waking up in the hospital again, Rika seeing the same thing as before. Saturn glances over at Rika before looking back at the woman. on the wall there are charts, a elaborate tile pattern depicting a 2 headed dragon. It's body 2 pieces that wrap around each other, one orange, one blue. the pattern looks like something you'd see at a natatorium, Rika feels her eyes cloud over. "What is that?" Screaming rips through the windows from outside, the woman puts her hand out, stopping Saturn from standing. She heads out to see it herself. Saturn fidgets with his kane for a bit, before standing and running outside as well. Rika asks for a negriton. She takes a seat at the edge of the pool, watching the birds fly about near the edges. La+ takes a seat on the bench behind Rika. they end up watching Saturn, at a table by himself munching down on a long stick of ice. "Good day we're having isn't it." Saturn says nonchalantly

"" Kiwi Elephants fidget their trunks over the straw fence. La+ gets up from the bench, backing up. Rika decides to head inside, going over to the gachapon machine. inserting coins, Rika twists the crank, checking the capsule Another Wailord, she'd already got 3 of these but it can't hurt to keep another. She does wish it would give her a Wailmur instead, since that's the last one she needs to complete her collection. Walking up to the bar counter, Rika asks the lady, named Kinu Himuro, for some orange juice with ice. she jiggles the straw in the juice a bit sitting across from the air hockey machine. Softly sipping the drink, staring out the door next to the gachapon. The drink fills her with a relaxed feeling, a cold sweetness. the dilution holds back the tanginess slightly, not allowing it to overwhelm her. air flows in, gently cooling Rika who had been sweating. Flawless comes in. She stands at one end of the air hockey machine talking to Rika. "Get that thing you were after?" "No..." "Why not bust the thing open at this point, you've already given them plenty of money." Rika heads over to the ice cream freezer, retrieving a negriton from it. "Meh, I don't feel like starting a scene, besides this'll just make it all the more satisfying when I do get it." She goes back to sit at the table. "You like those, don't you." Saturn says between eating ice "Yeah..." Rika hears a large bang outside. An Italian man in red was running down the dirt screaming, with his overalls halfway down his legs. something about a man behind a fence with a creepy face. Looking at the man was like staring so deeply on someone that the details become unnerving. Like the man looked to real The woman with Saturn comes in, asking Flawless if she was up for a game. the puck flies towards the womans goal. Then goes back, though Flawless hadn't seen the womans hand move. "How?" Flawless deflects the puck back at her, bouncing off the wall. Just as it's about to enter the goal, it's sent flying back. the match became so intense that the air started to heat up. the puck goes flying towards the goal, too fast for Flawless to intercept, it lands in the goal. Flawless stumbles over to Rika's table, slumping over it. "Anyone show up at the pool?" Flawless lays her face on the side of the table. "No, not yet anyway, I think I'm early." "I guess so." The Woman is talking to Okinu. "Should've asked the woman about that man when I had the chance." "Oh well, want me to tell her?" Flawless responds "Sure, wait till she's finished talking to the waitress though." "Fine whatever." Flawless sighs

getting up, Rika starts to head outside, she stares at the kiwi elephants at the fence of the pool. They're picking fruits from trees, and rolling around on their trunks. Rika feels the marble she got earlier, it's emanating a strange energy. "Be careful with that girl." Saturn says from within the building. He turns to Rika. "It holds the power to destroy the world." Rika stares back down at the rock. Tenshi arrives, greeting Rika. They head off back to the pool. Ignoring Rika's instructions Flawless goes up to the woman, asking about the screaming man. "Oh, I haven't heard about that, I did hear it too though." "My friend thought you knew something about it" "She didn't give me any further information though." Flawless side eyes the exit. Saturn interrupts "The explosion and the scream Rika heard earlier are unrelated." "Explosion, what the hell are you talking about old man?" Flawless responds "Nothing you need worry yourself with." "Don't talk to me like that asshole, what was that about an explosion, is something happening you're not telling us?" "It's for her own good, and I don't trust that you wouldn't tell her." "I don't give a crap about your trust!" Flawless strides up to Saturn, grabbing him by the collar. "You heard what Rika said, don't make a scene." shadowy flames rise around Flawless "Wanna fight, huh?" Flawless puts on her rider belt, preparing to retrieve her gaia memories but... she looks behind, the woman holding the memories in her hand. "It would be good to avoid needless conflict." "Wha... Give me those!" Flawless rushes back over to the woman. She throws the gaia memories into the air, teleporting them away. "Fine, I don't need them to kick your ass anyway!" Flawless swings her leg in a full arc, cutting through the woman's body. the severing point smokes away into a shadowy mist, slowly reforming the woman's body. Questioning for a sec Flawless goes in for a punch, blowing the side of the woman's face off, again bursting into a shadowy mist. Flawless stares on agitated, the emotion slowly fades to drowsiness as she falls over. Rika stands heading back to the caravan, Rika stares up at the trees, where the Rahkshi had been. Tenshi carries Flawless on her back.

