[VOICE] 004: Once More Unto the Breach

[quebrado_angela]

[Nervous and awkward though she is, Angela knows she needs to speak up. She sounds exhausted.]

Has anyone seen Álvaro?

[Straight to the point, simple and easy as it is.]

Getting out of here is going to be troubling without her. I managed to get all the way to Cherrygrove, but I don't think I can go much further without her. [It was like being

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[voice]

[no_ufo_ending]

[Normally, Henry wouldn't reply but this sounds sort of important!]

Hello? Who is Alvaro?

[What if it was this person's little girl or something?]

[voice]

[quebrado_angela]

[A man. That was not the optimal response. She sounds a little more hesitant while talking to him.]

My... Cubone. She should have been with me, but she isn't.

[voice]

[no_ufo_ending]

[Henry blinks. Pokemon can cry? He did remember what a cubone was.]

I'll keep an eye open, okay?

[Yes, Henry, you'll keep an eye open SEVERAL CITIES AWAY.]

[voice]

[quebrado_angela]

Thank you. [Not knowing, or caring, where he was, she simply offers a nod despite the fact that he can't see it.]

But why would you?

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[foolishwren]

[--is.... is that?]

[... Screw voice, Heather's going straight to video.]

A- ... Angela? Is that--

Dude. Holy cr-- don't apologize! Jeez, that wasn't your fault!

Are you okay?

[Video]

[quebrado_angela]

Heather-!

[Angela looks pale, tired and stressed, but there's relief in her face at the sight of Heather and her words.]

I'm okay. ...I got a bit scared. That's all. [And she's aching all over. But it's a familiar kind of ache. Like running from yourself in a twisted town of nightmares.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

[As soon as she sees Angela's face on the screen, a somewhat relieved smile spreads across her own.]

That's all right... I--

[... Did she know how long she'd been gone? Maybe it'd be best not to mention it right now...]

I've got-- I've got Alvaro here.

Hang on, I'm gonna run into town, I'll wire the ball to you over the PC-- are you near any Pokemon Centers?

[Video]

[quebrado_angela]

[The relief on her face is almost visible.]

I'm not far! I'll go there now.

[Even if it was full of people, to get her back was worth the risk and the feelings it stirred.]

Where are you?

[Voice]

[harryusedworry]

....you know Heather?

[Voice]

[quebrado_angela]

...yes. Who is this? [She doesn't recognise the voice or the communicator.]

[Voice]

[harryusedworry]

Sorry.

I'm Harry Mason, I'm Heather's father.

[Voice]

[quebrado_angela]

I- I'm Angela. Angela Orosco. We're from the same world... I think.

[Was Silent Hill in the same world?]

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[unzodiacal]

What's up?

[From the sounds of it, this new person lost her Pokémon... or maybe a person.]

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[quebrado_angela]

...

You have orange hair?

[Wait. Focus. Important things here.]

Álvaro - my cubone. She's lost.

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[unzodiacal]

Yeah, so? [Sort of a touchy subject, there, but he's gotten used to it.]

You lost her on the way to Cherrygrove? Usually they stay close to you if they aren't in their ball...

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[quebrado_angela]

It's... interesting.

N-no. She, uhm. She wasn't there. When I came back to this place.

[voice]

[show_my_cannons]

You were in this place before?

[voice]

[quebrado_angela]

I- yes. I don't know how long it's been. But I was here. And then... I wasn't. I wasn't anywhere. And then I was.

[voice]

[show_my_cannons]

You... were not anywhere? What does that mean?

[voice]

[quebrado_angela]

Don't you understand? I was gone from here, but there was nowhere for me to go. So I was nowhere.