Conflagration

[beautyburning]

Courtney's head has been foggy lately. She's been having a hard time remembering anything clearly from the past few months up until a couple of weeks ago; when she tries to think about it, the thoughts slide away. She can't tell which ones are real. They all contradict each other.

She does not like existential crises. She does not like uncertainty

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[eflamberge]

[And then there's guys who had been sent back to their home world for the entire duration of said events. Like this blue-haired, red-eyed gentleman here. He looks a bit... disheveled, like he's been hiking back and forth around the island for a really long time.

The guy in question has been hanging around Team Magma for so long, the array of assorted flammables just falls into the background for him.

He calls out to her as soon as he recognizes her. Of course, um, he hasn't met this particular Courtney and he doesn't know which Maxie she serves, but right now, he's so desperate he doesn't care about not-so-minor details such as those.]

Courtney! Courtney... have you seen Maxie?

[beautyburning]

[Courtney turns around a little too fast when she hears her name, but as soon as she realises that this isn't anyone she knows, her expression goes flat again.] What business is that of yours?

[And how did he know her name, come to think of it? She doubts it was merely a lucky guess. Unless...it's something to do with the time she's missing? Is that possible?]

[eflamberge]

What do you mean, Courtney? I'm- [Right, nobody ever knows him around these parts. He takes a deep breath.]

... My apologies. I am Count Edmond Flamberge, from Lavaridge Town. [He takes out his Magma Emblem without thinking that maybe there are certain Magmas who won't even know what it is.] I provide financial support to your Team. I'm a friend of Maxie's. I'm looking for him.

[Well, technically he's friends with one Maxie and, um, not really friends at all with the other.]

[beautyburning]

Hn...I see. [That's certainly Magma's insignia, all right, though she'll be damned if she's ever seen it displayed by anyone not in the uniform.] Friend of Maxie's, huh? I'm afraid I can't help you.

[Maxie has friends? She finds herself dubious of the possibility. But it's certain now that she's never known this person, at least in any world she's inhabited.]