the door opens, Tenshi peeks round the corner. "Come in" Rika hadn't gotten any sleep, as Homer next door was screaming all night. "I swear that baby is just a miniature version of himself, same beard and everything." Rika lays on her front, messing around with the 4 wailords she has on the bed. "A fourth one, that machine really isn't giving you a break." "It's fine...." "Heard got one, weren't you going to trade your graveler with him to evolve it?" "We don't have the means necessary to trade Pokémon." Tenshi takes a seat on the next bed over. "Rika, did you hear anything from Flawless before she fell asleep?" "I dunno, told her not to interrupt that woman's conversation, then I went off with you." "Should of left someone to keep an eye on her" Tenshi lays back on the bed,throwing her legs into the air. "That's Akko's bed." "Stop worrying, I won't fall asleep or anything." "Where are the others anyway?" "At the playground, they say the weird machine's gone now." "Really, that's good." Rika stares off solemnly, not sure if she truly agrees with what she just said. "Don't beat yourself up over it Rika, I'll make sure it's send somewhere safe." "Thanks" Rika stares back at the wailords. she sits one on top of another, their sheer size in reality is fascinating to her. "What am I playing for" Rika thinks. she just can't entertain herself the same way she is when she watches Neos. she turns on her phone, watching back over the videos she recorded long ago. a dark room, slightly lighten by small, decorative lights, like those of a christmas tree. on the table, a horizontal pyramid of jenga bricks lay. suddenly they are blown away, replaced by a large orca. Rika lays, wondering what this could've meant, why did she record this. "What have you got recorded on there anyway?" Tenshi asks Rika, who hands her the phone. "Not much, even though I've filled the whole thing." Tenshi tries to hold back a slight laughter. She watches not quite knowing what to make of the scenes. "So what is all this about?" she asks "I don't really know, I just press record and do whatever." Tenshi watches, not knowing what to say, questioning if she should laugh at certain moments. "You're certainly have a vision, though kind of scattered." "Mind if I keep this for a bit?" Tenshi asks "Sure." Rika responds, Tenshi gets up leaving, she's still staring at the screen. "I should back up the videos I made on that thing." Rika resumes staring down at the Wailords. Rika walks out into the main room, Flawless sprawled out on the sofa watching the TV in a haze slow brass music plays throughout the room, lit only by the TV. The environment threatens to put Rika to sleep, she slacks over on the other side of the couch. On the tv there is a girl with long brown hair in a green dress. there is an overlay showing the phone number to call in. A large boar sits in the corner of the overlay, sometimes walking off screen flames stream from it's back Rika rests her head on the sofa, sitting in a daze. "You feeling alright?" Flawless asks brought back to her senses a bit Rika responds "Me, oh yeah, I'm fine." "I saw Tenshi's got your phone, did you give it to her." "Yeah I let her have it, no space on there to record videos so I don't need it right now." "You filled that thing up before we even prepared to come here, thought you would've left space for recording the drive." "Yeah, I regret that a little, just felt too motivated I guess." fluttering is heard at the door. Tenshi goes over to open it, Pidgeot standing at the door pecking at itself. "Pidgeot?" Tenshi asks "I let her out for some air, just thought it would be nice to keep me company." Rika responds Pidgeot heads into the house, scurrying over to Rika. she sits down on the pile of towels and