same as Hawaii. As for Kalos, though...]

I see.

[He then puts his left hand on his chin, which if she manage to see his wrist, she may notice a watch with a strange marble stone attached to it under his sleeve.]

And judging by your description about Kalos, it really reminds me of France, especially Paris.

[Though, he starts to wonder about the said large tower that Lillie just mentioned. He knows that it's somehow similar to Paris's Eifel Tower, but he feels it's something else entirely.]

It must be similar locations between our two worlds...

[Lillie trailed off as she noticed his watch, and she said,] That stone, that stone you're wearing on your wrist, that's not a normal stone is it?

[It's not a Z Crystal, its... is it a Megastone?]

[If Lillie takes a closer look, the multi-colored stone is just a size of a marble with a DNA-like symbol in the middle.

Augustine, on the other hand, looks at his watch after she notices it.]

Oh, this? I've just found this stone a few months ago. Although I have to agree that it is a strange due to its pattern in the middle of it. Why do you ask?

I... I've never seen one close up but... I'm pretty sure that's a Mega Stone of some sort.

It causes a higher temporary evolution in Pokemon, and the Professor was researching it. It might mean you are really connected to him.

[He did know about Pokemon from Krim, but...]

Mega Stone? Evolution?

I'm sorry, what are you talking about?

[Also, he then starts to wonder who is this "Professor Sycamore" really is. She did say he's very similar to him when it comes to appearances, yet he haven't really what kind of person he really is.]

Pokemon can evolve throughout their stages in life. The stronger it becomes, the further the advancement of forms it gains. The Mega Stone unlocks a fourth stage of evolution, a temporary height of power between trainer and Pokemon.

[Lillie tapped her lip in thought, gazing at the stone.] It looks very similar to one, that's for sure.

[If he remembers, his dragon was originally a small dragon creature called Gible. He didn't believe it at first, but since Modeste remembered it as well, he feels that it really is her species's first stage.]

I see, just like the evolutions every living being has to undergo for many centuries.

[He then looks at the stone on his watch after Lillie stares at it.]

A Mega Stone? So is this what's it called then?

That's right, I'm sure of it now.

[She nodded, making a tapping motion on her wrist.]

I'm almost 100% certain that's a Mega Stone. It looks too close to one, and I'm sure it's not a Alola Z-Crystal. Same idea though, different concept.

[Well, the stone Augustine has is a Key Stone, but due to having no memories about it, he agrees to what Lilie just explained to him. Now that he thinks about it, with this information, he wonders if another vision would come to him right now.

But as he waited and waited, he notices that nothing has come up in his head for a while.]

I see.

[Yet when he taps his stone on his wrist, nothing happens.]

Guess I'm doing it wrong then.

Then what is this Z-Crystal you've mentioned?

[Considering Lillie's never seen an actual Mega Stone close up, it would be easy for her to mistake it like she did, although she said almost. She nodded at his question though.]

Maybe it'll come in time.

A Z-Crystal is a crystal set in a bracelet, and given to trainers who complete the Challenges in Alola's islands. To defeat a Kahuna, and earn the respect of the Island Challenges is a great honor, and the Z-Crystal enables a great power known as Z-Moves.

These Z-Moves empower a Pokemon and trainer, and in tandem, perform a powerful hidden move.

[Well, it's a start of using Mega Evolution for his current self.]

So if I can understand, these Z-Crystals do not only serve as trophies for beating these "Kahunas", but they also allow them to use "Z-Moves" with your Pokemon, right?

That's right. Z-Moves draw out the bond between Pokemon and Trainer, and with it, you can unleash the strongest powers of a Pokemon without Mega Evolution.

I think I understand.

[Despite that this might sound like a story, he can tell that this "Z-Move" might have a price of using this powerful move.]

Did you use Z-Move or own a Z-Crystal before?

I had to!

All good!

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