ajustcaws | 001 | ACTION FOR GOLDENROD ROCKET BASE

[ACTION:]

[It was a normal day in the Team Rocket base.

And then a hero woke up within.

Cynthia read the note; that much should be obvious from the fact that the girl is charging about the base with it in her hand. However, she clearly didn't heed the instructions, given that she's doing so in her armor rather than switching into the uniform. She looks determined, but also confused and lost.

...very slightly confused and very, very lost. She's probably wandering into every part of the base except the ones that Grunts aren't actually allowed to enter (though not for lack of trying). Behind her at all times is a worried looking Blitzle, who seems like she really wants to try and gently grab Cynthia's skirt and lead her back to their room but is very slightly to afraid to.

Do you wish to engage? ...you... might regret it, because at the very least, it's going to be a weird experience.]

[VIDEO:]

[It looks like some random Grunt has taken enough pity on the poor girl to explain to her how the Gear works, because, wonder of wonders, the Gear has turned on and there is a white-haired teenage girl on the screen, looking off to the right.]

So, am I doing this right? Can everyone see this?

[The offscreen individual's response is inaudible. However, it was apparently affirmative, because the girl turns back to the screen, a look of wonder on her face.]

Woah...

[Then her face breaks into a huge grin, and she shakily adjusts the Gear so that she, a timid-looking Blitzle, and a mildly flabbergasted looking Murkrow are...

... well, they're kind of in the frame?

They're occasionally in the frame.

Sometimes.]

Greetings, citizens, and beware, evildoers! I hope you can all see me all right, because the Great Hero Cynthia and her faithful companions, Thunderhoof and Sablefeather, have arrived in... uh, wherever this is!

[Her expression falters a bit, and the camera focuses back on her.]

Well, actually, I'm supposed to be off saving some other world... but I ended up here, instead. Does anyone know what's up with that? I've been asking around, and no one seems to know. I mean, if I'm here, then I bet this world does need saving, because psssh, why else would I have ended up here?

But, uh, I kind of need to save my past, so...

[...a realization seems to strike her.]

Oooh, wait! This has to be some kind of test run! All right, everyone!

[She... does something that shakes the camera and tries to look really dramatic and inspiring, but right now, she's probably just inspiring motion sickness...]

If you need a hero for anything, then I'm your girl! Just send me a messenger, or --- oh, wait! I guess you don't have to because you can just use this thing! Well, I can tackle anything you need me to!

[She grins.

...the camera lingers a bit. The Blitzle, apparently named Thunderhoof, attempts to hide behind Sablefeather, who just looks up at her in exasperation.

... Cynthia looks back to the grunt.]

...uh, how do you end this...?

[After a few seconds, she figures it out.]

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Rather, I was born to have the job! ...So, I just sort of grew into it.

How did you do your time travel, though? There are many different methods.

So, you're a destined time traveler? Wow, I didn't know that could happen!

Well, as much as I hate to say it, I don't have any abilities that allow me to time travel by myself. My friends and I got a little help from the goddess Naga to let us travel into the past. But... from the way it sounds, I ended up in completely the wrong place.

The goddess Naga? I've never heard of her, but then, I rather thought we were from different worlds! You shouldn't worry too much; where you are right now doesn't effect you being where you need to be back then.

What, really? I always thought different worlds were just like ours, but s a little different. Then again, a lot of stuff here is totally different from anything I've ever seen before, so I guess that makes sense!

And I've heard about that, at least. It's nice to be able to enjoy this little side trip without having to worry about bad things happening because I'm not there!

Yes, some people here are from the same worlds or worlds that are quite similar, but I very much doubt we are from the same or similar worlds! I am usually from a very distinct place, comparatively.

And yes, it is! It's rather like a very strange vacation?

Huh! That's a lot more interesting than I expected --- and it was pretty interesting to begin with! What's your world like, then?

Haha, yeah! Who can complain about that?

Well, it's actually a little bit destroyed right now! So I suppose "post apocalyptic" is the answer. For my planet, at least.

...oh, huh, that's actually pretty similar to mine. Well, I guess everything isn't gone, but...

[...oh no, she made herself sad

time to do a turnaround]

But that's why we're going back to the past! Oh, is that what you're doing in your world, too?

Oh, no, we're going to the future! Or making one. You know how it goes.

[ ...There's basically no way to save the past in Homestuck, so. ]

You're going back to change your past, though?

Well, hey, I can respect that! ...I'm guessing it's a little more complicated than making the future usually is, right?

[...perhaps she's just hopping to the good timeline]

Well, it's a little more complicated than that for us, too, I think. Like, we're kind of going to a world that is basically ours in the past, except presumably we're going to make sure that nothing really horrible happens.

A little bit, but I'm good with timelines.

[ :|a Sounds like her time travel is a bit different, but Aradia won't judge. ]

I see...so, you're going back to a place like that for that reason...will doing so cause you not to exist any longer?

Okay! Well, I'd hope so, if you're a professional time traveler, anyway.

...I'm not, so I don't really know. I don't think it's going to happen, because we're kind of going to a different universe instead of directly to our past, and I think we probably would have been warned if that as going to happen.

Well, I guess it isn't really relevant here, anyway! ...Which, by the way, if you need advice on from a breeder, be sure to let me know.

I guess it's not! And yeah, I'll keep that in mind. Though... breeder? How do you end up one of those?

Well, you just sort of get assigned upon entry?

...Oh.

Really...? Is that, like, based on anything that actually makes sense.....?

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