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?

[radleyslittleevie]

"I don't think anybody knows about it until they come here!" the Eevee says. "How did you get hurt? I can get help!"

[stormkingofshepherds]

"I'm fine," he says quietly. "It all happened...a long time ago. I just need-" He reaches out to his side, then frowns.

"Where's my walking stick?"

Macy looks surprised as well, although she does quickly add in her own language that she can help support him, though they should probably try and figure out where his walking stick went...

[radleyslittleevie]

"Oh.... I'm glad you're not hurt now!"

Evie listens to Macy. "That's so wonderful he has you to help! That's weird about the walking stick.... I hope it didn't go in the water...."

She walks a few steps all around, looking for it.

[stormkingofshepherds]

The scars still ache sometimes and he still has complications, but at the same time he doesn't feel like getting into the details, so he just nods.

There's no sign of any walking stick around, not even an indentation in the sand where it might have lain. Macy lets out another hiss, noting that they might want to get off the beach first so Nathaniel can sit down. She wraps some of her vines around his waist as she floats, supporting him for now.

[radleyslittleevie]

"I don't see it.... Why don't we go over here?" Evie indicates some benches up by some shops.

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Yeah...it'd be good to have somewhere to properly sit down," agrees Nathaniel. He starts making his way slowly across the beach, leaning on Macy and stumbling occasionally, although he manages to keep himself mostly upright.

[radleyslittleevie]

Evie walks alongside to make sure all is going well.

"Do you want food? There's yummy food here!"

[stormkingofshepherds]

"What kind of food?" Nathaniel is trying to alternate between watching his feet and occasionally looking over at Evie, since he's not sure if that'd be considered rude otherwise.

[radleyslittleevie]

"There's sandwiches and desserts and lots of yummy things!" Evie says.

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Well...I'm not very hungry yet, but maybe I can get some sandwiches for later." It's hard not to smile at the small Eevee's cheerfulness. He pauses. "I don't think I have money from this region though..."

[radleyslittleevie]

"The people here are really nice!" Evie says. "They'll give people food when they need it!"

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Really? Well, that's a little reassuring to hear."

[radleyslittleevie]

"Yeah! I love it here! If Radley was here, everything would be perfect!" Evie says.

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Is Radley your trainer? You were brought here without him?"

[radleyslittleevie]

"Yeah, he's my person! But ... well, we were apart before I came here.... Team Rocket took me away from him and I'm still trying to get back to him," Evie says, drooping a bit.

[stormkingofshepherds]

His eyes darken slightly at the mention of Team Rocket. "Of course it's them...at least you're safe from them now."

[radleyslittleevie]

"Yeah.... I wish Radley was here too," Evie says. Perking up, she adds, "But everyone here is so nice! I love being with everyone!"

[stormkingofshepherds]

"Really? There aren't any Teams trying to make trouble here?"

[radleyslittleevie]

"Well ... sometimes, but it's not like it is back home!" Evie says. "Even Team Rocket people can learn to be nice here."

[stormkingofshepherds]

That gets a slight eye-narrowing from Nathaniel. "There are members of Team Rocket here?"

[radleyslittleevie]

"Yeah, but most of them are nice now!" Evie insists.