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Shinobu Tsukuyomi | Changeling: The Lost/Mage OC
To say that Shinobu is displeased to find himself waking up in a strange place with a total stranger calling herself his mother and treating him as if he's her child is a massive understatement. Shinobu has a history with this kind of thing, although his Keepers hadn't styled themselves as his parents. Still, even that difference isn't enough to keep the panic at bay completely, much to his 'mother's' alarm when she bursts into the room and he immediately starts hyperventilating.
Fortunately at that point, memories also start returning, albeit slow and fragmented, and with a dreamlike quality that almost sends him under again because it's too much like his memories of Arcadia, but... yes, he remembers this place. Not this place exactly, but he remembers being told of it when he'd been in... Goldenrod? With Gil and the two Stevens and... Thorne. Who had been human then but was back to being a ghost at home, and he needs to be there to keep her summoned or else... but wait, hadn't one of the Stevens told him that time won't pass there while he's here? Someone had, anyway...
Eventually, he's able to pull himself together enough to continue with the expected charade (which honestly makes him feel dirty, for all that 'Mom' seems genuinely concerned for him) and soon enough he's in the town proper, followed closely by a small white unicorn with a large amount of pastel-colored hair. He supposes that's fitting, although it also reminds him of... things. Then again, that's not the Pokemon's fault. Right now, they're standing before the route out of town. "So I suppose we're doing this?" he asks the creature, and gets something akin to a shrug in response.
It's going to be a long day.
Ecruteak City
There is quite a lot Shinobu doesn't like about this place - most notably its superficial resemblances to the Hedge and Arcadia, but there are other things. For one, his powers don't work... mostly, anyway; he still has at least some ability to comprehend Ghost Pokemon, although it's severely curtailed and limited to their emotional states. Other than that, he's just a normal human, for the first time in literal decades. Shinobu's not sure he remembers how to be a normal human.
On the plus side, though, at least now people won't look at him and literally see what they want to see. It's oddly freeing to know he's going to only look one way to people here.
He's... adjusting, for the most part. He doesn't particularly like the constant battling, but his Ponyta doesn't have that problem - and neither do the other Pokemon he's picked up on his travels. So if nothing else, he's well protected, although he still doesn't feel right leaving the battles entirely to them. Then again, it's not like he has a choice.
He probably should make his way towards Goldenrod City, if only to drop in on Steven the Younger (and probably ruin his day somewhat, as the man sure hadn't seemed to like him last time), but right now he's in Ecruteak, which is an oddly comfortable place to be, if only because it's full of Ghost Pokemon. He can even be found chatting with them on occasion - as much as he can, these days - although the library is also a safe bet if one is looking for him. The Ghosts seem to appreciate the attention, at least; hopefully they won't take offense if they're interrupted.
Goldenrod City
Well, he's made it to Goldenrod, finally, and now that he's not being shunted here, there, and everywhere seemingly at random like he was the last time, he's taking some time to actually explore it. As always, his Galarian Ponyta is at his side, occasionally joined by a few Ghost Pokemon as well. The Ponyta in particular seems to be on the lookout for potential threats, despite being maybe three-quarters of a meter tall at most. Granted, Shinobu himself is on the short side, but still.
Shinobu, for his part, is polite to anyone who approaches him, but he too is wary; he's just much better at hiding it. Still, he's not going to say no to conversation, especially if it comes with actual useful information.
Goldenrod
He seems much less inclined to make vague threats at Shinobu than he was when Shinobu was here over the weird weekend. Possibly this is directly related to Shinobu not presently being in the company of Steven's recently enfleshed little sister.
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"About that weird weekend," Steven says. "I, uh. Have the vague impression I hassled you at one point about Charley? The whole shotgun talk. Not that I have one," he adds, an almost imperceptible note of disappointment in his voice. "Anyway, uh, given that she's not here right now or at least I'd hope she'd contact me if she was-- Well. Maybe we can start over? I have the distinct impression I was mostly trying to hassle you that way because I couldn't give 'Solus'--" (He does little air quotes for the name.) "--trouble without him using his phenomenal cosmic powers to probably kill me."
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And he can hear that disappointment about the shotgun in your voice, Steven, although given that he knows Steven the Elder, and has in fact had the latter point a gun at his face before, Shinobu isn't surprised by it. "I can't see her not contacting you if she was here," he agrees. "And... yes, you did hassle me a bit, but..." He shrugs again. It hadn't exactly endeared Steven the Younger to him, but he's has worse.
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"Right, well. I'm sorry about that. Do you know where you're staying while you're in town? I know they've got free beds at most pokecenters."
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"I've mostly been staying at the PokeCenters." Though he hasn't been by the one here yet.
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"So, uh, how's Charley been doing these last few weeks? I mean, assuming that the space llama god didn't just scoop you up immediately after you got home."
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"It's actually been closer to a year, for us. She's doing well, though. Keeping busy between the living and dead realms." Getting them to go to France to steal certain medieval artifacts for the purpose of summoning certain French medieval ghosts. The usual.
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"Oh Jesus, right, the space llama has no respect for the timeline. But. Well. I'm glad she's doing well."
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"If she'd known I was coming here, she probably would have told me to say hi." Well, assuming she remembered any of this; given that Shinobu hadn't and he usually has perfect recall, she might not.
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