5th treasure [walling it up]

[captainash]

[Hey, guys, do you know what Johto and Kanto have been missing these last few years?

Giant robots. Pirate-themed giant robots.

But luckily, this one will be flying around and stopping pretty much everywhere on the way, so if you want a ride now's the time to say it.]

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[captainash]

...Having a mobile suit around can be useful when trying to protect the ship. I know my way around a cockpit.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Apollo doesn't respond, just staring straight ahead. The feed switches to split-screen to show the Solrock and the Lunatone in the other cockpits along with Apollo still staring at nothing. This probably isn't what's supposed to be happening now. The Solrock and Lunatone make confused noises for a bit.]

The time is not yet right for the Wings of the Sun to soar once again.

[The voice sounds like an older, more authoritative Apollo, but Apollo's mouth isn't moving. Aquarion trembles for a moment, then pulls back its right fist and throws a punch at the sky. It's arm extends as far as it can go, then the forearm opens up to reveal another identical forearm, which extends along with the fist. The new forearm opens up to reveal another identical forearm, which extends along with the fist. And then it happens again. And again. And again. As Aquarion's fist continues to ride an ever-lengthening arm, it becomes painfully obvious that these extra forearms can't possibly all fit inside the original one, and that conservation of mass is being blatantly violated here. Eventually the fist punches a hole through the sky to reveal glowing energy beyond, and Aquarion flies towards the portal, retracting its arm as it goes. A moment before it enters, it separates into the three Vectors, Apollo and the two Pokémon glow and vanish from the cockpit, appearing on the ground below, and the Vectors fly through the portal and out of Johto, the portal closing behind them. Finally, the 4th wall distortion washes over Apollo and the two Pokémon and they all get sent somewhere else.

Congratulations, Ash. You've had your first encounter with a Super Robot that's capable of leaving Johto under its own power, taking all explanations for what you've just seen with it. Enjoy.]

[captainash]

[Well, that is. Well. That's. How. ...What the hell did he just witness here?]

.........Great. Now Father and Kio are never going to believe me when I tell them about this whole thing.

[Ash, sweetie, that is the least of your problems, believe me.]

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[thewhite_symphony]

I see. That is why the Eternal found your communication channel. I deeply apologize.

Do you know your exact location?

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[captainash]

I'm over... somewhere in Kanto, I think. I don't know any of the cities enough to recognize them by sight.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Are you getting a signal from any other gundam in the area?

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[captainash]

Not at the moment, but I can try and widen my radar's range- wait, you call those things 'gundam' in your world?

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[thewhite_symphony]

Yes. If you mean our mobile suits. The General Unilateral Neuro - Link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver.

But your model ... it is not a model that I have seen before.

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[captainash]

Huh. I'd wondered where the word came from. I'm not surprised you've never seen the Dark Hound before; it's custom-made.

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[thewhite_symphony]

I see. No wonder then. But I wonder though, Captain ... if we are from the same world.

Kira and I wouldn't miss important information about another Gundam.

[replantsflowers]

I've landed once. The Pokémon on the ground were thankfully wise enough to leave the place.

[captainash]

That's good to hear. Maybe I'll be able to go down and actually visit all these towns, instead of just flying over them.

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[captainash]

...There's an easy way to check. Does the word 'Vagan' mean anything to you?

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[thewhite_symphony]

Vagan? No. No, it does not.

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[captainash]

We can't be from the same world, then, unless you come from the far past. Vagan became a fact of our lives a long time ago.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Is that ... so? If I may ask, what is it?

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[captainash]

...I guess the more generic term for them would be 'Martians'. Vagan is what they call themselves.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Mar ---tians?

[ Pause. ]

... I suppose that shouldn't surprise me. I have met many people here with very unique things about their world.

Our worlds may be similar because of these mobile suits, but it seems they are different.

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[captainash]

Mobile suits are a pretty strange thing to have in common, though. Why a weapon, of all the possibilities?

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[the_whitequeen]

At the moment, I do not have the answer to that. But if you do not mind waiting, I will contact Kira and Athrun and we can try to find the possibility among ourselves.

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[captainash]

I can wait. It's not as if I have any pressing matters to deal with in this world, anyway.

[replantsflowers]

It's a good chance to explore cities that would normally take time to go to.

[captainash]

Yeah. I don't mind walking, but I did miss the practicality of driving and flying around.

[replantsflowers]

Yes. This world is not too modernized in the means of transportation, except for the Magnet Train.

[captainash]

The officers in town have cars, though. There's got to be a way to buy them.