99th moon [Another Brick in the 4th Wall]

[paladinlost]

[Every day, many wasteful acts are committed across the world: nearly empty shampoo bottles are thrown away, ice cream bowls are not carefully scraped clean with a spoon, quality cold cuts are not placed between slices of freshly-baked bread, regained magic is not cast...

Cecil Harvey is not a wasteful person.

In fact, he's such an unwasteful person that he spends a large part of the weekend teleporting up to random confused souls, offering them ice cream and sandwiches aplenty, and teleporting away.

All of that with hair that looks like it came out of a shampoo commercial, of course.]

Comments

[dragoon_pride]

That part is appealing, at least.

[paladinlost]

It turns out they can be excellent companions, for such powerful creatures.

[dragoon_pride]

Of course they can... we dragoons have known that for centuries.

[paladinlost]

But do dragoons know that they enjoy lounging by the pond while eating strawberry ice cream smothered in chocolate sauce?

[dragoon_pride]

They... what?

[This world will never cease to be completely weird.]

[paladinlost]

Mist is very picky, when it comes to ice cream. Or acceptable lounging spots, for that matter. Dora is willing to accept plain vanilla, however.

[dragoon_pride]

[He just sighs and shakes his head.]

Visiting this place... it’s truly almost dream-like in its logic sometimes.

[paladinlost]

[In an instant, Cecil turns completely serious.]

Hardly. You'd not want to see this world, when it is truly dream-like.

[dragoon_pride]

That sounds like it has a story behind it. Why not?

[paladinlost]

...Because half the time, the dream it resembles is a nightmare. That castle... People lost their Pokémon there. Others were attacked, left in a dungeon...

[dragoon_pride]

How terrible. It seems this world isn't without its share of threats...

[paladinlost]

It's not. However, its threats are few and fleeting. They last days, at worst.

[dragoon_pride]

If only all threats could be so easily dealt with. But it certainly sounds as if this world is never dull, anyway.

[paladinlost]

This is a world where confused newcomers are expected every two weeks, and even stones can battle at our side. How could such a world ever be dull?

[dragoon_pride]

It certainly couldn’t when you put it that way. I’m glad you’ve found a life for yourself here.

[Kain’s pretty sure it’s not for him- training creatures interests him less than training his own battle skills, but even so. It’s good to see Cecil has adapted to this peculiar other world.]

[paladinlost]

It's not the sort of life I'd wish to live forever, but it'll surely remain pleasant for some time.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm glad you've found a path here... even if it's not the one you expected.

[paladinlost]

I'm quite lucky, truly. Others are forced into crime from the moment they arrive here, but I had plenty of options.

[dragoon_pride]

Being forced into crime is that popular of an option here? [He raises an eyebrow, curious about the world’s supposed dark underbelly.]

[paladinlost]

Most of us arrive in the peaceful town of New Bark Town, but others... Those who wake up in a criminal hide out have very little choice but to work for them.

[dragoon_pride]

So people end up as criminals… or not... just by pure chance of where they end up? What if they end up in the wrong place, either way?

[paladinlost]

...They adapt, or they escape and accept the consequences as determined by the law.

[dragoon_pride]

Which I suppose is what anyone would do under such circumstances. Find some way to get by...

[paladinlost]

The clever ones manage easily enough, even when the world's police is against them. The others have more trouble.

[dragoon_pride]

Undoubtedly. I suppose it keeps them very well occupied anyway.