1 - Trio Badge

[bestwishes]

[Ash Ketchum awakens this morning and...]

Okay, I think it's time to leave... Virbank... soon...

Iris? Cilan? ... This wasn't what I had in mind about leaving town.

[He'll explore the house at 627 Topper Street, only to find drone parents on a preliminary search...

And so, he'll turn to the phones.]

Hey uh, I'm back in Mayfield, right? This is a different house though... You still here Crowe? Have I missed anything?

[You may also find him down the park later, training one of his numerous Pokémon (Pikachu, Muk, Sceptile, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, Oshawott or Scraggy).]

Comments

[ phone ]

[extraordinarily]

[... Oh, hey. Haruhi remembers you somewhat. It was something to do with detective competitions right?]

Don't ask such a ridiculous question like that! Of course you missed things. And a lot of things, mind you!

[bestwishes]

Well, how am I s'posed to know how long it's been?

[extraordinarily]

Isn't that obvious?

[She huffs a little bit.] Check the calendar.

[bestwishes]

Oh, uh... The calendar, huh?

[perfectsymmetry]

Ash! Y-You're here too?!

[bestwishes]

Ehehe... Yeah. It's been a while, huh?

[perfectsymmetry]

Y-Yeah! Where are you? What house? S-So many people are coming back...!

[bestwishes]

Uh... It's 627 Topper... And really, they are...?

[phone]

[battlestations]

It's good to hear from you, Ash. Unfortunately, I won't be much use in getting you back to speed - but it's strange. We appear to have been brought back to witness some unknown event.

[bestwishes]

Huh? Nigel? You're back too...?

[battlestations]

Right...

[bestwishes]

Crowe mentioned that there's a lot of old people reappearing now it seems...

[Phone]

[ceasetoexist]

You've missed plenty nerd.

But welcome back.

[He's trying to sound non-chalant, but it's hard to keep how happy he is out of his voice.]

[bestwishes]

I guess I was gone for quite a while, huh? Much as I'd like to take on the Unova League already, it's not too bad meeting you and the others again...

[ceasetoexist]

Yeah, we're honored.

A while is a way to put it. More like a year or now so.

[Not that he REALLY knows or cares though. He's just saying he GUESSES that's how long it's been.]

So you do remember this place then, huh? All of it?

[bestwishes]

Well, it's been at least a couple of months back home... I got my last 5 Unova League Badges.

Anyway, yeah. I remember stuff.

Phone ☆

[badend_replay]

Back?

Mi- Is that you, Ash? [ Rika vaguely remembers him. ]

[bestwishes]

Yeah, that's right.

[notalady]

[The peace and quiet of drone-only house doesn't last long, though. Arya enters the kitchen, freshly sweaty from training with Needle, her sword, and Nymeria, her direwolf, at her heels. Girl and wolf both bristle.]

Who are you?

[bestwishes]

Uh, I'm Ash. Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town.

[That sword and wolf are somewhat intimidating. The oversized yellow mouse standing next to Ash will spark slightly.]

[notalady]

[What the-? Arya casts an alarmed glance at that freakish yellow thing.]

What are you doing in my house?


And what's that? [Poor pikachu, forever referred to as an "it."]

[bestwishes]

Well, I uh... Kinda woke up here...? And this is my buddy Pikachu. We go way back.

Pikachu!

[The little yellow fellow hasn't quite let down his guard yet.]

Phone

[theboywiththebook]

Wait? You were in Mayfield before?

[So people could get out...

But the forever a ten year old is asking what he's missed.]

You've missed a lot. There was an evil Carnival.

[bestwishes]

An evil carnival, huh?

... Were there any blobby Groudon things that ate people?

[theboywiththebook]

Huh? What?

No, but there were evil clowns who used razor wire as lassos...