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80th moon [video]

"Celebi is an extremely playful species. Its main ability is the power to travel through time." Or so the Professor said.

[Today's quote should sound quite familiar to anyone who watched last week's EV NEWS. So should the Cele-Berry Meringue waiting in front of the Gear, for that matter. Homemade and fresh, thank you very much.]

Bringing back a spring snow after weeks of summer heat matches both sentences perfectly, if you ask me. Has anyone thought to look for legendary Pokémon around their garden today?

[Not that Cecil himself has, of course. Nope.]

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[Though it hasn't been too terribly long since John and Cecil last spoke, the former looks like he's somehow aged about three or four years within the span of a few months. Really, he only aged one but when you're a late bloomer and you still look around twelve years old when you're actually fifteen... one year of a year of puberty can make a world of difference. John's sixteen now and he finally looks his age for once: taller, somewhat muscled instead of pudgy, but still recognizably John. There are faint shadows beneath his eyes, and he looks a little less energetic than usual but he's definitely doing better on the sleeping front than he was a couple of days ago.]

[Remember that conversation you once had with him about aging in Johto, Cecil? Looks like John has more information about that whole skipping phenomenon.]

Isn't Celebi part grass though? Wouldn't the snow outside make it want to stay in... wherever a wild legendary Pokémon goes to hide. A cave or something, maybe?

Nice meringue, by the way. Was it as easy to make as Mom's recipe made it look?

Is it? That would explain some of its other powers, though it would also make it less likely to be responsible for the snow. Unless everyone's reactions are worth dealing with an element it dislikes. And it was easier than I thought it would be, though I do wish I'd tried it yesterday instead.

[...Waiiiiit. Hang on a second. He stares at the feed for a short moment.]

...That's quite the impressive growth spurt you've had.

Hm? Oh! Ahaha yeah. More like time skip, really. Actually... now that I think about it didn't we time skip comas once? I wonder if I jinxed myself.

[He laughs a little.]

Anyway, Celebi is a forest spirit so I thought it was part grass. Maybe I'm wrong, though. Though as a prankster myself, I can say that you have a point. Sometimes the look on someone's face is really just the most important thing and damn the penalties.

If merely speaking of them was enough to cause one, I'd have slept a thousand times already.

[He's kinda glad he hasn't though.]

As a creature that can influence time, it might even be able to limit the effects of its powers around itself. That way it could see our reactions without even risking the penalties in the first place.

Haha, true enough I guess. Oh, though for the record? The growing thing isn't gradual over the course of the coma. According to a travel companion of mine, it literally just happens in one shot. [He raises his hands at his sides, palms up.] The more you know.

But maybe. I can't say I really understand all the logistics of time powers. My friends Dave and Aradia would better be able to answer that sort of thing. But I wouldn't be surprised if Celebi has its ways of being tricksy like that. Legendary and all.

It happens instantly...? That must be terribly painful. Growth spurts are horrible enough when spread over months...

[He'd rather not imagine it, really.]

I could always ask Aradia about her theories the next time I speak with her. But I suspect a Pokémon's mastery over time magic would differ from the powers any of us would know.

I was unconscious for it. And now that you have mentioned that, I am very glad for this fact. Because... yeeeaaaaahhhhhh. So I guess it's instantaneous right before you wake up.

[John doesn't want to either. It was bad enough going through it back home.]

It's possible. But either way, I think somebody with a better grasp on some of the more intricate nuances of time travel and control might be able to shed more light on it. Even if it is a different process.

This is the ultimate proof that this world is merciful at heart. Logically, you should have at least felt the after-effects of that growth for some time. Unless the locals age by evolving like Pokémon, and that also applies to us as long as we stay here.

[He doesn't think that's the case, but you never know.]

They could tell us what should be impossible if one wants to keep the fabric of time and space from collapsing, if nothing else.

Ahaaaa... I'm just going to consider myself lucky then, yeah. Granted, I don't think I am completely done yet. I do still have some minor growing pains every now and again but nothing as bad as the initial spurt...

[Nature what were you thinking when you made puberty a thing.]

Yes, exactly! Because when you get right down to it, the essence of the thing should be the same. It's just how the concept is used that differs. But there can be lots of variation from a single starting base! Hell, even Dave and Aradia do their time junk differently. I don't know exactly HOW but I do know it's different.

Think of them as a reminder that you can reach even greater heights. That thought helps more than medicine, when they wake you up at night.

['My creations don't suffer nearly enough. How do I make it worse?']

And we have no way of knowing what variation Celebi uses, or even if that's the only variation found in this world. How tricky.

