Dewford Town

After a quick boat ride and arriving in town I head for the pokémon center. Almost by habit I place the silver orb on the PC.

Trying the link again? I think I can squeeze more through. I just wish I knew who I was sending and we still haven’t found a fix for the de-ageing thing.

- Thanks, I guess I’ll just go hit the gym.

You already know where to go?

- Since I got here I feel like I’ve been retracing my steps. But so many things are off, wrong people, people missing, and the general look of the place is just different to how I remember it.

Maybe you just arrived an a different era?

- I’m not so sure about that either, some of the people who’re supposed to be here are the same age as before. Like Wally, he’s still a kid. Then there’s Mister Briney, I saw him as a pre-teen and as an old man but he didn’t seem to notice.

That’s troubling. This could mean a fractured timeline…

- Shattered is what it feels like…

Zinnia’s hologram vanishes, I guess that means she hung up. I add Choppa to the team in place of Bowlarama and head for the gym. I get in some intensive training for Choppa against the gym trainers before heading to Brawly.

Welcome challenger! I’m Maylene, the leader of this gym.

- Hi not Brawly.

Go Machop!

- Go Choppa!

- Dragon rage!

Leer!

Choppa spits a ball of dragonflame at machop while it just stares back at him

- Scratch!

Maylene sprays a super potion on machop before Choppa scratches it with his tusk.

- Dragon rage!

Karate chop!

Machop collapses to the floor after receiving a ball of dragonflame to the face.

Go Makuhita!

- Dragon rage!

Bulk up!

Makuhita takes Choppa’s fireball head on while it builds strength.

- Dragon rage!

Arm thrust!

Choppa spits yet another ball of dragonflame, hitting makuhita square in the face before it can do anything.

I can’t quite shake the feeling we’ve battled before, never mind. You’ve earned the… Knuckle Badge?

Remembering what I did last time I was here I head into the cave to deliver the letter to whoever might be there.

Granite Cave

This place is not like how I remember it. It’s not nearly as dark and there’s only one path downwards, reaching the bottom reveals a huge chamber that’s somehow well lit enough to show off a massive cave painting on the far wall.

Ah Caldar! It’s good to see you again.

- Lance?! How did you- I was expecting someone else.

I’m… not exactly sure how I got here. I guess I got lost in studying this cave mural.

- The picture of Kyogre?

So you recognise it, what do you think of that alpha drawn on it’s fin?

- What about it?

It’s fairly prominent, I wonder what it means. I’m actually more concerned about the depiction of that delta in the sky.

- The what?

… The triangle.

- Oh, er… it’s falling from the sky?

It certainly seems that way. Oh, is that letter for me?

- I think so.

Hm, it’s blank. The envelope too.

- What the hell?