[action | video]

[questioneverything]

Who:Romelle, OPEN
Where: New Bark -> Cherrygrove
When: All week!
Summary: Romelle is now stuck after her initial Fourth Wall visit. Come say hi! I will happily match formats, but I usually write everything, even action spam, in third-person past-tense. There's a network option at the bottom!
Rating: PG-13? Just to be safe.
Log:

New Bark Town

[Romelle knocked on the door of the house she'd just been kicked out of several times.]

Excuse me?! But I still have questions! What am I supposed to do? How do I get home?

[She was going to keep doing that until someone stopped her...]

Why am I having this dream again?!

Route 29

[Romelle had set off as suggested, wandering along to explore. The map helped a little? And she had a general idea that she needed to go to Cherrygrove City, which was apparently just straight ahead. So, sure... she could go that way.

Of course, her first couple of encounters with wild Pokemon didn't exactly go smoothly. She probably could use some help. She was going to run away or something from most of them. Stufful was very vexed and confused by this.]

Cherrygrove City

[Between the Mart, the Center, the Inn, and the beach, Romelle was already kind of okay with this. The Inn even had a spa! It was a small little place, though, and Romelle probably wouldn't linger long, but it was a good place to rest and get some sleep in a bed after her trek along Route 29...]

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[The video opened up with a familiar blond that some might know or some might have seen during the crazy whacky weekend a while back (if the dream isn't too fuzzy for you). However, she looked a little confused and perhaps a bit worried. If you knew her before, she won't remember you, sorry. She was doing her best!]

It seems I'm having this dream again, but things have gotten to a point where I'm beginning to think it might not be a dream. I didn't remember it while I was awake, but I do now, and I'm hoping to find a few of my friends. They were here in my dream...

But, my name is Romelle. I think... I think some people might know me? Someone told me that I've been here before. I do apologize. I don't remember it.

Comments

Route 29

[goldeneyeball]

_{[Being a little reluctant to explore the world of Johto too far beyond Cherrygrove, JW once again finds himself on good ole Route 29 retracing his steps. Sometimes he would bump into Bug Catchers and scorch their precious Caterpies so he was always on the look-out to make a quick buck. Today, however, he hears a much different ruckus up ahead than a pre-teen in comfy shorts.]}

Eh?

_{[He stops a good stone's throw away from the battle to assess the dust-up.]}

[questioneverything]

Is that what we should be doing?

[Certainly, the pink and brown raccoon like creature seemed to think so, and Romelle was visibly unsure about the whole thing. Meanwhile, the little purple rat seemed ready to throw down against the raccoon. The two of them were making "rattata!" and "stufful!" noises at each other as Romelle finally agreed.]

Okay, okay... whatever you want!

[So, the stufful jumped in to tackle the rattata! This was going so well!]

[goldeneyeball]

_{[JW cringes. Eesh, those purple rats never gave in! He picks up the pace until he's at least within speaking distance and pauses with one hand hovering over Hot Stuff's Poke'ball.]}

Tell your weird dog to go for the tail!

[questioneverything]

Dog?

[Oh, wait... Keith had called his wolf that once... maybe that was a human term for a canine? And while Romelle wasn't entirely sure Stufful was a canine, she got the picture pretty quickly. She nodded.]

Stufful, go for the tail!

[And the pink raccoon-bear-dog did just that! He looked proud of himself. This was how it was supposed to work, right? He grappled the rat-thing down using Tackle. In response, the purple rat turned and tried to Bite back.]

New Bark Town

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

[Shinobu's own encounter with "Mom" had gone rather poorly; he hopes this woman hadn't been similarly affected.

His own memories of that "weird weekend" are coming back in fits and starts, and he can't say as he's enjoying that either, given that his memory is usually eidetic. But he can't let himself dwell on that right now.]

I don't think this actually is a dream, unless you're prone to dreaming total strangers.

[questioneverything]

[Romelle froze for a moment, and then sighed.]

Ah, sorry. [She turned around, visibly embarrassed.] I vaguely remember someone mentioning you can't get in, but... it's rather fuzzy. Like I dreamed this place before- [But yes... he did mention strangers.]

No, I... I don't often dream of strangers. But I've met a lot of new people lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were some people I didn't immediately recognize in my dreams.

I do have to say, though... this place... I know I've never seen it before.

[un_oiseau_rebelle]

[Shinobu opted not to comment on her embarrassment; he had no desire to make her feel worse about this.]

There was something that happened - well, for me it would have been a year ago, but I don't know if that's the case for everybody who was here when I was. This place sort of drags people in temporarily, and then a few days later they go home none the wiser. I've only got any memories of it at all because I don't generally forget things, and even my memories of it are scrambled and incomplete and didn't start coming back at all until I woke up here. [He paused, glancing at the exterior of "Mom's" house again.] I'm fairly sure I never saw this place specifically, though.

[questioneverything]

[Romelle nodded.]

It was much more recent for me, but yes. I didn't remember the dream at all until I was back here again.

[She sighed.]

