Message #316322

[Magical Girl Mimi]

-Part 2: Nuvema Town; A New Beginning-

I was still weirded out by the fact that even though Cheren had made an appearance, Bianca hadn't shown up; and obviously the title. However... I regained control of Blair outside Juniper's lab, but I might as well not have, for once I took a step forward, Cheren yelled out from behind Blair.

"Blade, stop!" Cheren yelled out, and the player character turned around, as Cheren walked up to him.
"You didn't wait. We were both supposed to wait, and open the package together. It's not as important, seeing as I've already gotten my starter... However; you should have waited still. I understand that you're going through a hard time; but we all are. You aren't the exception." Cheren scolded Blair, who pulled out the Pokeball, and looked at it, and Cheren took a quick step back.
"That's... ... I see..." Cheren said, and stepped forward once more.
"You aren't going to listen to my words, are you? Very well, then; let's settle this with a battle!" Cheren called out, as he stepped forward once more.

The screen did it's usual animation, as the versus sprites showed up in the banner. However, Blair appeared to have an angrier look on his face than normal; Cheren simply had more of a frown than normal. The battle started, and the trainer sprite for the two seemed to be normal; however, when the two sent out their Pokemon, for once, Cheren had the Pokemon with the type disadvantage, a Snivy, which was odd. I chose Tackle, as per the usual 'scratch, tackle, scratch, tackle' tutorial fights. However, once the turn ended, Cheren popped up right away.
"I see... Just like..." Cheren apparently was lost in thought about something, but I wanted to thrash him as normal, so I simply tapped the touch screen to advance the dialogue, which was only that one line as usual. We traded hits a few more times, before Cheren reappeared.
"Just because you've had this happen, doesn't mean I will go easy on you." Cheren said, but I again ignored it, and simply proceeded to knock out his Pokemon. Much like the first rival fight in Black and White 2 is supposed to be, the Tepig I chose leveled up right away, to Level 6.
"... I can tell you're determined." Cheren said as his losing quote, and after getting money, it went back to the overworld.

"Blade. You can't keep blaming yourself for this." Cheren said, as Blair turned away to face the lab once more, Unwavering Emotions kicking in again.
"You know as well as I do, there was no way to prevent what happened." Cheren said, but Blair simply took a step forward, seeming to ignore Cheren's words.
"Blade! Snap out of it! Do you think this is how you should act!?" Cheren yelled out seemingly angrily, and Blair simply turned around, looked at the Pokeball he held for a moment, and then turned around, and walked into the lab, Cheren walking in after him, quickly.

As the two walked in, Professor Juniper turned around, a [!] appearing above her head.
"Oh! You two are here early! I'm guessing you got my package; especially you, Blade..." Professor Juniper asked, but Blair, as usual, said nothing, but so did Cheren.
"I... Don't know if it's entirely the best for you two to go on this journey so soon; but... I want you to to have these, so that you are best prepared." Juniper stated, as she handed a Pokedex to Cheren and Blair.
"Thank you profess-" Cheren started to say, however, Blair simply turned around, and started to walk out of the lab.
"Blade!" Cheren yelled out, as he turned around, and tapped his foot on the ground.
"Are you really going to leave, without even thanking the professor!?" Cheren asked, but Blair's only response was to, as usual, look at the Pokemon in the Pokeball he had chosen, and then walked out of the lab. The music stopped at that moment, as Cheren began to walk after him, but...
"Cheren." The professor said, as the glasses wearing rival turned around to look at Juniper.
"He needs time. He probably still doesn't understand why everything happened as it did; none of us do. However..." The professor said, and Cheren cut her off before she could continue.
"... He has the same Pokemon. He chose a Tepig; the exact same species." Cheren stated, and the Professor simply said nothing, as Cheren turned around, and walked out of the lab.

After the scene returned to Blair, the music returned to the normal Nuvema Town theme, and I regained control, however, I had an uneasy feeling about what was going on... Cheren suddenly having the type weak to me? 'The same Pokemon'? Everyone saying that my character needed time, and didn't think the journey should happen? I thought back to Black and White. I had chosen Oshawott in there. Cheren... Cheren had chosen a Snivy; same as this... 'The same Pokemon...' Bianca... Had chosen a Tepig.

