"Maybe we could…" the past couple of minutes we've been talking about how to get wood. It's been rather uneventful, and no one's had many ideas, because recently the lumberjacks have closed down.
"Hey… How do we explore?"
"... Oops." I muttered, we forgot to teach them… Erp, "Urist, could you go with them for their first request?"
"Yeah, I'll explore with them. It'll be fun, just finish the building" Urist said, taking his bag, and leaving.
"So any new ideas?" I asked, Jordan shrugged, "Alright, let's go ask the mailman then. It seems that he knows much more about this town then I can ever learn." Jordan just nodded.
In town it felt busy, but empty, like a group of people were walking about talking about death. The town had this dark feel, and the people… "Let's get to the post, I don't like the vibe these guys are giving off." I said, wanting to get in and get out.
"Pelipper?" I commented.
"Huh? Yes?"
"Do you know where maybe we could find some wood? Jordan wants to build something."
"No, there's no new source of construction wood, although the retired carpenter might have a source." Pelipper commented, "Although that's not guaranteed. It's the only source I can think of."
"Thanks, we'll talk to him." Jordan said, taking me to the carpenter's house.
The house was really nice looking, and seemed to just fit every occasion. It was definitely the work of a master builder, and I was studying to build stuff like this. It was my goal, I wanted to build to test my skills. "Hey, Carpenter, are you in there?" Jordan called out, asking for the carpenter.
"Yeah, what'cha here for?" A voice called out. I couldn't pin the accent, it seemed Georgian, though.
"Do you have any construction wood left? Me and my friend want to build something."
"Yeah, I'll give it to you, I've got no use for it. It's better to just give than to ask for a return."
"Really? You'll just give it to us?"
"Yeah, it's better to nurture those who want to take an interest in a craft, than to deny. Although this is all I have, I won't have anything left, so if you come back, I'll tell you where to get more, rather than giving you some."
"Thanks! I really can't thank you enough. Thank you!" I said, I was about to hug him.
"No problem, it's out back, the shed, it looks locked, but it ain't." He said, I still haven't seen him.
"Bye! Thanks for that!" I said.
"No problem again, I'll just be sure to see you later." He said, I didn't know exactly who he was, and, or how he knew who we were, if he did, but I didn't wanna find out. We had wood. It was time for some fun.
"Alright, so this goes here, dig a small hole." I said, putting an X where I wanted Jordan to dig for me. "Now this goes here, and I'll start working on the final stud locations." Time didn't seem to pass, I was just breezing through it all. Not only did the Carpenter have planks, but also a hammer and some nails, we would return them the moment, we're done with them. "Now hold this at head level for me, and I'll…" I heard three whacks as I used my mouth to hammer in the nails. "There we go, now all I've got to do is…" Time was stopped, it was an amazing experience just to sit there building a house. I wouldn't gain very much, but I knew every moment was worth it. "Now we've got to finish the thatching, and put it up…" it was almost done, and I was aglow, not literally, but figuratively, Jordan was pretty satisfied, and I looked up. It was finished. Sun was going down, and I felt rather nice about this one, it matched the style of the other, and was very well built. It was time to go return the hammer and nails.
"Hey, Carpenter? I hope you don't mind us using your nails." I yelled out, hoping to ask forgiveness if he did.
"No, I don't. Are you finished? That was fast, you guys must have done a lot of work and were very efficient about it. I've seen it faster with my crew, but I never thought amateurs could do it this fast."
"Do you want some sort of compensation for the item usage? If not, it is done, and we'd like you to come see."
"No, no compensation, and sure, it'll be me last act." He said, exiting his house. Inside something said this was a Conkeldurr, he was slow, and he seemed to be in a great amount of pain when he walked. He showed his age, and he bore it with pride, he tried to make his stature as tall as possible, and when he walked he tried his hardest to hide the pain, using the pillars of concrete to help him walk.
