>>57952144
>Sounds like there is a throughline there
wouldn't blame you for thinking it! but UBs, far as i know, don't tie into deoxys' lore
>Team Flare
it's not "dealing" with them per se. i'm sure the idea sounds pretty dumb, but having a team from a separate region involved kinda ties into the vibes i want to achieve if/when i put their story onto paper. in contrast to bibi, who's sort of my take on a non self insert/blank slate version of the scarlet protag, and thus has to be part of a story that significantly shapes the larger world of pokemon in some way, nyx and rina's adventure honestly doesn't really impact anyone or anything outside themselves+their pokemon. the stakes are more or less entirely personal. i tend to describe it as "the heroes having already shown up and slain the metaphorical dragon long ago, and two people cleaning up the aftermath." once again, subject to change, as i do think playing oras might make my ideas change, but if you go by x's lore, team flare was looking into immortality, and we see in the anime that deoxys has regenerative capabilities. while unrelated to the ultimate weapon, i figured it wouldn't be too out there to have them investigate other means to achieve immortality, and as a kid i interpreted hoenn's wealth of secret bases to be indicative of the fact that the region has tons of places to create sneaky hideaways. rina herself is the result of trying to create an immortal being, hence her lack of memories or ideas about her origins. when flare got busted in kalos her body got dumped out in the wilderness since, by virtue of displaying no supernatural powers, she was deemed a failed project anyways. there's enough evidence left behind in secret bases for them to put the pieces together so ultimately, there's no team to take down, or real villains to overcome, outside the two's own personal demons really, though of course, there's pokemon battling and training done along the way!