king_of_flames | Seventeenth Move

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Seventeenth Move

[Action, Celadon City]

[Roy walks out of the gym triumphantly, a Rainbow Badge in his hand. He turns around and waves to the women who gathered outside the front door, all of them calling "good-bye, Roy" and "Come back soon!"

However, this means he isn't watching where he's going, and so something bounces off his leg. He turns around and looks...

...and sees an Eevee. A familiar looking one, at that.]

Hey...Elsie?

[At the sound of her name, the Eevee runs up and begans rubbing up against Roy's legs, looking utterly distraught.]

...no...

[Roy was at a loss for words...and for just about anything else. He sands there, frozen, for a while.]

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To those who knew Brigadier General Maes Hughes: he has disappeared. I have his Eevee and his Alakazam. If you received any of his Pokémon, let me know so we can account for them.

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[The text you're getting is unusually terse, Mustang, given the source. Kimblee had suspected something like this; he doesn't like it.]

None of his Pokémon - some of his belongings, however, possibly relevant to the situation at hand. I can't say for sure at this point.

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[Roy has to think this over. This was rather direct for Kimblee.]

Relevant how?

[He hesitates for a moment before responding; he isn't exactly thrilled about offering Mustang any more information than he really has to. At the same time, as little as he'll admit it to anyone, he's more than slightly shaken up - either Hughes' disappearance was orchestrated or Johto has a sick sense of humor.]

We were looking into some things regarding this place. How it works, why things happen as they do. Investigating theories behind the appearances and disappearances. One of the things we were looking into was exactly what happens during those three-day periods that no one can account for.

I compiled notes on the subject. Gave him a copy. Told him to write down anything that came to mind.

He seems to have added to it.

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[WHAT?!

Did her heart just stop beating? What's that thing people call breathing?

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No. Lies. Liar. Hughes couldn't be... He was just... ...He...

Pokémon. What? Right, maybe Winry should check. Just in case. Sure.]

[...Since when did she have a dit--? Hey two pokémon who she didn't catch or hatch or... Well, damn.]

His Audino and Chansey are in Goldenrod with me.

[Roy pauses when he sees the name attached to the text. Winry Rockbell? She had returned?

But now wasn't the time for that. Roy focuses on responding.]

Good. I know you'll give them a good home.

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[ Text ] That icon incites sobs wherever it pops up.

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[ Text ] I know. But Winry needs hugs atm, so at least she can get them on icons~

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Cacturne. I found it in my box this morning.

[Isaac hesitates for a minute, and then a second text follows.]

It's a shame he's gone. He'll be missed.

[He's not entirely sure what else to say; he knows Mustang and Hughes were close. This must be hard on him.]

That's five accounted for. Take good care of it. Yeah. This is like his death all over again.

I will.

I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do?

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...I think I might have his Gyarados.

[The fact that it's the same Gyarados he fought during the garbage incident is a little alarming, in his opinion.]

"You think?"

That's what the Gear said, but I remember seeing that Gyarados. It was held by a member of Team Rocket when those Poison-types attacked.

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[Huh, so Hughes is gone. That's...kind of frustrating actually. Even if he is definitely feeling some spiteful glee that Roy's life probably sucks right now.]

So that's where this Haunter came from.

[...Oh hell no.]

You have GOT to be kidding.

Strange how I keep winding up with you people's Pokemon, isn't it?

[Since he'd gotten not only Ed's Dratini, but also a Vulpix from when Katara had left.]

But I guess this time it isn't too weird.

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I've got his Lampent with me. I'll take good care of her.

Didn't know he was a Brigadier General.

Good. That makes seven, maybe eight. We came from different points in our world's timeline. Let me guess, he said that he was a lieutenant colonel, didn't he?

Actually, I never asked. Just knew he was in investigations.

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[[Oh dammit, sorry Roy; it's hard for him to see the screen through these damn tears.]]

Apologies, Colonel; I have his Honchkrow.

[At least Roy has the tact to not say anything about that.]

Good. At least I can be confident it'll have a caring owner.

[[Roy will soon get another text.]]

I received his Combee this morning.

Thank you. That's most of his roster accounted for.

[Ed hasn't really used this thing yet, so it's awhile before his response comes through. Hughes had been there when he first arrived only a few months ago - which had been a shocking discovery - but that didn't make the fact that he was gone any easier to take, either.]

disappeared?

[Wait, did that message say it was from Edward Elric? Roy scratched his head. He must have been so involved in being a thorn in Team Rocket's side that he hadn't been paying attention.]

People randomly disappear from here. It's theorized that they're sent home.

[But there wasn't much point in acting shocked about it, especially via text message.]

Yeah I gathered that. I thought this place was a dream. Last time I was here some kid I've never met said I was friends with him.

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