"I'll lead you. We live a little outside town this way."
"Ah, that's nice, you carried all that wood by yourselves?"
"Yes, but it was the lightest I've carried! It was amazing how light it was."
"Yeah, that's why I chose it. It's called Dream Wood, it was originally found in this town, but now, due to it's weight, is being grown everywhere."
"Really? That's so cool!" I said, just going all in with my desire of building.
"Now, I would prefer some quiet while we walk, I've got some last minute thinking to do." He said.
"This is what you guys built? It's pretty good, I've only seen a similar style built successfully once. Let alone so well." The Carpenter commented, "I'm glad I let you build this. Thanks for showing me something so nice, I'll be remembering this."
"No problem, thanks for letting me build this. It was an honor to impress you." I said, bowing.
"I'll be off then, you've done a nice job, who ever taught you should be proud. I know I would. You have access to my tools whenever you want." He said, nodding, "Goodbye now."
"Bye!" I said, waving him off, he was walking away.
"So that's the last you need to know about exploring." Urist said, presumably to Jeremy, and his sister.
"Alright. Thanks!" Jeremy said back, "Can't wait to see my new home."
"They promised it would be done, let's hope they followed through." His sister said. I hurried Jordan into the house, and had him make a bed while I made one, "Hey, why can't we have more than four in a Mystery Dungeon at a time?"
"Something to do with a reset, it's strange, that's why only one group explores a dungeon at a time, it's basically an arbitrary headcount limit." Urist deftly explained.
"Alright, is this our house?" Jeremy asked.
"No, that should be HQ, the new building over there should be."
"Hey, over here! It's done!" Jordan yelled.
"You ask we deliver! It's as nice as we could make it, and it's done in a day!" I yelled. Everyone rushed over, including Team Mirror, who evidently decided it would be nice to drop by.
"What did you do in a day? I only heard something about a building… Oh my goodness." Umbreon said. Team Pyrokinesis was looking at their new abode. They were walking around it's four walls, and looking at it, inspecting it as much as possible.
"This… is amazing. I wouldn't expect this from anyone in a day… This is ours?" I nodded to Jeremy's question, "Wow… I… Thanks. Just thanks." I could tell that he was really thankful. I felt good, and even want to do this for more.
"Hey, Jordan, if we get a name for our guild, can we do more of this?" I asked, I felt like I had to ask about everything. I trusted him, strangely enough.
"Sure! Until then, let's keep exploring." He said, smiling.
"When you do get a good name, can we join? We'll only be consultants, and it'll be rather simple." Flareon, he seemed to approve.
"Sure… I don't know if you'll follow the same rules as the apprentices... If you want to you can." Jordan said, seeming to be put on the spot.
"And what are those?" Leafeon asked.
"For now, when a request is completed, fifty of the Poké goes to the guild." Jordan said.
"Alright, we'll do that, just get a good name." Umbreon said, nodding.
"Good. Now everyone go to sleep, it's sundown, and I've worked hard." Jordan finished.
Late night, I couldn't sleep. Just glad that I finally had the ability to build something. "Hey, Derrek, are you awake? I guess not, I had some fun building today. It reminded me of my time with my first best friend, I left him, he became an exploration team with a turtwig, his name was Tommy, I left him because I couldn't buck up and bother exploring with him. I was just so sad after failing to go with them, I left that region. Now I'm here. I tried my hardest just to learn about this region, general info, old legends, myths, you name it. I lived in this town, because I knew that every other one would be even worse. It's hard to describe what it felt like to be so alone, I honestly can't even understand what is so good with being alone. I couldn't see why others wanted to be alone. The best time to admit is when you're with a friend. I'm so sad when I'm alone, I can't find anything to look up to when I'm alone, no future time to see, I can't even stand the thought of being alone. I'm pathetic, the strongest exploration teams are generally solo teams. I'll need to find some sort of security, or I'll be worthless. Anyways, good night." He said, with a sigh. I waited, Jordan was probably asleep.
