I Can't Wait For 2019!
Diancie, Celebi, Emolga, Whatshername, Marshadow, and Poipole were watching TV in their house in Vaniville Town. It was a news report by Malva about the annual Lumiose City New Year's Eve celebration.
Malva: We're only a few hours away from the start of Lumiose City's New Year's Eve featuring a live performance by the Squid Sisters. This is the first time in 3 years it can be held at Prism Tower instead of Professor Sycamore's lab. We are here with the Gym Leader who made this all possible, Korrina.
Korrina: Hello.
Malva: Korrina, how does it feel to be the one responsible for the festivities being back where they belong?
Korrina: I would've said it was nice to have no one be mad at me this year, but now everyone who liked it being at Sycamore's are mad at me.
Malva: And is it true that you still haven't told...?
Diancie shut off the TV.
Diancie: New Year's Eve is so stupid.
Celebi: Why's that?
Diancie: Because who cares that it's a new year? It's just the passing of a day. They should at least limit it to every 10 years and call it New Decade's Eve. I heard that's what they do in the Special universe and we should totally start doing it here too so that universe doesn't win.
Emolga: They just need to do something cooler than dropping a ball and having fireworks at Prism Tower to celebrate. Instead, they should have two Super Smash Bros. characters fight, one representing the new year and one representing the current year. The new year only gets to start if the character representing it wins. Otherwise, the current year goes on for another 6 weeks.
Diancie: That's a terrible idea, Emolga.
Marshadow: You're just mad because you couldn't think of a New Year's resolution.
Diancie: I did too think of one.
Marshadow: Oh yeah? What is it?
Whatshername: You're never gonna believe me, but she told me and Celebi that her New Year's resolution is to get a job.
Marshadow and Poipole gasped.
Diancie: Yeah, I still can't believe it either. But since I own the house now, I'm gonna need one. There's no human living here whose credit card I can steal anymore. So, what are your guy's resolutions?
Celebi: You're not gonna like this, but mine is to get you and Marshy to be friends.
Emolga: Mine is to spend more time with Karli.
Whatshername: I want to stop letting things I don't like bother me so much. Hopefully, that'll make my life less painful.
Marshadow: This is kinda the same as Celebi's, but my resolution is to try to make Diancie be nicer to everyone.
Poipole: My resolution is simple. I just wanna find out what this "Ultra Space" thing I keep hearing about is.
Whatshername's cell phone that looks like a squid rang.
One Phone Call Later
Whatshername: Guys! Guys! I've got awesome news! Officer Jenny wants another cop to help her out with security at the New Year's Eve thing, and she asked ME TO because I have a Splat Roller! For one night, I get to be a cop before I've even graduated from the police academy!
Diancie: Does...
Poipole: Diancie, can I ask her something first?
Diancie: No way.
Diancie punched Poipole, causing him to crash into a wall.
Celebi: Can I ask her something first?
Diancie: Go right ahead.
Marshadow gave Diancie an angry look because of her hypocrisy.
Celebi: Why would she give you the job because of your roller?
Whatshername: I'm surprised you didn't know this already, but it's for more than just spreading ink. It can also be used as a weapon.
Whatshername pulled out her Splat Roller. This scared Celebi and made her hide behind Diancie.
Whatshername: So, yeah. If you need me, I'll be in Lumiose for the rest of the year.
Diancie: Hold the squid-shaped phone! Did Officer Jenny say you can bring any guests?
Whatshername: I didn't ask. I didn't think you would wanna come.
Diancie: Yeah, I wanna come.
Poipole: Can I ask my question now?
Diancie: I guess.
Poipole: Thanks. Is the police academy really where they teach you how to be a police officer?
Whatshername: Yeah. Obviously. Does being Shiny make you lose common sense?
Poipole: I would've assumed that's what it was. I just don't see why you would wanna be a police officer.
Whatshername: Well, I do.
Whatshername's phone rang again. This time, it was a text.
Whatshername: Absolutely not.
Diancie: Did the text say "Are Celbs and Marshadow's resolutions gonna happen?"
Whatshername: No. It was my acquaintance DJ asking me if I'm gonna come back to Inkopolis for New Year's Eve.
Whatshername responded to DJ.
Whatshername: I told her I'm not because I live in this universe now. If I wanna have some Turf Wars, I can on Anthony's Wii U.
Marshadow: Is she gonna be okay with that?
Whatshername: She won't judge. She left one Nintendo universe for another too. She used to live in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Poipole: But I thought DJ was an Inkling.
Whatshername: She is. But she was raised by Toads. Now that's enough completely forced exposition that will probably never matter in the future. I've got a New Year's Eve thing to get to!
Whatshername ran out of the house. Immediately after that, the home phone rang.
Diancie: Oh, what now?!
Diancie answered the phone.
Diancie: What?!
Korrina: Diancie, it's me, Korrina. I need you to do me a favor.
Diancie: What's in it for me?
Korrina: What do you want there to be in it for ya'?
Diancie: I don't know. What are you willing to offer me?
Korrina: Look, if you do this for me, I promise I'll do something for you later. We've only got so much time!
Diancie: Why? What's the rush?
Korrina: My grandfather might've seen me on the news just now and I still haven't told him I came back to life.
Diancie: Well that's your own fault for being so stupid.
Korrina: It wasn't stupid! I just wanted to enjoy my life for a little while before Grandfather went back to forcing me to...
Diancie: Alright! Enough! I'll help you out if you shut up! I don't need to hear you whine about your grandpa making you have a kid.
Korrina: Uhh...I was gonna say "get married."
Diancie: So...would you be willing to have a kid if you got to raise it on your own?
Korrina: ...I don't know. I never thought of that be...
Diancie: Whatever! I don't care! Just tell me what you want me to do.
Korrina: I want you to find my grandfather and find out if he saw me on TV. If he did, I want you to...
Diancie: Make him forget by beating him up, right?
Korrina: No. I want you to call me back and tell me so I can figure out what to do next.
Diancie: That sounds doable.
Korrina: Thanks for doing this for me. And sorry for bugging you. I would've asked my friends, but if Grandfather sees that they're alive, he might get suspicious.
Diancie: I don't care about your apology.
Diancie hung up.
Celebi: Who was it?
Diancie: That one rollerskating human, asking me to do something for her.
Emolga: Are you gonna?
Diancie: No.
The phone rang again.
Diancie: Are you freaking kidding me?!
Diancie answered it.
Diancie: It's New Year's Eve, not Don't Leave Diancie Alone Day!
Leni: I know.
Diancie: Why are you calling me?
Leni: I have a question. During the countdown, are we supposed to say "Happy New Year" after the 1, or is there a 0 first?
Diancie: Why would you ask me that? Do I even know you?
Diancie hung up again. Then she ripped the phone off of the wall and threw it out the window.
Diancie: That takes care of that.
The Next Morning
Whatshername came home in a bad mood.
Diancie: How'd it go?
Whatshername: Awful! All I got to do was make sure the crowd didn't get too wild, I didn't even get to watch the Squid Sisters because I had to keep my eyes on the audience, and Korrina would not shut up about her grandpa. She was worried he saw her on TV, but he never showed up, so he obviously didn't.
Poipole: Since you hated your job last night, does this mean you don't wanna be a police officer anymore?
Whatshername: No. It doesn't mean that at all. Once I'm a cop for real, I'll bet I'll get to do more exciting stuff.
Diancie: Then what was the point of anything that happened last night?! Was it really just a bunch of random stuff that all lead to nothing?!
Whatshername: Apparently.
Emolga: Well, sometimes that happens. Not everything ends in an interesting way.