95th moon [we're all walled in]

[paladinlost]

[One tiny and sad advantage to having gone through this whole circus eight times is that at some point, nothing can surprise you anymore. Not even waking up on a park bench in Goldenrod with a Goldeen in your arms, a Magikarp tangled in your hair and a Finneon almost kissing you.

...Okay, so maybe that particular situation does surprise Cecil a little. Juste a little.

But certainly not enough to stop him from taking care of his weekly grocery shopping at the Department Store. Even if he's still wearing his pyjamas, his hair is messy, his make-up is nowhere to be seen and he has three fish in his shopping basket. He doesn't care about such silly details.

He does, however, care enough to greet the poor confused or not-so-confused people that surround him. The local biannual madness is no reason to be rude, after all.]

Comments

[paladinlost]

Most likely you will. That's how it always goes, when this happens. And if I'm lucky, I'll not be transported to a cave or a forest when it ends.

[dragoon_pride]

Then apparently neither of us can afford to drop our guard.

[It sounds like things could get especially difficult fast for either of them.]

[paladinlost]

Indeed. Though I at least have the advantage of bountiful supplies, knowledge of the local terrain and a full team. I could survive an unexpected displacement.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm glad to hear that you'd at least survive... even if it would still be an annoyance, I'm sure.

[paladinlost]

I can confirm that it would be a great one indeed.

[...He's smiling, but he's also twitching a little as he says that.]

[dragoon_pride]

Perhaps it's something you'd be better off not experiencing at all. A shame it cannot be avoided completely, it sounds... or can it?

[paladinlost]

...Perhaps it can be avoided, but not by tying yourself to your own kitchen table.

[The I tried is left unsaid, but still very obvious.]

[dragoon_pride]

[Kain raises an eyebrow to that.]

And did the table come along with you?

[paladinlost]

It did not. Neither did the rope, for that matter.

[dragoon_pride]

So much for that method. Does this random transportation happen often?

[paladinlost]

Twice a year. It's also predictable, luckily.

[dragoon_pride]

I suppose it could be worse than something so rare and predictable. It's still hardly a pleasant experience, I'm sure...

[paladinlost]

It's such a mess to clean up, nearly every time. Between the guests and whatever we bring back with us...

[dragoon_pride]

What sort of things do you typically bring back with you?

[paladinlost]

Dirt and uneaten sandwiches, usually.

[dragoon_pride]

It could always be far worse.

[paladinlost]

Oh, yes. I could bringing back bats instead.

[dragoon_pride]

Bats. I would hope that's not something that happens often.

[paladinlost]

More often than it should. They fill every cave in this world, including the frozen ones.

[dragoon_pride]

That must make it challenging to explore such caves.

[paladinlost]

It brings back memories from the Cave of Eblan. Too many memories, I could say.

[dragoon_pride]

I've no doubt that wasn't something you were hoping to relive.

[paladinlost]

I can think of a thousand memories I would have prefered, but then again I can also think of a thousand that would have been worse.

[dragoon_pride]

And it's best to avoid the worse ones, at all cost.

[paladinlost]

I've been very lucky in that regard, barring a few incidents.