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Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 5:16 pm
Ulla_Hanabi "He's telling the truth."Ulla said as Cyrus was explaining his lapses of memory and visions. Right when he stepped into the room, she felt the hatred of the other Cyrus they dealt with at the trial. Even though this Cyrus didn't hold that same hatred. It confused her at first but as he explained the situation it started to make somewhat sense. Now that she was able to identify who those emotions were coming from, she was able to see what Cyrus was explaining about the other man becoming a cauldron of disgust, bile, and anger imprinted on us. "If you don't mind Cyrus...if you are able see and feel these glimpses. Wouldn't he be able to have the same effect happening to him?" She asked as she looked at the group. "Sub I'd like to make a suggestion. If we do take this offer, I'd like to stay by our Cyrus's side. Although he hasn't detected ours yet, that doesn't mean he can't. I'll do my best to stop that detection. But we'll still be able to see...Hopefully. I can ease the pain of the seizures for you." She said the last part to Cyrus. Keiko sighed. While she appreciated this side of Ulla, the young lady's willingness to put herself into danger wasn't easy for the bunny mama to hear after all she'd been through with her biological offspring. But she knew she wasn't any different - if she had a way to help people like Ulla could, she'd be trying to use it at every opportunity as well. "I'm gonna come with you, okay? If anybody tries to hurt you, I wanna be there to stop them," Keiko spoke up to Ulla, trying to elucidate her desire to protect the Fairy Channeler. It wasn't that she thought Ulla was incapable - she was proving every day that she was capable. And it was true that she had her Pokemon to watch after her. Still, Keiko worried about Ulla, and wanted to make sure she was okay during all this. "And if there's any way I can help you, please don't hesitate to ask."
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:03 pm
"When he thinks about me?" Sub repeated Cyrus, cocking an eyebrow. Why him in particular? What did he do to this other Cyrus to earn such hate? He wouldn't hang on that revelation for long as Cyrus explained how he found their hideout and his 'special' connection with the other Cyrus which included the unique state other Cyrus found himself in. He'd look at the Ultra Recon Squad as 'their' Cyrus deduced that's how they found their location as well only for all four of them to look off in other directions, suddenly not so chatty as they were before. Scoffing he turned his attention to his SNAG to confirm that Phyco really did provided the information and upon confirming he did he would pocket his SNAG and prepare to turn his attention back to Cyrus only to catch a glimpse of Blizzard. What was that look for? Something told him he'd need to have a conversation with the Cold One later.
"Fine. You have a deal." Sub answered the Team Galactic leader of their reality as he turned his focus back to him. As he stared at Cyrus he heard Ulla's offer, considering it without his gaze breaking away from Cyrus as he tried to find something in his eyes to doubt what the man was saying, unfortunately he only became more and more convinced of his sincerity. "I'd like to add just one addendum to our deal. As my friend here suggested I ask that Ulla stick with you for the time being, to run interference against the other Cyrus and whatever link he has established with you. She might look young but she's very talented and I have no doubt she can help alleviate some of your pain thanks to her connection with Fairy type Pokemon." The man said, accepting Ulla's offer by demanding it as part of the deal. "If you okay with that then we have a deal."
"Hm? Oh, you. The anomaly." Phyco said as Clare finally spoke up and drew attention to herself, the man tapping his visor a few times. "UBA-Symbios. In the vastness of Ultra Space things that are rare in individual worlds can be very common with very few things being properly 'rare'. You however are one thing we can certainly define as rare. It's not unheard of, however rare, for hybrids of Ultra Beasts to appear, even rarer one of Nihilego by virtue of their parasitic nature. The Ultra Council usually eliminates these UBAs, Ultra Beast Anamolies, once they leave their worlds but every now and then one catches their interest for study and they simply allow them to move about to better understand them. You are one such UBA. I can't speak for the council but they wish to observe you for the time being, the algorithms reassuring us all that you cannot pose any threat. As for the Ultra Energy you emit it appears that signature rapidly deteriorates for you the longer you stay in a single world. Perhaps that's why they wish to study you, to find out why you appear to naturally adapt quickly to new worlds. Either way for the time being you are nothing more than a shiny Magikarp, your only value being in that you look unique and pose little danger...for now. But like a Magikarp that can change."
By the time Phyco was done speaking with Clare the Ultra Wormhole in the front door would open up and the other three Ultra Recon Squad members would begin to pass through it to leave, Zossie stopping short of entering to turn around and face Crystal, then proceeding use her hand to make a circle shape with her thumb and her other four fingers all curled, gesturing it at the Solgaleo hybrid. "May your days be dark!" As she said that she closed all her fingers, making a fist, the entire gesture suppose to be reminiscent of a sun being crushed. Must be an Ultra Megalopolis local insult.
With Zossie stepping through it left just Phyco who would also stop short of entering the wormhole to say one last thing to the Snagems. "We'll be watching from the sidelines. For the sake of your reality; may the light guide you." With that he stepped into the wormhole, the entire thing closing behind him, the real door closing shortly after with no remaining sign of the wormhole having ever been there.
Sub would silently watch as they left, letting out a sigh as he did. Now all that was left was to deal with Cyrus.
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:28 pm
If nothing else, the Ultra Recon Squad's visit had turned into an avalanche of new information. There was so much to sift through, about her nature as a Faller, about the damage she could be long-term to this world, about the way entire worlds were treated as insignificant crumbs on a table of stars. No wonder Crystal kept journals.
And there was the fact they had a kill-on-sight order for Blizzard and his variants, because apparently he had a tendency to turn them into balls of ice. She thought of the world outside the Dome. It wasn't safe for much to go out there, but it was said that the ocean had become completely inhabited by Poison-types. She imagined something similar but with Ice.
It was tough. Blizz was a fixture of Snagem, but he was also clearly identified by the Ultra Recon Squad as a threat, arguably one more serious than she was.
As they departed, it was clear that it was up to the locals—her among them, even if not technically—to repair reality. That started with local Cyrus, like it or not. Blizzard's threat could wait... for now.
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