119. [FOURTH WALL! ACTION FOR ERRYBODY]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's begun.]

[THAT TIME OF YEAR.]

[No, not the time of year when the Christmas decorations start going up in stores-- let's be real, guys, that happened like two months ago.]

[No.]

[It's that time of year when the boundaries between worlds grow thin and all kinds of wild and wonderful things come pouring out of thin air onto the streets for all to watch and enjoy.]

[... And then on the other end of the spectrum, there's...]</sub>


WHOA! HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK! MORE NEW POKEMON!!!

_{[The shout of an excited Ace Trainer dudebro who never quite got off the September Swarm hype train rings out over the chaos as a small army of... uh... things come bumbling down the sidewalk, ineffectively squawking and bumping into peoples' legs.]}

OH! Oh, they're ADORABLE! LOOK! I'm keeping one RIGHT NOW!

<sub>[A Poke-Fan sweeps one off of its tiny nub feet and cradles it like an infant while it flops and kicks.]

[A crowd soon forms.]

[No one pays any attention to the trainer hopping up and down at the edge, waving her arms.]</sub>



Guys-- GUYS!! STOP!

THOSE AREN'T-- THOSE AREN'T POKEMON, YOU GUYS.

DON'T TRY TO CA-- unbelievable.

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[armoredsoul]

[Al would be so down for a Pop Culture Movie Night, you have no idea.]

[He frowns for a moment, then shrugs with a grin.] Well, I guess if we can get used to Pokemon, what's a little trans-dimensional craziness every six months, right? Do things stay after the weekend, or is everything back just the way it was before?

[foolishwren]

_{[Then clearly, it must happen.]}

Everything reverts. It's like it never happened.

_{[She pauses to tap a finger at her temple.]}

WE remember, though. Sometimes not too well, but we do.

[armoredsoul]

...oh.

[Al grips onto his coat, frowning a little.] So things we make right now, they won't stay?

[foolishwren]

... No, they won't. Neither will anything that shows up.

_{[... Which is good AND bad. Because on one hand, while it's very much become a time of being reunited with friends... she's encountered some very, very bad things on these weekends, as well.]}