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It's been quite a bit now since I've arrived in this world, we did simpler jobs after our run in with Frit. It was stupid, I urged Marble that we should stay at home for a bit and only do jobs in town. Oddly enough neither Frit or any of his gang came over to get revenge on us. Maybe it was because my hunch was right, that Frit had no gang. Or Frit was too embarrassed that we lost even though he had everything in his favor.
Or it was simply the fact that it'd be too dangerous to attack when there's so many other Pokémon around. How he made a name for himself kinda eluded me. Maybe it was a fake-it-til-you-make-it thing, and he almost made it. Lately I haven't heard anything about him, he must've been trying really hard to make a name for himself. But it's probably good that he failed that.
I learned about mystery dungeons while I was out talking with Marble. Apparently they're places ever shifting, the idea is completely foreign to me.
The days we had were calm. We weren't off to beat anyone up, not put ourselves in danger. It was just me and Marble going off to find lost items, fix buildings starting to go into disrepair and help clean off the tables at Bisharps place. Marble was slightly upset that it wasn't us going out to do dangerous stuff and doing the hard jobs others wouldn't but he's setting that aside for me it seems like. It was unbelievably refreshing, but there was just something off. Not with the area around me, but me.
I still haven't gotten used to it. Being a Pokémon and all.
"Night Walker! Let's help around town some more tomorrow!"
"Night, Marble."
Every night went like that and today is no different, and everytime I would go back to bed wondering. Is this just my life now? There's a few loose ends. Like who the heck that Victini guy was. Why the heck did he bring me here if he wasn't gonna say why!? It just feels like there's no one I can talk to about this. I bottle it up. I shouldn't tell Marble. He might not look it but I'm sure he's dealing with his own stuff, everyone does. He did seem rather upset when Corviknight came to find us in Gemdown city. I can gather that Corviknight probably really cares about Marble, but shows it in a way that Marble doesn't really like. But that's assuming a lot of things about someone I've only known for a short time. Regardless, I don't wanna put some of my baggage onto him. I think I've already put baggage on him, anyways. Since he thinks I only have amnesia. He's taken an amnesiac in to help them get a better lay of the land.
What use is there to bring a human into the Pokémon world, anyways? I can barely do what these Pokémon do so well. I can barely fight, just narrowly getting myself out of danger. I do everything worse than any normal Pokémon. I'm angry, I'm upset. But I'm glad I'm not alone since I have Marble. It just doesn't make sense. What would a human turned Pokémon have that a normal Pokémon doesn't? Why did Victini not tell me why, instead dancing around it, saying that they couldn't say? Maybe I'll get the answers later.
So, I toss around in the hay bed Marble gave to me.
Rustle…
Rustle rustle rustle…
I jolt up, fur standing up. Marble stays sound asleep.
"Who's there?"
"Shh! Someone you know! Don't be too loud, you'll wake up your little friend!" They say in a clear whisper.
I look at Marble, he tosses over and kicks a leg, looking uncomfortable.
"Right, sorry." I whisper back.
"Just- Give me a moment..."
Patiently, I sit in the hay bed. Who the heck would wanna come out here this late at night, and me specifically? Are we getting robbed? A minute or two passes.
Looking out the window to await who it is, they crawl up. It's Victini.
"Hi, been a while ain't it?"
"What."
"Oh come on don't look so surprised, took me a while to find out where the heck ya were."
There's so many things I wanna say, I wanna yell. But I repress them. Would do no good anyways, but I can ask questions. I keep my voice low.
"So can you finally answer my questions now?"
"Right, but promise not to shoot the messenger? I know you're mad I threw you into this world and then didn't explain after but I was on orders to… Not explain."
"So you can explain why you had to send me into this world."
"I can, but…"
"But what? You're gonna take someone from their world and throw them in, no explanations, and then just randomly show up after what, how many weeks has it been? Seriously?"
"Look. Hear me out. Jirachi's gonna kill me for this if they find out I'm out here but I figure I should really explain it to you now that you've had at least some experience here."
"Ok… Go on."
"It's gonna be quite a bit, so sit tight." Victini leans against the wall.
…
"I'll preface this by saying that I can't talk about everything. Legendary Pokémon hear everything every Pokémon says. They don't see everything, they don't have a million eyes. But they hear everything, they'll listen for certain keywords or phrases. So let's get on with it."
I nod.
