...Come to think of it, Lavinia seems to have disappeared, too. Both her and Freya are currently MIA...

"...As much of an unlikable person as my sister can be," Okay, ouch, don't just come out and say it that directly. "I guess this isn't entirely her fault." ...Still partially, huh? "...But I still need to find Freya, okay? I can't just abandon her. Somebody has to put somebody other than Reina-

"...Mind Control?" ...It says a lot about Reina that the people who are actually critical of her instead of bending over backwards for her saw this as completely on brand for her. "...If that's the case, that thing certainly knew who to control that could deceive any sane person."

"...This whole family changed for the worse, in case you haven't noticed." That photo only served to remind Lavinia of something that was long gone and would never come back. Blink. "...What the hell kind of nightmare creature did she take instead of you?"

"...Reina changed for the worse when she went through that door. She thought thousands of years had passed. Thousands of years without you or the rest of her Pokemon. She had plenty of time to grow away from you. All that's left of her are her worst qualities. The Reina you originally met is gone."-

Lavinia was about to just walk off. If Ogerpon is as stubborn as Reina, then Lavinia isn't going to waste anymore time on her. ...But that voice... "...See? She abandoned you to go destroy buildings with a dragon. I don't even know why she bothered talking to me."

"...There's nothing we can do for somebody like Reina. Just go back to your balls, and I'll help you all find somewhere else to be after I find out where Freya disappeared to."

"...She transferred all of you to me after completing disregarding the input she asked me for. Whatever happened after she went through that door, she's a worse person than ever." And Lavinia hasn't even watched the news...

"...Reina abandoned you and the others. Get back to your ball until I've found Freya." Lavinia doesn't have the patience for this right now...

"...So this is the behavior of Pokemon raised by Reina. Why am I not surprised?" As if Lavinia didn't have enough to deal with. "Apologize to the hospital staff and behave yourself before I let somebody wrangle you up."

Lavinia's looking everywhere for Freya. How did she just disappear?!

Blink. ...Rubbing her eyes. Blink. ...Checking the room number. "...I was only in the waiting room for a brief nap. Where did Freya go?" ... "Where did Freya go?!"

"...It's okay, Freya. We're all done. There's nothing left we can do. Just rest and focus on yourself." ...Lavinia's still just giving up, huh?

"...You're too injured to be doing anything but calling Wendy and making her prove herself. I'm not enabling you to go out there on a suicide mission yourself." Lavinia has no intention of using any of Reina's Pokemon, even if they would listen to her. She's just hitting the call button again.-

Lavinia's just... Rolling her eyes. Not a good sign. "And what do you think I can do about that? If she's made up her mind, then obviously she's going to find a way to make it happen. It sucks, but I can't save her from herself. She won't let anybody do that. The only thing we could do is turn her-

"I'm not sending those Pokemon back to that trainwreck. They deserve better." Oof. "Something isn't right? Yeah, guess what? That's always been the case with Reina. She acts out, gives some sob story, and people bend over backwards to enable her bad behavior. Hell, I'm starting to wonder if her-

"...Oh no. Anyway." Lavinia can't bring herself to care about anything happening to any Kingchester adjacent facilities. "She was doing her usual crybaby act. She claims to have been hearing voices telling her how much the family hates her, how much she's better off dead. She told me that she'd-

"I don't know what she thinks she's doing, but she's a danger to herself and everybody around her." ...Lavinia will just hit the call light button. She's been carrying people enough already. The nurses can handle this.

"...I'm going to break this phone if it doesn't stop giving me so many notifications." ...It's all for the Pokemon Box app? What the h- ... "...I told that dumbass to rest. ...Fuck it. If she's just going to make herself an easy target, then I hope that man gets this over with fast."

...Annoying. "Shut up before I come find you and punch you into a long nap." Wow- "I'm pretty sure Celia already ripped into you for this type of spoiled self-pitying bullshit in the past. If it felt like thousands of years in there for you, then you are seriously overdue to grow the hell up-

"...And what, have both of our parents go mad with grief and do stupid shit to try overcoming it? No thanks. One's bad enough. The family would probably be even more broken then. We only got back together even temporarily by bumping into you." As exhausting as she finds Reina to be at times, that-

"...Not surprising. I imagine Celia ends up killing most of not all of us in most worlds." Lavinia can't even bring herself to really care about that idea anymore. "...I think you took the wrong course of action too often. I couldn't begin to tell you what the right courses are, though." She has-

"...Everybody probably should have listened to Celia a lot sooner. Not just you." ...Mostly Reina, though. Things might still be in one piece right now if she had. "...If it helps you feel better, nobody else got the chance to use that portal."

...There's something annoying about that many apologies. "...Okay. Thanks for letting me know. Get some rest. ...Whatever you've been through, it doesn't look like anybody's in any hurry to get moving anymore."

...A part of Lavinia wishes this call would have gone to anybody else. She gets the feeling that she won't have the energy for this... But she'll pick up. "Reina... Hey..."

