11th moon [Whatever, it's 4th wall time]

[paladinlost]

[So. Cecil woke up thanks to a strange flash of light, only to find an unknown Pokémon in his room.  How did he react? Why, by inviting it to a picnic and making as many sandwiches as he could, of course!

Well, actually he blinked, froze, stared, almost shouted, decided against it, reached for his sword, remembered he didn't have his sword, cursed his lack of a sword, realized the monster was still there, stared some more, asked if said monster was hoping to eat him, felt quite relieved when it shook its head, stood up, looked outside, saw all the strange people and Pokémon in the street, decided he was hallucinating, woke his Pokémon up, got dressed, smiled, and finally decided to invite the amused Pokémon to a picnic. But who cares about the details?]

And here we were, wondering what would happen this month. At least the colors are not eye-searing, this time. Would you like another ham and lettuce sandwich, Miss Cresselia?

Comments

[paladinlost]

..Except that one time with the chocobos. He was blamed, but I'm reasonably certain Palom was the one responsible.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

If there was ever someone to blame... it would certainly be one of those two.

[paladinlost]

At least Edge has stayed the same. Palom has merely become worse.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

How unfortunate for everyone...

[paladinlost]

Yet it apparently makes him popular with the ladies. I don't understand young people, sometimes.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

I don't understand people like... that, truly.

[Which is why he and Edge in particular never have gotten along well.]

[paladinlost]

Normally I'd say that sort of attitude is caused by the way people are raised, but that would not explain the difference between Palom and Porom.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

There's no explaining how they came to be such opposites.

[paladinlost]

Perhaps it was a desperate attempt to be different?

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Then it apparently succeeded.

[paladinlost]

It certainly did. Especially after they also started to buy their own clothes.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

It must prevent people from mistaking them for one another, at least...

[paladinlost]

No chance of that anymore, that's for certain.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

After meeting both of their grown selves... I agree.

[paladinlost]

You've seen them, then? And their lovely matching striped tights?

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have... although I didn't pay close attention to their tights.

[paladinlost]

I suppose the rest of them attracts more attention. Though I admit, the pink hair suits Porom quite well.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Once you become accustomed to it... I can see that it is.

[Well, and being accustomed to them not being FIVE YEAR OLD CHILDREN, that took some time to sink in.]

[paladinlost]

Of course, after she dyed her hair, everyone was expecting Palom to dye his blue. I suspect his refusal to do so is what truly separated them in people's minds.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[He tries to imagine Palom with blue hair and... that's... different...]

I suppose that would make them more individualistic....

[paladinlost]

Would it? They'd both have matching hair and clothes, and they would both have brightly-colored hair.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[The bright coloring would distinguish them, and yet... that's true too.]

Perhaps they're best off as they've chosen, considering that.

[paladinlost]

Or perhaps they could switch every month. This way, no way would get tired of the colors.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's one possibility...

[paladinlost]

They could even exchange colors. ...No, that would be a terribly bad idea.