...that's a really great way to put that. I never thought of it like that before. Though at this point I would take just being on eye level with my friends but I don't think that's going to happen.

[Basically. Nature, thou art a heartless bitch.]

I wonder if Celebi will ever show up. You know, like how the beasts did that one time. And those uh... golem things.

Let's not ask for too much, now. Sometimes, merely growing as tall as a loved one would cause more pain than it's worth.

[And/or be physically impossible, in certain cases.]

Should it decide to do so, I'd appreciate a pleasant and playful visit, for once.

Yeah, that would be nice. I almost wonder if throwing the weather into complete chaos is just completely unavoidable when it comes to legendary visits.

That could be why they rarely show themselves. If their mere presence is enough to disrupt the weather...

Yeah. But then again, they do kind of have a deep connection to nature to begin with, don't they? At least some of them. Like the Ecruteak Beast legend. I mean that more or less flat out tells us that those three are par of nature itself.

But I'm sure it doesn't help that people like Team Rocket are always trying to get their hands on them either. I would be surprised if they are the only ones, especially if the Pokémon have been around for years like the legends say.

But in that particular case you have to wonder if that connection existed before they were revived. I've never found any information about what changes they went through at the time.

But would they not seek worthy trainers for themselves, like other Pokémon do? I can understand why they'd refuse Team Rocket, but they must surely have met talented young people over the years.

Huh. I never really thought about it that way, actually. The way it was worded in the versions I have read or heard always said that they "became" the lightning, fire, and downpour so I just assumed that they were like... I don't know, normal types or something beforehand. Like maybe Eevees or something since half the time I can't tell if Eevee and it's evolutions are supposed to be cats or dogs and the same holds true for the beasts. Plus the whole adaptable DNA thing. But you're right, that may not be the case. But I guess we will probably never know, will we? Given how long ago it happened.

[It's funny how words can do that.]

Maybe! I mean isn't that the whole reason why Ho-oh left its tower? To search the world for a pure-hearted trainer?

They could have been a Water-, Fire- and Electric-type from the beginning, and mere been greatly empowered by the experience. Though with Eevees, you'd have to wonder what would have happened if they'd been frozen or smothered by plants instead.

[Or... psychic-ed to death?]

That was over a hundred years ago. How can it not have found one by now?

[John's silent for a moment, clearly taking Cecil quite literally and trying to imagine some kind of super powered Glaceon or Leafeon. He kind of ends up spacing out, oops.]

Ah, sorry um. Yeah, it could have been. But I guess we will never know one way or the other unless we build a time machine or somebody manages to befriend Celebi or something. Because you would have to be there to see.

And maybe Ho-oh just has really, really high standards. I mean how long was the sword in the stone until Arthur pulled it out?

...I did manage to somewhat get along with Entei. Celebi should not be much more difficult, if we ever see it.

[Except for the playful part, possibly.]

I've no idea, but I imagine it was a long time.

Hopefully so. I mean especially if it's considered a "playful" species. Everything seems to make it out to have a fairly agreeable nature, if not somewhat trickstery. Did you really get along with Entei though like... what happened there? Did you try talking to it or something?

It was a pretty long time though I think, yeah. Something like... long enough for people to forget that the sword in the stone test existed. And I am pretty sure that a pure heart was one of the requirements to getting it out. So if Ho-oh is as picky as the sword, it could be searching for hundreds of years not just a hundred-or-so.

I greeted it politely and offered it my steak. In return, he knocked down a tree to protect us from the rain. A pleasant and mutually beneficial meeting, in other words.

...Perhaps that is one of the reasons we were brought here. The more people Ho-oh sees, the more likely it is it'll find the one it seeks.

Hehe, really? That sounds awesome. So I take it Entei likes steak then? Or was it just the gesture itself?

Could be! Kind of sounds like an oddly specific yet random reason to bring people here but what do we know. Maybe there's some greater importance to Ho-oh's quest. But... does that mean that if Ho-oh does find somebody that we all have to leave?

Both, I think. It certainly ate quickly and with great appetite, and it was quite polite in return.

That's quite possible, depending on the number of reasons we were brought here in the first place. If it happens to be the principal one, finding that person would be reason enough to send most of us home.

Hehehe. That's actually kind of cute. You know for a... giant volcano dog thing.

Mmm... well I hope that if that is the case, it at least gives us a choice whether or not we want to go back. I mean, while home is unpleasant for me personally and I just don't want to go back, for some people it can be a full on death sentence. And that would be kind of terrible to force them to go back to if they don't want to, you know?

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