104th moon [4th walls suck at keeping bats out]

[paladinlost]

[Ahhh, the last weekend of November. As nearly always, every city is invaded by dozens of confused new arrivals, strange Legendaries party like it's 1999, innocent trainers and breeders wake up on the beach or in the middle of the Ice Cave, not-so innocent Rockets do the same, Cecil's house and yard are overtaken by thousands upon thousands of shiny and non-shiny Zubats...

...Wait, what?]

If anyone could help me chase these away before this world returns to normal, it'd be much appreciated!

Comments

[dragoon_pride]

That’s a surprisingly civilized way to end a battle. I suppose the stakes aren’t nearly the same as the gods’ conflict. Who are you fighting against? Other nations here?

[paladinlost]

Trainers who wish to test their team's strength, mostly. And sometimes criminals, but those rarely deserve my time once I've won.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm sure you undoubtedly put those criminals in their place.

[paladinlost]

More often than not, yes. But one once escaped while I was distracted by angry garbage.

[dragoon_pride]

...What?

[Just really. What?]

[paladinlost]

I've witnessed many evil plans throughout my life, but that was the messiest by far.

[dragoon_pride]

How did that even… happen?

[paladinlost]

They had machines that could transform commonplace garbage into existing Poison-type species. Many machines.

[dragoon_pride]

Machines truly are capable of the most horrifying things… it sounds like something Dr. Lugae might have constructed.

[paladinlost]

Surely Rubicante would have burned them down on sight, if Lugae had had the same idea. He had standards.

[dragoon_pride]

Knowing Rubicante, he certainly would have, I don't doubt that for a moment.

[paladinlost]

I miss facing chivalrous enemies. Between the garbage and the exploding snowflakes...

[dragoon_pride]

When they’re things like that, I can hardly blame you. You need more worthy opponents.

[paladinlost]

True warriors, instead of petty criminals. But that's not the sort of villainy this world encourages.

[dragoon_pride]

Then that ought to change somehow.

[paladinlost]

I'd prefer it if no villany was encouraged at all.

[dragoon_pride]

Ah, Cecil, ever the idealist...

[paladinlost]

I know better, of course, but it's still a pleasant dream.

[dragoon_pride]

And if anyone could come close to ridding the world of villany, it would be you.

[paladinlost]

I fear you greatly overestimate my ability to smite evil, but it's kind of you to say so.

[dragoon_pride]

You succeeded at it quite well in the past, from what I've seen...

[paladinlost]

I succeed at smiting it for some time, but it always returns, sooner or later.

[dragoon_pride]

Ah... just as I feared, there's truly no hope for defeating it. [He sighs.] I should have guessed as much.

[paladinlost]

Evil encompasses far too much for good to fully destroy it. Can we stop every murder, every act of cruelty?

[dragoon_pride]

No... unfortunately, we can't. No one has that sort of power.