"The gist is… In this world, in ancient times, humans were brought here to this world as part of a prophecy. Usually they always fulfill them. The prophecies would be to save the world, or just save something. Some humans were brought here never to leave just because some legendary might've wanted their dirty work done and convinced that human that they were on some grand mission."
"Those humans had quite the lasting impact. Since you're not familiar with this kind of world I'll clue you in- Us mythicals and legendaries are at war with each other, but right now, it's a stalemate. A ceasefire. This war? All because of one human that went completely rouge. All humans before would do their mission, fulfill whatever weird prophecy they were asked. This one completely went off the rails, they went to destroy so much. Infrastructure, the landscape was charred. Details are hazy since this was more than 100 years ago but… The legendaries managed to stop them. No one's sure what happened to them except probably- Sorry, details. I can't say who."
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"A-Anyways, that human set off destruction. Then there was a divide between the leader of us mythicals and the leader of the legendaries. Half of us wanted to continue bringing in humans to help us deal with things, the other half wanted to stop bringing in humans entirely. Course, it's not that black and white, every one of us had different opinions on whether or not to bring humans, but it was the leader's opinion that we basically had to follow because of sheer influence. Our leader Mew thought it best that we keep bringing in humans. The leader of the legendaries- Again sorry, can't say. They disagreed with Mew, saying that after that incident, it would be too risky. After a while us mythicals decided to try and bring another human in and the legendaries got UBER angry. They banished that human back to their own world. They told us we should watch ourselves. And that's basically how it started and why we're fighting. Since it's been so many years, the war is just going on because neither side has bothered to stop it. Of course Mew still hates the legendaries, and their leader hates us. But everyone else? They could care less, they're just following orders. That's where you come in. Me, Jirachi and Mew managed to slip you past. Mew wants to show the legendaries that humans are good. Or maybe Mew just wants to get back at them finally."
"So… I'm here because two sects of gods couldn't make up."
Victini nods. I look to make sure Marble hasn't woken up. Surprisingly, he's still sleeping like a rock. Posed super weird though. I look back at Victini.
"I… Sorry. I didn't really have that much say in it. Like I said, please don't shoot the messenger here. I'm here because I felt bad you kinda got left in the dark, Jirachi's gonna be really upset if they find out I'm here."
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"Thank you."
"What?"
"I said thank you. Thank you for coming to tell me why." Even I can't believe I'm thanking them. But now I'm less upset about my situation, even if only just a little.
Victini shrugs. "It's the least I can do. Well, I'm bad at long goodbyes so I'll see you some time la-"
"HOLY ARCEUS IS THAT VICTINI!?"
Both Victini and I are startled. Marble bounces excitedly. Wasn't he just asleep like a rock a second ago?
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
Me and Victini 'uhhh' in unison.
"You're the champion of the colosseum! You've never lost a single battle! Ohmygosh Ohmygosh Ohmygosh!"
"Well, I can tell you're a great fan, but I have to-" Just as Victini is trying to leave back out through the window, somehow Marble is just outside the window looking back into the house. Must've become a Ralts for a brief moment.
"What the heck? How'd you get there?"
"So how do you do it, how do you beat every battle? Not a single battle lost! I've heard so much about you and I've never even seen a battle there! You're so well known! You're undefeated!"
"Yes I'm that well known kid, someone as great as me would know. Beating every foe I come across is my specialty as the shining symbol of victory! Now if I could-" Victini starts to head for the door but moving the curtain just reveals Marble. He grins gleefully and waves a paw.
"Eugh. Walker, can you get your fanboy off of me?"
"Fanboy! Who you calling fanboy?!" Marble says.
"Uh- Victini meet my friend Marble. Guess he's heard of you, huh?"
"YOU KNOW VICTINI!? WALKERRR! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH A CELEBRITY!"
I laugh nervously and Victini crosses their arms disapprovingly.
"Marble you're gonna wake up the entire town… I know you're enthusiastic but like, jeez..."
"It'll be fiiine! It's not everyday I get to meet someone as cool as Victini."
"Well, I'm glad you've made a good friend to help you along. That certainly helps a lot." Victini says with a smile. "But seriously- I really need to be going now." Victini says, trying to slip past Marble and only half succeeding.
"Awh, but will you be back?"
Victini, while walking away, suddenly stops. They turn their head back at Marble. "Yes, I'll be back and then you can ask me every question you want. Until then please direct all your questions at Walker." Foul play!
Victini bolts off. Marble waves, saying "Bye!"
Marble's gonna be a handful with these questions I'm about to get and I'm gonna somehow have to dance around the facts as to why I know Victini.
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