[ She is looking around for that subway map from earlier... ]
Galaxy Line sounds interesting... I wonder if that attendant would have any advice? Not that he was particularly helpful earlier about the plates, but...
You step down the stairs, and unlike the more modern train of last time, you see an old-fashioned, steam-powered train pulled up to the platform, ready for boarding. Only one car has doors open for you to enter. Thankfully, the fog is much less dense here.
The train is similarly old-fashioned inside, but there are photographs framed lining the walls of the train car. The photos are washed-out, as if done with outdated technology, even though the scenes depicted are from dynamic angles that don't seem like they would be possible with old cameras. They depict many different people and Pokemon.
The scenes depicted in the pictures include: - A girl with the Hisuian forms of Decidueye, Typhlosion, and Samurott. - A smiling merchant giving an animated pitch. - Ingo standing side by side with a strong-looking woman by a Pokemon battle court. - Cyllene, looking unimpressed behind a desk. - A professor with a lab coat and a warm-looking hat, inspecting an old-fashioned Pokeball. - An imposing man with a mustache. - Ingo doing his pointing pose with his Hisuian team of Pokemon around him. (Gliscor, Tangrowth, Machamp, Magnezone, Probopass, and Alakazam.)
You never thought you would meet someone who shared your circumstances, let alone a prodigy like Akari. Who was she, where she came from? Did she lose as much as you did? Was she respected for her knowledge there? She doesn't seem too concerned about it. She doesn't have as heavy a heart as you do, considering her life in Hisui, opposed to whatever came before. Or at least she's too bright and energetic to make it obvious if she does. Frankly, she deserves that kind of confidence in herself. This is the girl who confronted the highest of gods unflinchingly. She adapted to the dangerous environments of Hisui in record time. She has the drive and skill to do what needs to be done, no matter what it is. You can only assume that if she actually wanted to return home—she would be there now.
He was always polite and friendly, but... His indelicacy always rubbed you the wrong way. He wanted to know too much about things that hurt you to understand so little about. It was a relief when he gave up on you and moved on to the next conversational partner. They say he took his leave of Hisui forever. You hope he found whatever he wanted somewhere else.
It was a gradual journey to get there, but once you realized you could make your own team and train them to shine in battle, it was a quick plummet into catching dozens and dozens. After spending a few years feeling on the outside of everything, you really felt like this is what you were meant to do. Showing the world the joy and strategy of competitive battling... If you had stayed there, maybe you could have managed to make it your life's work, and forget the rest of it you were missing.
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Hmm, that's true... I wonder if we should let our Pokemon out to stretch their legs even if we're not... battling?
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[ POKEMON PARTY come on out friends.
Clover can also come out too. She's been hiding. ]
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Hello, friends!
[ And when Clover comes out - ]
And Miss Clover...!
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Also, some timey-wimey bendy stuff happens here because I say so. ]
So. You and Tighnari, hm?
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Oh! That's right. I meant to tell you that he and I started seeing each other, but... It's been a bit hectic...
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[ I regret to inform you this is not a gag tag ]
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[ He sounds like a grandpa hearing the word for the first time. His ye old is showing. ]
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Should we start making our way to one of the other stations...?
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[ Something for him to log away for later! ]
I think so. Have you any thoughts on where to go next?
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[ She is looking around for that subway map from earlier... ]
Galaxy Line sounds interesting... I wonder if that attendant would have any advice? Not that he was particularly helpful earlier about the plates, but...
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I'm fine with the Galaxy Line if you are.
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To the Galaxy Line, then! Is everyone ready?
[ she looks at Miss Clover, and then to all their Pokemon! ]
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The station seems to be clearly labeled. It shouldn't be too hard to find our way.
[ THEY GOIN'. Take us away whenever you're ready, o conductor. ]
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[ now THIS, this seems more akin to something she would have seen in ye olde fantasy world, maybe,
Once again, she will take Arthur by the hand to lead them and their little gaggle of Pokemon to the one open car! ]
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I thought that "galaxy" would have invoked something more akin to the last train.
[ It's not a real complaint. Onto the train they go! ]
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The scenes depicted in the pictures include:
- A girl with the Hisuian forms of Decidueye, Typhlosion, and Samurott.
- A smiling merchant giving an animated pitch.
- Ingo standing side by side with a strong-looking woman by a Pokemon battle court.
- Cyllene, looking unimpressed behind a desk.
- A professor with a lab coat and a warm-looking hat, inspecting an old-fashioned Pokeball.
- An imposing man with a mustache.
- Ingo doing his pointing pose with his Hisuian team of Pokemon around him. (Gliscor, Tangrowth, Machamp, Magnezone, Probopass, and Alakazam.)
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[ She'll inspect that photo with the girl and Hisuian Decidueye, Typhlosion, and Samurott! ]
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You never thought you would meet someone who shared your circumstances, let alone a prodigy like Akari. Who was she, where she came from? Did she lose as much as you did? Was she respected for her knowledge there? She doesn't seem too concerned about it. She doesn't have as heavy a heart as you do, considering her life in Hisui, opposed to whatever came before. Or at least she's too bright and energetic to make it obvious if she does. Frankly, she deserves that kind of confidence in herself. This is the girl who confronted the highest of gods unflinchingly. She adapted to the dangerous environments of Hisui in record time. She has the drive and skill to do what needs to be done, no matter what it is. You can only assume that if she actually wanted to return home—she would be there now.
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[ She can't help but be reminded of many of the bright-eyed young adventurers that join their guild. ]
And now...
[ To the photo of the smiling merchant! ]
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[ Are we collecting vibes again? Arthur will start at the other end of all the photos, starting with the one of Ingo and his Pokemon! ]
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[ The comparatively older train would make sense then.
Onto the next photo, the man with the mustache! ]
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