- This walkabout plays music, so if you are in a library, please press "Mute" now.
Press space when ready to continue. - Vyvyan: Hey! You come back here-
- Urgh! I'll go get him before he causes any more chaos.
- Sandy: Don't worry Vyv. Levi's not gonna get into too much trouble.
- Not when there is food on the line.
- The guy has a stomach like a bottomless pit.
- You need to have a bit of faith in us sometimes.
- Vyvyan: It's a taxing job taking care of you guys.
- Sandy: So wind down! Explore! There are a lot of things to do here in Mauville!
- Vyvyan: It is quite expansive and new
- We could do a bit of exploring.
- Sandy: Yeah exploring!
- Go ahead! Be Sandy or Vyvyan!
- You can change your player character by talking to Sandy or Vyvyan as the other.
- Levi - unfortunately - is not playable due to low hunger levels.
- Hey! It's hard to explore on an empty stomach!
- Levi: So you wanna be me for the moment, eh?
- [Y]
- Levi: Well that ain't gonna happen. I've sunk way to much time and emotion into obtaining that double down triple-stacked burger with pickles, fried eggs, kalosian fries, dark chocolate, blood Oran sorbet, peanut butter and pancakes!
- Levi:...
- Levi: With a Diet Cola on the side of course~
- Levi: ...But yeah, not moving from this line until the old fart in front finally pays for his meal
- Levi: OI, HURRY UP! SOME OF US ARE STARVING BACK HERE >:|
- [N], then?
- Good. Cause as I said,I'm not moving from this line until the old fart in front finally pays for his meal.
- Vyvyan: *Sigh...*
- Levi: Hey Sandy! Betcha can't make it sun!
- Levi: But man am I hungry...
- No two people are alike- Different people might react to the same person in different ways.
- This PSA sponsored by the Mauville Tourism Bureau.
- It's a payphone! These are quite retro these days.
- Vyvyan: Now why would they keep such an outdated piece of technology in a state of the art indoor city? Nostalgia purposes?
- It's a payphone! These are quite retro these days.
- Sandy: Hmm... I feel like I've forgotten to do something important recently. But I can't put my finger on it.
- Check the Food Court for vintage posters from the old pre-renovation Mauville!
- Posters donated by the Mauville Historical Society, which will be founded in 2094.
- Santiago: Ooh! Ooh! I like being me! Let's go shopping!
- Santiago: Hurry! You're me again! Are you sure I've been everywhere?
- Vyvyan: You want to be me again? OK. Maybe get me some fresh air?
- Vyvyan: You want to be me again? OK. Did I use that card key I found?
- Vyvyan: You really okay with watching over Sandy while I do a bit of exploration?
- Bridget: <Dude, I have been looking over those two since they were known as Buggle and Depthcharge while you were out being a dragon.>
- Vyvyan: True.
- Bridget: <Curiously, I noticed a swap in personalities of sorts.>
- Vyvyan: Oh?
- Bridget: < Yeah. As Kyogre and Groudon, "Sandy/Buggle" was the more dominant personality...>
- <and the more likely to get into mischief...>
- <while "Depthcharge/Levi" was more likely to follow along with the ensuing chaos and cacophony.>
- <Now... Santiago is much more placid and laidback, and Levi. Well... he's a lot of work alright.>
- Vyvyan: Now that you mention it... I HAVE noticed that ever so slightly...
- Bridget: <I've also noticed a personality change with you Vyv.>
- Vyvyan: Huh?
- Bridget: <Well you used to be really skittish, nervous and anxious about a lot of things.>
- <Now, well, to be as frank as possible...>
- <Now you have a spine.>
- Vyvyan: Wow. What a nice thing to say, to your own trainer no less!
- Bridget: <And a tongue.>
- Vyvyan: It's almost like I've become a lot like you Brid.
- Bridget: <Damn straight, buster.>
- Vyvyan: Anyway, I shall be off now.
- Bridget: <Go on, explore! I'll make sure Sandy doesn't get up to much tomfoolery.>
- Vyvyan: Thanks.
