Epilogue

[cartesio]

Welcome to Cartesio!

You open your eyes and see the ceiling of the lodge. There is no real sensation of having slept, but you're still feeling rested. Sitting up, you can see that the building around you is in ruins. Dust and dirt dominate your environment. Around you, there are familiar people - some of them you've been with up until now, some of them you have been brutally forced to part with weeks ago. They all look alright, a little confusion aside.

From a corner of the room, you can hear the soft whirring of a machine. Upon examination, you can see that it's 3D-printing more gelatinous bodies like you've seen earlier today. Every body that is dispensed from the machine is a safe haven for another mind from the simulation, another mind to join your ranks as real people.

After you've adjusted to the new situation and left the lodge, you find yourself greeted with perfect sunshine. There's a town welcoming you, friendly and peaceful. Though it is more modern than what you are used to, there is no mistaking it.

Cartesio, Nevada, welcomes you.

You're new people, in a new world. Every chance it has to offer is open for you.

Comments

[silvertongueheir]

[It's called being friends with benefits, Keith.]

All the time in the world, now. [A pause] I'm glad my Pokemon were brought here. Even if it was just two of them.

[Is he jealous of all you people who have copies of friends from home? Maybe]

[marmoron]

Something familiar.

[There's a nod of agreement at that, but his tone's distant.]

Better than nothing.

[silvertongueheir]

...have you thought about what you're going do to after this? [It's strange, to think that you no longer have a team to go back to.]

[marmoron]

[Ah fuck, going right for the jugular, huh. There's a pause before he answers, brow furrowed.]

I've thought about it. I just.. don't have a clear answer yet.

[Which goes beyond being merely annoying. If anything Keith wishes it were just as simple as feeling annoyed by a lack of clarity.]

...You?

[silvertongueheir]

I don't know, either. If this world is similar enough to the virtual one, Humanity's Wake has no reason to exist here. And I don't have access to the resources my full team had. [A pause] I suppose it depends on what the people I've grown attached to here decide.

[marmoron]

Humanity's Wake?

[Mild curiosity there, though he supposes it doesn't really matter.]

[silvertongueheir]

A group that believes Pokemon are holding humans back. They want to destroy the institution of training, and they have no concern for the lives of Pokemon while doing so.