65th moon [video]

[paladinlost]

Two complete years spent in this world.

[Cecil's Gear must be held by one of his Pokémon, because the man himself is sitting on a chair, his back bent and facing away.]

Two sets of badges obtained...

[Normally he'd show off said badges at this point. This time, his hands come up with bandages instead, as his back straightens and he rises for the first time in two months.]

...and two legs working perfectly again, all as of today. It looks like I've found my lucky number. Perhaps I should try my hand at the lottery?

[Yep, someone's having a very nice anniversary.]

Comments

[video]

[paladinlost]

Every single one of them. I even defeated all of Kanto's Elite team, which admittedly took a lot of work. ...Then again, I did find Falkner to be the most difficult at the time.

Re: [video]

[pinnedbangs]

[HE HAS FINALLY FOUND THE COOLEST MAN IN JOHTO.]

No way!! That's so awesome~! Do you have a trophy? And a spot in the Hall of Fame? Wow, maybe you could even beat Red!

[yaaaaaaaaay he thought Falkner was had tooooo]

[video]

[paladinlost]

I could hardly say that without knowing Red's level, but I can already tell you that all I obtained was the last badge and the satisfaction of having completed the challenge.

[He had a bug and a ghost and an underlevelled Clefairy, of course Falkner was hard.]

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

[Nope. Nope. This guy was gonna become some sort of COSMIC SUPER POWER OF THE POKEMON WORLD. He was just being modest.]

So you're a seriously respectable guy. [Absolutely satisfied with this.] ...What are you gonna do now that it's over?

[video]

[paladinlost]

I'd like to visit a few friends, rest a little... Visit a few caves I did not have time to explore, perhaps, I never did cross Mt. Mortar.

Re: [video]

[pinnedbangs]

Mt. Mortar? [This is the first he's heard of it...]

[video]

[paladinlost]

A mountain between Ecruteak and Mahogany. It looks quite impressive, but since the road next to it can be crossed in barely a day, few bother to visit. I only stayed there an afternoon.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

That sounds like an awesome challenge. [...It makes him want to cross a mountain one day...]

[video]

[paladinlost]

It must be. Who knows what sorts of Pokémon live there, what else could be found?

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Pro'lly some real tough pokemon - like dinosaur-types or ghosts!

...Who are ya anyway? My name's Rin Okumura.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Strong Rock-types, at the very least...

[Oh, right, introductions.]

My name is Cecil. Cecil Harvey. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Yeah, you too. For an old guy you've really done a lot of cool stuff!

Rock-types like that giant onix, right?

[video]

[paladinlost]

...Thank you?

[But he's not even forty yet! *sob*]

That's right. Though there must be a few that would not have that quadruple weakness to both Water- and Grass-types...

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Yeah! Most old guys are pretty stuffy when they get up in years. My old man was the exception.

Quadruple weakness? What's that about? [He hasn't been in too many battles. ...This sort of talk was encouraging.]

[video]

[paladinlost]

I do my best not to be.

Onix is both a Rock- and a Ground-type Pokémon. Since both of those types have a double weakness to Grass and Water, it ends up with a quadruple weakness.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

How's ground weak to grass? I get that rocks and dirt can get... eroded? So what's a plant gonna do to the ground?

[video]

[paladinlost]

...Drain all of its nutrients?

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

[h u h]

. . . Dirt has nutrients?

[video]

[paladinlost]

For plants, probably? They do grow there.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

So it doesn't all come from fertilizer... Okay so grass-types suck the nutrients from ground-types. But what about grass and water types?

[video]

[paladinlost]

Plants also need to drain water to survive.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

[It's only after he's asked them does he realize just how simple these questions must be to a guy like Cecil...]

Yeah... [NERVOUS LAUGHTER IS GO] Guess I shoulda thought it through before asking.

[video]

[paladinlost]

There's no need for you to worry. With so many type matchings being not very intuitive, we find ourselves having trouble understanding them all.

[video]

[pinnedbangs]

Yeah. I'm not really intuitive either, but it makes sense to me a little more than before. ...Thanks, Cecil.

[video]

[paladinlost]

You're welcome. I hope this information will be useful to you during your journey.