do emmet and ingo ever just. sit down and talk it out? or is that something ingo avoids out of sheer terror
Ingo is still having a hard time adjusting, and Emmet is reaching his limit. Hopefully he and Akari can figure something out soon...
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[Image ID: A greyscale comic without panels. In the first image, Emmet is attempting to talk to Ingo, who looks nervous.
Emmet, cheerfully: "Hello, Ingo! I see that you are going somewhere. May I come with?"
Ingo: "Oh, uhhhh... well, this is official Warden business, Emmet... Perhaps you can come along next time?"
Emmet: "Oh, sure!"
Emmet, later, looking more unsure of himself: "Um... hey Ingo, could I talk to you about something?"
Ingo, looking away: "I'm afraid I am preoccupied at the moment with... tasks. Perhaps we could connect at a future stop?"
Emmet: "O-okay..."
Emmet, looking dejected: "Ingo...?"
Ingo, whipping around to walk in the other direction: "Oh! I think I just heard Clan Leader Irida calling! If you will excuse me..."
Emmet: "...Right."
Emmet stands alone, tearing up and looking very unhappy.
Second Image. Akari approaches Emmet, who has his head down.
Akari, lighthearted: "Hey, Emmet. What'cha up to? Looking for something on the ground?" Emmet sniffs. Akari realizes something is wrong. "Wait... Are you crying? Hey, what's wrong?"
Emmet suddenly realizes she's there, and whips around to face Akari: "Ack-! O-oh! Hi, Akari! I am fine! Nothing is wrong! Tooooootally fine, yup. W-why do you think otherwise?"
Akari looks entirely unconvinced, and gives Emmet a disapproving look.
Akari: "Wow. You know, for a guy who's always smiling, that was amazingly unconvincing."
Akari sits down next to Emmet, and raises a hand nonchalantly. Emmet looks down at her with his arms crossed, looking unsure.
Akari: "Well. You certainly don't have to talk to me about anything Uncle Emmet-" Emmet interjects with a small "U-uncle Emmet...?", "-but I'm here if you want."
Third Image. A closeup of Emmet with a strained smile on his face, only one eye visible. Akari says: "Why don't you talk to Ingo about it?"
Emmet turns back to Akari, sniffling: "I-I can't... No. Ingo does not want to talk to me. Ingo does not want to see me."
Akari: "Really? ...So that's why you're upset?"
Emmet, eyes downcast: "...Yeah. It's just... none of this is what I wanted. None of this is what I imagined would happen..."
A poster of Ingo can be seen, taped to a wall. Above his head "MISSING" is written in unown lettering.
Emmet: "Ever since my brother went missing 5 years ago, I've spent practically every day looking for him."
The missing poster is seen again, but now faded and peeling away from the wall. It's obviously been there for a long time.
Emmet, continuing: "...Long after everyone else stopped looking. I became willing to do anything," A pre-transformed Emmet can be seen looking up at Arceus, "Anything, just to see him again... And I made a mistake."
A side view of Emmet can be seen, with a somewhat manic smile and obvious tears in his eyes: "Even so, I thought... "It will be okay. I will get to see Ingo again. So everything will be okay."
Emmet's smile drops, and he holds one hand to his face, the other going to his chest: "But... It's NOT okay. Nothing is okay!" Emmet sniffles and sobs through his words. "I am so far from home. I do not like it here. Everywhere I go I am called 'Almighty Sinnoh' or 'Arceus'. I am not the Almighty Sinnoh. I am not Arceus. I am Emmet. I am the Subway Boss of Nimbasa City..." Emmet sniffles. "I am A Subway Boss, together with Ingo. But Ingo does not remember me... He does not believe me when I tell him we are a two-car train."
Emmet rubs his right eye, tears streaming down the left side of his face. He raises his lower arms in a pleading gesture.
Emmet: "Why, Akari? Why doesn't he believe me? I-I've sacrificed so much..." He pauses, sobbing, "Just to be here... and it hurts. This body is s-so painful... It's hard to get up in the morning... hard to stand, sometimes... I am not meant to be like this." Emmet sniffles. "But I get up anyway. Because I am just so happy to see Ingo again. But he does not want to see me. I mean nothing to him now."
Akari looks saddened, muttering "Emmet..."
Last image. Akari scoots over to Emmet, wrapping her arms around him and giving him a tight squeeze, surprising him.
Akari, looking downwards: "Emmet... I have no idea how you must be feeling, but... I think I might know how Uncle Ingo feels... I don't remember where I came from very well either, and I don't know if I would recognize the people who were most important to me right away... The idea of forgetting something like that is really scary..."
She looks up at Emmet with a small smile on her face, trying to be reassuring: "So, um... be patient with him, alright? Ingo, I mean. It seems like you two were really close, so there's no way he's forgotten you forever. And, I bet if you took him back to wherever you two came from, he'll remember something! So... I'll help you figure out how to get back there. Maybe we'll find a way to get your old body back, too! And maybe I'll remember something..."
Emmet looks at Akari with a slight smile, grateful: "Akari..."
He envelops Akari in a four-armed hug, returning the gesture.
Emmet: "Thanks, kiddo..." /.End ID]
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