[Route 29 Meme] Back to Johto
[For this meme.
For the purposes of this meme, I am pulling Ryner from Dai Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (The Great Legend of the Legendary Heroes, aka the novel series that's the sequel to the novel series that the anime covers), volume 6, end of chapter 4.
...W-Without knowing more of what happens in volumes 3 to the end of 6 than what the pictures tell me and what I've found on forums, but. Not really all that important for a meme like this, I've convinced myself. Either way, naturally, here there be SPOILERS.
A couple of which may be sliiiightly wrong, but hey, please correct me, if I got it wrong it's probably something I want to know ^^;;]
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Considering everything that had happened, you'd think it would have been a lot longer since he'd last seen the land of Johto.
How many times, since then, had everything he'd known been swept out from underneath him?
That rainy night, when Sion had stood there, grasping his sword, crying while telling him to die. Because Sion, idiot that he was, shouldered so many burdens while not letting anyone else help him carry the weight. Because Ryner, idiot that he was, had always run away, never shouldered his own burdens, let alone anyone else's, and had only realized this when it was too late to fix it.
That dream, the dream that was actually his long-lost memories returning. How he wasn't just a monster abandoned to die after all. How his parents had loved him so much that they gave up their only, precious son in order to find some way, any way, to save him from the destiny of a normal Alpha Stigma bearer.
How his own mother had become magic and lived inside him, keeping the monster named α from consuming him.
How she had died when α escaped, and he had learned this from a clown who was himself.
That battle, the one that had only just ended a few days ago, in which he had awakened as the Solver of All Equations. It was all to protect everyone from Glouvil and α, but no matter the reason, the battlefield was still reduced to dust. Thousands, millions of people, killed, reduced to mere dust by his uncontrollable power.
A demon. That's what he was. Not a cursed monster - for his eyes no longer bore the Alpha Stigma - but a lonesome demon who became mad to save Sion. ...He didn't quite mind that term as much, somehow.
So much had happened.
And yet, it had only been a little over a year.
Though, since so much had happened, it was understandable that he wouldn't have thought about his travels in Johto for long enough that it seemed like longer.
A memory that, while annoying at times, lonely at others, was still pleasant, for the most part.
Not one that he had expected to return to, though.
And yet.
A bed he had only been in once, but which was still kind of familiar, if only because it had been so unexpected, to wake up there. The voice of a woman who he had only met once, but who definitely was not his mother, because she had died to protect him.
And in the bag near his bed, several round balls, one of which was slightly heavier than the others.
He bit back the waves of nostalgia and steadied himself. After all, it had been a long time, hadn't it? Rose and the others... They were probably long gone. When they'd realized he wasn't coming back, they'd probably gone their separate ways into the wilderness.
Well, it's not like he'd ever forced any of them to stick around anyway. Even if Rose had beat him up every time he'd said so, all of them had known that they didn't have to stay if they didn't want to.
So, what kind of partner am I going to wind up with this time? he thought. And he idly tossed the heavier ball.
"..."
And Ryner couldn't help but stare.
Because he knew that Pokémon.
He knew that Clefairy.
"Rose..."
"FAAAAIRYYYY!!"
And Rose leapt into his arms, crying tears of joy at being reunited with her dear partner. She'd missed him so much.
And Ryner...
"...I'm back."
Ryner teared up as well.
For the purposes of this meme, I am pulling Ryner from Dai Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (The Great Legend of the Legendary Heroes, aka the novel series that's the sequel to the novel series that the anime covers), volume 6, end of chapter 4.
...W-Without knowing more of what happens in volumes 3 to the end of 6 than what the pictures tell me and what I've found on forums, but. Not really all that important for a meme like this, I've convinced myself. Either way, naturally, here there be SPOILERS.
A couple of which may be sliiiightly wrong, but hey, please correct me, if I got it wrong it's probably something I want to know ^^;;]
✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻ ✻
Considering everything that had happened, you'd think it would have been a lot longer since he'd last seen the land of Johto.
How many times, since then, had everything he'd known been swept out from underneath him?
That rainy night, when Sion had stood there, grasping his sword, crying while telling him to die. Because Sion, idiot that he was, shouldered so many burdens while not letting anyone else help him carry the weight. Because Ryner, idiot that he was, had always run away, never shouldered his own burdens, let alone anyone else's, and had only realized this when it was too late to fix it.
That dream, the dream that was actually his long-lost memories returning. How he wasn't just a monster abandoned to die after all. How his parents had loved him so much that they gave up their only, precious son in order to find some way, any way, to save him from the destiny of a normal Alpha Stigma bearer.
How his own mother had become magic and lived inside him, keeping the monster named α from consuming him.
How she had died when α escaped, and he had learned this from a clown who was himself.
That battle, the one that had only just ended a few days ago, in which he had awakened as the Solver of All Equations. It was all to protect everyone from Glouvil and α, but no matter the reason, the battlefield was still reduced to dust. Thousands, millions of people, killed, reduced to mere dust by his uncontrollable power.
A demon. That's what he was. Not a cursed monster - for his eyes no longer bore the Alpha Stigma - but a lonesome demon who became mad to save Sion. ...He didn't quite mind that term as much, somehow.
So much had happened.
And yet, it had only been a little over a year.
Though, since so much had happened, it was understandable that he wouldn't have thought about his travels in Johto for long enough that it seemed like longer.
A memory that, while annoying at times, lonely at others, was still pleasant, for the most part.
Not one that he had expected to return to, though.
And yet.
A bed he had only been in once, but which was still kind of familiar, if only because it had been so unexpected, to wake up there. The voice of a woman who he had only met once, but who definitely was not his mother, because she had died to protect him.
And in the bag near his bed, several round balls, one of which was slightly heavier than the others.
He bit back the waves of nostalgia and steadied himself. After all, it had been a long time, hadn't it? Rose and the others... They were probably long gone. When they'd realized he wasn't coming back, they'd probably gone their separate ways into the wilderness.
Well, it's not like he'd ever forced any of them to stick around anyway. Even if Rose had beat him up every time he'd said so, all of them had known that they didn't have to stay if they didn't want to.
So, what kind of partner am I going to wind up with this time? he thought. And he idly tossed the heavier ball.
"..."
And Ryner couldn't help but stare.
Because he knew that Pokémon.
He knew that Clefairy.
"Rose..."
"FAAAAIRYYYY!!"
And Rose leapt into his arms, crying tears of joy at being reunited with her dear partner. She'd missed him so much.
And Ryner...
"...I'm back."
Ryner teared up as well.