Second Petal [video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

[Well this is... new. For those who know Ruby, they're probably used to see her as a bouncing ball of energy and excitement. Which isn't a bad thing - Ruby's a pretty upbeat kid who just wants to keep making sure her friends always feel that way too!

But now... now she looks a bit withdrawn. Not outright upset, but she most certainly has the look of someone that's really being bugged by something.]

... Hey, guys.

[Geez, even the way she talks is a bit deflated.]

I kinda have a question. People have been talking about their friends disappearing, and it kinda got me wondering...

When someone returns home, what if they... knew things. About stuff that happened that they didn't experience yet, 'cause someone knows what happened to them in the future, and told them about it.

[... Ah. The picture is becoming clearer now...]

Do you think... could what happened to them later on change, then?

Comments

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

...People have been disappearing, haven't they?

[Rakka is as wide-eyed as ever, and the way she speaks is curious but... a little withdrawn.]

Well... if you could change something like that, I think you would have to be really careful for starters.

[Video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

Oh yeah, I know now! People were saying things can get really messed up.

But what I wanna change... it'll help everyone. Definitely.

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

Really? Oh... [whooops]

Well, uh, then they're probably right! But, that shouldn't stop you from trying to make things right, should it?

[Video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

Yeah!

I just... don't know how. There was nothing like this time travel stuff where I come from.

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

Me neither... B-but that doesn't mean you should give up on it! Maybe there's just not a way that anyone's found yet! You never know!

[Video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

Yeah!! And I mean... peoples worlds work differently, right? Like how nobody here knows what Grimm are, even though they're really common in my world.

Maybe that means this weird timey memory stuff is different depending on where you're from!

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

....Grimm? [uh]

Well... that could be it? Do we... uh, really know anything about it for sure?

[Video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

Grimm are the monsters we fight back home. They're nothing like the Pokemon here.

[And honestly, part of Ruby isn't looking forward to going back home and dealing with that switch.]

I dunno... everyone sounds so sure of what they're saying, but it still sounds like a lot of guessing.