I think, though, that coming through "Mom" means that I'll be here for quite some time, perhaps. This time, anyway.

I was hoping it was just a dream... [She'd heard of dreams like that before. The Paladins had been through some strange game together in a dream once. But, clearly, this was different.]

Video

[sleepallthewayhome]

[Newt got really excited for a moment there then....oh. Oh, well she's done this before. This is the third Romelle she's met after all.]

It's not a dream, it's a different world people end up in.

I knew you before but people come back and forget things sometimes. ....My name's Newt.

[questioneverything]

So, it's normal then... that people don't remember being here before.

[Romelle looked a little disappointed. The idea that people knew her when she didn't know them was a little disturbing.]

Well, it's nice to meet you, Newt. Again, I suppose? Though I guess it wouldn't really be again if I don't remember from the last time.

[sleepallthewayhome]

It happens sometimes. Sometimes people come back and they remember being here....sometimes they don't.

Well, I'm meeting you again. Have your friends said hi yet? I met you the first time because sometimes I stay at Shiro's house.

[questioneverything]

[Romelle nodded. At least the little girl understood.

She nodded, though.]

Yes. A few of them, actually. I saw several of them when I was here during those few days that feel even more like a dream... but some have said hi here already.

It's good to have some familiar faces.

video;

[marmoron]

[ Well that's a familiar face on the gear. Wasn't that long ago that he had that dream about running into Romelle, too. How very fushigi.....]

So you actually met mom this time?

[ ... though ideally he would prefer Romelle didn't remember his bed head. ]

[questioneverything]

Yes... it seems I did. [Now that she really knew he wasn't talking about Krolia...] It was you who mentioned her... it really does feel like it was a dream that I was here for a day or two.

[In the background, "Stufful!" could be heard, almost protesting that the idea they had met before was just a dream.]

[marmoron]

[ His brow furrows slightly. Weirder things have happened in pokemon land, but it's odd to think they had the same dream??? The Stufful only throws him off a little more. ]

... yeah, that's weird.

[ But Romelle's seemingly back for real now, so he should focus on that. Probably. ]

Dreams aside... are you doing okay?

[questioneverything]

Mostly. It's a bit of an adjustment.

[And, because she honestly can't remember if she'd asked him before.]

How long have you been here?

[video] [private]

[insidegalra]

[The man on the screen looks perfectly human, except for the brilliant gold of his irises. His questions might imply something else, however.]

Pardon the question, but those marks... Are you Altean?

[video] [private]

[questioneverything]

[Romelle stared back for a moment. Not many humans knew about Alteans, and Romelle was pretty sure she'd met most of them, but... his eyes...]

Ah, yes... I am. Have you met me before? Or perhaps Princess Allura?

[As the dream was definitely fuzzy, Romelle did remember that Allura had been here, too. So, maybe he knew Alteans that way?]

[video] [private]

[insidegalra]

I have never met an Altean in person. But I am a Blade of Marmora, and we were working with Voltron, and her Highness, at the time I was brought here. I'm told that time has passed in our home reality since.

[Thace's smile is almost non-existant, but he's had enough time to process and is covering with dry humor.]

Galra are very different from Earthlings, although I'm starting to suspect that whatever changes arrivals into Earthlings only has a passing familiarity with the species.

video;

[shiro2hero]

Romelle?

[He pauses, the memory of the Weekend coming back, slowly - distantly. Like it always does.]

[And then beams.]

Romelle! Hey! Welcome back.

[questioneverything]

Ah, Shiro! Thank you... I think. [She chuckled, though weakly.]

So... when I was here, that was real, then, wasn't it? [It was starting to feel more and more like her dreamy memories weren't a dream after all...]

[shiro2hero]

It's okay - it's a lot to take in.

[It's pretty normal to feel overwhelmed, anyway.]

Yeah, looks like it. Those... memories are always a bit hazy on those weekends.

New Bark

[spacebolin]

[It's probably kind of silly that he's made a habit of coming back here periodically to visit with fake Mom, but Hunk can't help it. She'd seemed nice enough and it's obvious that she means well. It's just an odd situation all around. So he makes a point of coming back occasionally. Tiramisu seems to enjoy it as well.

Today, though, things are different. There's no question of who the familiar blonde can be, especially with the way she's carrying on. Hunk honestly can't decide how to feel about seeing her here, because he'd kind of been hoping her visit a while back had been the end of it.]

You had so much fun the first time that you decided to come back for real?

[questioneverything]

[Oh, relief! A familiar face! Romelle flopped down on the steps of the house she'd just been ousted from and couldn't seem to get back into.]

I guess... though, really... you know me. I'm not a fan of "adventures". [She looked up at him.] It wasn't a dream, was it?

[spacebolin]

[And here he'd been hoping she wouldn't end up stuck here.] I've been here for months, and normally I'd try to convince you to give this place a chance. But honestly... I have to agree. [He's been trying. It's nice to know that the others seem so happy here, but Hunk can't even bring himself to feel the same. With a frown, he moves to take a seat next to her.] I'm still hoping this is all just a weird dream.