Twenty-fourth Sacrament: Otherworld

[11121_assumption]

There's something wrong.

The footage shows...somewhere. It's not clear where it is. The ground is nothing but rugged rock and there seems to be construction in the distance. But the sky is blood red - not the soft orange of a setting sun but a hellish red. Despite it's glow, the world seemed dark. Almost grimy, with strange rust covering the rocks around. The scene was in front of some kind of ruined building, covered in red rust and scorch damage. The usual background music that played had been replaced with something far more ominous, giving no further clues about where the footage was taking place. It repeatedly corrupts, flashing a strange symbol before cutting back to the scene. Strange cries echoed in the distance. 

A Solrock hovered in front of the husk of a building, surprisingly clear of the corruption around it and turning, like a wheel. And with it was Walter. Something was wrong with him as well. His gaze was blank. His clothes were stained with blood. He only turned his head slowly up to the Solrock hovering in front of him and for a moment, as the Solrock's eyes shone, his eyes glowed red. The Solrock stopped turning, looking at him with a blank expression. He murmured to it, only just audible on the video. "I knew you would find me again." 

The Solrock's expression didn't change. It's eyes glowed again, and something lifted from Walter's bag - an Ultra Ball. The ball floated towards the Solrock, lightly tapping it. The moment the Solrock disappeared into the ball, the world righted itself; red sky to a starry night, blood and rust vanishing, the mansion disappearing, music fading back to it's usual, cheery tone and the weird echoing cries of strange Pokemon replaced with the chirps of Fletchlings and Wingulls. 

Walter collapsed. The Gear fell as well. All that could be seen was the Ultra Ball, landing in front of it. It shook once, then clicked shut.

Comments

[Video]

[notmyrealname]

[That...]

Walter? Walter??

[If there was ever a time Cissnei wished she was back in Kanto it was now.]

Walter please--Claudia? Assumption?

[Some of his other Pokemon had to be there with him right? He couldn't have gone there alone--unless that Solrock had led him there purposefully alone.]

[Video]

[11121_assumption]

[ The Solrock had done exactly that, and used it's psychic powers to hold his pokeballs tightly shut. At her calls, two of his Pokemon burst free. One roused him, the other gave a loud, intimidating roar, expecting to find whatever had hurt their trainer. Finally, Walter shifted to pick up the Gear and, with some hesitation, the pokeball.

He looks tired and drained and was holding his head. Assumption was nestled at his side and a Luxray prowled around him, still looking around with gleaming eyes for the danger. ]

Cissnei?

[Video]

[notmyrealname]

[Relief flooded her when she laid eyes on Walter, posture relaxing as her gaze shifted from him to the Luxray and back again.]

Are you alright?

[Video]

[11121_assumption]

[ He wanted to say he was fine. He was fine. This is normal. It was normal. But with Cissnei he lifted his eyes and hesitated...then shook his head.

Assumption squeezed him tightly. ]

Video

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

What the hell.....

[Oh god, he was starting to shake, this is just .....no it couldn't be the town it couldn't be it. But then Walter collapses and Harry has to sit down, he's shaking so much.]

Walter? Walter, can you hear me?

Video

[11121_assumption]

[ After his Pokemon help rouse him, finally bursting free of their pokeballs; the Solrock's weird power had held them shut; Walter answered. He was sat up, leaning against a rock. His Marowak was nestled at his side to help soothe him and a powerful looking Luxray was hovering behind him, eyes gleaming as she stayed alert for another Solrock.

He seemed tired when he answered. ]

Hello Harry.

Video

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Okay trying to help someone else calms him down at least enough so that he isn't visibly shaking anymore.]

Good, you remember your name at least. Do you remember what day it is?

[Oh good pokemon are there. He'll look over at the two with Walter. Hopefully they'll answer him or at least nod or something.]

I'm sorry I don't know your names. But do you know if he hit his head when he passed out? If it he did, he may have a concussion.

[borschtkot]

Waltya! Hey! Where is he?! One of you, tell me where he is? Hey! Dammit.

[ Potya yowls at the gear, patting at it to try and wake Walter up, as if it could actually do anything. ]

"STupid dumbass ro--HEY! WAKE UP!

[11121_assumption]

[ As Walter's pokemon assisted him, a Pokemon can hear the shouting. A Luxray, with sharp yellow eyes peered at the screen and gave a low growl, looking for a person to take her anger out on. Thankfully, she couldn't go all out through the Gear (even if she saw another cat on the screen) and she was called back. Walter was sat against a rock with his Marowak at his side as he took the Gear. Chaos settled behind him, tail swishing. He didn't look great. ]

Hello Yuri. Was that you shouting?

