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"No, Terapagos isn't responsible for Lavinia's state. That was all me." ...Well shit. Apparently Celia can form the crystals rather than just disassemble them. "...Well, Terapagos loaned me some energy for it. So that's not exactly in my normal range of capability either. As for this dear Pokemon-

"Healing. Improving. Preparing. My journey allowed me to do those three things. ...And yes, I knew you would be here eventually. I /was/ just with you, after all. ...Though given the state of my mind at the time, I didn't know the exact date of your arrival." But she doesn't seem too bothered by-

Jirachi didn't hesitate and pinched Reina hard- Does... Does Jirachi dislike Reina or something? Well, either way. Celia's going to wheel herself over to the crystal and touch it. A few small pieces flake off, like a more controlled version of what the other Celia did earlier. "I decided to keep-

It's a long elevator ride... Long and tense... But as the elevator finally stops and opens... Well, this is quite the scene. The elevator opens into a cavern, rather than a proper room. At the far side of the cavern is a large crystal with... Shit. That's Lavinia frozen inside the crystal. But-

["...Eisen is her seventh Pokemon ever-"] ...Ah shit. Ding! Oh good, the elevator is finally here. Jirachi's going right in.

["I doubt that. We left Xerneas outside to stand guard, Eisen is down, I'm here... Tatsugiri and Dondozo both went to the boxes because they refused to be split up when room needed to be freed up... So she only has Meowscarada and Yveltal with her right now. Twenty catches is unlikely."] ...She-

BadJokesLucia Numbers aren't real, fuck math-

["...Yeah, we probably should."] Jirachi's pressing the button... Gonna have to wait for it to come back... It must be a really long elevator... ["We never checked out what was down there before Lavinia disappeared."]

["Celebi will find her and bring her back before she becomes a grandma."] ...DING! ...The elevator's going down with Celia and Meowscarada in it.

["Well, I was here with Lavinia for a bit. These weren't here then, and Celebi didn't mention anybody... But at the same time, somebody probably had to have been here to open the door before we got here. Maybe they were hiding and came out after Celebi left?"] ...Did Celia just get on the elevator?

["I'm only granting Celia's wishes right now."] Shot down... Though Jirachi looks confused about the second set of shoe prints, too. But as Celia's looking for storage... The elevator opens up?

Meowscarada doesn't need to be told twice. She's basically holding Celia's hand at all times right now... The lab is kind of a wreck. And dusty... There are even shoe prints in the dust! ...Not just one pair, though. Lavinia might not have been the only person here recently...

"Backpacks. Boxes. Crates." She's going to take as many of those crystal chips as possible, huh...? Still, kicking the console probably shouldn't have worked, but Celia's walking right in now...

["...Uh. It was already open when Lavinia came down, and we didn't close it. So I'm not sure why it's closed now."] Well that's another problem... Or it would be, if it hadn't opened as soon as Celia kicked the console down at the base of the ramp. "Let's find... Storage." ...That's her concern?!

["...Well, you have more friends than her. So I'm sure the jealousy goes both ways, even if she hates the specific people you've chosen."] ...Jirachi is already feeling mentally exhausted talking to Reina.

["...To be fair, Celia's actually putting this power to use and not just being a glorified theater kid. ...I think that's what I heard Lavinia call them once."] Of course the professional actress is comparing people to theater kids... ["And I don't think Celia is going to get much mileage out of-

["...I think it's a side effect of all of that energy washing over her during the explosion... She smacked one of the crystals afterward and it just fell apart like that..."] ...Did Celia fucking evolve and get a super power or something?!

["Celebi is looking into that..."] Though Jirachi is cut off by a lot of clinking... It's like the sound effect in a movie when a store full of porcelain teacups gets completely obliterated... But in this case, it's just a bunch of those little crystal chips spilling down from the larger crystal-

["Meowscarada will stick close to Celia. The rest of us can keep an eye on the surroundings."] Though Jirachi is staring at the lab's entrance... ["...With some of the Pokemon around here, Celebi is pretty sure that a time machine was in operation. Whether it's dormant or disabled, we don't know.-

["I think that would just increase Celebi's workload... Celia seems inclined to be a fast learner with technology, but it would still probably be best if she didn't mess with it right now..."] Though as the biggest mass of Tera Crystals yet makes its way into view... Celia's jumping out of-

["She's not in the lab. She was looking around, I went back to check on Celia for a couple minutes, and when I got back there was no trace of Lavinia. Celebi checked and said that Lavinia just disappeared after messing with a computer."] ...Well that's not good.

BadJokesLucia Imagine if I just started rolling death saves for Celia now that she has so many doom flags up-

["You could have killed us all with that-"] Reina brought it up, so Jirachi's going to go right ahead and take the hammer to it... ["I scouted out down here a few times, and thankfully neither you or Celia did enough damage to make too many changes to the paths... We'll probably be reaching the-

["...Well, we can only wait and see if it comes to that."] It might not be necessary, if Celia never regains her memory... But right now, all the group can really do is continue the journey downward and see what the future brings...

["...Would it really turn out any different if you did start over?"] Jirachi's just going to let that question hang in the air. Reina's been nagged enough and it never seems to do any good, so now she can take some time to think things over for herself. Because Jirachi thinks that the same-

["It's going to be best for both of you if you give her space until everything is sorted... Best for everybody, if we're being honest."] One more argument could turn Celia outright hostile to both sides... ["...The rest of us aren't sure what to do about Lavinia whenever she pops back up. Celia-

["...I don't think her goal is to just stop him and whoever else is involved now. I know she wanted to take command of Kingchester Corps herself if she could, but... I think that changed. I think she's going to try burning everything to the ground..."] Another reason for them to hope that Celia-