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Today just wasn't Sub's day it seemed. "You want a hug, boss?" Alex offered as they entered the room. Sometimes, hugs helped you out when you were down in the dumps. Then again, Sub did kind of smell at the moment... Soon enough, ghost tricks came into play, turning the room into some sort of set for The Nightmare Before Christmas. There was even a pumpkin patch....that moved! "Now all it needs is a swirly hill..." Alex would comment, completely out of context for Connor to understand. Unlike the young girl, he was paying attention to what was going on and wasted no time in tapping a pumpkin. The sooner the finished here, he could get acquainted with his new Scrafty.

Ren was surprised by the whole change in scenery, but he wasn't afraid. He reached out to touch a pumpkin too. Kasumi, meanwhile, observed, prepared to act if the need arose, but not doing so just yet. She elected to play the patient observer for the moment and to watch everyone.

At first, nothing happened after he touched the pumpkin. Everything seemed fine...until the pumpkin sprouted long yellow ears with blackened ends. Then sprouted a zigzag tail and red circles. Before he knew it, the thing transformed into a Pikachu. Connor immediately jumped back as the dance and contort its body in horrifying ways. And then, the skies began to grow dark and heavy with rain pouring down from above. "Oh Arceus...please don-" then a loud boom rang out, the sound of Thunder. A very high pitched squeal followed afterwards from Connor as he quickly took refuge behind a tree. It didn't take him long to realize how he was acting in front of others. "W-What?! I was just...nothing!" he stammered, stepping from behind the tree. The moment another crack of thunder was unleashed, he resumed cowering behind the tree in the fetal position. He held his hands over his ears to block out the sound as best he could.

Alex didn't know what to make of Connor, never seeing or thinking he would act the way he was. But she knew it happened only after he touched one of the pumpkins. She looked to Kain who had just finished emptying his stomach and proceeded to speak of this place dearly. "...Are you still hallucinating? Sub, I changed my mind, this isn't fun anymore. Can we go home now?" she asked.

"So, what did I do to get this under control..." Aile thought for a moment, staring as the Tangela and Tangrowth wreaked havoc on her warehouse. "That's right, Kayvaan and Arkana helped, I believe." She tried to let out the two Pokémon, but nothing happened. "Of course, because this is a figment of my memory you got to join in on." She looked to the Golbat. "I really need to give you a name at some point. I might have one, though. Anyways...." She looked back outside the window, thinking. "Okay so, I have a Golbat, my agility, and nothing else. Well. Golbat, use various flying type moves on them, be a distraction. I need to get to those Pokéballs. Ready?"

"Gol."

"Okay. Go!" Aile opened the door and Golbat went out first, flying in an opposite direction than where Aile needed to go and sending out a bunch of Air Slashes to get their attention. Once the Tangela began following Golbat to try and get payback, she darted out as well, running as fast as she could to the box. Thing was, not all of them followed Golbat, as some saw her and began sending out their vines at her to try and trip her. "No! Nononono!" She jumped over them as high as she could, especially with what possibly happened after she did the delivery. And she didn't want to see the specifics.

She did make it to the Pokéballs, but the Tangrowth took notice of her and began to make its way over to her. "Not you!" She scrambled to look through the balls and found an Ultra Ball. "Please be it!" As she tried to recall the humongous ball of vines however, some more fines would latch onto her legs. "Oh no. Return, return!" She gripped the ball for dear life and pointed it at the Tangrowth as she fell down from the Tangela pulling her to them. Thankfully, she did recall it, but now she was away from the rest of the Pokéballs. "Merde..." more vines made her way onto her other limbs, but before the Tangela could do anything more, Golbat let out an ear piercing screech, causing them to return their vines. Aile covered her ears until she was done, then got up quickly and jumped into the box, grabbing random balls and recalling the Tangela until there were no more out. "Jamais plus. Je suis désolé pour sa femme ... Les choses qui se sont produites sans doute." She shook her head, looking down and sighing. Golbat landed near her and folded her wings, closing her eyes. Aile recalled her also, smiling. "Merci. Merci beaucoup, Nosferalto." She looked back up, and saw the night sky instead of the ceiling of her warehouse. She blinked and shifted her eyes quickly, standing up and dusting herself off. "C'était intéressant," she muttered, shaking her head.

Ren had managed to not react hardly to the hallucinations that had been shown to him, at least not outwardly, just telling himself in his head that they were not real and would end soon enough. When they appeared back in room 117, they ended and he and Kasumi watched Sub storm out. "I guess we are leaving." Kasumi commented.

Ren nodded and they followed after sub.

Alex sighed in relief, grinning that they were back in Room 117 and finally going home. She wondered what that letter said to make Sub react in such a way though. Whatever it was, they'd probably find out later. "Alright...let's go, Co- huh?" the young girl looked where Connor once was only to find him already leaving without so much as a word. "W-Wait for me!"