[borschtkot]

Uh, YEAH it was me shouting! What's going on? What was that thing doing? Are you okay? Do you need me to come to you, however way I can do that?

[ He doesn't know how or even exactly where Walter was but Walter was a friend and he'd figure it out. ]

Video

[badluckbabe]

[Oh great, nothing like having her creepy friend reappear only to die again.]

What the HELL just happened?

Video

[11121_assumption]

[ There was a pause as Walter's pokemon finally broke free of their pokeballs and moved to help their trainer.

Walter was tired when he responded, and didn't look great. He still looked distant, like he wasn't entirely there. Assumption was pressed to his side, as if to try and tether him to reality, while his Luxray, Chaos, was snarling at anything that so much as looked his way. ]

That was the Otherworld.

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[badluckbabe]

OK...well one? Let's never go back there.

Second...HOW?! Did your pokemon like warp reality or something?

[keep_surviving]

[Diana's stomach drops and she reacts first.]

Walter! WALTER!

[She tries to keep herself from panicking, shouting at an unconscious man isn't going to help.]

Doll! Wisdom!

[11121_assumption]

[ While he had Doll with him, it was two of his other Pokemon who reacted first. Assumption roused Walter gently and comforted him in his dazed, disorientated state, while Chaos gave a deep roar, glaring into the dark with her gleaming eyes and channeling sparks of electric all over herself.

Walter retrieved the gear (and, after a pause, the pokeball lying beside it) but he still looked tired and not completely there. ]

This was on...

[keep_surviving]

[Diana lets out a long sigh of relief. Jesus tap dancing Christ...]

You scared the shit out of me.

What happened? There was a... thing? A Pokemon? You dropped like a rock.

[Video]

[maybeitsmabelline]

Um...Walter?

[Hey you..alright there, new/old friend?

Mabel was frowning in worry, Hambone the Espurr peeking over her shoulder.]

What the heck was that thing???

[Video]

[11121_assumption]

[ Sorry Mabel, Walter's not entirely focused right now. Helped up by his Luxray and with his Marowak nestled against him, he spoke softly and held his head in his hand, not looking at the screen even when the Gear is propped up in front of him. ]

I think... it was an agent of Valtiel.

[Video]

[maybeitsmabelline]

An agent of what?

[Valtiel? What the heck was that?]

You didn't hurt yourself when you fell, did you? You should go see one of the nurses!

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... Yeah, so like... guess who wasn't fucking ready to see that in the middle of the night?]

[She had no idea that Solrocks could do that-- in fact, still has no idea, even as she's hitting the call button. Her first thought is that something's happening-- something like those weird weekends (but it's not time for one of those yet, it's too early...), or the time a Shedinja sucked everyone's souls out of their bodies like mussels from their shells and let them ping-pong around each others' ethereal consciousnesses for a bit.]</sub>

Walter? WALTER?

Walter, what the fuck was that?

Are you okay?!

[Video]

[11121_assumption]

[ Once he's righted up and revived by Assumption, the gear gets picked up and handed to him. He still looks rough and dazed. Assumption is pressed into his side and a Luxray is hunched behind him, growling and glaring out into the dark.

While he saw Heather, he didn't seem to look at her. His gaze was faraway, like he was still in that weird rift. ]

....I'm fine. [ But he's not fine. It's so obvious he's really not fine. ]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Yeah that is not the glazed-over stare of a person who is fine.]}

I... don't think I believe that.

Where are you?

Do you know where you are?

[Video | Private]

[bleedingunversed]

[To be completely honest, Vanitas wasn't all that freaked out by what had been shown. In fact there was something almost comforting about it in a weird way that he'd never openly say. It was definitely unnerving and that Solrock was all sorts of fucked up but everything else? Eh.

He was, however, concerned about Walter.]

You should get rid of that Pokemon before it does something else.

[He doesn't feel bad saying it, his eyes narrowed as Flood sits on his shoulder looking uncharacteristically serious with her arms crossed and her own eyes thin slits that are barely visibly.

She didn't like that thing one bit.]

Are you going to be alright?

[11121_assumption]

I can't. It has already proven persistent. And... it's a Sun Pokemon. God was born of the Sun. It must be an agent of Hers.

[ He can't just get rid of it. He can't. He didn't say he was fine. He just shook his head tiredly. ]

This was how it was, back in my world.

[bleedingunversed]

Yeah well, this isn't your world. I'm pretty sure you don't have to play by the rules of your world here.

[He already wants to destroy that Pokemon and he hasn't even met it in person yet.]