- Santiago: Ah... Hey Br-
- Bridget: <Hello Sandy>
- Santiago: Oh.. um... er... why the frankness? I haven't done anything wrong, have I o3o;;?
- Bridget: <...I'm still not over the experimentation you performed on me when trying to come up with your own Pokemon -> Human accessories.>
- Santiago: Oh. Right. That.
- Bridget: <Yeah, that.>
- Santiago: ...
- Bridget: <...>
- Santiago: ...I'll be off now.
- Bridget: <Later>
- Elouise: Um... can I help you?
- Vyvyan: Eh, nothing in particular.
- The posters over here recommend talking to everyone, so that's what I'm doing.
- Figaro the Zoroark: <See? Good practice in speaking human again.>
- Elouise: <Hush! You'll break my cover!>
- ...that didn't just happen.
- Vyvyan: <Don't worry, I kinda guessed you were a disguised Zoroark anyway>
- <You don't seem the best at hiding that, your hair streaks out in Zoroark like clusters>
- Elouise: <But I'm supposed to be a human...>
- *sigh* <I need to invest in hair dye.>
- Vyvyan: <Your disguise is good enough to pass>
- <But it seems to me that you were turned INTO a Zoroark against your will. Am I correct?>
- Elouise: <...you don't work for Peri Peri, do you?>
- Vyvyan: <I'm a god. Guessing things right is kinda what we do.>
- Elouise: o_o;;
- Elouise: <Oh! Sorry, were you waiting for this vending machine?>
- Sandy: Nope! Just walking by and noticing that you were a tad frustrated, that's all!
- Just want to know if you're alright.
- Elouise: <Of course I'm frustrated, dumb mad wizard goes and->
- !!
- Wait, er, did you notice...
- Sandy: Hmm? Notice what?
- Nothing seems out of the ordinary here, is there something out of the ordinary?
- I'll have it be known, I'm not a terribly observant fellow.
- Elouise: o_o;;
- Um... never mind...
- Figaro the Zoroark: <Poor girl. Ran into a crazy condiment wizard, our whole team got turned into Zoroarks.>
- Vyvyan: Whole team? What Pokemon were you before transformation?
- Figaro: <Zorua!>
- <...you might say I got off easy.>
- Vyvyan: No kidding, any mons in particular that got the shaft?
- Figaro: <Luca hasn't taken it as well. She was a Lucario. And Elouise's starter, as the simple name may imply. o3o>
- Vyvyan: Poor thing. Well, I was transformed into a Pokemon against my will too, and I'm only able to remain in this form via magical ancient do-hickey.
- (Though I might not need that in the near future...)
- Figaro: <Huh, small world. But Elouise is supposed to be practicing her illusions, so she shouldn't need that. Good luck, though!>
- Figaro the Zoroark: <If you ever meet a wizard named Peri Peri, give him a wedgie from us.>
- Sandy: Peri Peri? What are his friends names?
- Tabasco? Worcestershire? Salsa? Sriracha?
- ...I could go for something spicy right now...
- But if I do ever see magical condiments, i'll make sure to give them the ol' one-two for yo~
- Figaro: <Good!>
- <Oh, but not "Ketchup", if you ever see anybody called that.>
- Ampharos: .... . .-.. .-.. --- / . .- .-. - .... .-.. .. -. --. / .. / .- -- / .-- .. - .... / - .... . / .. -. - . .-. .--. .-.. .- -. . - .- .-. -.-- / .--. --- .-.. .. -.-. . / .... .- ...- . / -.-- --- ..- / ... . . -. / .- -. / .- -- .--. .... .- .-. --- ... / -... -.-- / - .... . / -. .- -- . / --- ..-. / -.-. -.-- -.-. .-.. . ..--..
- CLA: Help! New Mauville is going to collapse!
- If only I had a key to enter this backdoor here so I can warn the workers before it happens!
- Please, this is a mission of utmost importance!
- CLA: !!!!
- You found the key!
