paladinlost | 80th moon [video]

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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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Hm, is that so...? I suppose this place's population is denser than some rural areas of my world, but given that there are numerous cities that aren't too far apart, it's less dense than I'd expect it to be-especially with the apparently nonexistent death rate.

Yes, I definitely agree. Though... berries and normal fruit seem to occupy different niches, given that normal fruit exists primarily for nutrition while berries seem to have different kinds of positive effects when Pokemon eat them. It's different from how Pokemon and regular animals would interact, I think-many of them seem like they would occupy the same niches as their equivalents, and I honestly can't imagine a scenario where the Pokemon wouldn't outcompete its animal equivalent.

Could it be that the population was denser as befitting the closeness of their cities, but that their numbers have dropped recently? We were taken from our worlds and brought here; the opposite could also have happened.

The ability to poison regular animals or set them on fire would give Pokémon an undeniable advantage, but that means little. My world has both powerful magical monsters and normal animals, and all thrive easily enough. Then again, as their habits and roles are not the same, they are less likely to compete in the first place.

I'm sure we would have heard something about residents of this world disappearing all of a sudden... perhaps not if it was only one or two people, but if it was enough of a problem to make a dent into the actual population density then most certainly.

Yes, it's more about competition than anything... if normal cows, pigs, sheep, fish, and whatnot exist somewhere in a domesticated form, it's not too surprising that they're still around. They have a niche in the agricultural sector that things like Tauros, Mareep, and Miltank can't really compete with, given that they're inedible.

However... well, I can't really claim to know what the ecological balance is in your world, but in this world, it seems as though the majority of Pokemon serve as actual replacements for regular animals, which complicates things. It would be one thing if there were powerful magical monsters here existing alongside regular animals, but it seems more like they are one and the same here.

Considering we've heard nothing about their government, I'd not underestimate their ability to keep important information hidden from us.

...If Pokémon caused most regular animals to die out simply by being better at the same tasks, that would explain why we cannot find any sources of meat. The cows and fish would not merely be domesticated; they'd also be heavily protected perhaps even kept away from any wild or trained Pokémon.

Do they even have one, I wonder...?

Precisely. Even with the only competition being Miltank and Tauros, domesticated cattle are less resilient and would have a difficult enough time fending off a regular wolf, much less one that can breathe fire. Though, I have to wonder where in this world wouldn't even have trained Pokemon, given how ubiquitous they are...

I would say that someone needs to approve the construction of new streets and bridges, but it's not as if we see any.

There's always the possibility that a particularly superstitious group reacted badly to their existence centuries or millenia ago and refused to train them, but they'd have to be extremely isolated from every other society here to not have changed their minds.

Perhaps it's all local? ...Though, I doubt that we'd be able to find out if it were.

Well, I'm sure that only allowing Pokemon that are fairly gentle like... say... Chansey and Audino wouldn't hurt, though both do seem to be rare enough that it might be impractical.

You'd think the Jennies would be willing to tell us more about it, considering that they'd have to be working for the government in the first place.

It would also offer a source of both emergency healing and eggs, in Chansey's case, but they do learn a few attack moves. That could be a strike against them.

True, but they're a bit... strange themselves.

Well, unless they had a temperament completely unfitting their species, that would probably just make them better assets as guards. Chansey and Audino don't seem like the sorts that would go around wantonly attacking regular animals and their attacking power isn't particularly strong to begin with, so I doubt that would be much of a liability.

But exactly would be considered an unfitting temperament? The Pokédex mentions certain traits that are supposedly universal to certain species, yet I see exceptions to those more often than not.

That's what I mean, I suppose-something you'd assume of a Pokemon from a first glance and from the Dex entry but isn't necessarily true. I'm sure you'd need some sort of screening process to make sure they fit the sort of personality people assume Audino and Chansey have, of course, but if that could be ensured, they might make decent guardians.

That would be a good solution, but then they'd have to be extremely careful when allowing them to breed. Of course, by only using Chanseys that would not become a problem in the first place.

That may not be as much of a problem if they're simply owned by trainers overseeing the operation... but you're right that Chansey would be the best choice there either way. There's less risk, they have plenty of healing potential... practically every Pokemon in that line would work very well there.

The main issue with them would be their rarity, but that's not stopped the nurses and Pokémon Centers. They must have their own dedicated breeders, that do not offer their services to the general public.

That would make a lot of sense, actually. Though it could just be that they operate on different channels than we do; I suspect there are natives that operate as breeders, but I haven't seen them offer their services on the network.

...granted, that's not much of a surprise given that I haven't seen any natives on the network, aside from the occasional gym leader...

Which still surprises me. Considering the amount of people it can reach, would it not be more advantageous to make us of it? Unless the locals have their own private parallel network, and even then using both would be more practical. What's the point of ignoring a potential clientele?

Exactly-it's completely baffling. You'd think they'd even just use it for the things we generally use it for, but... that isn't the case at all. I could possibly chalk it up to a general dislike of technology, but I've never been terribly fond of technology and I still use it.

Considering the rest of their society, I doubt they have any problems with technology in general. Nor can it come from a lack of talent; I've no idea how to use half the Gear's options, yet I'd still not dare travel without it.

I suppose it's just one of those idiosyncrasies that the natives display on occasion, like telling you the most inane things before challenging you to a battle and having parties of six of the same Pokemon.

Or using level 50 Magikarps and Caterpies. I'd never for a Pokémon to evolve against its will, but it's such a waste of potential.

You'd think both of those kinds of Pokemon would want to evolve, given how... unfortunate they are in their unevolved state.

I can perhaps imagine that a Caterpie could be afraid of heights and refuse to gain wings, but beyond that...

Even so, Butterfree can stay close enough to the ground... it's not like they don't have limbs, even if they're a bit small. That, and I'm sure it's still better than being a Caterpie.

It would certainly be safer for them, not counting the added type weaknesses. Merely learning Sleep Powder allows to evade many foes.

Honestly, I imagine the added type weaknesses wouldn't even be that much of a factor, given that it would probably be equally durable prior to evolving. I suppose they could simply stay Metapod forever, but... that seems like it would be awfully dull.