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[Guess who's back, Island? More importantly, guess who slept through the dimensional split?

It was cloudy, but an exceptionally bright ray of sunlight breaks through the clouds to hit a patch of ground in the CMA that suddenly cracks and heaves upward. Dirt cascades off of crocodile-like plates... well, assuming crocodiles glittered golden in the sun.

A big golden Groudon slowly emerges from the ground, shaking soil and grass off of its scales and gleaming white spines. It blinks its eyes in a manner suggesting it's just woken up as it looks around - the sun's predictably very bright now. Finally, it speaks - and when it does, its tone is oddly feminine for a ton of technically-genderless behemoth.]

Grou groudon don don grou?

((OOC: Terra's back! She may or may not convert to human form eventually, depending on the thread and how badly her natural form terrifies people. Hover over her lines for translations, at least until I get tired of it and just start typing the translation.))

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You... ah...

[He produces a handkerchief and dries his tears with it, removing his pince-nez glasses for a moment as he does so.]

... You look a lot like my wife Martha. I... I have not seen her in quite a while. I wonder how she is doing, back home...

Oh...

[Well. That's... um. She offers him as much of a smile as she can manage.]

I'm sure she's fine. I think time may more or less stop at home while we're here. You may get back and find it's as if you never left.

[Edmond lowers his eyes, but attempts a smile.]

I truly hope that it is so, Terra.

[After drying his last tears, he pockets his handkerchief again.]

Even if it came to it... she knows how to take care of herself.

[He begins walking again, leading Terra towards his house.]

Both of you are strong and beautiful beyond what words can tell.

[Terra isn't actually sure how much of it is meant to compliment her, but she's flattered by the comparison to the wife he obviously loves very much either way.]

Thank you, Edmond.

[She follows him, letting him lead the way.]

[Finally, they come to Edmond's house. It is a quaint old-fashioned house, with two floors and a small garden around it. Also, the outer walls are painted salmon pink. And both the tall gate and the front door show a large and very strange lock.

It looks like both of them are opened by pressing a Magma Emblem into the lock, who has, very clearly, the shape of that object, complete with the Team Magma logo in relief and very visible.]

Here we are! This is my humble abode. What do you think?

[Terra is trying very hard not to look at that lock or its key. She really doesn't want to be reminded of that, even after this long. Instead, she focuses on the color of the house. She'd like to say she hadn't expected it, but considering whose house it was, it did make a bit of sense. Edmond and Sootopolis City's various Gym Leaders had a lot in common.]

It's very nice. Suits you, too. I can see why you didn't want to live in the city; there didn't seem to be much room for a garden like this there.

Unfortunately, I do not know much about gardening. But my Gallade helps me out. I want to be able to grow my own Berries.

[He has a sudden thought.]

... Ah! I could call you once I've managed to grow some. What are your favorites, and how do you like them best?