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26th moon [video]

[Cecil looks particularly happy today. Is it because of the absence of angry bugs? The arrival of three new castmates? Rosa's presence? All of the above?]

Now that those bugs are gone, I can finally send the eggs I promised. I apologize for the delay. As compensation, I've added a homemade egg pillow to each of the packages.

[Subtly promoting his pillows in hopes of getting clients? You bet.]

However, many of my eggs have not yet found owners. Would anyone be interested? Most of them are Milotics, but I believe one of them is an Eevee. You can either buy them for P1000, or offer another egg as a trade. Contact me if you have any questions.

[He smiles before ending the feed.]

[[ooc: ~~There is currently one Feebas egg free spot! (Sob, Rider.) First come, first serve!~~ Taken! As a reminder, all the Feebas know Tackle.

Also, Cloud, Squall and Zidane will soon each be getting a care package by Pidgey post. Said care package includes three Fresh Waters, three Antidotes, three Pokéballs and one Revive. In addition to that, Squall and Zidane will receive Pokéballs containing Seifer the Gyarados and Marcus the Golem, respectively.]

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Don't most things? [He tries to at least make it sound like it doesn't bother him that much. It does, but he'll get over it.] Mind if I ask how long you've been here, Cecil?

Seven months and a half, and I was far from the first to arrive.

[He's had more than enough time to accept it all. And get tired of it. And accept it all over again.]

You mean there are others who have been here longer?

One of my friends arrived here three months before I did. There are many others who also arrived before me.

... Does anyone know the history of this place, at least? Maybe it could give ideas as to why we got here in the first place.

We know very little, other than Ecruteak's legends. There are ruins and historical monuments, but no records that we can access.

Ecruteak's legends?

Yes, there is one in particular...

[He starts rummaging through his belongings, and finally returns with a piece of paper.]

"Years and years ago, there were two towers in Ecruteak. But one day, the western tower was hit by lightning and burned until the rain extinguished it, killing three Pokémon. So a rainbow-colored Pokémon descended from the eastern tower and revived the three, before leaving for lands unknown."

[He puts the paper down.]

I'm merely paraphrasing, obviously. But that is the gist of it.

[Huh.] That's a pretty interesting legend. [Not one he's heard of, at least.] Did they ever figure out just what kind of pokémon they're talking about?

[He nods.]

Raikou, an Electric-type. Suicune, a Water-type. Entei, a Fire-type. The one who revived them was called Ho-oh.

Edited 2011-04-14 03:41 (UTC)

[He shifts his stance at that, a little uncomfortable with the thought of revival. Revival, in his mind, and as demonstrated in his world, usually came with vampires and zombies and creatures you don't want to mess with.] Has there been any instances where this... Ho-oh might have revived humans instead? Not just Pokémon?

I've not heard of any such cases. Then again, this is also the only mention of Ho-oh I've found. Those monks in the tower might know more, but they care little for visitors.

So the tower really exists? [Well, he supposed the legend had to begin from an existing place.]

One burned tower, to the west of Ecruteak. And one standing tower, to the east. The towers themselves are quite real.

[Okay, he'll be checking this Ecruteak one day then.] Any chance you know how far Ecruteak is from New Bark Town?

Reaching Ecruteak takes over a month by foot, unless someone opens the shortcut for you. Otherwise, you need to go through Azalea and Goldenrod first, and obtain the Goldenrod badge.

[That catches his attention immediately.] There's a shortcut?

[He nods.]

There is a Pokémon named Sudowoodo blocking the direct path between Violet and Ecruteak. It can only be displaced by someone that possesses the Plain Badge, which takes a few months of training at best.

[A few months is a lot longer than just a month. Guess that's out of the question.] Well, I suppose considering it sounds like I'm going to be here for a while, I've got all the time to get there. [Besides, not like he has anything to go back to even if he wanted to.] No one's ever tried to get that Sudowoodo out of the way?

Dozens have tried, multiple times, over many months. It always returns, or finds itself replaced by another if it was caught. The most we can do is make it move long enough to cross the road.

... Is that place supposed to be some sort of Sudowoodo paradise?

For all we know, the local soil could be a tree delicacy. No one can explain their presence there.

That could be it. Maybe someone ought to look into it, and then it would be faster to travel there.

They'd have to be careful. Sudowoodos are rather violent.

How violent are we talking about here?

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