Lavinia's been venting to the nurses while waiting for Freya to wake up, and... One of them compared Celia to Odysseus?! Kaori to Penelope?! Aleister to Poseidon?! Everybody else to the crew?! "...Days ago, Celia would have roasted somebody into the ground for comparing all of us to a musical."

"...Freya and I will go to the beach to relax eventually. Signing up for therapy will probably take longer than we have left anyway."

"...If you didn't know we were around, I think that tells us a lot about the amount of attention you were paying. But I guess Reina's just the center of attention on all sides, isn't she?" ...Oof. "...I've been carrying people too long today. You'll have to excuse me so I can get Freya out of-

"...Don't call yourself our aunt or uncle. It makes my stomach turn." Ouch... "...I understand that you and... Your husband, was he? I understand that you both got pushed out by the circumstances. ...But you also seem to believe that you can just freely talk to that man if you both ask nicely. So-

"...Freya's fine, physically. Exhausted, obviously, but uninjured. ...Thanks to the unfamiliar woman's Pokemon putting her to sleep before she could do anything crazy, that is." Mentally is another story. Lavinia's pretty sure she'll be helping Freya through a panic attack as soon as she wakes up.

"...I'll have my phone until a call from Reina fries it, too." ...Is Lavinia using an old phone, too? "...When Freya wakes up, I need to update her on Celia. Let her know that this failure of a day isn't going to end in Celia killing all of us as a last resort."

"...If she calls me, that's a different story. But I can't chase ghosts. I've done too much of that already, just like that man." Lavinia eventually managed to stop chasing the ghost of her late fiance, but... "...I have somebody right here I can help. I can't just leave her alone to go chasing-

"Then call her yourself." Lavinia's voice is tired, but not without a hint of irritation... "We don't know what Reina needs because she didn't tell us. We don't know how to save her because she went into this basically blind and unprepared." ...That one was a bit of a dig at Darkrai. "...I-

"..." Lavinia's looking pained and scared. But... "...Sorry, but no. I don't disagree with your plan to lure that man out, even if I think that power of friendship stuff is cliched nonsense." ...She's walking right past Willow, and gathering Freya's Pokeballs. "But you can't wait for Reina-

"...Uh." ...Chien-Pao is just jumping off the boat, freezing the water as it rushes along. It can at least scout ahead. "...I think I'll just ride my Rapidash once we reach the shore. You can fly." She's not going to be any help if she gets her head bitten.

...Lavinia's calling out Chien-Pao. "As soon as we hit the shore, we race to that temple. Whatever's going on, we need to jump in right away. We can't take our time here."

"...At least we finally have an option to damage him that doesn't just involve sending Celia on a rampage." They're getting closer to the shore, but... "...I'm getting more uneasy. Things seem quiet ever since that Hyper Beam went off." ...She's assuming that is was a battle, not a scared Ditto.

"...I think the worst Celia would do in this case is flip Wendy off and refuse to be tech support, but otherwise not interfere. She knows that this is our best weapon against that man right now." And that's why it's also the best opportunity to make Celia play nice with Wendy, even temporarily.

"...That gives us more technical equipment for Celia to work with, rather than just whatever she can whip together on short notice. Their name will help assemble an in-person audience, rather than just viewers of whatever broadcast Celia can hijack. Not to mention credibility..." ...This sounds-

"Which is why it's good that there are so many of us. You don't have to defeat him yourself. You just need the opportunity to hit him hard enough to knock him out. After that, we can tie him up, reveal his crimes, and turn him in." That's ambitious... And assuming somebody doesn't just kill him.

"Any numbers on our side will be an advantage. With any luck, we can corner him and end this once and for all..." But that's still dependent on getting there in time...

"Ah... That should be helpful, assuming we don't get there too late..." ...Lavinia's definitely worried... "...I'm going to punch him in the throat."

"...Gift?" Lavinia's probably just overlooking something obvious in her worry about her sisters. "...But I don't know if I'd call this ironic. More like cliche. I've been in at least three movies where the villain was being evil for the sake of peace."

"...War ships and Hyper Beams. We haven't even reached the shore and this is looking bad..."

"Everything will be fine. With my work, we will all be able to reach a stage unlike any other." Yet another BadJokesLucia Pokemon OC, villain edition. Dark themes basically guaranteed.

"...Ugh... This family is going to give me a heart attack some day." She's just grabbing Willow's wrist and running off to the rental place.

"...I almost want to mention this to Celia and see what she'll do, but..." But she's not sure if Celia being there is necessarily a good idea, either. "...I can tell her when we get there so she at least won't have a head start?"

"...I'm not trusting your jittery hands to pilot a boat." ...But she is looking up boat rentals on her phone. "...But let's go."

"We don't know what might want to fight them on that island, either..." Lavinia's starting to think she should have gone along...

"...I really need to sit down and get to know Freya more." To end the paranoia if nothing else. "...At least Freya focuses on one type. She might have a hard time depending on what Pokemon are with Reina right now if they start fighting over whatever is on that island..."