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[cardinaldirections]

[Hunter is coming to the network from a hotel in Goldenrod, judging by his background, though at the moment he seems to be in the lobby rather than a room. This is because there's a Cinderace and a girl who, for those who know her, looks like a shrunken version of Eda, running back and forth in the lobby racing. A Lopunny is going around trying to get them to stop, but to no avail. Then, on one pass, both of them just explode out the front door, Eda laughing all the way. Lopunny stops, leans over a bit to breathe, then takes off after them. The video spins around to a harried Hunter-]

Is this- normal!? Is it happening to anyone else??

[-and then the whole thing is just a blurry mess as he dashes off to catch up to the whole group. The feed cuts after a few moments, with Hunter shouting after Eda and nothing but laughter in return.]

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[islandshore]

[Riku... surprisingly, is not in his late 20's anymore. No, he's back to being a teenager, raising an eyebrow because... okay. Did another wave of newbies pop up behind his back? Actually, a lot of weird changes seem to have happened.

He's got Pokémon he doesn't remember having. There's weird teleport things. Just... what.

Riku sighs.]

Wouldn't be the first time something weird's happened here. Feels like this whole place got an upgrade overnight. Did you see those teleport pads? And don't get me started on all the weird Pokémon that exist now.

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[cardinaldirections]

An upgrade?

[Hold on, he's got to switch mental tracks from all the chaos going on to try and figure out what he means.]

I don't know what you mean, the teleport pads and stuff have been there the whole time. At least as long as I've been here.

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[islandshore]

No, they definitely weren't here before. Heck, for a while, we couldn't even access Kanto.

And now there's hundreds of new Pokémon in my dex, a "fairy type"... Feels like the world's playing a cosmic prank or something.

[It feels like this guy's playing a joke on him. It's definitely not a face Riku recognizes, and he was one of the first people to show up here.

...but the dates on the gear are all off, too. Ugh.]

[cardinaldirections]

No that's definitely all been there too.

[Wait. Eda didn't recognize him or any of the Pokemon she should've. Maybe-]

Yeah. Cosmic joke is right, I think whatever happened to Eda happened to you too. [He paused, a bit troubled.] Which probably doesn't mean anything to you.

[Great.]

[islandshore]

...Yeah. Might be it. Someone's telling me there's some weird time and aging stuff going on.

[He rubs his brow, eyes shut and posture tense.]

It's weird, though. I remember this place fine, but I'm guessing your...

[Pause.]

Dunno if she's your friend, but I'm guessing she shouldn't be like this.

[cardinaldirections]

She's... Yeah. She's a friend of mine.

[No need to go into how complicated (for Hunter) that is.]

And no, she shouldn't be like this at all. Usually she's an older woman, though... [A crack of a smile.] ...just about with the same energy.