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22nd moon [video/action]

I've found Marcus and Seifer in my storage this morning.

[A pause. The feed shows the sky and nothing more, with small, regular movements hinting that it was not placed on a stable surface. The sounds of waves is very close by.]

My head hurts terribly, and my dreams make no sense, even though they're not quite dreams, even though-

[He interrupts himself. Another pause.]

I need to do something.

[A sigh. There is a disturbance in the water, but he ignores it.]

Edward. Rydia. I leave for Ecruteak tonight. Will you follow?

[Even after practicing for some minutes, his voice sounds like he's pleading. He ignores it. A serpentine head appears on the Pokégear, dripping water all over it. Cecil's hand comes up to pet her.]

Be careful, Leviathan. The Pokégear does not like water.

...It hurts-

[The hand comes down to cut the feed.]

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[... yeah, we'll just let that one slide.] 'intense' people? I think they're probably just grumpy. I'll cheer 'em up!

A chocobo?! I want one! Ahhh! [Rydia hops up and down giddily.]

...Actually, that is an excellent idea. Light in particular will need a lot of cheering up. [If only because he's less likely to get angry at a kid.]

You could ask him for an egg, once we meet up. This way, you'd have your own Pokémon to ride around while I work.

Is he sad? Did his girlfriend die like Eddie's or something? Should I tell him to suck it up? What.. [and, a plethora of questions. your average kid.]

Eeee! D'ya think he'd give me an egg? He better! Or I'll just steal one!

I think not. [~~Because he wouldn't remember her anyway.~~] But he was also friends with the two people who disappeared. And since three more of our friends disappeared before that...

He'll certainly give you one, as long as you promise to take care of it. There'll be no need to resort to theft.

Ooooh, okay. Well then.. I guess I'll just have to melt his heart, hehe.

Oh, peshaw. Of course I can take good care of it. I am Rydia after all!

In a purely metaphorical sense, I hope.

You'll keep it warm, and not jostle it, and not call it stupid?

Um.. sure, let's go with that.

Check, check, and... I won't call it stupid if it isn't stupid!

Please do not set any of my friends on fire. We'd find ourselves unable to travel for weeks.

Fair enough. I'll hold you to that.

Ehehe! I'll try not to, I guess.

Oh, you can trust me. You should know that by now! Gosh!

Besides, only criminals attack other humans in this world. The penalties are even worse for humans that attack Pokémon. [Not that she'd be able to do much damage without her magic, but still.]

Indeed, but I can also trust you to be completely frank when stating your opinion. This might lead to a conflict of interest.

I might be in trouble then. Osmose is really really really annoying. I kinda want to kill him.

'a conflict of interest'? Not sure what that means, but I think you mean something about arguing? I do tend to get in those..

Ground him if he misbehaves, instead. That should not get you in trouble.

Be careful who you argue with. If you make someone who has been here for months too angry, you might find yourself facing Pokémon with levels as high as 80.

Ground him? I might do that! Cause it's really hard to hurt him, he has a really hard shell thing.

Psh. I'm not scared of them! I'm Super Summon Rydia!

He'd be even harder if he was a Rock- or Steel-type.

...Have you tried summoning since you arrived in Johto?

There's living rocks here? That seems creepy.

.. N-no, why?

Living rocks with arms, living rock snakes, living rock trees...

You've not yet realized this world's limitations, have you. [It's really not a question.]

That's weird! Rocks aren't supposed to be alive!

What are you even talking about? You're confusing me.

I've even seen a living, levitating magnet west of Ecruteak.

Try casting a spell. Any spell.

Whaaaaat? I wanna see. That sounds weird!

Um.. okay. Blizzard! [Rydia expects a block of ice to appear out of nowhere, but instead... nothing. WHAT IS THIS] H-huh? Nothing happened. Blizzard! ... Blizzard! Blizzard? BLIZZARD! [still nothing.] Why isn't it working?!

I'll bring you there once we reach Ecruteak. We could even try to catch one, if you'd like.

This world apparently blocks all types of magic, sadly. Everyone I've spoken to has lost their powers, and some of them were even forcibly changed into humans.

Okay! Whopee. Will you help me catch it? I'm not good at this battling thing..

Noooo! Why does it do that? These pokemon things can use magic, so why can't we?!

Of course. I can teach you all sorts of capturing techniques, if you'd like.

I do not know. Some of us have theories, but nothing more than that.

You better!

Theories... I don't want theories. I want answers! Don't we deserve 'em for being dragged into this mess?

We certainly do. But if we want answers, we need to find whoever brought us here, first.

I'm not afraid to rough anyone up! You know that!

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