The land remains, the land endures

[stormkingofshepherds]

Arrival, Part 1

Anyone walking out on Stardust Beach might be surprised to see someone new, a young man with brown hair lying facedown in the sand, groaning. A Carnivine hovers over him worriedly, drifting back and forth in what looks like the equivalent of pacing. Finally, he turns over, looking up at her.

"Ugh, Macy...where are we?"

"Vine..." She sounds just as confused as he is.

Arrival, Part 2

Meanwhile, Turnbloom Gym now has a young teen hanging around outside, face pressed against the glass as they observe the gym interior. They're holding a carved walking stick that seems way too tall for them. After a bit, they try to wave down a passerby.

"Hey! Do you know where we are? And have you seen my dad?"

(Responses will come from loudvoiceloudbabybird!)

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Arrival, Part 1

[radleyslittleevie]

A cute little Eevee is soon peering down at him too.

"Hi! This is Ultern! Are you okay?"

[stormkingofshepherds]

Nathaniel blinks, looking extremely confused. He's never been able to understand Pokemon speech himself, even if he knows plenty of his team are intelligent enough-they have their own ways of communicating, after all. Also that name isn't familiar at all.

"Ultern...? Is that the name of a town...?" He slowly tries to sit up, wincing as it aggravates his burn scars. Although his body is mostly covered, what can be seen of his left side is all heavily burnt. The Carnivine reaches out to support him as he sits upright, still looking confused.

[radleyslittleevie]

The Eevee is speaking human talk.

"No, it's this whole place! ... Oh no, you're hurt!" She stares with wide eyes.

[stormkingofshepherds]

Yeah, that's definitely her mouth moving too, not telepathy. "A whole other region?" His eyes widen in worry. "Why-why have I never heard of it?" His brain flashes back to memories of Kalos, shrouded by the Devourer and unknown to the rest of the world. Is this another case of that?

part 2

[domeinion]

[Alice waves and tucks away her notebook. She walks over, her weird-looking Masquerain (why does it have cannons for front legs?) buzzing behind her.]

We're in the region of Ultern, but I'm not sure about your dad. You see, this place is subject to a temporal phenomenon that takes people through the spacetime stream and deposits them into the region, and eventually sends them back where they were. I understand it's inconvenient and likely distressing, but we can try and see if maybe he's around!

[loudvoiceloudbabybird]

[Brinda's a bit surprised at the cannon-legs, but they do know about variant Pokemon! Maybe this is one of them? Although they're not sure what kind of environment that'd be an adaptation for.]

Really? None of the l-the other people I know have ever told me anything about that happening! [They grip the walking stick, looking worried.]

[domeinion]

Unfortunately, that isn't uncommon. Even for me, and I've got a lot of experience with other dimensions and timelines. I'd love to learn more, but for now that just means studying what's in front of us and chasing any change in the status quo. Wait, is that to say that you have that kind of experience?

[loudvoiceloudbabybird]

Um, only a little? [They look a bit sheepish.] The last time there was a whole region no one knew about it was because Zygarde was manipulating everyone's memories, but people weren't randomly getting teleported there either.

Arrival Part 2

[squaredup]

[He’s probably gonna feel like he’s seeing double when Calla, walking by towards the Pokémon Center, pulls up short to approach him. She’s a bit short for a girl her age, with a jaunty yellow bandanna tying her hair back in a low ponytail. There’s a Spearow riding on her shoulder that croaks before going back to preening her bangs.]

Ulsai, hi, you’re on Ultern. Who’s your dad? Maybe he got here before you did. Me and Zephyr can help look if you want.

[And that’s about when she notices the Gym.]

-Oh! Oh, you’re a Trainer, too, aren’t you?!

[loudvoiceloudbabybird]

[Brinda waves at the Spearow, making their own birdlike chirp of greeting before looking a bit embarrassed.]

My dad's called Nathaniel! He's got short brown hair and wears long sleeves and he'll probably have a Carnivine with him!

[They blink at the question, looking up and down at themselves before answering.]

Oh, I'm not a Trainer! My dad is though, so I've watched him battle before. And I like Flying-types a lot!

DW decided to send out all my notifs at once today! @_@

[squaredup]

[The Spearow chirps right back before fluttering his wings (and smacking Calla on the side of the head by accident). It lifts off her shoulder and flutters over to land in front of Brinda. Hello, chirpy person, hello!]

[Calla splutters for a second before giggling.]

I think Zephyr likes you! He’s usually kind of nervous about new people.

[Oh, right, serious topics.]

He sounds like he’s got good taste in Pokémon. Though, um, what’s a Carnivine? Is that like a Tangela?

No prob, sorry for late reply!

[loudvoiceloudbabybird]

[Brinda smiles, bending down to be more on eye-level with Zephyr.] Really? Well, it's nice to know I'm special! [Probably because they technically aren't a person, they don't mention.]

