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(RPJ)Chapter 234: Plan
🕑 Added 2024-06-30 15:06:12 +0000 UTCAs I said previously when you change something in the past it creates a branching timeline that upon returning to the present gets fused and overlapped with the present timeline causing either minor or major changes. If there were major changes you'd never know as you tended to drop dead before you could even time travel in the first place. As a result before I came back in time Giratina was likely not aware of me but if I stick my nose into this matter out of curiosity, and lets be honest I am going to do it, it will know of me at that point.-
Once I get back to the present that version of Giratina will have memories of me and the question then becomes whether or not it will deem me worth paying attention to or not. It's hard to say really as in the game when Cyrus chained up Palkia and Dialga Giratina acted to stop him but otherwise didn't make any move to fully return to the world or even cause a lot of destruction. That might be due to it being a game but it might also be a sign that it had mellowed out or gotten control of itself again.-
It truly is hard to say what the truth was without personally being present when it goes down in reality. What Giratina's state of mind is when I return to the present also has serious implications on myself as well. If it is sane again it may try and contact me as I would likely be the only person in existence that knew it before it went mad and would possibly be willing to give it a second chance. The other legendries had made it clear that they either didn't care or thought it should stay in the distortion world.-
On the other hand if it was still mad it may either ignore me or decide to drag me into the distortion world on a whim. The game made it clear that the pokemon had the power to punch a hole from the distortion world to this one whenever it wanted but chose not to, perhaps because it didn't have a reason to? Regardless it could drag me into the distortion world and I very much doubted the other three would lift a finger to rescue me. Why would they for a mere mortal of little consequence?-
To be fair I was probably greatly exaggerating my own importance here as I was pretty much an ant to Giratina and I certainly didn't have a habit of paying attention to every ant I saw. "Alright listen up, here's the plan. Gaia, Vulcan and the little one will need to stay here as you will draw far too much attention and I can't bring my bag or pokeballs with me. Tank I need you to find a set of clothes that look like they might fit me, steal them and bring them back."-
"Once Tank gets back Yani, Hades and Tank will come with me openly while Rune will follow from the sky. If i'm correct having three pokemon will earn me respect but not draw too much attention. Any more than three though and it will cause a serious commotion which we want to avoid. The next hurtle will be the language as I am unsure if they speak common or some other ancient language. If they speak an ancient language I might be able to understand them depending on which one but will likely not be able to speak back."-
"This is where one of you will come in to try and communicate for me since as pokemon you understand speech through your auras rather than the actual words being said which only pokemon like you can do. I will send my ideas to you through our bonds and you can in turn communicate them with whomever we are speaking. Hades I need you to stay in your keystone unless I either say otherwise or I am in danger." I explained seriously. I got a lot of complaints from Vulcan, Gaia and the little one but otherwise none of my pokemon had any gripes about the plan.-
I would have had to worry about having more than one bonded pokemon with me if it wasn't for the fact I was an aura master but since I was having three should be pretty normal in this time period if my knowledge was accurate. Early the next day we put the plan into motion and Tank shot into the sky to go find some clothes for me to wear. Before that though I had him weave a bag out of his string for me to use in place of my own.-
A modern bag would stand out like a sore thumb but a traveler without any bag at all would also draw suspicions. Having a leather travel bag would be best but I had no clue how to make such a thing and anyone with eyes would be able to see how new it was even if I did. A bag made of Tanks string could instead be easily explained away as being easier to maintain on the road which was why I had one instead of a normal bag. As for the clothes I would need to dirty them up before we left so that they looked like they had been used for travel.-
I myself was already set in that regard with my tanned skin and wild hair that were doubtlessly very convincing of my wandering. Ironically my lack of normal fashion worked in my favor in this regard as I could easily pass for someone constantly on the road during this time period. Anyways while I waited for Tank to get back I loaded up my new bag with a few things to make my story believable. Some jerky, dried plants, potions in glass vials, a glass bottle of water and the alchemy stuff that would be available during this time like a mortar and pestle and small pot and lid.-
I would have liked to have a clay jug of water but the glass bottle was the best I had if I didn't want to reveal my water creation ability, which I didn't. My tale was that I was a wandering healer from a land far away. Rather simple I know but I had the skillset and ability to pull it off convincingly. About an hour after he left Tank came back with a robe that he nabbed from a clothesline and I had to fray the bottom while smearing dirt there as well before dipping it into the river.-
Once I was satisfied with how it looked I slipped it on and fastened it at the waist with as rope of Tanks string and it was time to set off. As it turned out the nearest settlement was to the south east at the foot of Mt. Battle though I was pretty sure it had a different name at this point.
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Cole Bromley
Thanks for the chapter! Just a thought, but if Giratina remembers him in the present time and takes an interest in little one.... another divinity bestowal?
