comeatmibro | fifteenth fault; video/action for vermilion

[ Miyuki's been back in Vermilion for the better part of a day by the time she shows her face on the network. She looks cheerful as usual, as if nothing's wrong. The backdrop is a mildly noisy Pokémon Center. ]

So, next stop: Fuchsia City Gym!

I'm gonna check out the Safari Zone after I kick that old man ninja's butt. Most of the stuff there sucks, but I want a Scyther. Turns out they evolve into something pretty cool, for bugs. Who knew? [ She grins cheekily. ]

When I'm done there, I can go hit Cinnabar Gym, then just, like, hang out on Cinnabar Island, maybe. The Seafoam Islands suck. Then I'm just gonna power through Viridian and Pewter. No rush. It's not like anyone's gonna beat my record, hehehehe.

[ Wow, how many things does Miyuki have coming right now? A lot. She doesn't know the Fuchsia Safari Zone is closed, or that the Fuchsia Gym is led by Janine, or that her hopes of sweeping the Kanto circuit at a leisurely pace while still beating everyone else and her own old record have been pretty much dashed, because she's been gone for five weeks.

Feel free to crush her dreams and/or welcome her back to the wide world of Pokémon. ]

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Are you, like, a demon or something?

[ Totally normal question. She sounds completely casual, at any rate. ]

Hardly. And certainly no more so than anyone who was affected by whatever it was last month.

Whatever what was last month, dude?

You know, those illnesses, and people ending up with abilities similar to some pokemon...

... Dude. What are you even talking about?

Weren't you here for it? The pokemon centers in three cities and several of the gyms were attacked in all the chaos.

[ She's finally starting to look a little unsure. He's not the first person to suggest she might have been gone a while. ]

... Seriously? You're not just messing with me?

I can't imagine why I'd have any reason to... Although perhaps you were asleep for some of it? I've heard that happens to people on occasion.

Asleep for, like, a month? No way!

[ Now she looks a little alarmed. What the hell happened here? ]

I really don't know what to tell you, although if you weren't here for it, you can certainly see all the old messages people made from when it happened if you looked...

[ She's not sure she wants to.

After a beat: ]

So... what happened? People getting Pokémon powers and stuff?

Ah... well, first, there were people turning up who had contracted an unknown illness of some sort. Then, the pokemon centers in three cities were attacked, and shortly after that, people were falling ill all over the place. But a few days after the onset, the symptoms cleared, leaving those who'd been stricken with it with various physical changes to varying degrees, as well as certain abilities similar to pokemon. After about a week, there was another bout of illness and those abilities faded, but the physical changes have remained.

No fair, man! I go away for a while and I miss out on powers?! I bet it was super cool!

Well, it was certainly something, at least.

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