Well...a little bit? She's a Grass-type too, and has a bunch of roots that kind of twist together, but also a biiiig wide face on top of that. [They make a motion to indicate the wideness of said face.] And she can float! She's my dad's first Pokemon and she's been with him since forever!

Arrival Part 1!

[closedbond]

X had just arrived at Stardust Beach when noticing both trainer and Carnivine in the sand. It doesn't take his sharp eye sight to immediately pick up on Carnivine's worry, and the trainer's status. Rushing over, he'll call out.

"Hey--are you hurt anywhere?" Once close enough he'll be kneeling down, and digging into his bag for a water bottle. It was better than nothing if the guy had any notable injuries--or better yet parched.

[stormkingofshepherds]

There are the burn scars on his face and hand, and possibly extending over his whole left side, but they're obviously pretty old-no recent injuries.

"I don't think so," he says after a moment, doing a brief inventory of his own body. "Some aches, but they're on the weaker side." Macy reaches out to take the water bottle, using some of her vines to unscrew it while the others support Nathaniel in sitting up.

[closedbond]

X will let Macy take the water bottle--rather a pokemon the guy trusted than make him uncomfortable. Listening to Nathaniel, he'll nod.

"That's good...do you remember anything? Do you feel hot in anyway? You might need to step out of the light."

Of course, he wasn't a medical expert but he knew well enough it wasn't a good idea to be out under the sun without any protection like this. Plus, there was no telling just how long Nathaniel had been like this before finding him.

[stormkingofshepherds]

He frowns, rubbing his forehead as he tries to think. "I do feel warm. I want to find somewhere I can properly sit down, anyways."

[ Arrival, Part 1 ]

[unchcsen]

It's the Carnivine that gets Volo's attention first. He has seen lots of unfamiliar Pokémon in Ultern, but finally, here's one he recognises! However, that's not necessarily a good thing. He approaches, but slowly, remembering that Carnivine were always aggressive back home. He doesn't fancy the idea of being chased down the beach by this one!

When he draws closer, he sees that the Carnivine is accompanied by a human, and one who seems to be in a very similar situation to the one Volo had found himself in, on the day of his arrival. He'd been drifted onto this beach, too. In his sleep, or so it had seemed.

"Ah...hello...? Are you alright?" He edges closer, keeping one eye on the Carnivine, and one hand on his Togekiss' Poké Ball. "Welcome to Ultern! Please don't attack me..."

what's the chronology of these threads? listen don't worry about it

[stormkingofshepherds]

"As alright as I can be under the circumstances," mutters Nathaniel, using Macy as leverage to sit up. He notices the other man's nervousness around the Carnivine, and waves a hand casually.

"Hey, don't worry, Macy's not a biter. Unless she's being protective, but this place seems alright so far."

[ sorry for taking ages to reply, just coming back to old tags but feel free to drop if you want to]

[unchcsen]

"I understand. I arrived here in quite the same state and circumstances, you see."

With some reassurance that the Carnivine is under control, Volo approaches the stranger, offering out his free hand in case the man needs any more help in getting up.

"Where I come from, Carnivine were universally aggressive. For no good reason. Negative associations, and all that. I do hope you'll forgive me, Macy, and Mister...?"

[Arrival, Part 2]

[starinheaven]

"Oh, no... did you come here without your papa too?" Ai asked sympathetically, frowning, her hands coming up to cover her mouth. "To Ultern, I mean... this region?"

[loudvoiceloudbabybird]

Brinda blinks, a distressed look on their face. "I hope not! We were just together before I suddenly woke up here without him!"

[starinheaven]

"That does sound like drifting..." Ai said, frowning. "I'm sorry. I hope you can still find them, but a lot of us just show up alone, without friends or family... the trainers usually have their Pokemon, though."

[Arrival, Part 1]

[timidlyblooming]

"Oh, dear... did you have an accident or are you new to Ultern? That Pokemon isn't natively found here, so I'm assuming you two drifted here."

Lillie's Alolan Vulpix, Snowy, barked a greeting as well.

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Definitely new," mutters Nathaniel, slowly trying to sit up. The grainy sand makes it harder, and he does have to lean on Macy, but he finally stands, before staring at the Vulpix.

"That's a new variant..." he notes. "Ice-type?" he guesses.

[timidlyblooming]

Lillie tilts her head curiously. "Oh, she isn't new to the Alola region, they might not be common anywhere else, but they're found on Mount Lanakila, where they adapted to the colder climate. So... yes, you're right, she is an Ice type. They even have an older name in the native language: Keokeo."

"Oh! Please excuse me for not introducing myself yet... I'm Lillie and this is Snowy, my Alolan Vulpix." Lillie gives a polite curtsey.