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Really, the people of this school never fail to amaze me. Can anybody please explain why some lucky inhabitants were thrown through space and time, only to come out on the other end all screwed up?

I have a hell of an interdimensional hangover. Nobody talk to me.

What's up. Do you guys remember anything? Have either of you talked to Bulba yet?

What do you remember from this past week?

Respond to this, please.

[... And none for ~~Gretchen Weiners~~ Bulba. :'|]

i don't know what to do. i think i'm dying. why would frankie do this to me. i don't want to say this but i don't think i can ever forgive red for what he did to that pokemon. but still i wonder why i even care so much.

i love squirt. but i find myself wondering what it would be like if i picked bulbasaur instead of squirtle. i could have made a better life for him. he wouldn't be like this.

why does imagining frankie on my team feel so right?

i've thrown up 4 times now. every time i do, it comes out black. i don't think that's good.

i can't talk. every time i try it no sound comes out. i've just been lying in bed. i don't want to tell my pokemon or my room mates or the nurse or anyone because things would just be so much easier if i tough it out.

but now i cant feel two of the fingers in my right hand. it's attacking my nervous system maybe? i don't know a lot about poison types.

i'm scared.

why would bulba do this to me

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Pretty hard to forget something like that.

Is he... okay?

I haven't talked to him yet. I think he's been avoiding people.

Something happened. After I found you.

So spit it out already. What happened...?

[And why does he get the feeling he doesn't want to know the answer to this.]

He found me and told me. I confronted him, so he poisoned me.

I didn't die. At least, I don't think I did. I probably would have if I hadn't woken up the next morning feeling like me again.

I don't think he remembers. He can't know. Not about you, not about me, not about any of it.

Wait, he actually...

...

Yeah. I wasn't gonna tell him anyway, but...

Fuck.

I don't know what he'd do t'himself if he found out about you...

It wasn't him.

Bulba was fighting it. I could see it. Some part of his brain was still Bulba, and he was trying so hard not to.

Let's just. Take it slow. He's not stupid, and there's nothing that says he might not remember someday... but I honestly don't know how to even begin.

I know it wasn't really him, but how do you know his mind was still in there at all?

And...

Well, are you okay?

... He was crying.

[please hold for repeated deleting and rewriting.]

I'm fine.

What about you.

Well, I'm not dead. I'm fucking tired of getting mutilated, though... Hngh.

I'll be al'right. It's not like any of that was real.

Look, Vinnie, I have to level with you here. Our relationship is what it is, but this is something you really shouldn't tell your team about. I'll even make it a fair trade; you can tell them about what a pussy alternate universe me was, but nothing about Bulba.

I don't know if Red remembers. It's possible he does. But don't tell him that we talked.

He's going to worry, and I can't have that shit.

What makes you think I'd bother telling them anything 'bout how you were like? Unlike some people, I don't get my laughs by telling my team stupid gossip about you.

As far as they know, I can't remember anything 'cept that I was an Ivysaur. I'd rather keep it that way.

Hn. Did I read that right? You're concerned 'bout Red?

Hey, fuck you. I'm not a twelve year old girl, I don't gossip about shit.

And don't go getting ideas in that thick skull of yours, concerned is a monster of a stretch! I just don't want him concerned about me.

Dammit. Come on, Vinnie. You've been with Red long enough to know that there's a little bit more than the obvious when it comes to the two of us. Don't make me say anything more.

Well I don't know where you get the idea that you need to bargain with me like I'm some sorta self interested asshole.

'Course I know. I just don't understand why you bother with the whole dance. If you care about Red, then just... care about him. You're obviously capable of it.

You're not my dad, I don't have to go into this with you. All I'm asking is that you keep this mess between us. Everyone's gonna have a hefty dose of nightmares for a while, that's just the way it's gonna be I guess, but I personally just want it all behind me. Sorry about getting you killed, let's move on.

Fine by me. Not telling Bulba or my team, the sooner I can forget about that fuckin' miserable week the better.

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Thanks for the food. And for staying with me.

... You're welcome. Thank you for not kicking my ass too thoroughly.

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