Take Initiative.

[trustharder]

It seems things have been resolved - peacefully, if more than a little awkwardly for most parties involved. However, there's still work to do here, isn't there? Ryuunosuke shrugs after a long moment; tips his head up a bit. "Hey, Glory? Let everyone up." And apparently that's all it takes, though what that actually does isn't something that happens all at once - rather, panels slide out from the wall, forming a staircase up to that balcony they've been standing on. Mettaton doesn't really wait for the others to join them; he just leaves back through that section of wall they entered from, calling something back over his shoulder. "We've got another room to work from back here, darlings, this shouldn't take too long to work out." >Follow?

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[bloodisthicker]

...That seems like about a good a rule as any, thinking about it. I feel like it might be a little difficult to work that out correctly unless you really know someone, though, which... well. I guess we'd probably have to discuss it with the people actually in one of those situations to really know for sure.

[pokexplorer]

Oh, of course. Under my guidance, you will be a true pro at Pokemon before you know it.

[Who would have thought that all the Pokemon lessons that he had planned for Tarrlok during the actual murdergame would come in handy now that they're actually going to get to go back to Unova? Professor Colress is Go, basically.

He nods at the second bit, rather solemnly so.]

I do realize that there really wasn't anything that I could do to assist in that situation, [it's probably really difficult to stop a person from dying a predetermined death from a magic book that barely anyone knew about] but we had just had that discussion a mere hours before, and...I suppose it all hit me in a strange way. ...I felt as though I had failed you regardless.

[He knows it's ridiculous, but that's how he felt for at least a week or two until the ghosts showed up.]

[devastation]

Mm, I told Tarrlok-san about it when we were on the other side watching everyone. [... As well as one other detail about her current situation back home, but maybe she doesn't have to mention that part to Colress cause it's just depressing, really.]

I don't want to risk anyone's safety with trying to help me here... but, if we can come up with a safe enough plan using the portal, then maybe...

[...Maybe it'll work out okay? Heck, even if she has to do it alone, she's probably not going to give up until she's found them.]

[bloodisthicker]

I suppose it could have, yes. At least my muscles haven't completely atrophied or anything like that.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, things did turn out much better than expected, so perhaps things will continue to go well for all of us.

[cherryblooded]

I've got a good feeling. The odds may be more like 70-30 against anything I'd like, but I'm on a roll right now.

[bloodisthicker]

I think they're being quarantined wherever Sigrun lives, thankfully, so there really shouldn't be all that much to worry about.

[pokexplorer]

[He can just find out the fun way whenever they manage to make it there. It'll be a fun surprise! Haha...ha...

That said though, he slips his glasses back on and holds a hand to his chin to think about this. It's definitely Serious Time now.]

I've no doubt that with our combined efforts, we can figure out a proper plan. At the very least, Pokemon would be perfect for defending, and many of us have skills that would be useful for such an operation...

[You better believe he's invested in this.]

After everything we've been through together, I sincerely doubt anyone is going to make you go through this alone- especially now that you've told myself and Tarrlok.

[He's pretty sure he knows how Tarrlok would've reacted to this news. It's why he asked! They'll just have to see who else is on board.]

[bloodisthicker]

...well, I guess I can't really give you any flack for feeling responsible for things that aren't really your fault, but... honestly, I'm mostly glad you didn't get caught up in it, given what happened to Lynne.

[LYNNE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY IDEA. AND YET. AND YET.]

[bloodisthicker]

[...he'd ask why Bruce isn't going home first, but... well. It's not like he's going home, either.]

Sounds like a plan. Do they have this place reasonably well stocked, at the very least?

[bloodisthicker]

Well, at least it isn't a million to one. Then again, those have a bizarrely high chance of actually working out, so...

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, that's on her if it goes wrong.

[He's not...really worried it will, either. He'd have protested a lot more strongly if he thought Sigrun and Cherry couldn't handle it. But the thought of having either of them near his own family still makes him ill.]

So, you got any shit back home we're gonna have to deal with? 'Cause apparently Megumi's got zombies. [And, apparently, one person's problem is now everyone's. Or at least Stan's.]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, that's the sixties for ya. I hear they're better in the twenty-first century.

[Not that he knows anything about being institutionalized around that time period. Stan folds his arms.]

Besides, I'm not just gonna dump ya and drive off.

[goodforsomething]

Good. And if you ever need a break, you can come on the boat with me and Ford.

...don't think we have one yet, but there was some kinda awful monster up in the Arctic he wanted to go look at. Should be fun.

[goodforsomething]

Hahahaha! That's somethin' every kid oughta see!

How old are they?

[devastation]

They're about 16, 17 now perhaps?

[Highschool age teenagers, basically.]

There's three girls that I've been looking after: Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, and Yuuri Wakasa... Ebisuzawa-san in particular would probably approve of getting to see the zombies being punched, I think.

[Though god forbid if she tries to attempt doing that herself...]

[devastation]

[As Megumi listens to Colress talk, it occurs to her vaguely that... well, honestly, this is the first time she actually had other people wanting to help her out. Back home, it was just her and three kids: the rest of the world was practically dead for all that mattered to their tiny group of survivors living in the school.

But now, there are people here that she can rely on rather doing everything alone. People she could even consider to be friends, really.

Maybe their efforts really would work out this time.]

I agree... and thank you, Colress-san. I really appreciate having your assistance for this.

[goodforsomething]

Can't disappoint her, now can I? [He's not gonna try to repeat any of those names right now.] Don't worry - we'll get a whole group together. Killin' zombies is a time-honored family tradition!

[pokexplorer]

[That gives him considerable pause.

Give him in a second to run his hands down his face.]

...Right.

[He hadn't forgotten about poor Lynne, but he didn't quite connect the dots that he very easily could've ended up in a similar situation if he was there when it happened or discovered Tarrlok too soon.

There isn't much more he can really say, is there? Just...]

I am sorry.

[That's. That's the main thing he's wanted to say since that day, really. And he's also sorry for bringing the conversation down this road yet again.]

[pokexplorer]

[That's definitely going to get a smile from Colress.]

Think nothing of it, Miss Megumi. It is the least I can do. Please do keep me notified of what's going on- and when you are ready to perform the rescue.

[And to keep things on the positive note...]

When everything is said and done, and you are all safely within my world, perhaps we can actually get those lessons going. Unova does have plenty of schools, too.

[cherryblooded]

Don't they just? I'm sure someone would say that's because it's more dramatic that way.

[Mettaton, he means.]

[amygdalae]

[The less asked, Tarrlok, the better.]

It could use a little more here and there, but for the most part it should be able to support a small number of us until we can expand.

[amygdalae]

[The Arctic, huh? That... certainly brought up a few things Bruce knows nobody would rather not talk about.]

Sounds like it could be fun. [A smile.] I'll be keeping it in mind.

[bloodisthicker]

...no, it's fine. I understand why you feel that way, but... I'm really glad nothing did happen to you from start to finish. I guess it wouldn't have been as bad in retrospect, considering we weren't really dead, but... at the time, I couldn't help worrying about it.

[bloodisthicker]

On the one hand, the universe probably doesn't operate on that sort of rule. On the other hand, that's "probably" and not "definitely."