Derrick hurried after Red as the trainer began to once again make his way across the bridge.
"Wait a minute!" he shouted, slowing as Red stopped abruptly in place, similar to how he remembered the pixel version of the trainer would stop. "How did you know my name? I never told it to you." Red made the gentlest of gestures in shrugging his shoulders, his eyes dead in front of him. As Derrick followed his gaze, he saw people lined up on the edges of the bridge, waiting for passersby to battle.
Should we begin crossing the bridge?
"What do you mean, should we? Isn't...that where you're going?"
I don't know...is it?
"Well, I mean, yeah!" he exclaimed, pointing beyond the bridge toward a patch of trees obscuring a house in the distance. "That's Bill's house. You'll eventually need to visit him to get S.S. Anne tickets and get the Cut HM, but you'll want to heal your Pokemon before crossing this bridge, because after the 5 trainers and a Team Rocket member to defeat, you have another variety of trainers waiting." At that, Red's eyes suddenly widened. He hesitated, before turning another static 90 degrees to face the boy.
...You're God.
Derrick stared at him blankly. "Wait, what?"
Are you certain that what you said about this bridge and the route that follows it are true?
"Well...yeah. I mean, I know this place. You have to get the ship tickets from Bill so you can get on the S.S. Anne in Vermillion City and get the Cut HM to be able to take on Lt. Surge for your third gym badge." He nervously rubbed the back of his neck as Red's eyes dropped to the wood of the bridge beneath them for a moment. "W-What'd I say?"
If what you say is actually true, Derrick...then let's go.
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"Your Pokemon are really powerful, Red," piped Derrick, partially fishing for a topic as he saw the trainer emerge from the house beyond Nugget Bridge. He had hastily left Bill's laboratory when he saw the Pokemon creation he had made of himself. Red flashed a small ticket in his hands before dismounting his bag from his back and nestling the item inside of it.
Are you going to be okay?
"Yeah...the less realistic version's not as unnerving..." he muttered beneath his breath.
Well...I got the tickets from the man named Bill, like you said.
"Alright, good. Now we can take the long way to Vermillion City and work on your third gym badge, unless of course you haven't defeated Misty yet."
...No, I have the Cascade Badge...why must we take the long way?
"Because guards won't let you through the threshold between cities right now. You need to make them not thirsty anymore." Derrick began off toward the bridge, looking behind him to see Red standing still, looking at him. "Don't worry, I'll show you the way!" Still, Red didn't move. Derrick stopped, turning back to him."What's wrong?"
You're God.
"What!? What are you talking about?"
You act as though you just dropped into this city, yet you know where everything seems to be, who everyone seems to be, and everything that I need to be doing to become a Pokemon Master...you know everything. You even know who I am. You're God.
Derrick furrowed his eyebrows, processing what had just been said to him. He wasn't sure what to say. In a way, he supposed he could consider himself Red's controller, but the name of God? "I don't know how he'll react if I tell him what happened...maybe I shouldn't." He found Red suddenly joining his side, looking at him intently.
You were showing me the way to the next city...?
"...Y-Yeah, I was. Let's go."
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