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[imnot_likeyou]

[Okay, Pokemon. Sam can handle this again. It wasn't that bad the last time around. He's got the Pokeball in his hand and he put that and his journal down for a second as he went to rummage around in his bag for something, and in the process the ball rolls off the bench and bounces down to the ground, releasing the Pokemon inside.]

Psy. Psyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

[there's a long beat.







A very long beat, followed by a groan.]

... Not again.

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dictated.

[interpersonally]

[ Stefan hasn't dropped his Pokeball, yet. It's sitting in his hand, currently. What is it? He recognizes Sam's voice... ]

... Psy?

[imnot_likeyou]

Psyduck.

[another beat as he tries to get the stupid thing back into the stupid ball]

Just ... don't ask.

[interpersonally]

Psyduck.

... I feel like that doesn't really answer anything. You seem used to this, though. Has this happened before?

[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah, a while ago. When I first got to the castle -- it wasn't here exactly, but it was a similar place, if that makes any sense?

dictated

[valuedstrength]

This happened before? [Gold star for Steve.]

[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah, a long time ago. I had just gotten to the castle then.

[valuedstrength]

Does this happen a lot? Repeats?

[imnot_likeyou]

[there's a pause as he thinks about that]

Not exactly? I mean ... there are some events that have repeated, but nothing like this.

[is0latedthinker]

'Again'? I thought world changes were unique.

How often does the castle repeat itself?

[imnot_likeyou]

In a sense it is? Last time we had Pokemon we weren't ... here, exactly. And this is the first time a world change has repeated on me.

[is0latedthinker]

'Exactly' as in a different world, like how there are multiple Earths? Or like how before Paris, residents went to a different city?

How long have you been here?

[imnot_likeyou]

More like Paris. I think this is a different location in the same place that I went to the first time.

[he's pretty sure that makes sense]

I've been here three years.

[vengefully]

Again? This is something that's happened in the past?

[imnot_likeyou]

Not exactly, but something similar, yeah. It was a little over three years ago.

[vengefully]

That long ago...

How was it different before?

[imnot_likeyou]

I think it was a different city.

[onlyanapple]

At least we got a beach this time around.

[imnot_likeyou]

That's true. The beach is an improvement.

[formercheerio]

Again?

[imnot_likeyou]

Why is everyone so surprised by "again"?

[formercheerio]

Because this is crazy and the fact that it's already happened once and now it's repeating?

[imnot_likeyou]

Compared to some of the things the castle's done? This is tame.

[huntersdaughter]

So... this is where all the weird pets came from.

Great.

[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah, this is it. It's not that bad.

[huntersdaughter]

Aren't the animals meant for fighting? Sounds kind of bad.