text; un: geraniums

[rootlessly]

i think i might've found something important
there's a note here in koga birch's apartment

[just casually admitting to a break-in nbd nbd]

YF —
SS IN BK? LGD 2? DM RMC
UGH
— KB

i think YF refers yasuo fern?
not sure about the rest of the abbreviations, but it seems like YF might have been meant to read this
so that could be a clue to what it means

also i'm trying to see what's on his computer, but it requires a 4-digit passcode
has anyone found any numbers that might be significant to koga or team torpedo in some way?

Comments

text; un: toxicodendron

[greenpower]

Social Security in back? Let's go down to...? Direct message, rest my case...

Ugh is right. That's gibberish.

slides back into own post late with starbucks

[rootlessly]

ugh = ultimate gibberish here? hahaha

[greenpower]

Unneeded giant headache.

[They're funny.]

un: knives

[eyeronically]

why is social security in burger king? that's one thing you can't have your way.

sorry for the delay!

[rootlessly]

[The record scratch that occurs in Vash's mind when he sees that username is almost palpable. He barely even reads the message itself, which is largely incomprehensible to him--too distracted by the notion of his brother's presence here. Could he have really missed him, aboard the same ship? Does Nai realize who he's talking to, even? He has to, right?

...Maybe. The geraniums are a big clue, but he might not have connected those particular dots. If he hasn't figured it out, perhaps Vash shouldn't clue him in. It's better for the crew that way, isn't it?

He rereads the message, aiming for something like casual. It'd help if he had any idea what social security or burger king were, though.]

is it? you'd think if you're royalty you could do whatever you want, haha

Text; un: 苣屋

[dispassioned]

LGD could mean Legend or Legendary. A question about a second Legendary cubit, maybe.

[rootlessly]

hmm...so then -- bk is the second one? or maybe the ss is ... in the second legendary? or IS the legendary, maybe

text; un: field and ruin maniac (its newt)

[groupiedrifter]

... Shooting star in... Bulbkip? Legendary 2???

I mean, from what little I've gleamed, it's possible that our orb is in the form of a shooting star of some kind. There's was a crater in Doubleleaf Glen that's been overgrown with foliage now. and any reports about the field study are under lock and key and you need explicit permission from Team Torpedo in Tarrytown. Which I'm trying to do right now. Dunno how lucky I'll get.

But I did notice a larger influx of Bulbkips in the crater area than other Cubits!

So if the orb possibly ended up in the form of or fused with a Bulbkip that became the kid's Cubit, maybe that's how he ended up totally wiping the floor and getting the championship won? Maybe his wish was to be one of the best trainers ever? Or something along those lines?

All just speculative, I could be full of shit.

Probably just my research putting things in my head.

text; un: y.mikotoba

[softshoes]

Recall the surroundings of the orb in Ciraiwei. Even if the rest of your speculations prove to be false, the landing site of this "shooting star" you mention does seem to suggest it's what we're looking for.

Yasuo Fern —
Shooting star IN (Bulbkip?)? (Legendary 2)? DM RMC
UGH
— Koga Birch

text;

[groupiedrifter]

MC... Master champion, maybe? Dunno what the R is.

.... 'RMC' is an abbreviation used in naming stars found in the Magellanic Cloud Nebulae, but that's probably more of an Earth thing. Probably. Unless this is a parallel universe Earth.

............ We do have creatures similar to Cubits as a card game, yanno.

[HE ADMITS IT SO CASUALLY, KNOWING HE HAS MULTIPLE BINDERS OF POKEMON CARDS STASHED BACK HOME.]

text; un: romanoff

[deaddrop]

That is fairly compelling, especially the Bulbkip. From the structure, it seems pretty safe to say that BK needs to either be a thing or a place. Since I'm not aware of a town that could be BK, a thing—like a cubit—makes sense.

text;

[groupiedrifter]

I'm checking my math on the density of Bulbkip populace in the Glen vs. everywhere else, so maybe it'll give me an idea of how uncommon it is to have so many in one general area. Compared to other Cubit, of course! Maybe it's related.

I thought maybe RMC could be relating to stars...?

DM could be so many things, though. Ugh.
Data mining? Drop in magnitude? Dark Matter?
Or something totally regular in day-to-day shorthand. Bleh.

[rootlessly]

Bulbkip does seem like our best guess on what BK means. But then, that'd suggest that Koga isn't sure if Yasuo's Bulbkip is the one with the orb, right? Does that mean only Yasuo would know?

Text | UN: d.johnson

[morethan084]

Might be a stretch, but what if SS(Shooting Star) is a nickname for Yuuki Comet?

Text

[groupiedrifter]

I did consider what a coincidence it is that a person of interest has the last name 'Comet'... Makes you wonder. Did anyone ever get to meet her? There's a lot of hurdles to get to people around here, especially trainers.

[rootlessly]

Could be, but then what would 'in BK' mean? Doesn't seem like any towns we know...

[rootlessly]

Last time, all information on Zandr was restricted too, wasn't it?If someone's going through the trouble to hide it, that probably means it's important.

A meteorite would probably be a great cover for something of unknown origin like the orb showing up in their world, too

text; un: jtd

[doooooog]

[ Jake doesn't have a lot of time to spend on the network, but a quick text is a quick text. And it's not like the good doctor is going anywhere while she's wrapped up in his arms. ]

r.m. chamise. real big marshmallow finn.

text; un: jtd

[doooooog]

fan*

Text; un: 苣屋

[dispassioned]

A friend of yours?

permatext; un: jtd

[doooooog]

[ Jake glimpses briefly down at the woman, currently rambling on about the grand scientific potential of gene splicing cubits, apparently unconcerned with the fact that she's quite literally tied up with dog-turned-human flesh. ]

uh... we're kinda close. but i wouldn't call us friends.

[ not here ]

[rootlessly]

[He WAS going to ask some further questions about this marshmallow enjoyer, but right around the time Jake gets his many hands especially full with containing Chamise and trying not to get killed is when the Team Torpedo agents catch up with Vash as well.

One could say they are, ah, getting along like a house on fire.]

text | un; cal

[hindsights]

Are you still in the apartment?

If I can sneak in, I could try to see if touching the computer or note draws up anything significant? [ he'll explain later. ]

[rootlessly]

[FIFTEEN ENTIRE MINUTES LATER--]

Iiii am not, sorry.
There might have been an
incident
of sorts



Everyone's fine, though!!!

[Who's everyone, Vash.]

[hindsights]

Is it hard to break in?

And.... who's everyone? [ that's a good question! ]