clothes next to the sofa. Rika takes a drink out of the bottle next to her on the sofa. "Neos said he was gonna be gone for a while." Tenshi. "I saw Pokemon Green was being sold downtown, first time I've ever seen it." Rika says Rika opens the box of Pokemon toys, they were hollow at the bottom, and smelt really nice. Extremely nostalgic that smell would become. staring along the wall, all the pictures she had hung up. posters upon posters of strange things she had found in magazines. The one with the Regi's catches her eye. "I saw they were selling those in the town nearby." Flawless says noticing Rika's attention on the poster. "They do?" "Yeah, but they're given out through those machines, since the one up there's still giving you trouble" "I doubt you'd want to bother yourself with another set." "It can't hurt to try." Rika beams slightly, staring back at the poster. She puts her finger into one of the hollow Pokemon, holding it up to the TV. The Boar at the bottom of the screen takes Rika's mind back to Saint Saturn for some reason. That thing he said about the marble, Rika takes it out. the center of the marble appears like a split line, each split spiralling out into galaxies. One representing the sun and heaven, the other one representing hell. "So did the woman tell you anything about the screaming man?" "Nope nothing, just something about an explosion, then she knocked me out." "By the way Rika, that old man seems to know you, just what the hell is his deal?" "I don't really know myself, I keep waking up in his clinic for some reason." "Wait, but don't you sleep here?" Tenshi's interrupts. "Yeah, but I wake up there." "Tell me, what is this man's name" "Saturn." Tenshi puts the phone down on the side. "But that can't be, Saturn died years ago." "You know this guy too?" Flawless lifts her head back onto the cushion "He was around before you were here, but he was one of the Gorosei responsible for the first war at Isle Delfino." "I remember hearing about that from Goku, the war that killed Stocking." Rika feels something on the tip of her mind. "You should remember that, right Rika?" "I feel like I should remember something, but all the memories I try to dig up are cloudy." "I'll be right back..." Tenshi heads out the door. "Despite how everyone's acting, I feel relaxed strangely" Rika ponders to herself. "I'm pretty pissed off, how that woman was able to catch me off guard I don't know." "The woman's new to me too, unlike Saturn I don't have any vague memories of her." "Bitch stole my gaia memories but when I asked where they were, Tenshi said she was looking for me to give them back." "She thought I forgot them, but no, I remember very well, that woman had them." "I wanna know what they're hiding from us." Rika stares at the TV again The girl is now taking questions, the caller has to guess what the silhouette on the side belongs too. It appears to be large on the bottom with a blocky top, as well as having four tentacles. the silhouette appears like a squid almost. Rika feels like she knows the answer, she wasn't going to bother calling though since she has no phone. Near the bar, Tenshi meets up with Kinu Himuro "It's been a while, Okinu." "Tenshi!" "Have you seen an old man lately?" "Big beard, scar on his face?" "Oh him, he comes here regularly."

Tenshi notices a man outside the door A giant beast tries lunging towards the angel. "Saturn....?" she sees the man holding back the beast. "Down girl!" Saturn scolds the beast. "I thought you died." Tenshi asks "Died, why would you think that, girl?" a low growl comes from the pet. "Calm down Nue..." the man shows off his massive collection The Woman walks into Saturn's office. Rika offers her Black Lotus to Flawless. "Why're you giving me this?"