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

[paladinlost]

Which might be somewhat problematic. I was taken from a... tricky and inconvenient time. I'd rather not cause anyone injuries due to a momentary distraction.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm sure you'll find some way to manage, if and when that time comes that you return. When is it anything but problematic, after all?

[paladinlost]

...Being taken in the middle of the night before a normal would have been less alarming.

[dragoon_pride]

I don’t know how “being taken in the middle of the night” could ever be anything but alarming, but… I suppose it really is a matter of timing as you say.

[paladinlost]

If the abduction occurs in the middle of the night, you do not feel as though your friends will die without your assistance, if nothing else.

[dragoon_pride]

It's that precarious of a situation? Then... I can see what you mean.

[paladinlost]

It's far worse. Were not for the certainty that I'll be returned in time to help, I'd have long gone mad with worry.

[dragoon_pride]

There's never any sort of reprieve, is there... but I'm glad you're so sure of returning at the exact moment you left...

[paladinlost]

Witness testimonies are wonderful, when they confirm you'll not return to a destroyed world. I truly appreciate them.

[dragoon_pride]

Our world has been through so much that I'm almost starting to doubt it can be truly destroyed.

[paladinlost]

You might be right, but I'd rather not test that theory.

[dragoon_pride]

No, I wouldn't encourage it. The last thing it needs is someone else trying to destroy it...

[paladinlost]

It happens often enough as it is. I'd rather see my grandchildren and great-grandchildren have peaceful lives.

[dragoon_pride]

It's some dream, the notion of peace. I can't imagine it truly ever happening... not for long, anyway. There will always be something.

[paladinlost]

Something which might not necessarily involve the destruction of our world. I hope.

[dragoon_pride]

I certainly hope not. It gets tiring, having to constantly save the world, after all.

[paladinlost]

That it does. It's stressful, too, to think that the world might end if we were to fall ill, or too busy to see the danger in time.

[dragoon_pride]

That's the reason why I rarely rest. I keep trying to tell the healers that...

[They never listen, unfortunately.]

[paladinlost]

Resting does help fighting illness, you know. It's not as if they are always wrong to suggest it.

[dragoon_pride]

They often exaggerated the severity of it, though.

[More like Kain underestimated it. Oops.]

[paladinlost]

...That's not quite how I remember it.

[dragoon_pride]

Are you certain, Cecil? You've been gone for a while, you may be remembering wrong...

[paladinlost]

If I can remember a child's thousand firsts, I can surely remember the success rate of a healer's predictions and advice.

[dragoon_pride]

You're about to tell me those healers were always right, aren't you?

[paladinlost]

Perhaps not always, but more often than you'd admit.