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[There's an unfamiliar face peering into the Pokegear. One would be forgiven for thinking that it's a newcomer, except...]

Ah. Well... this is a problem...

[He brushes his hair back, looking a bit... troubled.]

I woke up this morning like this. Somehow I've aged ten years in one night. Is anyone else having a problem like this?

[Later, he can be found wandering around Goldenrod, with a Lucario, shiny Greninja, and shiny Pawniard trailing after him. The two shinys look pretty calm, but the Lucario looks slightly distressed at his trainer's predicament.]

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[Micchy resists the urge to bury his head in his hands and goes to stand in front of the Cherubi, not caring if it attacks him or not.]

Hey! Both of you, cut it out! We're all trying to get along here. Ryugen, stand down. I know what it looks like, but calm down. She's not going to get hurt.

[He looks over his shoulder at Yachi, smiling a little apologetically.]

Sorry. She named him after me... sort of. It's fitting in too many ways.

[Mai then pulls out her fan and moves a little ways into an open space. Her pack of pokemon surround her and sit in a large circle while Jam and Ryugen join her in the centre. As she starts her traditional dance, Jam mimics each of her dance moves using his tail in replacement of the fan. Ryugen joins in, improvising what he can and generally just following Mai around with each step.

Dancing was the one way to corral her pokemon. They seemed to start paying attention when she did it and each step calmed everybody down. It was something Mai did in her normal teenage form as well.

After a few moments she smiled brightly and dropped into a sitting position, now being jumped on by all her pokemon. She laughs brightly and cuddles each of them before she sits up and looks towards the other two again.

One day, I'm going to be the priestess for my shrine and I'll dance at all the festivals.

Edited 2016-05-13 23:21 (UTC)

[Two thoughts ran through Yachi's head: 1) This guy's name is Ryugen, and like his namesake, he probably used to be short and angry and... red?... round?? or something; Cherubi's such a cute Pokemon when he's not hopping around like a cherry bomb, so she can't see the similarities between the two at all despite what he said. and 2) Mai, little Mai, has such a way with Pokemon that it should put Yachi to shame that the only way she could control her Pokemon is by stammering and fretting and Mari being the one to intervene.]

Wahh... You're so capable, Mai. I bet you'll dance everywhere. Right, Ryu-- er, Micchy? [She looks over at him, waiting for validation.]

[The slipup makes him laugh a little bit.]

Ryugen was my... title. Sort of. It's a long story...

[He turns back to Mai and nods.]

She will. She's been good at dancing as long as I've known her.

[He... wants to say more, but he doesn't want to burden this small Mai with future events.]

[York chuckles without humor.]

I wish kids were the problem. [He sighs again and slides his hands down his face.] Man, this is nuts. Let me tell you, they do not go over the protocol for this in Basic.

[She now slips her small fan into her kimono and jumps back into the pokemon pile, wrestling with Jam while Ryugen is making desperate ryu noises like she's going to get hurt someday. She continues playing until the she sees something big and interesting in the distance and as quick as a shot, digs herself out and is now making a mad dash towards--]

DINOSAUR~

[The rest of the pokemon pile kind of ignore her and continue playing while the one overprotective little cherry also makes a mad dash to follow her like doom is about to present itself.]

Wait, so did they go backwards... without physically going backwards?

No, nothing like that. Though wouldn't that just be the icing on the cake, damn.

Let me just point out that the general age range of my cohort's higher than yours, all right? So when one of my people goes back...sometimes they go back to something a little less charming than childhood.

[MAI NO..... Yachi's first instinct upon hearing the word "dinosaur" is to run away from it, not towards!!]

Ryugen, you go ahead!! [It's his title... She uses it the say way she calls someone Captain] I'll catch up!

[It's not (entirely) like she's staying behind because she's scared! But with so many Pokemon out of their balls, they can hardly be left behind either, while they chase down the little girl before she ends up in a T-rex maw. Mai's Pokemon may not listen to Yachi if she tries to get them to quiet down and follow, but maybe--] Poppy... [If she can just unearth the little bird from the pile] Poppy, sing!

So they go to my usual age. Thanks, that's really flattering, York.

