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[milliondollarpipes]

[At first, the camera is just pointing into a bush. There's a bit of shuffling, a flash of sleeve and a wide-eyed Skiddo pressing up against Harvey's legs. Then he points the camera around the tree they're hiding behind.

This thing is oozing along down the grass, waving tentacles and tongue in the air.]

Please tell me other people are seeing this thing.

If we ever find out who's responsible for this, I say we feed 'em to them. What the hell...how's it even moving on land like that?

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[milliondollarpipes]

I know a bit about them, but not as much as I'd like. Not enough to tell how you'd do this...

It's probably a mad scientist. You get those types everywhere.

[eclipse_of_time]

I've been learning - I'm a Breeder - but...they're not like anything I'm familiar with. And I'm familiar with some very strange animals!

Yes, I suppose you do. I've had...encounters of my own, with such sorts.

[samsa]

Alright. Be careful.

[milliondollarpipes]

I knew about some kinds before I got here, but apparently there's maybe...a couple hundred more than I ever heard about. Not countin' these.

[eclipse_of_time]

Many animals in my world are similar to Pokemon, in that they have special abilities of their own that vary by species. But that's where the similarities end, I'm afraid.

[irenicly]

Maybe they're all coming from one place?

I've never seen them before now.

[milliondollarpipes]

That'd make the most sense. But they must be makin' good time, they're everywhere.

[milliondollarpipes]

We've just got normal animals. Some of 'em might be poison, but there's no fire-spitting or anything.

And they don't evolve like that either.

[irenicly]

Hell, knowing this place, they're all showing up here from some sort of portal.

That's basically what happened last year, without the dangerous hybrid Pokemon showing up.

[pipers_son]

Awwwww, s'a pity. Oh well. Maybe it'll still be there later.

Look on the bright side, y'know yer not drunk or on drugs since so many other folks are seein' it too.

[eclipse_of_time]

Most creatures in my world have some form of natural magical energy, which they can utilize in certain ways. We interact with many of them in every day life, as livestock and pets.

But no, they don't evolve and change like Pokemon do. Unless they're mutated by some dark magic, but that's hardly natural.

[milliondollarpipes]

...what, there were just portals everywhere?

[milliondollarpipes]

It'd take more than booze to make me see that. You sure they're even safe to be keepin' around?

[milliondollarpipes]

What kinda things do they do? We've got some magic at home, but it ain't too common - most folks don't even think it's real.

[irenicly]

Not everywhere, no, but a portal would open, and then the people who entered them all showed up at the same area.

I'm still not sure how that happened, though. Maybe for a similar reason?

[eclipse_of_time]

Oh goodness, all manner of things! Manipulation of fire, water, air, earth...light and dark. Some commune with and control plant life. Some can muddle the mind or poison the flesh.

Magic is currently quite common in my world, though it hasn't always been. The magical industrial revolution has ruled most civilizations for the last thirty years.

[milliondollarpipes]

The magical industrial revolution.

[Does he really want to know?]

[eclipse_of_time]

Magical energy is a force that permeates my world. It exists...well...everywhere! In living things, in nature, in minerals, in the air...

Thirty years ago, mankind learned how to harness that energy using engines powered by crystals that can store and regulate it. It sparked a very sudden advancement in areas of industry and weaponry.

Well, in most of the world. In my country, we devote ourselves to the advancement of art, architecture, music, and philosophy.

SORRY I'M SO LATE

[adai]

Oh no, that sounds awful. Wouldn't it be safer to get inside somewhere?

no worries!

[milliondollarpipes]

It would've been.

[He has regrets, okay?]

I was just tryin' to get my goat out for a quick walk. He's got a lotta energy. And he thinks you can eat hotel furniture. [SIGNIFICANT LOOK OFFSCREEN]

[milliondollarpipes]

Does that kinda thing happen a lot around here?

[milliondollarpipes]

[Harvey snorts.]

How do ya keep that up? [Look you know what, no government ever does that]

[eclipse_of_time]

We're a pacifist island nation that keeps mostly isolated from the rest of the world.

Oh, we've opened trade routes in the last two years, but we've kept the same way of life for a thousand years. I'm not very worried much will change.

[adai]

Ah, I see. That certainly sounds troublesome...

[Thankfully his Pokémon have been pretty well-behaved, but he's heard all sorts of horror stories.]

Are those creatures everywhere or is the city safe?

[milliondollarpipes]

...well, I didn't see too many in town...

[NOWHERE IS SAFE]