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[blackbeltinamazing]

[Summer in Slateport is usually quite nice. Hot days, but with cool nights as the breeze rolls in across the ocean. Not so today, as Merrion was finding out. The sun was beating down mercilessly, and even that cooling breeze had deserted the port city. If she didn't know better, she'd say that Groudon was out frolicking.]

[She leans into a small patch of shade provided by an awning, fanning herself with her own hand.]

I guess I can't catch a break, huh?

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[borntelepath]

[While she's not supposed to be here - and is highly confused as to how she ended up here when she was on her way back to see what her twin wanted- she's not above talking with young trainers.] What do you mean?

[She's overdressed; jeans and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. She's a trainer herself, if the balls on the belt are anything to go by. Maybe about 17 or 18 years old, though she's short, no more than 5'5 at best]

[blackbeltinamazing]

[Merrion peels herself off the wall, revealing that out of the slouch, she's pushing 5'8", and is very much dressed for the weather in a battered plusle tank, cut-off jean shorts, and a selection of pokeballs hanging from her belt.]

Aw, it's just that Wattson - you know, fat, wears an Alolan shirt always - sent me down here because he said there were strange energy readings.

[She rolls her eyes at the idea of ~strange readings~, and drags a hand back through her sun-bleached, salt-tangled hair.] Anyway, you need a hand? You look a bit lost, to be honest.

[borntelepath]

I'm afraid I don't know anyone by that name. [There's a small, apologetic smile on her face.] I suppose I am, though - Energy readings? What do you mean?

let's assume it's like a year past endgame for merrion

[blackbeltinamazing]

But you're a trainer, right? He's the electric-type gym leader in Mauville. It's a bit north of here. [There's a distinct crease between her eyebrows, and her head tilts just a little.]

Say, uh, where're you from? Because we've had sensors for that kinda weird stuff ever since the Cataclysm. [you can hear the capital letter in her voice. weird.]

Sure!

[borntelepath]

Yes, but - I don't know any location with that name, either. [You might as well be naming things that are Greek to her.]

Houen, Tokusane city. [The difference between Hoenn and Houen might be slight, but it should be noticeable.] Cataclysm?

[blackbeltinamazing]

Huh? [None of this makes sense--]

[ waitaminute ]

Houen. Not Hoenn. [She snaps her fingers and points at this mysterious stranger.] You're the source of those weird readings!

[Look, she's not book-smart, but she's smart enough to know that there's no Tokusane City in Hoenn, Kanto, OR Johto. Therefore, this girl isn't from here!]

[borntelepath]

Pardon?

[Huh??????]

[blackbeltinamazing]

Look, I'm not a geographist or whatever-- [merrion sweetie that's not a word] But I do know there's no Tokusane City in Hoenn. Which means you've come here from somewhere else, which is your Houen!

...I bet Arceus did this.

[borntelepath]

Arceus? [She pauses, before rubbing her temple. Well, hat might explain the sudden headache she'd got before ending up here.] It is possible... though the species are not native to Houen, and Jai-Li's was but a baby.

[A very cute, very sit on all the chairs baby.]

[blackbeltinamazing]

[ wat ]

Um, run that one by me again?

Baby Arceus? There's a species of this weird-ass god-llama thing?

[And here she thought that those kind of legendaries were a be-all and end-all kind of thing: there can only ever be one, throughout all the time and space (except for mew. and celebi. and --dangit, it's getting away from her.]

[borntelepath]

[For a second, she looks taken back, then smiles again. Right. Another world entirely, and not the distortion world.] Naturally, though as powerful as they are told to be, I wouldn't call them gods. Jai-li's is maybe a two-thirds of a metre at the shoulder.

[blackbeltinamazing]

Two-thirds of a meter... [Merrion looks down, clearly gauging just how big that is.]

....that's almost adorable. Huh.

Oh! Forgot my manners. I'm Merrion. You?

[borntelepath]

Given the arceus is covered in 'floofy', yes. [Jai-Li's words, not hers.] My name is Lan Jiang, of Tokusane Gym. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Merrion.

[and have a bow!] Now, what is it you mean by ...energy readings? And, perhaps we should find somewhere cooler.

[Like, it's hot?????]