Episode 1 Followup: Cleanups And Questions

[fallers_npcs]

Today dawns on Melemele as clean up crews are hard at work in the morning, cleaning up the damage from the Dynamax Raid. Thanks to the efforts of the Fallers who have dealt with the thief who has tried to get away with his thefts, he has been detained for questioning.

At the Precinct there is Namu who has been called in from Ula'Ula to press him, as well as Jenny. If you want to ask Brodie questions, see if they'll give you a chance to press the thief for questions.

At the Docks there are various Machoke and Machamp along with Hala and his Pokemon working tirelessly to repair the buildings. You can help with clean up.

The Aether Foundation is also finding homes for the displaced local Pokemon who call the local area their homes, and if you wish to help them, Wicke is helping them all out. If you wish to help them, please go ahead.

Finally, while Viren might not be in a good mood for his warehouse being damaged, he is grateful for the assistance for any Fallers who might recover any of his treasures who have sunk to the ocean floor.

Comments

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"I...I can imagine..."

He chuckles nervously.

"So you fought weirdos like that before, huh...wait, if that Brodie guy's around, doesn't that mean that Team Magma might be coming here?!"

[acmellash]

"Well, they're pretty gone now, that's for sure," replied Ash, rubbing his head. "A lot of things happened and Team Magma and Aqua aren't around anymore. Brodie wasn't even wearing his Magma outfit either."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"O...oh...so I guess he's doing things like this on his own, huh..."

Weird guy.

"At least we don't have to deal with them now, huh..." ha hahaahahahahaha

[acmellash]

"I guess? I mean, I'm glad Magma and Aqua are disbanded." replied Ash. "A lot of bad memories from that time there."

"Pika," replied Pikachu, nodding, and absently rubbing his belly.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Haaah...I can imagine..."

Heavy sigh.

"If they're anything like how Team Galactic were, then there'd definitely be some bad memories..."

[acmellash]

"Ugh, don't get me started on Team Galactic," replied Ash, bucking a log into the truck. "That was way too big of a mess."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Hunh???"

At that, Sena starts.

"Wait, you mean Team Galactic was in this world, too?!"

wait

wait that would make sense, right.

the team galactic he knows were able to grab sena and others from different worlds so surely they'd have operatives in other worlds too or something, right

[acmellash]

"They were trying to destroy the Sinnoh Region, using the legendaries and the Spear Pillar, but the real situation was that Cyrus was trying to make a new world just for himself. Looker arrested the upper members of the team, and Cyrus, well..."

There's an implied, "he died" in there from Ash's face as he tossed a literal boulder onto the truck.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Wait.

That doesn't sound like

hang on

"The Team Galactic I know of...it was completely different...it sounds like you managed to nip them in the bud before things got really bad..."

[acmellash]

"It was still bad," replied Ash. "Cyrus only thought of his own happiness, and didn't think of anyone else. He hurt a lot of people, just to get his own world."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"That sounds like the Cyrus I knew...although, I wonder..."

If this world's Cyrus...had gotten that chance to understand what spirit truly was...would he have lived, perhaps? Then again, maybe he wouldn't have formed Team Galactic in the first place.

[acmellash]

"Wonder?" asked Ash curiously.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Um, no, it's just that..."

He's not sure how to phrase this.

"The Team Galactic I knew...by the time I'd run into them, they already had accomplished their goals."

what.

[acmellash]

"You mean they destroyed the world, and made a new one?" asked Ash, bewildered.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Um, not exactly..."

He puts down his own load and crosses his arms, frowning.

"That Team Galactic, their goal was to, um...'make a world without spirit.` "

[acmellash]

"A world without spirit? What? That makes no sense." said Ash, frowning.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"Uhm...well, y'see...try and imagine a world where there's no emotions at all."

that's kinda

hm

[acmellash]

"No... emotions..."

Ash sighed. "So it's like a word where no Z-Power existed. I get that. I wonder what would have happened if... hmm..."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"It was a pretty depressing place, honestly...creepy, too."

Sena rubs his chin.

"I guess you're right that things like Z-Power wouldn't work..."

[acmellash]

"Yeah. And Z-Power... kind of fixed a world to be honest," admitted Ash. "We used it to fix the Radiant One's world. And the Radiant One for that matter."

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

"It's that important?"

Color Sena surprised.

[acmellash]

"The Radiant One used all of it's Z-Power to give life to Alola, and blessed this land with life," said Ash. "And then it slipped into a dark state, turning into the state we called Necrozma, a dark state where it had to attach itself to the two legendary Pokemon, Solgaleo and Lunala for power."

"We journeyed to its word, and we discovered it was uh... what was the word?" asked Ash of Rotom.

"Surfeit of light," replied Rotom. "It means -- completely devoid."

"Right, that. So we gave it all of our Z-Power. Everyone, on Alola. All the Pokemon and people."