- Let's go!!!
- CLA: Oh, who could have that key...?
- Unsettled Observer: This tree... nature herself shuns its existence.
- This botanical horror, no man was meant to know!
- Creeped-out Observer: It's like... almost as if...
- It's like the creator forgot to enable collision detection on this tree!
- Grandaughter: Grampa, what's the secret to long life?
- Grandfather: Well sunshine, it's really quite simple!
- Grandfather: The secret to livin' long is eating what you want and not eating what your don't want!
- Grandaughter: Thanks Grampa
- Grandaughter: You always have the best advice!
- Shrubbery Lady: Shh! I'm waiting behind her fore my chance! Once they come out... BOOM! I'll leap on them like a Luxray after their prey!"
- Shrubbery Lady: They'll learn very quickly never to upset me!
- Grandaughter: Grampa, what's the secret to long life?
- Grandfather: Well sunshine, it's really quite simple!
- Grandfather: The secret to livin' long is eating what you want and not eating what your don't want!
- Grandaughter: Thanks Grampa
- Grandaughter: You always have the best advice!
- Santiago: Oh, if only I didn't blow out my bank account on those retro consoles!
- Santiago: I would totally get those Chapulines with the Touga Tea right now ;_;
- Santiago: (So hungry!)
- Cafe Eclectic Menu:
- Blue Cheese and Bacon Sandwich flavored with the venom of a female Arbok
- Blue Cheese and Bacon Sandwich flavored with the venom of a female Arbok - 2700₱
- Beer-battered Quilfish with curled fries and garden salad
- Beer-battered Quilfish with curled fries and garden salad - 2500₱
- Mendelbrot Horsea Tail in Schrodinger's Sauce a la Coumarine
- Mendelbrot Horsea Tail in Schrodinger's Sauce a la Coumarine- 3500₱
- Swanna Foie Gras simmered in Cornn Fungus sauce with a light Nomel dressing
- Swanna Foie Gras simmered in Cornn Fungus sauce with a light Nomel dressing - 3500₱
- Black Broth of Rare Bone (Grumpig blood base)
- Black Broth of Rare Bone (Grumpig blood base) - 2000₱
- Fresh Octillery Slices with a side of Bird Nest Soup
- Fresh Octillery Slices with a side of Bird Nest Soup - 1500₱
- Chapulines with Mole Coloradito
- Chapulines with Mole Coloradito - 1300₱
- Plateau Chateau Gateau
- Plateau Chateau Gateau - 1000₱
- Cherubi-Flavoured Cookie
- Cherubi-Flavoured Cookie - 900₱
- Coffee: Espresso, Cappuccino, Americano, Caffe Latte, Caf au Lait, Mochachino, Caramel Macchiato - 560₱
- Essence of Kelpsy, Guano, Caf au Sang, Lady of Red Mocha, Bubblegum Delight - 700₱
- Tea: Darjeerling, Rooibos, Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Masala Chai, [Punjabi] Chai, [English] Breakfast, Bold Assam, [Russian] Caravan, Jasmine, Lapsang Suchong, Prince of [Wales], Green, Oolong. - 500₱
- Touga Blend, Ruined Meal Fusion, Fuchsia Morning, Chrysanthemum Rose, Ginger, Truffle Shuffle - 600₱
- Santiago: !!!
- Santiago: They serve Chapulines here!?
- Santiago: In Coloradito as well!
- Santiago: And Touga Blended Tea? Sign me up!
- Santiago: You know what, I'm going to do a bit of exploring.
- Santiago: And when I get back, I'm so having these for lunch.
- Santiago: Exploration makes the tummy grumble after all~!
