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.

un: knives

[eyeronically]

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

Text; un: 苣屋

[dispassioned]

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

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[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.]

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[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.

[deaddrop]

Do we think UGH is actually just that, or another abbreviation?

[softshoes]

Alhydion was similar to games and stories from Earth, too, wasn't it?

[are you gonna show him your mint condition foil charizard newt]

Is there anything you know about that game that might help us work this out? Mr... Maniac?

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.

[dispassioned]

Enemies?

[doooooog]

[ Jake had to grow a few more arms to keep her from gesticulating hard enough to break out of her bindings, clearly distracted. ]

you're getting warmer

[dispassioned]

[Hm.]

You okay, Jake?

[doooooog]

been better, man

[ Understatement of the century. ]

look i can't talk much longer, but just. that's what rmc means. it's gotta be. so if people start asking, you gotta make sure they know what's up.

...and maybe stock up on marshmallow candy for me.

[dispassioned]

I guess your plan worked.

Sure. I can do that.

[dispassioned]

Seems like RMC are initials for someone's name.

[doooooog]

lol

[ Aaaaand that's the last you'll be hearing from him for a while. ]

[groupiedrifter]

UMMM. Hmm.

... Under... ground... Headquarters?



Unusually Gross Hairball
sorry didn't mean to send that one

[groupiedrifter]

Awww you used my second most cool name. :)
Ummm.
They're called Pocket Monsters back home, and they're a lot like this.
They only say their names to talk, they're kept in balls, and they battle to try to be champions and all that. They usually start their journeys super young, too. Like, no parent should be letting their 10 year olds travel the world, but I guess they're just Built Different, yanno? The kid doesn't even seem to age in like 30 years of being in a cartoon. What's up with that, anyway?

[groupiedrifter]

You think so?
Who could it be, though?

Text | UN: d.johnson

[morethan084]

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