"Hey, Jordan, I'mma try what you're doing every now and then. I can't stand you releasing your feelings, without any compensation. So here I go, when I was human, I was always exploring, but I never had any friends, I couldn't find anyone who would listen, until my dad left. He left me with a plush of a shiny Zorua, when he was dead, I started to have conversations with it, now I think of it as a sort of portal to this world, it was definitely someone behind that door. I shared almost every moment, and my secrets were his, he shared his explorations, and his secrets were mine. I was scared of being rejected, so I never opened myself up, when someone finally helped me, I just couldn't respond, and I basically shut down. I hadn't experienced this before, and I didn't know how to respond… I left a best friend behind too, I should have talked to him more, and now I just regret being unable to communicate with him." I said, frowning, "I know I'm crazy, but hey, this world is crazy too. Good night."
Author's Note
First, I just want to point out that this story will end at about 30, for a main plotline, but the story will go on for a little longer.
Second, this is a special 'Author's Note,' I've got something to explain, so I shall interview someone who I think can explain it better then I. At least I hope he shows up, Arceus? It's time for the interview!
"Yes, I know, now, as you may know..."
Quiet down will you? You don't have to yell!
"Sorry, I'll whisper then, that is how I normally talk. As you may know, my name is Arceus, and I'm the Creator."
Alright, thanks for introducing yourself, first question, tell me more of this 'sister world' situation going on.
"Oh that, well, it all starts in the third sister world, and just to let you know, I like the number three, when Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum had all faced against their respective Legendaries. Cyrus had captured them with the intent of creating a new world, so they were forced to hold that much power. It's painful holding enough power to change the world for longer than the necessary time, which is less that one tenth of a second. When the three teenagers broke the Legendaries out of their rage, they had to release the power in some form, now they all had wishes, of which they muttered under their breath when they defeated the Legendaries. Pearl said, 'Humans are too dependent on Pokémon, I wish that there was a world without them.' Diamond muttered, 'Pokémon are just abused by humans, I wish there was a world without them.' Platinum said, 'There are too many villains in this world, I wish that there would always be a hero to stop those villains, so the world can remain the same.' They were just speaking their thoughts, and the three Legendaries, who control time, space, and dimensions, all decided to grant their wishes, Giratina started by separating the world into three different Dimensions, creating a duplicate of himself inside of them, but leaving Palkia, and Dialga out of both. Palkia used his powers to remove Pokémon from one world entirely, and left a shell of his power there, in the center of the earth, to watch over. Dialga used his powers to ensure that humans would never come around, and created the Temporal Tower and a shell to watch over that world, and alter slightly what he has to."
Oh, wow, that sounds... Difficult.
"Yes, it is, when making a new world, one cannot make yourself without a stabilizer, and there is no stabilizer strong enough for a shell of me."
What are these stabilizers?
"In Palkia's it's his Geological Chamber, called the Ancient Box. In Dialga's it's the Temporal Tower, where time itself must stay at a stand still."
Huh, would that also explain why there is only one of you, that you can't make a stabilizer powerful enough, and what happens when a shell doesn't have a stabilizer?
"Well, that where things get... dirty. When a shell doesn't have a stabilizer, it will become Primal, the best example is in your game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time."
Oh, that makes sense, but what about in the new Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
"That's... Different, I don't know exactly what happens there, but I do know that it's possible to force a Primal state if you put enough of the opposing energy to the Legendary's power into the Legendary."
Alright, and one last thing, explain the to be mentioned 'Temporal Desynchronicity'
"Blame Palkia, he's no good at time, and time related tasks, so he is unable to sync time properly."
Thank you Arceus, you may leave now.
"I will, once you give me the promised plate."
Fine, here, the mind plate.
"Really? I guess that you have more than the 3 plates you said?"
I have all 18, plus you still might owe me...
"For what."
THAT thing.