- Cafe Eclectic Menu:
- Blue Cheese and Bacon Sandwich flavored with the venom of a female Arbok
- Blue Cheese and Bacon Sandwich flavored with the venom of a female Arbok - 2700₱
- Beer-battered Quilfish with curled fries and garden salad
- Beer-battered Quilfish with curled fries and garden salad - 2500₱
- Mendelbrot Horsea Tail in Schrodinger's Sauce a la Coumarine
- Mendelbrot Horsea Tail in Schrodinger's Sauce a la Coumarine- 3500₱
- Swanna Foie Gras simmered in Cornn Fungus sauce with a light Nomel dressing
- Swanna Foie Gras simmered in Cornn Fungus sauce with a light Nomel dressing - 3500₱
- Black Broth of Rare Bone (Grumpig blood base)
- Black Broth of Rare Bone (Grumpig blood base) - 2000₱
- Fresh Octillery Slices with a side of Bird Nest Soup
- Fresh Octillery Slices with a side of Bird Nest Soup - 1500₱
- Chapulines with Mole Coloradito
- Chapulines with Mole Coloradito - 1300₱
- Plateau Chateau Gateau
- Plateau Chateau Gateau - 1000₱
- Cherubi-Flavoured Cookie
- Cherubi-Flavoured Cookie - 900₱
- Coffee: Espresso, Cappuccino, Americano, Caffe Latte, Caf au Lait, Mochachino, Caramel Macchiato - 560₱
- Essence of Kelpsy, Guano, Caf au Sang, Lady of Red Mocha, Bubblegum Delight - 700₱
- Tea: Darjeerling, Rooibos, Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Masala Chai, [Punjabi] Chai, [English] Breakfast, Bold Assam, [Russian] Caravan, Jasmine, Lapsang Suchong, Prince of [Wales], Green, Oolong. - 500₱
- Touga Blend, Ruined Meal Fusion, Fuchsia Morning, Chrysanthemum Rose, Ginger, Truffle Shuffle - 600₱
- Vyvyan: All of these sound like they could either kill me or make me very, very sick.
- Vyvyan: Urf...
- Waitress: Hello, welcome to Cafe Eclectic!
- We're sure to have unique dishes for any unique tastes.
- May I take your order sir?
- Vyvyan: No thanks.
- Come again soon!
- Waitress: Hello, welcome to Cafe Eclectic!
- We're sure to have unique dishes for any unique tastes.
- May I take your order sir?
- Santiago: Maybe later~
- Come again soon!
- Welcome to the Food Court!
- While we have Food and Fights, foodfights will be penalised with a 5000₱ fine.
- Any property damage must be accounted for by the parties involved.
- Vyvyan: Huh? Why would they have a streetlamp inside a building that's already lit?
- Sandy: Ooh! One of those new lamps! With the natural-spectrum phosphors pumped by UV LEDs!
- And to think I thought that LEDs would never work for lighting a city because "nobody wants red streetlights"!
- And ooh, they look to be wired directly into the city's direct-current power grid! No transformers to cut efficiency!
- Vyvyan: Huh, what a cute little potted plant
- Santiago: Aww, what an adorable little potted plant! Look, your leaves a bright and firm~ And your petals don't have brown or black patches on them~!
- Someone must take good care of you.
- Yannow, if it wasn't for the fact home tends to flood with salinated water. I would start up a charming, little garden to call my own.
- I love gardening, it's wonderful nuturing life and watching things grow.
- I would fill it with all my favourite flowers
- Bird of Paradise's, Petunias, Dahlias, Morning Glories, Honeysuckle, Irises, Sunflowers, Marigolds...
- Marigolds are probably my favourite. They feel... warm and familiar to me...
- Romeo: Oh! These flowers are absolute perfection~! Such delicate petals, such bright and beautiful leaves! Why, these flowers are just the right representation for my one true love!
- Vyvyan: Heh. We got a lovey-dovey romeo over here~
- Vyvyan: Seems like he's on cloud nine right now, good for him...
- Romeo: You! Do you have a One True Love?
- Vyvyan: O-O-Oh? M-Me?
- *blush*...
- Vyvyan: Her... Her name is Sierra. She's absolutely wonderful...
- Romeo: Ah! I can see you're a man with one track interest.
- Vyvyan: More of a one person interest, but I know you mean.
