( @blue-tearss )

[ .... ]

[ You've heard rumors. Too many to count, actually. Word has spread far and wide about RED—not yours. Of course not. You aren't stupid.—being locked in some ... amalgamation of a location. ]

[ ... ]

[ They called it "Glitch City". You remember seeing your Red with hollowed eyes, mumbling about a place where everything was wrong. ]

[ That was before you knew. Before you were aware. ]

[ You walk yourself through the steps. Safari Zone. Leave. Say no. Save. Restart. Walk. Walk. Walk. ]

[ You know the moment it happens, because a sharp pain shoots up your leg at the last step and your eyes are bombarded with a disaster of colors. ]

[ ....You try to ignore the pressing of the environment, bits and pieces of...somethings. sticking uncomfortably to you, as you look for him. ]

[ Maybe it takes an hour. Maybe 2 hours. You don't know, but you know when you've found him ]

[ ... What are you supposed to say, now? What can you say, to someone who's known a different you? When you don't know him, really. ]

[ You revert to comfortable habits, because what else can you do. You don't try to hide the sarcasm in your tone as you shift, wincing. ]

[ “ ...Well. Don't you look great, R E D. ” ]

[MAJOR Warning for FLASHING and GLITCHING imagery under cut]

[ @blue-tearss]

The twisting, unfriendly architecture of Glitch City almost seems to resist letting Blue find the man- environments twisting and turning, structures rising and falling in his way, invisible walls forcing him to backtrack, leaving him going in circles, over and over and over.

Still, if a trainer like him was anything… It was persistent. With enough willpower, anything can be found in this place. Anyplace. Anyone.

The unmistakable figure of Red Tajiri is found with his back turned to the other. He seems wholly unaware Blue is even there, until he speaks up.

Keep reading