Celia Kingchester

caused problems already. You can be reasoned with, unlike that mind-warping trash."

Oh, she made a proper attempt at both names... Something about this Celia is certainly different from the Celia from before she entered the Distortion Realm... Something changed mentally...

whatever happens. By holding other domains, I don't have the same shortcomings as you."

...How much could she be cheating time at any given moment with everybody else none the wiser?

"...Jachejumun on the other hand, can be erased entirely. Magic isn't important compared to technology, and it has-

but everything you are will be recycled for my own ends."

...Did Celia make an actual attempt at the name? Did she even get it right? Seems she's not pulling another Jujuchuchu and stubbornly refusing to even try...

"If the transfer of power causes issues, I can just cheat time to correct-

destruction would mean nothing after I take everything you are for myself. I will prevent that man's misuse of technology, and guide the rest forward myself."

...She isn't attacking yet? Is she charging up for something...?

"Destruction isn't your fate anyway. 'Gwahacheol' will cease to exist,-

Lightning Rod...

Whatever energy Celia is doing all of this with shouldn't be able to last forever, but... With the electricity starting to build in her crystal leaves and flowers, she seems to be absorbing even the electricity through her roots after safely grounding it first...

"Your-

"...An age without technology isn't something I need to bother worrying about."

Crystals are ejecting from the tree. Growing... Growing... Terastallizing... Growing...

Tall, thin crystals with a metallic reflective quality are drawing the electricity into the ground. First Corrosion, now-

"You all have horrible taste in lovers and I pity you. Happy couples explode."

Hey, Celia said the thing.

responsibility or kept her word. She just kept doing what she wanted until the situation ended itself for her.

No excuses, or 'explanations' as Reina likes to pass them off as, will ever justify that to Celia.

...Reina said what was convenient to let her have everything she wanted. When she was asked to keep her word, she refused. It may have been a freeze up at first, but she never made an attempt to fix it. She just kept making excuses until things fell apart without her input anyway. She never took-

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Just saying, there was actual significance behind this fuckin' thing.

already died in every way that matters. What's left is an echo that can't fade, sharing her name.

Celia has always been the odd one out. She's never felt like a part of the family. And the one who tried to change that? Nothing but a manipulator who lied to her face for the sake of convenience. So Celia doesn't have a reason to see herself as a Kingchester.

...Besides. 'Celia Kingchester' has-

Of course she feels superior. She simply is superior at this point.

Everybody is against her because it either negatively impacts their insane goals, or because they are afraid of necessary actions being taken to improve the world.

And those betrayals happened before things got this bad.

"...If we slam Wendy's face and shield together, will she take a screenshot?"

...The group of picnicking Celias are not as innocent as they were looking for a while... Something might still be a little different in their heads if they're having that line of thought, though.

And not everybody is capable of accurately assessing the condition of a tree. Where many would see a perfectly healthy tree, another may see that the whole thing is about to topple and damage something important.

Celia can see that the Kingchester family is beyond saving.

This is more than one evil apple. This is a wholly infected tree. The tree could have been saved when only one branch needed to be trimmed, but now the whole thing needs to be cut down and burned before the infection spreads to other trees.

The whole family is an outright villain, a dangerous traitor, or potential fuel for villainous plots. The world is safer if they're all gone.

Nah. People nowadays recognize that the heroes are better off killing the villains.

And if they're worthy of being her friends, they'll understand that it was for the safety of the world.

After Celia's done purging her family, she should try to make some friends.

If only for the sake of ending her record of being betrayed.

technology... I will take everything you have, everything you are, and shut down everything in his arsenal. I will leave him as nothing but a caveman with no tools to back up his insane ideas, right up until his death. I will not give him any chance to further contaminate our flower garden..."

except for maids who came and went, and who was so closely tied to plants... And Kaori, who gave Celia something to fight for and loved flowers...

"...Whatever your merits, whatever your accomplishments, I cannot let you be an asset for that man. I cannot let him pull any more stupidity with-

three feats mixed together are probably what let her tamper with even the Mega crystals around Lumiose...

...But before any of that, she had her most precious friend and her first love. Her Meowscarada who had been with her since she was a baby, who was the only living thing to get close to her-

perspective. How much she's done, how high she's reached... Giratina, Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus, all captured by her. Terapagos granting her some power, and her learning to gather more of it for herself. Xerneas and Yveltal were woken up by her, and are even her cooperative allies now... Those-

the Kingchesters. Time, Space, Distortion, and Creation are mine to command by right of conquest. Crystals and energy are mine to command by gift and affinity. Life and Death are in my hands by right of awakening. ...Nature is my ally by fondness."

Listing it all out like that puts a lot into-

Huh... Celia was expecting something a little more Cyberpunk-ish. Towering computers, lots of neon, mysterious machines... Instead, she finds herself in a sandy landscape where her roots seem eager to just keep digging deeper and deeper as if exploring what she can't see.

"...Celia, formerly of-

Into the portal she goes.

like she just wanted to keep things difficult for Aleister before she accepted this duel from a god.

"Oh, right... Guzzlord might fall out of the sky once I enter this other place... Go ahead and pummel it right away as a safety measure. It's probably in rough shape after my onslaught."

Then...-

another Pokemon.

"Xerneas. I'm not sure how long I'll be preoccupied. Support Yveltal in running interference against the Crown. Heal the injured if he's dealt with before I get back."

And then... The roots of the Celia Tree loosen from the ground and give her a push as she starts to float. Looks-

out without consequence? That had its merits for sure. The benefits of victory just sweetened the deal.

"...Just one moment."

She didn't launch any more attacks at the fortress. It seemed there was some sense of honor here, so she wasn't going to ruin that just yet. ...But she did call out-