- Romeo: Regardless, you should seek out your love and tell them how much they means to you~
- Vyvyan: ...I really should, shouldn't I?
- Romeo: Oh! These flowers are absolute perfection~! Such delicate petals, such bright and beautiful leaves! Why, these flowers are just the right representation for my one true love!
- Santiago: Aww, how cute! He's in love!
- Romeo: You! Do you have a One True Love?
- Santiago: Que?
- Romeo: You know! That one person who sends your heart racing!
- Santiago: I... I think there may have been some guy like that
- But everything's fuzzy now.
- I can't remember anything much further back than three years ago...
- Romeo: I'm sure if he is still out there, he still loves you as much as you love him.
- Santiago: Does anyone know who I am?
- Santiago: Who am I?
- Mr. Measure: Hello there young lass! How do you do?
- Vyvyan: Why do I keep getting confused woman? Am I that girly looking?
- It's not they have my admittedly unisexed-leaning-feminine name to go by...
- Vyvyan: I'm a guy, actually. And who are you?
- Mr. Measure: Why! I'm Mr. Measure of course!
- If there is a thing to measure, I will be there!
- See this cup? I have measured the amount of drips it takes to fill it! (216 by the way)
- And that tree over there! I have meticulously counted each and every leaf on it's branches, as well as median average per branch (45 l/b, just so you know)
- And I can tell your exact height just by looking at you (5 feet 10 3/8 inches, yeah?)
- If there is anything you need measured, sonny boy, I would be glad to help!
- Vyvyan: Thanks for the offer, old geezer. But I don't have anything that needs to be measured
- Mr. Measure: A modern day tragedy!
- Though, if anything you come into possesion of needs measuring, I think you'll know who to contact!
- Vyvyan: I'll...keep that in mind.
- Though I doubt this info will become useful.
- Mr. Measure: Hello there young lad! How do you do?
- Mr. Measure: My name is Mr. Measure! If there is a thing to measure, I will be there!
- Santiago: Oooh, Nifty! What kinds of things do you measure, sir?
- Mr. Measure: Glad you asked, kid!
- See this cup? I have measured the amount of drips it takes to fill it! (216 by the way)
- And that tree over there! I have meticulously counted each and every leaf on it's branches, as well as median average per branch (45 l/b, just so you know)
- And I can tell your exact height just by looking at you (6 feet 4 1/2 inches, yeah?)
- Santiago: Wow! You really can measure anything.
- Though some of this is more counting...
- Mr Measure: (Shh!)
- Santiago: Hmm....
- How many hairs are on my head?
- Mr. Measure: 107,267
- Give or take a few
- Santiago: Wow, you really are that good.
- Mr. Measure It is my greatest asset young'un!
- Vyvyan: I'll...keep that in mind for the future when I find something that can be measured!
- Mr. Measure Please do sprout!
- Useless information is fun!
- Maria: Hello there young man!
- Lucia: Welcome to the Fiore Sisters one-stop flower shop!
- Maria: Are you interested in purchasing some of our flowers?
- Vyvyan: Not at this moment of time, but I do admit they look absolutely stunning.
- Maria: Thank you!
- Lucia: They're so healthy because we make a special fertiliser that really gets them growing!
- Vyvyan: Huh, what kind of fertiliser?
- Maria: Crushed dried Turtwig bones mixed with ground chestnuts and mushrooms
- Lucia: Mixed in with volcanic soil!
- Vyvyan: Kinda... morbid fertiliser if you ask me.
- Lucia: But you can't deny that it works!
- Vyvyan: Certainly not.
- Vyvyan: Something about these two feel off...
- Maria: Hello there young man!
- Lucia: Welcome to the Fiore Sisters one-stop flower shop!
- Maria: Are you interested in purchasing some of our flowers?
- Vyvyan: Not at this moment of time, but I do admit they look absolutely stunning.
- Maria: Thank you!
- Lucia: They're so healthy because we make a special fertiliser that really gets them growing!
- Vyvyan: Huh, what kind of fertiliser?
