victory_road | 113rd moon [video]

...You know, I cannot quite recall who first completed the Johto Gym challenge. Remembering Kanto's is easy, but Johto's... It's completely slipped away from my memory.

[Today, brodcasting from an unrecognizable building, Cecil looks a touch delighted, a dash nostalgic... but their a strong undercurrent of pride in there.]

Back then, during the first year of our presence in this world, there was a rumor. Defeat the Elite Four, and the path home will be revealed. Many believed it, and put all their efforts in earning all eight badges, hoping to be recognized as worthy challengers. Those efforts continued and doubled, along with the number of badges we could win. Of course, they were in vain, as we were only recognized as serious contenders a year ago and only three among us have prevailed since. Most of those hopeful trainers are long gone now, without ever reaching the goal they strived for.

[There's a point to this beyond the sneaky announcement, and he's getting there. Promise.]

So. Whoever you were, wherever you are, know this: the Elite Four have no way home to reveal, no explanation to share, and whoever invented that rumor had far too much imagination to share. My apologies for the wasted time and the dashed hopes.

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... Every time I think I've seen it all, living on Pandora, shit like this pops up and proves me wrong.

[It's like the universe is trying to one-up her every time she thinks that. Figures, considering how shitty her luck is.]

So do you think we should be expecting some kind of mess like this in the near future?

I've had to defend my world from humanity-destroying alien threats twice, I've fought in a war between gods in another universe, I've spent nearly seven years raising over seventy creatures on an associate salesman's salary, yet this world still manages to surprise me.

[You'd think he'd have seen everything by now, but no.]

It tends to prefer surprises over repeat performances. Still, the possibility cannot be discarded completely.

[Damn, sounds like this guy's had a pretty fun life.]

Gods, huh? How'd that go?

[Weirdly enough, it's good to know that repeats aren't usually a thing. Athena needs something to keep her on her toes, and if she can't be the one to fight in all these situations, this can at least keep her instincts and her mind sharp for when she finally returns to Pandora.]

They both died in the end. She at his hand, and he at ours along with most of his warriors. Their world was already dying by then; I doubt it survived Chaos' destruction for long.

[He's strongly hoping that this world does not depend on a god to exist. Even if those gods would likely be immortal.]

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