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36th moon [video]

[Cecil can seen, standing in the middle of a Pokémart. A Pokémart that is not Violet's. He's supposed to be in Violet. Why isn't he in Violet?]

Mahogany has what is quite possibly the worst selection of souvenirs I've even seen, and that includes the one time when Palom wanted me to choose between a pig and a toad who turned out to be his classmates.

[Why is he in Mahogany? Well, obviously for the badge. How did he even get there? You'd be surprised by the flying speed of a Dragonite. When did he get there? ...Really, really surprised.]

Rosa, Rydia, Kain. Would you rather receive a candy bar, a postcard, or a pair of Magikarp-shaped earrings? Or a fishing rod. They seem to love their fishing rods.

[He starts looking around with little interest in his eyes.]

I'd offer to bring back dinner instead, but by the time I return to Violet it'll certainly be cold. Please don't wait for me if I take too long.

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[It's a curse caused by our lack of Gilgamesh, of course.]

It is rather... sanitized. Harmless, almost, except for what other arrivals bring in. A world where children are as free as they wish, yet receive great responsibilities...

[Someone should to do something about that. A world without Gilgamesh is clearly not a world worth living in.]

I wouldn't call it harmless. The Shedinja weren't exactly foreigners, after all. But it is very safe, compared to the other worlds we've been in. It seems like an ideal world for those coming of age, where the burdens are lighter and everything more forgiving. It's almost strange that there are so many adults here.

[Tried. No results. *sobs*]

Is it? They do have a fully functional society to support, after all. ...For a certain meaning of fully functional, that is.

[Oh... *sigh*]

Hmm... I suppose you have a point. Still, I can't help but feel that the proportions are a little off.

[Even when I mentioned our Bartz!]

...Yet at the same time, there seem to be very few young children. There's Rydia, of course, but otherwise...

[Argh, how can a Gilgamesh not join?!]

That may have something to do with the fact that you can only become a trainer if you're ten or over. Summoning young children and adjusting their age appropriately might be more difficult than summoning those already of age.

[...No swords.]

From what I can tell, that age adjustment seems to mean very little. Especially since people call fall asleep for a week and awaken looking years older than they were.

[... That would do it.]

Who knows with this world. The way it works is far from making sense, anyway.

[Even though our cast is worth a thousand blades...]

Indeed. Their economy should have collapsed decades ago, if nothing else. Their government is even worse.

[But does he see it that way?]

I find that it's best not to even think about it. If it somehow works, what's the point of questioning it? It's not as though we're in any position to improve it.

[Multi-armed recurring bosses and their sword fetishes, honestly.]

True. They seem to try their hardest to keep us away from the important parts of their society, other than the Pokémon. The available employment is definitely not adapted to our skills.

[Does this truly happen often among multi-armed recurring bosses? I mean, how often do you even see multi-armed recurring bosses?]

Well, we are foreigners to this world. Would you allow Fabul or Eblan to suddenly take control of Baron? As for soldiers, there doesn't seem to to be any sort of demand without war and the Pokémon being mostly peaceful, and there isn't magic here, so mages would be useless. We hardly have the skill sets that this place could use.

[...I think there was one in Vagrant Story at some point?]

Suddenly take control, no. But citizens staying in Baron for long periods of time would be more than welcome to work as secretaries or clerks, if they wished. Certainly there must be foreign arrrivals with those skills at the moment.

[I wouldn't know. The only thing that I know about Vagrant Story is that it's part of the Ivalice Alliance.]

It could just be that it takes awhile for that period of time to be reached. These things are usually measured in years, not months.

[The only thing that I know about Vagrant Story is that it's kicking my ass, really.]

...Yet those months seem to last years and years, in this world.

[I'm sorry...?]

It's all just a matter of perception. The natives likely feel that time goes faster here than we feel like it goes.

[It's okay, I'll survive! ...Unlike my poor Ashley.]

Of course they must. They've no reason to miss other lands and homes, unlike us.

[Eh, I'm sure he'll get his revenge if you get to the New Game Plus.]

They also cannot miss those came here and left, either. Still, the way the natives of a world perceive things will become that world's laws, no matter how much we dislike it.

True. I suppose that if we were to hope otherwise, we'd be no better than Zeromus and... other people of his ilk.

Zeromus...?

[Hey, did someone forget Kain's convenient amnesia?]

The Lunarian responsible for all of our old troubles at home. Not someone you wish to remember.

[Forget, no. Underestimate, yes.]

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36th moon [video]

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[Video] Just got FFIV: The Complete Collection. You may just get a TAY!Kain yet.

[Video] Ooooh~?♥

[Video] Of course, that may take a while...

[Video] Cecil waited 5 months for FF4 castmates. Patience, we has it.

[Video] I'm sure you do.

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