[But he's smiling.]

[Okay, that's a little funny.]

Well, yeah.

[And he's just gonna...go private. You know, casually. As one does.]

...Ooooorrrr they go back to when they were being tortured in military experiments, so. You know, lose-lose.

[Oh great. Micchy dashes off to try to follow Mai, diving to try to scoop her up. Even with a body that's ten years older, his training has to be good for something, right?]

Mai, don't just run off after a strange Pokemon!

[... Yeah okay that makes the smile drop off of his face immediately.]

... Is there anything I can do to help?

[Not that he can think of anything, but York would know better than he would what might help...]

[She managed to get somewhat closer to the tyrunt before Micchy somehow grabs onto her and in a last ditch effort, she fishes out a pokeball from her kimono and throws it out. It was a dinosaur. And she wanted it.

Somehow...the pokeball manages to hit the tyrunt and trap it. Lock down. Then disappear as she had reached her pokemon limit. Must have been a lucky catch due to the strange change in the environment affecting everybody.]

...Gone...

[There was a sniff and then she struggles desperately against Micchy, looking around for her newly captured friend.]

GONE!

Nah, I'm just moaning about it to you because my usual go-to is unavailably teenage right now. [He waves a hand dismissively.] It was hard enough getting the other guy to trust people he knows, let alone someone he doesn't.

[Yachi looks a lot more tired than usual as she staggers up to the pair a few moments later, arms full with a dozing Aipom and Hoppip, two of the Pokemon she felt would most likely run or float away unattended.]

Ryugen, do you have Mai's Pokeballs? I managed to--

[Is... Is Mai crying? In the less than five minutes since Yachi saw them last?]

What did you do to her?!!

It's okay. If you do think of something, let me know. Even if it's "I need someone to get food so we don't starve because I'm trying to not leave these people alone" or something.

I'm in Goldenrod right now anyway. I kind of... ended up here when things were all blocky, and Mai... kind of... needed me, I guess.

[He shifts a bit uncomfortably. He's still not sure how to feel about all of this... everything.]

...Well, maybe. I'll let you know if it comes to that. Thanks.

[It actually is reassuring to have someone he can rely on. Like being in a team again. Anyway.]

So, you met up with Mai? Things good, with you two?

[Micchy pulls himself up from the awkward landing position he managed to get himself in, and looks at Mai, then looks at the Pokeball, and groans.]

He's not gone... shh, Mai. Here. It's okay.

[He bounces her gently, stroking her hair.]

You know those round balls that your other friends came out of? When you have too many, the extra ones get put on the computer. So if we go to the Pokemon Center and check your account, he'll be there and you can switch him out for someone else on your team and play with him. All right? He's not gone, I promise.

... Some things got... aired out. So 'good' is kind of a relative term? But we're... not 'okay', but... we're talking, at least. I just... don't feel comfortable in this city. Too many people I... used to know.

[Micchy, please, this is a private line, you can use your words. But no, York gets it.]

Yeah, I hear you. But talking's a step in the right direction, you can trust me on that. Maybe you can slip out while everyone's bite-sized and confused.

... I can't just slip away from Mai like that, though. Or dump her with someone and run. And with everyone like this I wouldn't feel right just taking her and leaving, it would feel like kidnapping her again.

So I'll... wait. Until we can have a talk without things going so insane.

[Even if he's afraid of what that talk might be like.]

[She bundles up against him, a pout all over her expression as she sniffs a few times more and rubs at her eyes with the kimono sleeve. Definitely not an action that would have been approved by her father.]

Not gone...

[She watches Micchy very intently. Trusting his words more than anything. Her hands grab onto the fabric of his top as she settles down and nods her understanding of what he's saying. Micchy is more than likely a lot better with children than he thought. Or...there was something in Mai that inherently trusts him. Probably the latter. ]

...That was really well thought-out, man. Sounds like a solid plan to me.

[SON. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.]

At least you run a good chance of not getting recognized while things are this nuts. Lying low shouldn't be too hard.

[At least it's a well thought-out plan for once in his life. One that possibly won't blow up in his face?]

That's true. And if all else fails, I still have a Kadabra with Teleport.

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