- Maria: Crushed dried Turtwig bones mixed with ground chestnuts and mushrooms
- Lucia: Mixed in with volcanic soil!
- Vyvyan: Kinda... morbid fertiliser if you ask me.
- Lucia: But you can't deny that it works!
- Vyvyan: Certainly not.
- Vyvyan: Something about these two feel off...
- Maria: Hello there young man!
- Lucia: Welcome to the Fiore Sisters one-stop flower shop!
- Maria: Are you interested in purchasing some of our flowers?
- Santiago: Ooh! Flowers!
- Santiago: What kind of flowers do you sell?
- Maria: Well, we sell...
- Lucia: Fire Lillies!
- Maria: Sure to light up your garden...
- Lucia: Coleus!
- Maria: Will make your spirits fly...
- Lucia: Cypress Vine!
- Maria: An indestructable favourite...
- Lucia: and juvenile Cherry Blossoms!
- Maria: Double the care, Double the beauty!
- Lucia: So..!
- Maria: Anything you like, dearie?
- Santiago: I love them all, but alas. I don't have the money or the room to place them...
- Santiago: Maybe another time
- Maria: Such a shame...
- Lucia: Do come back again!!
- Maria: Hello there young man!
- Lucia: Welcome to the Fiore Sisters one-stop flower shop!
- Maria: Are you interested in purchasing some of our flowers?
- Santiago: Ooh! Flowers!
- Santiago: What kind of flowers do you sell?
- Maria: Well, we sell...
- Lucia: Fire Lillies!
- Maria: Sure to light up your garden...
- Lucia: Coleus!
- Maria: Will make your spirits fly...
- Lucia: Cypress Vine!
- Maria: An indestructable favourite...
- Lucia: and juvenile Cherry Blossoms!
- Maria: Double the care, Double the beauty!
- Lucia: So..!
- Maria: Anything you like, dearie?
- Santiago: I love them all, but alas. I don't have the money or the room to place them...
- Santiago: Maybe another time
- Maria: Such a shame...
- Lucia: Do come back again!!
- Salvador: Circumstances? You mean, the gods allowed for this to pass with a blind eye at the time?
- Yvonne: Really? You're a man of my cloth and you haven't guessed that we higher Legends have a plan going? Everything happens for a reason, Salvador.
- Salvador: Huh? So, all of this WAS intended?
- Yvonne: It all fits into the grand cosmic scheme of things, yes. Though there were kinks to work out.
- Salvador: I'm guessing that there was one step out of line which caused the march to take a slightly different progression than usual, so to speak. Oui?
- Yvonne: That's pretty much it.
- Salvador: I... understand now. Thank you, Lady Yvonne.
- Yvonne: You're welcome, Salvador.
- Salvador: Oh! Um... er... Salut?
- Vyvyan: Oh hey. if it isn't Monseigneur "You're an abomination for things that were out of your control and didn't ask for in the first place"
- Salvador: ... That is me, yes. Though no need to be quite so... curt.
- Vyvyan: I think it's well within my right, actually
- Salvador: Um.. yes...
- Salvador: How long have you been privy to this conversation, young Sky God?
- Vyvyan: Long enough to see you knocked down a peg or two by Yveltal over here.
- Salvador: ...
- *sigh*
- I should apologize to you for my previous actions. I know now that they were... out of line and rather insensitive.
- Vyvyan: Oh, now you realize how callous and disrespectful you sounded?
- Salvador: Look, I should know - know better than a lot of people in fact - that judging someone for aspects of their character well out of their ability to control is a terrible thing to do.
- Lord almighty, I did not ask to be his son, but here I am. Existing in this time.
- Vyvyan: Wha-? Who?
- Salvador: No-one you need to concern yourself with.
- Now, you see, I am a man of great piety and faith. To witness something tumultuous which has me question the very foundations of that faith... throws me out of a loop.
- And makes me rather confused and unnecessarily defensive. As such, I make comments that, in hindsight, I regret saying- profusely- for how rude they were.
- Vyvyan: ...
