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[premiumheaven]

Figures he'd be asleep when I got here...

[There's a Tifa holding a Budew in one arm, the little pokémon makes a little happy noise at the camera]

Hey, so I made it to Azalea finally and turns out my travelling partner is in that coma thing. Nurse Joy says he's been like this for a while, so I'm assuming he's doing that thing where you go to sleep for a while and wake up and suddenly you're more knowledgeable about what happens in your future.

That is still happening, right? I don't have to worry about him, or anything, right?

[She gives the 'gear a skeptical look. Then there's some sounds and Tifa looks away from the camera for a moment.]

Also... [She turns the device and now there's a weedle and a caterpie on screen.]

These two little guys have been following me around since a bit before arriving at Violet. They won't go when I tell them too, but they won't fight my Johnny or let themselves get caught, what's up with that? It's nearly been two weeks! I've been leaving them alone but with the way the nights have been recently....

I don't know...

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[belphe]

[Interesting...Belphe studies the two stray pokemon a moment before deigning to comment]

Perhaps they belonged to someone who gave up their journey early on...

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[premiumheaven]

I didn't think of it like that... Poor things. Maybe? It would explain why they're following me around, but they're probably still pretty loyal to their old owner.

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[belphe]

It wouldn't hurt to try befriending them anyway. Feed them, let them follow after you, and who knows? Maybe they'll jump into a ball for you willingly someday.

[the easier, the better as far as this one is concerned]

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[premiumheaven]

Perhaps. I've been feeding them, wouldn't want them to starve or anything, but they don't let me get too close. I guess I'll just have to see how our relationship progresses.

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[belphe]

It's all you can do, really. It took a long time for the Milotic I found to warm up to me...if she hadn't been so badly exhausted when I found her I doubt she would have let me put her in a ball to begin with...

[a pause and then]

What 'coma thing' are you talking about?

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[wontturntostone]

Hmm. Did you catch anything just before they started following you? When I caught Twinkle, Beat basically forced me to catch him as well.

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[premiumheaven]

Nope. [She moves the Budew in her arm]

I caught this little guy a little before making it to Azalea because he seemed a little lost and the routes have been pretty creepy lately. But those two followed me before all of this happened.

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[wontturntostone]

Hmm.

Have you tried throwing a pokeball at them?

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[premiumheaven]

First thing I tried! They were quite adamant about not getting caught, though, so I haven't tried again since then.

I feed them, but they shy away from me and won't let me get too close.

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[usedfeatherdance]

Normally I'd say you don't have to worry, but considering the number of people suffering the same affliction, my current guess is on something else.

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[premiumheaven]

I was worried that might be the case. You think it has anything to do with the weather lately? I learned from the last time I was here that when the weather gets weird, some things start...happening.

It happened last time around this time of the year too, oddly enough.

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[usedfeatherdance]

Have you heard of something called "Halloween"?

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[premiumheaven]

"Halloween?" Oh! Oh, yes! That's right, that was a thing they were talking about last time, too! When explained to me, it wasn't like anything I have back home, but the date was nearly identical to Samhain.

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[akito]

Maybe they just want some company?

We had an Archen follow us around until we caught it. It turns out he had a crush on my Swablu, so he wanted to be part of our group too.

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[premiumheaven]

[She laughs]

That's adorable. Well, I don't see why they can't join me, they're not bothering me. I just...thought it was rather peculiar.

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[akito]

Maybe you have something that interests them, ne? Or maybe they feel safer with you with what's going on...

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[premiumheaven]

I'm starting to think they're using me for protection. Again, I don't mind, I'd rather keep an eye on them than leave them out there with the way things are going...

[friendyousohard]

So they've been following you, and they look like they're planning on doing that for the foreseeable future, but they don't want to be caught?

... I have to admit, that baffles me a little. I'm trying to come up with an explanation, but nothing comes to mind unless... maybe they want your protection, but they don't want an actual trainer?

[Which doesn't make much sense to her, but it's about the most reasonable thing she can think of.]

As for your friend... he's probably okay. It should just be a memory coma. Although...

[She stops there, and shakes her head. No, no point in worrying her.] No, nevermind.

[premiumheaven]

I thought that too. They'll eat the food I give them and stick close enough that I can keep an eye on them, but otherwise I can't seem to get much closer. They won't get close to my Cubone either. But my Budew seems to have befriended them.

I've never heard of anything like this happening before so I wanted to see if anyone else might've known. Thank you.

[She doesn't really seem concerned, just curious]

I'm glad those are still going on! I don't know what I'd do if it turned out that they didn't happen anymore and I was stuck with a comatose partner. [And now Tifa's a bit serious]

I'd like to hear any concerns you might have, though.

[friendyousohard]

Well... [She frowns, considering how best to phrase her thoughts.]

These past couple of weeks, things have started getting strange. Menacing. It does that every year about this time, or so I'm told. I've only been here during this season for one before now.

Your partner is probably just getting his memories, but... tell me, does he seem to be sleeping peacefully, or having a nightmare?

[premiumheaven]

Hm...I was worried about that. Yeah, I can confirm that it's happened before too. It seems he might be under that influence then, because he's not have a peaceful rest at all.

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[backtobasics]

[Shiraishi's been through quite a lot lately, but he can finally take a small break from ... running away from ghosts. There are some band-aids all over his face because of his little adventure.]

Yeah, that still happens. At first I though my friend had fallen into one of those, but then a lot of others apparently started falling asleep as well. On top of that, some of her Pokémon aren't here... so I think there is a reason to be worried.

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[premiumheaven]

Her pokémon are missing? Huh...I wouldn't know if my friend's are but, I don't know what all he has. [She sighs.]

Well whatever is happening, I hope it's not...too bad. You seem to have gone and gotten into some trouble yourself, though. [She nods at him]

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[backtobasics]

Well, if he's been here for a while, I believe he should have all six slots taken? Though there's not much you can do even if you'd know.

[He hasn't been able to find the missing Pokémon and he's gotten himself lost while running and looking and-- Winry is going to be disappointed in him when she wakes up, huh?]

Yeah. ... Me? Oh, I just... happened to be in the wrong place when the ghost swarms started. They weren't kidding when they told us to stay in towns.

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[premiumheaven]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to get that crazy. I just managed to avoid any complications, thankfully. You should be more careful. I'm sure whenever your friend wakes up, they'll want you safe.