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[Today is a good day. Not because of the weather, but because when Tobias wakes up, he's back in his old body. Not the human one, but the one that's become incredibly comfortable for him over the past few years.]

[You might catch him flying high above people, but he's more content to perch in a tree and watch as people go past. The local birds seem uncomfortable with him, but that's okay. He can't exactly use a Pokeball while like this anyway.]

[Eventually though he calms down and morphs to human (and puts on clothes) long enough to make a post.]

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[Tobias' cheeks are flushed with excitement, and he's grinning from ear to ear.]

They're back! I mean I'm back. I mean I can do it again. Is anyone else getting... uh... 'abilities' back? I'm kind of curious...

[Regal butts his head into the shot and Tobias jerks his head away to avoid getting a feathery mouthful.]

Sorry, Regal. I can't exactly ride you like that...

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

Abilities, huh?

[Veronica thought for a moment.] I guess that means everyone is getting their powers back, huh.

[garbagechild]

<sub>[The truth is, a perfectly normal bird doesn't even catch Wrath's eye as he bounds through the countryside. He's looking for things like HIM, because Master ordered it. :Ib]

[However, he might well catch Tobias's eye, because what happens when you're looking for things in the middle of the wilderness? ... Well, just about anything, but specifically you probably find something you WEREN'T looking for.]

[... Even more specifically, he found an angry mother Ursaring. Who's like. Level 70.]</sub>

AH! GO AWAY!

<sub>[Wrath might be a Homunculus, but he's like.... level 40. And he's never fought a bear.]

[And now he's climbing straight up the tree that Tobias happens to be roosting in.]

[WHAT DO?]</sub>

[siberians]

[The benefit to Jake here, as it's turning out, is that Jake looks like an average kid. He's not an average kid (and hasn't been in what seems like an eternity), but they've all learned the hard way several times over that it's about what people see on the surface, not about what might really be there. People carry their secrets inside them, be they alien slugs or morphing powers or any other number of things ranging from the mundane to the horrific, but what they see is what makes the impression, and maybe what keeps you save even in a disorienting, uncertain situation.

A guy in jeans and a plain jacket, about the right age range for a trainer and wandering around with his hands in his pockets, isn't going to draw any attention in a place like this. That's what he's counting on.

He doesn't appear to have any Pokemon out with him at the moment, but his friendship with Marco has sufficiently encompassed all the pertinent information there, too, so he's doing fine for passing as a trainer in his own right. You wear the capsules on your belt, you avoid making eye contact with strange people, and you never trust the tall grass unless you're looking for a fight.

At the moment, Jake's not sure what exactly he is looking for, but it's fair to say that a fight probably isn't it.]

[alonearisth]

[Right, um. Whereas Jake has been having no trouble blending in in this strange world, Ax is having the exact opposite problem. Showing up here was disorienting enough, but his first thought was to pick an earth mammal and morph for the time being. Lay low, and all that. But lo and behold if....absolutely nothing around here looks remotely like any earth creature he's seen yet. Which is...fine, but still strange.

And things had been going as fine as they could, until he had been attacked. A young human, not scared of him at all but rather enamored with him, immediately ordered his pet to attack him. It's a rather good thing that whatever this was- a strange, yellow creature- could teleport, or else his tail blade would have severed it from head to tail in an instant.

It didn't take him long to realize that this was an altercation he did not want to be involved in, promptly taking off into the forest as fast as he could with the trainer hot on his heels. It was easy enough to lose him, but that's also left the poor Andalite a nervous wreck. Even now he steps lightly, his tail quivering at the ready in an arc over his back as his stalk-eyes swivel, trying to see everything and be ready if- or when- he's attacked again.]

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[sincereheart]

[ It's the end of November. Mimi had been waiting for the end of November with bated breath ever since Greed-san had told her that people from other worlds liked to show up around that time. So she's keeping an eye out for Palmon this morning, or any of her other friends. Just in case.

She doesn't see Palmon. What she does see is a bird. Which isn't too weird at first, except... it doesn't look like a Pokémon bird. Or a Digimon. It just looks like a normal, regular Earth bird. Like a hawk, maybe.

...Didn't Tobias-san say he used to be a hawk?

Well, stranger things have happened... ]

Um. [ She raises her voice as the bird flies closer. She feels a little dumb - okay, really dumb - talking to a bird, but if it is just a normal bird, it won't understand her anyway. No harm, no foul.

Heh. Fowl. ]

Tobias-san?