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[milquetoasthero]

[Well, that was an. Exciting weekend that he has a somewhat vivid, dream-like recollection of. Luca's spent the last two or so days trying to sort through the blanks in his memories and why he saw people he definitely knew -- didn't he--?

Well, whatever. This night finds him a little north of Goldenrod, training Spada -- on the Buneary's insistence, of course. Said Buneary is landing more than a few hits on some poor tree Scout's sitting in, while Luca takes his five minute break not too far away. Better time than never to see if any night owls want to talk, right?]

Do any of you try to find constellations that are the same in your world, here? It feels a little sad knowing that I'm really not under the same sky as my friends back home are. [He's still coming to terms with it despite being here a few months, okay.] I mean, I --

[He pauses, listening -- getting a little paler, because he definitely just heard a twig crack.]

...Are there a lot of nocturnal Pokémon? I know Sentrets are kind of that way - at least, Scout is - and Hoothoots are too, but is there anything by Goldenrod that would be --

[He yelps as a huge Scolipede charges into view -- right for his little Sentret, actually, who shrieks and climbs higher in the tree. She won't last too long up there --

but no worries, citizens of Johto and/or Kanto! Spada - our brave Buneary hero - is here! He's a little outmatched in terms of power, but he's fast... and he's got someone to protect. Luca's shaking - the feed's left on, forgotten in his fright, but giving quite a nice view of the battle taking place between a huge bug and a little bunny.

Or... well, Lopunnies still pale in size to Scolipedes, but he's not as small as he used to be, and evidently the Scolipede thinks battling for food is Too Hard, since it leaves after an intimidating glare thrown at the would-be prey and her protector.

Luca sighs, thankful, then bites back a smile; finally, one of his Pokémon've evolved.

And, upon remembering the feed, frowns.]

Well, um... That Pokémon's not native to Johto, right? I really hope we don't see anymore of those...

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[lif]

[ Fang remembers this kid. She smiles, glad to see that he took in the Sentret after all. ]

Doesn't look like ya need to worry even if ya do run into another one.

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[milquetoasthero]

[Oh! He remembers her. She gave him some good words. Good.]

I guess not, but I'd really prefer not to... They're kind of scary.

[lif]

[ She shrugs. ]

If he really ain't from around here, then you probably won't find too many hangin' about. They do swarm sometimes, but those only last a few days at most.

Then again, more and more of these guys show up outta nowhere, so who can tell?

[milquetoasthero]

[Such a comfort, Fang.]

I'll just keep an eye out. I mean, I --

[Brb, feed's off. Did you know Scolipedes are relentless? That it was just resting its haunches, waiting for a time to strike? Yeah, neither did he.

But he's back not too long later, hoping she's still around. There's a fainted Scolipede by the tree, and Luca's watching his Lopunny give it a few more punches before settling down to take a break.]

...I should probably get back into the city soon. Hopefully they'll stay away since it's pretty populated.

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[legendoflove]

What do you mean not native? It's here, isn't it?

... It's really creepy looking though...

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[milquetoasthero]

I didn't even see it in Ilex Forest, the few days I was in there [and was ~magicked out of~ dammit, fourth wall] and I heard there's a lot of bug Pokémon in there...

[But he supposes it could've just been a good hider and he missed it by a long shot.]

And yeah, it kind of is.

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[legendoflove]

That just means it's from somewhere else here...! Have you been somewhere that's not Johto before?

... Yeah. You killed it, right?

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[milquetoasthero]

Not yet. I wonder if things are vastly different elsewhere...

Defeated it, but yes. [It came back for more sobbing.]

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[subtlecoruscate]

I never really paid that much attention to the stars.

[Even though she was a vampire and up all night back home]

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[milquetoasthero]

I couldn't sleep at night sometimes, and nothing ever attacked us on my watch, so I had a lot of spare time to look at them. I was just bored, I guess.

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[subtlecoruscate]

Oh? What were you expecting to attack? [Because "nothing" they aren't human, right?]

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[milquetoasthero]

At home, we travelled a lot and, uh... not all of the world's friendly... Ligers prowled about in packs, and there were wolves and bunwiggles to worry about too... A lot of things could take you by surprise if you weren't careful.

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[enjoymyatelier]

[...should he discuss that thing with the centipede the size of a horse

...yeah okay kind of]

...I should certainly hope it isn't.

In any case, I haven't really thought about trying to pinpoint constellations. Though, now that you mention it, I have to wonder what sorts of constellations they have here.

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[milquetoasthero]

[sobbing quietly he should catch it but he doesn't want it]

Do you think they're named after Pokémon and the like?

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[enjoymyatelier]

[just... keep it where you can keep an eye on it, bro]

Oh, probably. That's usually how constellations tend to go-different cultures associate star formations with different things depending on what's relevant to them.

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[milquetoasthero]

[sound advice, man.]

Hmm. I wonder how people ever agree on which are which if each culture has its own thing going on...

[laplaceattorney]

Congratulations on the evolution.

[Keisuke offers a soft smile.]

Has he been behaving himself better since we last talked?

[milquetoasthero]

Definitely. It's such a relief... he still picks on me sometimes, but it's mostly just for little things. I hope evolving'll calm him down more, too.

[laplaceattorney]

I'm glad to here that... And that would be good if he did calm down more, now. I'm sure he's pleased to have evolved.

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[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

That's a big centipede.

I think I've figured out which one is this world's North Star. I'll have to keep watching to be sure. I haven't seen any constellations I recognize, though.

I've seen some bats and spiders out at night but not in the day.

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[milquetoasthero]

[Bats and spiders -- well, there were those Spinaraks, but they never bothered him as long as he didn't walk through their webs. Still -- no big bugs, like the Scolipede. Hrrgh.]

Neither have I... Do you think there's a book about the constellations here?

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[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

I don't know, I haven't looked at any of the books. I can't read so there isn't any point.

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[conduit]

[ Rangiku's brow briefly wrinkles at the new pokemon. ] Oh gosh! It's so ugly!

I don't think that's native. I mean, when there was a giant bug invasion about a year ago, I didn't see that at all and I saw just about every other type of bug pokemon! [ ...God. She's sort of. Looking away from the feed in repulsion. ]

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[milquetoasthero]

[Yeah he's. He's not gonna let his mind linger on it too long.]

It's certainly got a... unique look to it... I'm not usually freaked out by bugs [and he has seen some bugs, trust!] but that one was just...

[Bleeugh.]

[conduit]

No, no, I get you! Some of them are really cute like! [ She sends a photo of her and her Yamna frolicking in a field. The photo seems like it was taken sometime around a late-winter, with various patches of snow still visible. ]

And some of them are ugly but not off putting like [ she tosses up a pokeball and shouts Mayuri's name. She focuses the feed on Yanmega who just starts to swat Rangiku with his tail. ] Argh! Okay! I'm sorry!

[ And now she focuses the feed back on her with a positive smile. ] But, that bug wasn't anything I've seen before - even when Johto was being overrun with bugs! That bug was just ugh.