First Meal - Video - Action for Route 1

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[It's time for Cilan! He's turned on his video feed, Route 1 behind him - and a small, shy smile on his face.]
Ah-- is it working, Pansage? [A hand waves from behind the Xtransiever - a bit of yellow hitting the screen.] Good. I didn't have one before...
Anyway, hello! My name is Cilan - but, you might know that. [Sheepishly, he continued.] I'm another newcomer? This is c-confusing. [Note how he's touching his chest - his heart. Death is confusing guys.]
But, I should go onwards - this world is waiting for us, right Pansage? I wonder how long we'll spend training...
[At the end of the feed, he turns - there's a wild Pokemon! Just before the feed turns off, Pansage comes on screen - and it has scars over one eye. Hm.]

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[kattobingu_ore]

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

[Evidently, your appearance has given him quite the shock.]

CI-CILA- HEHHH! But I just beat you and the others at the Striaton Gym..!!

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Y-you did?
[...That's impossible. But Cilan is still kinda confused, alternate worlds. :(]
I don't remember your face, sorry.

[Video] -fixed. and now to sit in a corner of shame. :U-

[kattobingu_ore]

Errr... Well, you look the same...

[But but but-] What happened to Pansage though..?? He didn't have that scar before..!!

[Video] it's okay really :)

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Huh? He's always had that scar...
[Well, since they were both young.]

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[kattobingu_ore]

Ehhh??

Then why wasn't it...

[There's barking from the side, and the camera turns to Yuuma's zorua, who mimics this world's pansage.]

Ah- See? The one we fought looked like that..!!

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Like a clean one...
[He just smiles a bit.]
Perhaps you're m-mistaken?
[Or perhaps he was replaced post-death.]

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[kattobingu_ore]

[He's very insistently shaking his head.]

Definitely not... I even have the badge now, see? [And he holds out his trio badge...]

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[Yes, the badge looks exactly the same. Cilan just sighs - he must have been replaced, by some sort of... replacement. That's what would happen to a traitor, after all. If that were the case, Pansage would have been replaced as well.]
Ah, well, I'm sorry - I must have gotten hit on the head when I arrived in the Entralink. [A small chuckle.]

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[kattobingu_ore]

Eh? The entralink..?

[He appears to pause, turning to something off screen to listen to something that can't be heard. Abruptly however, he looks back.] Hey..!! Maybe... Maybe you're a 'different' Cilan..! A second one! You came through the entralink like the others right? Just waking up there?

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A different Cilan...? [He asked, now curious.] B-but, yes. I woke up in the Entralink - um, I was told I slept there, too.

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[ryuusei_subaru]

"Riiiiiii!"

[Oh hey, suddenly Riolu behind you, Cilan. He looks slightly battered-after all, he's been fighting wild Pokemon ever since Subaru left Accumula Town (despite Subaru's protests-he really is a stubborn little guy). It appears he's been stalking this wild Pokemon himself.]

"Rocky! Wait up!" [That voice sounds like it's a bit farther away, but definitely a young voice.]

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[Woah-- Cilan looked to the Pokemon.]
A Riolu? Y-you aren't native to Unova... [And then he heard the other trainer, and looked up.] Hello? Is this your Pokemon?

[Meanwhile, Pansage is approaching, holding his sword. He wants to fight.]

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[ryuusei_subaru]

"Un, he is..." [And Subaru's panting as he's running up.] "He keeps running off to fight Pokemon, so I keep having to chase him all over the route instead of going straight to Nuvema, like I planned..."

[Meanwhile, Rocky's on the tips of his toes and bouncing on them. Despite fighting enough to possibly level up, he seems raring to go.]

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Haha - some Pokemon are like that! They want to fight and fight...

How about we battle? [Cilan then suggested, smiling at Pansage.] It seems Pansage is level 5 again...

[Action] and now I go to bed ffff

[ryuusei_subaru]

[Meanwhile, even though Rocky's at level 6, he's taken a bit of damage. Still...]

"Mmm, I've never had a battle with another trainer...is it the same as wild Pokemon battling?"

[And then the second part of Cilan's statement catches up with him.]

"Again? What do you mean he's at level 5 again? Pokemon can lose strength like that?" [Confused Subaru is confused, but admittedly curious.]

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[N's still in his Pokemon Center bed when he sees the message (because, apparently, trying to walk after two weeks of not using your legs is a bit difficult), but he still regards Cilan with a good amount of intrigue. He'd just defeated the gym leader not too long ago, and now here was another version of him, just like Iris...

He's about to turn the Xtransceiver off there, but the Pansage's scars catch his attention again.]
... Hello again, Cilan. [He smiles tentatively.] I... don't suppose you remember me? [Iris didn't, after all.]

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--N?!
[Oops. Cilan shouted that out without really realising it. But he was shocked! N hadn't left the castle yet - but there he is, in a Pokemon Center. Shaking his head, Cilan coughed a little. A mistake, a childish mistake.] Um, well, er... [The Pansage looked over, as well. N.] That a-answers your question...

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[Startled, he reflexively draws away from his screen slightly, eyes wide.]
Yes, I... suppose it does. Is it really so surprising to see me? [Was it because Cilan expected him to be jailed for his crimes or something? He looks away in a sudden pang of guilt.]

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...It is.
[Should he tell him? Shouldn't he? He might not even be the same man... Cilan couldn't help but hold his own frown. His Pansage, though, was also looking over N - with his own curiousity.]

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[He looks back and tilts his head slightly. His eyes narrow and move back and forth between Cilan and Pansage.] And why is that? Would you expect me to be locked away?

[He frowns and instead shifts his focus to the Pansage.] Friend, that scar on your face...

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[This was awkward - Cilan didn't know how to respond, without dropping his disguise.
And so, Cilan gave the Xtransiever over to the Pansage. He knew that N did prefer Pokemon over humans... perhaps he'll message him later, when he could bring himself to. This isn't suspisous at all. Totes.
Garland, though, frowned.] I've had it for a long time. [Since the Zoroark incident.]

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[the_nth_power]

[N does give Cilan a confused, somewhat suspicious look as the Xtransceiver is handed off, but it's true that he does prefer Pokemon, so he goes along with it.]

Have you really? [He frowns concernedly.] Strange... I've never seen it, in the times I have battled you.

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...Then, we must come from different universes, right? Different times.
[Garland then shook his head. There was no point to linger on it. Just because he came from a different time to his master. Just because, if he went home, his master would be dead again, and he'd be trying to find if he even remained as a ghost.]
Don't mind Cilan - he's just a bit shocked.

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[the_nth_power]

Hm... Perhaps that is why... [So Cilan was probably surprised because... N was in a different situation in this other universe. His immediate fear is that he's been imprisoned in some other universe.]

Ah, yes. I suppose all the newcomers are meant to be a little shocked upon their arrival here. I know I was as well. [A pause.] Though... That does not exactly explain why he avoids my questions.

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[Remember - Garland is bad at hiding secrets. He glances to Cilan a little, and then gives a frown.]
Well, he's feeling bad. He did just betray Team Plasma, after all.
[...worst pansage.]