[b]Aura City, All Districts (Story Post)[/b]

On all the TV screens and window shop monitors suddenly cut to a female new anchor with the urgent announcement tune playing almost deafeningly loud. A hook-line scrolled down at the bottom of her with the title:[color=ed1c24]'Quantum-Tech Industries Finished Construction of Orbital Facility' [/color]

"After just four years of ongoing construction, Doctor William Knight, Head Researcher for the Quantum-Tech Company announced that the new Orbital Research Facility has finished construction and is due to be operational in the next month. It was Doctor Knight who had discovered the  Quantum Crystal, a corrupt form of Aura Crystal that grows with the natural energy of the region. Doctor Knight began construction plans for Orbital Research Facility to safely research the effects of these crystals and determine their purpose and origin."


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[b]Aura City, Downtown[/b]

Walking into the city wearing robes that hadn't been in fashion for 1200 years caught the attention of one or two people - however most believed him to just be wearing a costume for the upcoming anniversary of the banishing of Gunzar.

Alex stopped and looked at the city around him, astonished by how much the small town he had once called home had changed. A tear fell from his eyes, he knew that everyone he had known and loved was dead - even her. But he was not alone, down by his feet, offering a smile of reassurance was his Lucario who had been caught in the same spell that Alex had been caught in.

Alex Moved through the back streets and past an alley where some ruffians where battling their Pokémon but took no notice of them and continued down towards the city centre, however far that may be.