- Salvador: I can't offer more than words of confession at the moment. But can you forgive me for my rather... blasé comments?
- Vyvyan: ...I see that you are sincere in your apology. I forgive you
- Salvador: ...Thank you. I must get back to coffee with the mistress here, but if you want to strike up conversation in the future I would be happy to oblige.
- Vyvyan: Thanks but no thanks.
- Salvador: ...Suit yourself.
- Vyvyan: I'll leave you be now.
- He's still kind of a creep >_>
- Salvador:...
- Yvonne: Hmm? What did you want, newbie sky god?
- Vyvyan: Oh, nothing to bother you, ma'am. Just wanted to ask questions about deity related things.
- Yvonne: Like what, specifically?
- Vyvyan: How to deal with eternal life.
- Yvonne: Pah, ask Xer- I mean, Xylander about that one. I'm the death-dealer, remember?
- Vyvyan: Right, yes. Pray tell, where could I find Xer-Xylander?
- Yvonne: Probably stuffing his face in the food court.
- Vyvyan: Huh, Xe-XYLANDER didn't strike me as the type to be a big eater.
- Vyvyan: I need to get used to saying that odd name
- Yvonne: You'd be surprised.
- Vyvyan: Huh. I'll go search him out. Thanks... Yvonne, yes?
- Yvonne: Yep.
- Vyvyan: Yvonne... Thanks, again.
- Yvonne: Welcome.
- Salvador: Circumstances? You mean, the gods allowed for this to pass with a blind eye at the time?
- Yvonne: Let me tell you a secret, Salvador: There are forces beyond us Legendaries. And the new trio of land, sea, and sky exists because one of those forces fucked up and the others had to clean up the mess.
- Salvador: Forces... beyond even the most powerful legends?
- Yvonne: Aye, greater players than you could ever imagine.
- Salvador: So we're all just props and actors in a bigger, overarching play?
- Yvonne: We all have our roles in these universes, yes.
- Salvador: That's a lot to take in...
- Yvonne: It is. But I think you'll get used to it. You're strong.
- Salvador: Thank you, my lady. Oh, does that mean that even the Gods have existential crises-
- Salvador: Oh! Um... er... Salut?
- Santiago: I remember you. You're the creepy priest guy who didn't like us for some reason or another.
- Salvador: Oh... Well... that I am, I'm afraid.
- Salvador: How long have you been privy to this conversation, young Land God?
- Santiago: About the time you questioned the actions (or lack thereof) of beings greater than you~
- Salvador: ...I see.
- *sigh*
- I should apologize to you for my previous actions. I know now that they were... out of line and rather insensitive.
- Santiago:No hay problema
- You see, I am a man of great piety and faith. To witness something tumultuous which has me question the very foundations of that faith... throws me out of a loop.
- And makes me rather confused and unnecessarily defensive. As such, I make comments that, in hindsight, I regret saying- profusely- for how rude they were.
- Santiago: It happens even to the best of us. I find that people tend to react quite negatively to things not being as clear cut and straightforward as they initially appear, well intentioned though they may be.
- Salvador: It's always an uphill battle for the likes of us.
- Santiago: Indeed it is.
- Salvador: As is, do you accept my apology?
- Santiago: Yep~ ^3^
- Salvador: Grande! Now if you do not mind, I have this coffee with the mistress here to get back to. But it was a pleasure seeing you again and I would not be adverse to conferring about simple matters in the near future~
- Santiago: Ooh, will keep that in mind~ I'll leave you be then! Later!
- You know, he's not so intimidating once you get to know him ^_^
- Salvador:...
- Yvonne: Hmm? What did you want, newbie land god?
- Santiago: Hola, um. I was just thinking, since we're both deities of the same calibre, I was thinking if we should do something to get more... acquainted... with each other?
- Yvonne: Like what, specifically?
- Santiago: Um, movies! Like old cheesy horror flicks from the 70's and 80's! With corn-syrup blood and dummy limbs and hwahtnot.
