"...." Well, that just happened. All Veronica could think to do as the old man let was give a rather weak wave in his direction.

...SCREEEEEEEE-

A digitized scream cut though the silence that Jack had left, breaking Veronica's focus. Quickly, she dug around in her cloak.

"...What? Dammit! It unpaused!" She muttered at her Pokegear, the GAME OVER screen prominently displayed on the screen.

Talk about unlucky.