I didn't even want to think about that; the possible meaning of all these hints, let alone confirm them. I saved the game at that moment, and checked my Pokemon; nothing seemed out of the ordinary with the Tepig; O.T. said Blade as it should; so I relaxed a little. It was probably me overreacting, you know? Maybe everyone was being cautious because Bianca had moved or something? But... I couldn't help but think of the stories I had read on how something went wrong with some things, in the storyline of those hacked games. And then there was the title... I shook it off, however, and headed toward Route 1. Cheren finally caught up at about the same place where everyone started their journey onto Route 1; however... There was still no Bianca. I was honestly getting nervous about that at that moment.

"Blade. None of us understand why that incident happened. But it did; and we all have to accept that. It's not just your journey... So please; let me keep up, at least for now." Cheren said, and then walked beside Blair, mirroring the opening scene to Route 1 in Black and White... Just without Bianca. However, as the two took one step, Blair paused, and looked back, and so did Cheren.
"Hmm? Who's there?" Cheren asked, as the screen panned down, and showed the female protagonist walking up to the group.
"My name's Hilda." The girl said, with matched up to the official name. She walked up to the two, and looked from Blair to Cheren.
"I see... So you're just starting your journeys..." Hilda said, apparently noticing the Pokemon the two had, as Blair, you guessed it, looked at his Tepig once more.
"Well; I received my Pokemon the other day. However, issues came up, and today is the first day I could travel. I've also only had one Pokemon battle so far, and I need to practice... Would either of you mind a battle?" Hilda asked, and Blair took a step forward, and Hilda looked at him.
"Let me heal your Tepig first; it's not fair, if your Pokemon aren't healed, but mine are." Hilda said, and the potion usage sound played, before Hilda took one step back, facing Blair.
"Well then... Let's see how strong you are!" Hilda said, prompting this unexpected battle.

Well this was certainly a surprise; the Versus sprite is a reversed version of the normal one, due to there not being an official versus sprite, since you never fight Hilda in the normal game. Aside from that, everything was normal, as if you were having a Wi-Fi match with someone who chose the opposite gender trainer. Hilda had a Level 6 Oshawott... That's all three Pokemon accounted for now. Is Hilda a new rival...? I didn't focus on that, however, as I attacked, the earlier pattern still holding up, as no-one had any elemental attacks still, which was a good thing. Hilda interrupted the fight twice. "Good; now go all out!", and "Hmm. Looks like I can't hold back, either." After a little while, the fight ended, and Hilda appeared once more. "Aw, I lost. But winning and losing are sometimes different than you'd think." Tepig got about as much EXP as the first fight, and nearly leveled up, but not quite. After I received money from the fight, it returned me to the overworld.

"Very nice fight." Hilda said, as Blair stepped back, and then turned away, a [!] appearing above Hilda's head, as Blair began to walk forward.
"Hey! What's that for?!" Hilda asked angrily, as Cheren turned toward her.
"It's not you. He's going through a rough time right now." Cheren stated, and Hilda turned to him.
"Oh... Is it because of that...?" Hilda asked, and Cheren turned in the direction Blair was headed in, who had stopped by then.
"Yes." Cheren stated, as he caught up to Blair, and Hilda followed them as they took their first steps onto Route 1 together.
"You were all close, weren't you?" Hilda asked, as the two trainers turned around, and Blair looked at the Pokeball he held once more.
"It's not just that..." Cheren said, and paused, as a [?] appeared over Hilda's head; obviously she was curious now.
"... We witnessed the incident. Our friend... Our friend Bianca was attacked, and we watched."

-Part 2 End-

Yes, I'm even incorporating some of the official sprite responses into this; like the [!] signs, which indicate surprise, or anger, or the [?] signs, which indicate confusion or the like. There's even a [...] sign, which indicates silence. =P

Also, the game overused some of the sprite animations, like Cheren tapping his foot, or Blair/Hilbert looking at his hand(Which has a Pokeball in it, something I neglected to mention the very first time, but kept mentioning afterward. =P), or the like.

The creepy parts haven't even begun, though...

(As a slight note, I will include descriptions of most of the battles, so it's a mix Let's Play A Concept Game and a normal story. =P But I personally think it adds well, since just writing the responses can get boring. And the more complicated battles in the future can allow awesome self-described battles, like a mix between the games and other stuff. =P)