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"From what I understand, Aetna no longer drinks," Night said, finishing off her drink before, once again, signalling to the bartender to bring her another, "So, you've kinda lost your drinking companion. With her, at least."

Night gave the bartender a small nod in thanks as he brought her drink before continuing, "Now, I'm not saying that I'd be opposed to sharing this body with her, so long as she'd be willing to relinquish the reins and allow me control on occasion, but I can't say for sure if I'd be all too willing to go about it the way you two seem to have. I mean, personality-wise, Aetna and I are polar opposites. I've always been considerably more cutthroat while she was very timid. She never liked battles. Hell, she nearly had a full breakdown when I fried those Aqua goons for V a few months ago. I'm just not positive that any sort of union could work between the two of us."

Night sighed and drank a bit from her cup, "Don't get me wrong. I love Aetna. She was my pokemon before all this and had been with me for nearly as long as Heru, but we're like an angel and a demon sharing the same body."

Sighing, Night set her glass down, still mostly full, a contemplative look coming over her features as she stared at it for several moments. "I understand more than you realize about being alone. Imagine being thrown in a deep, dark pit. Can't see, can't hear, the passage of time becomes irrelevant when every second feels like an eternity and you have nothing but your thoughts to keep you company. That is what I faced all those years Aetna had control of my body. I felt nothing. I was nothing."

Lip curled slightly as a low growl rumbled through her chest, she returned her attention to RC, "I can't see us being one unified being, but if there is a way for the two of us to share this body while the both of us still remain conscious of what is going on around us, then I may be willing to try and work with her. I just can't go back in that pit. She doesn't seem to notice that any time passes, but I do."

"Easier said than done," Night said softly after RC had left. She picked up the bracelet and turned it in her hands for several moments, thinking over their conversation, "I've never been able to communicate with her before..." Realizing a means, if a bit primitive, of passing a message along to Aetna, Night downed the last of her drink before swiping the tip RC left behind as well as their empty glasses. Given the bar's typical clientele, it was best not to leave any sort of money laying around on the tables.

"Do you have a pen I could borrow? And perhaps something to write on?" She asked, handing the glasses and both hers and RC's tip money over to the bartender.

The Garchomp nodded and disappeared beneath the bar for a moment before placing a pen and napkin on the bar in front of Night who immediately went about writing something on the napkin.

"You know, I'm kind of surprised you even have napkins in this place, Victor" she smiled as she glanced up to see him dropping the cash in the register.

Victor grunted with a shrug, "Bought dat pack abou' a yea' ago. On'y give 'em out when asked. T'ink I still got mor'n half da pack left."

Night laughed a little at that and returned Victor his pen back, "Thanks, Vic. I trust that you'll continue to leave my table open for me?"

Victor grunted again and gave her a nod before turning to assist another customer while she made her way out the door. Once outside, Night moved over to a side alley and sighed as she leaned against the wall. She could only hope that this would work. With RC's bracelet in one hand and the napkin in the other, Night closed her eyes and relinquished control to her body's other inhabitant.


After a few moments, Night's eyes popped open as she looked around in utter confusion, "But wasn't I just inside a bar talking with RC?" Confusion quickly turned to worry as she thought about all that she could have done while blacked out again. Though, it wasn't long before confusion took over again as she noticed the objects in her hands.

The first one she noticed was the dragon scale bracelet, Night turned it around a few times, admiring the look and feel of it, before noticing what was in her other hand. A wadded up napkin, though upon further inspection, she noticed a note written on it.




Night stared at the note for a few moments, reading over the short message several times. Apparently, the other being in her body had a conversation of some sort with RC. The question though, is what did they talk about? Considering the bracelet in her hand, obviously he was willing to help them. To help her.

Stashing the bracelet and note in her pack, Night pushed away from the wall and pulled free one of her pokeballs. Her Charizard, Tatsu, soon burst free from his ball just before Night climbed onto his back, "Hey, Tatsu. Mind flying me to the Sky Pillar in Hoenn? I know it's kinda far, but it has been a while since you and I took a nice long flight together."

Tatsu smiled back at Night before giving her a nod and spreading his wings. Yes, it had been far too long since they flew together. He may need to stop and rest his wings a couple times, but it'd be worth it. Before long, the two would reach their destination and Night, after sliding off Tatsu's back and returning him to his pokeball, approached the building.

Night took a half, somewhat hesitant, step back as the guards approached before reaching into her pocket to produce the bracelet.

A small smile pulled at Night's maw as she walked past the two guards, "Don't suppose I could use a pokemon to fly up there?" A small chuckle sounded before she simply shook her head and began her ascent. Perhaps a good climb was just what she needed to help clear her head.

Huffing slightly, Night eventually pulled herself to the top of the pillar and rolled onto her back, "Alright, Dragon. Not that I've climbed all the way up here, why don't you get your scaly a** out here so I can kick it before you tell me what this was all about." She held up the note her other half had left for her about coming here along with the bracelet.