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[noterminalcalledend]

[One day in Unova, the sky opened up.

And dropped out a muppet of a man in tattered conductor's clothing. He hits the ground amid a crowd and instantly a lot is going on. Some people rushing to help him up, to check for injuries. Some calling the police. Some recording the rip in the sky.

And others recording the man, tweeting out that amazing thing that had just occurred.

holy shit a guy fell out the sky

ITS RAINING MEN?! HALLELUJAH???

I can't believe my theory that Ingo was buried in a landfill has been proven wrong like this #FindIngo #FoundIngo???

@ TrueCrimeRoyals TOLD YOU HE WAS ALIVE DUMBASSES

@ SubwayBossEmmet please see this

@ SubwayBossEmmet YOUR BROTHER WWAS FOUND

Somewhere, Emmet's phone is screaming with notifications and calls]

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[likewinning]

I am fine. You are here, so I am fine.

[ just. clinging to him, like he's reassuring himself that Ingo is really real. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

...yes.

I.

I am finally here.

[likewinning]

[ And Emmet just starts crying.

He cries for awhile, pressing his forehead against Ingo's in disbelief before sliding down to bury his face against his chest and just let out all the grief that's been building up over the last three and a half years. He's shaking, more overcome with emotion than he's ever been in his life. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

[around around him, rubbing his back slowly, starting to cry again too

but

he really is just so happy. this is what he fought to get back to. and it really was worth it. leaving Hisui behind was more than worth it. this is where he belongs]

I've missed you so much. I missed you even when I didn't know who I was missing. I felt it. An ache in my chest all the time.

Being with you again is all I have wanted.

[likewinning]

I knew you were out there, I knew you weren't dead, I knew— I should've . . .

[noterminalcalledend]

I was beyond anyone's reach. You've done nothing wrong.

It was difficult to get myself back here and I had more information than you have had.

Giratina brought me to another time. Another place.

How were you suppose to know that?

[likewinning]

I'm your brother.

[noterminalcalledend]

[takes Emmet's face in his hands]

Emmet.

You did not fail me or disappoint me.

[likewinning]

[ wait until you have internet access.

but he nods slowly, sniffling. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

Thank you for waiting for me.

I'm sorry I took so long.

[likewinning]

You came back.

[noterminalcalledend]

Yes. It was...difficult.

Emmet, your phone. Can you check if there was another incident similar to mine today?

[likewinning]

— oh!

[ pulling back just a bit from Ingo reluctantly, getting his phone out. ]

Should I be searching for anything specific?

[noterminalcalledend]

In Sinnoh.

[likewinning]

[ taps, then squints. ]

"Sinnoh Champion falls from the sky" . . .?

[noterminalcalledend]

She made it back as well.

Good. I'm glad.

[likewinning]

What is . . .

[ He lowers his phone, looking back at Ingo. ]

What's going on?

[noterminalcalledend]

She was also brought to Hisui. She's the one who learned how we were transported there in the first place. Her memories were much more clear than my own.

I...forgot many things when I first arrived there. I fell from the sky there as I had here.

That is the source of at least some of my scars.

She fared better.

As things became more clear and more was learned we worked together to bring ourselves back to where we belong.

[beckoning with a finger and the lil sneasel that was hiding in Emmet's coat skitters out to sit on the edge of the bed, letting Ingo pet]

Though we brought proof of where we were with us.

[likewinning]

You . . . forgot?

[ That part's slowly sinking in and it's. well. it's kind of horrifying. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

All I had was my name. And then, slowly....

I knew there was a man who looked like me I longed to see. And a partner in battle with flames. Those were the first things I remembered. And my words--I still spoke of trains and the subway without knowing what those were.

It was frustrating. I was always trying to reach for things in my mind I couldn't grasp.

Then.

One day I saw you.

[likewinning]

Me? But— I've been here this whole time, so—

[ this story don't sound good, yo. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

It was a zoroark.

But it all came back to me then.

[likewinning]

. . . ah.

[ god. that must have been so heartbreaking.

reaches over to take his hand again. ]

[noterminalcalledend]

I was so happy.

For that one moment.

[likewinning]

I am here now. I am real.