You heard of April Fools, get ready for-

[ulternnpc]

The reverse of that.

*image vaguely related

Silly white lies? No, none of that will be coming out of anyone's mouths today. Instead, anyone you meet and talk to you be shocked to realize you're incapable of lying. Staying silent may be an option--or is it? For whatever reason, it's really hard to keep your words in today.

You just might be spouting the first thing that comes out of your mind!

What another, peaceful day in Ultern it is!


...what do you mean that it's not? Well, things have been mostly peaceful for a while anyway. Some chaos is always in order! (Apologies to any Domeists in our midst).

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[closedbond]

Hm...if there's multiple of them, trying to control one person there's bound to be chaos then. We were lucky. We only had one voice who reached out to us--and it had been Xerneas, one of the Legendary Pokemon. Of course our time with Xerneas had been brief, and not long for it to have a lasting effect on us.

...anyway. Did they lead you to become a Champion as a "host"? Or did they work with you to stop your Dad...?

[domeinion]

Cover? You spoke with Cover -- Xerneas? What was that like? --oh, right, I should answer your question first.

[She adjusts her hat and nods.]

All of the above. Though I was only Champion for a short while, and I wasn't the one who finally stopped him in the end.

[That'd been Ao or Four, whichever you counted. Both, like Alice, people who weren't supposed to exist in the old world. Maybe that was fitting.]

But we laid enough of a foundation that the next host could finish what we started, and managed to integrate ourselves into the world even when it went back to normal. Which took a great deal of effort, I won't lie -- of course, not that I could, all things considered...

[closedbond]

Cover? Is that the name that was given to Xerneas? ...sorry I'm not trying to add more questions.

[He'll stop (or tries his best to, anyway) to listen to Alice's explanations. There's a nod from X, to indicate he understood what she said to him.]

I think I get it. It was a team effort for us to put a stop to Team Flare back in Kalos. I was just about to go back to a normal life too...before ending up here. I don't know how hard it will be for me...but maybe it won't be so bad if my friends are there.

[He'll sigh, and go back to the topic of Xerneas.]

Xerxer, Xerneas' voice was very clear. It was Xerxer that drew me back out to the world that I almost shut myself out from again. Xerxer told me to be courageous, to step forward and connect with others...I wonder if they knew I would end far away from Kalos, after everything was said and done.

[domeinion]

It's the name we call it where I'm from. We believe that's just one of its forms. But that aside...

[She nods as X explains his own experiences.]

It's hard to say what they know. It has to have been hard, even if it was worth it to save everyone and to connect with all your friends. I wish I had all the answers, but that's science. A constant state of discovery. But I'm glad, X. It sounds like your friends were right to put their faith in you.

[closedbond]

One of it's forms...?

[That made him think for a moment.]

I remember it took on a form of a tree when I first saw it, outside of Vaniville. It was recovering from using so much of their power against Yveltal but I assume that's not what you meant by Xerxer having more than one form.

[X lightly shook his head.]

That's okay. There's still a lot of things I don't know either. I would be lying if I said it hadn't been hard to put my trust in my friends again, or with my Pokemon but...I'm glad that they kept reaching out to me, and trusted me. That's why I was able to do the same and trust them too.

[domeinion]

Thank you, X. I'm glad to have someone like you around. You're a good friend, you know that? Regardless of how intimidating it might be to reach out, I think it must have worked out well.

[closedbond]

Thanks, Alice... remember you can reach out to me too.

[There's a bit of hesitation on his part, but really given what's going around he couldn't exactly keep his words in.]

We're friends too aren't we?

[domeinion]

Of course! I'd certainly classify us that way. You've been nothing but friendly for some time, and I do like having you around. I'm glad to hear it from you.

[closedbond]

Thanks, Alice. I never thought I would make more friends here. I never thought to ask, really but I'm glad I did.