[ti]solo[/ti]Unbearable Lightness

❝Ugh, damn it!❞

He scrambles out of his WorldScreen, yanking it perhaps a little too forcefully that it tugs on his skin, leaving red marks around his eyes. He scowls, running his hand through his hair before staring intently at the device in his hands. Once again, he is keenly aware that his right hand is touching something and he feels it on his fingertips - specifically the cool steel, the shape of the device, how it sits on his hands, its weight pressing on flesh. He can't feel any of these things when he logs into his digital self and finds that this is what people probably mean about phantom sensations. It is definitely a weird experience.

But he is not frustrated because of that, no, it's because of the time, or rather, the sunlight shining out his window.

It was 11'am, and when he logged into the game, he was faced with pain and burning all over, despite his Kindler class, and a mad scramble to the nearest shade, which were the many trees in Birchwood.

It is now half an hour later, and he finds he cannot concentrate without the constant feeling of itchiness and throbbing in his head, in his vision, that he gives up and decides that there is no point in trying until later in the day. He grumbles and walks to the gaming computer not far from his WorldScreen set up and opens the UNOVR website where he can check his Pokemon's stats and movesets.

He hovers briefly over Gou's greyed sprite before moving away.

He does not consider last night's sleep a proper rest. He was seized with nightmares that were derived from memories, and even after he wakes up and forgets most of them, what he does not forget is the dread and guilt; they stick to him like glue, pulling him back. But he grits his teeth and fights, struggles, fights and thinks of what to do next. He cannot stay still.

He does not forget its face. He relearns its name and he scowls, swearing that he will do whatever he can to defeat it, even if it meant that he needed to support others to do it.

As he switches through tabs again, he is once again looking at the Monferno, and he notices this time that there's a pop up about the Everworld. He remembers reading it in passing, but it does not fully register at this moment that he can bring him back. Of course, the page on the UNOVR website says, it won't be easy, but if you truly want your Pokemon back--

He adds a new tab and types UNOVR Everworld Guide. He knows what to do first once he logs in later.