- Yvonne: Ooh, I've got a collection of hilarious horror movies we could watch sometime.
- Santiago: Spooky. Like, what ones in particular?
- Yvonne: Let's see... Unova Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare in Canalave City, The Space Virus...
- Santiago: Ooh! I have the entire Puppet Master franchise, the original and the remake version of The Wicker Mon, the ambitious Nightbreed and a weird movie called The Godmonster of Celestic Flats!
- Santiago: That last one is about a mutant, killer Mareep wreakin' havoc on a small, sleepy country town. It's just as silly as it sounds
- Yvonne: Those sound like fun! I'll definitely watch with you sometime.
- Santiago: Then it's a deal. I did recently rig out the Embedded Tower with all the necessary electric cables for things like this~
- Yvonne: Ooh, nice.
- Santiago: Come over any time! Mi casa es su casa and all that~
- ΖΖΓ: We are the Zigzagoon Fraternity!
- We are helping our community by providing 100% organically-sourced electricity!
- Vyvyan: Ooh. That's better for the environment, do you know how smoggy and polluted it gets up there? Trust me, I may have to act out some divine retribution if the Ozone layer gets any thinner...
- ΖΖΓ: Glad to know our efforts are appreciated, sir!
- Vyvyan: AND you refer to me using the correct pronouns!
- ...
- Am I dreaming?
- ΖΖΓ: We hope not! That would lead to all sorts of philosophical crises on our part!
- But say, since we're stuck here until our shift is over, would you mind disposing of some of our Pickup junk?
- Vyvyan: Hmm, it's not a glamorous thing for a Legendary to take orders from a Com Mon, but you have appeased my better nature. So sure, I'll be glad to do a favour for you.
- ΖΖΓ: Thanks!
- You got a Rare Candy!
- And a Paralyze Heal!
- And a piece of lint!
- And a Card Key labeled "New Mauville Work Site"!
- Vyvyan: Oh? This Card Key seems pretty important... I wonder if there's a convenient plot location where it can be used...
- ΖΖΓ: We are the Zigzagoon Fraternity!
- We are helping our community by providing 100% organically-sourced electricity!
- Santiago: Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
-
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels. -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange. -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course... -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s! -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s!
-
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s!
Really, it's amazing that Mauville can handle the demands, but Wattson was forward-thinking! Back when the city's grid was being overhaulled, we all thought he was crazy, running direct current all the way up to the unit and only switching to AC at the last few feet. Why is that important? -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s!
Really, it's amazing that Mauville can handle the demands, but Wattson was forward-thinking! Back when the city's grid was being overhaulled, we all thought he was crazy, running direct current all the way up to the unit and only switching to AC at the last few feet. Why is that important?
Because direct-current transmission makes it far easier to integrate many disparate electrical generation systems, whether solar, gas, geothermal, tidal, windswept Zigzagoon... -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s!
Really, it's amazing that Mauville can handle the demands, but Wattson was forward-thinking! Back when the city's grid was being overhaulled, we all thought he was crazy, running direct current all the way up to the unit and only switching to AC at the last few feet. Why is that important?
Because direct-current transmission makes it far easier to integrate many disparate electrical generation systems, whether solar, gas, geothermal, tidal, windswept Zigzagoon...
Allowing Mauville to take an all-of-the-above energy generation approach! Even then, it still has to buy power from Slateport and Rustboro on most days. But I guess the push for energy independence is where you come in! -
Ooh! Noble cause! But I can't help but to think that Geothermal electricity would be a slightly more efficient environmentally friendly way to power up the city considering how the vertical construction means that there is proportionately more interior volume per unit of roofspace compared to most cities!
Whereas the New Mauville project already penetrates to depths that provide a measurable thermal gradient, so you can actually generate power while cooling the lower levels.
The city's unified air-conditioning service does save power compared to individual building systems, true, especially as the single-building design minimizes surface area for heat exchange.
Nonetheless, demand for electricity has skyrocketed, what with modern conveniences like computers, jumbo televisions, coffeemakers, and, of course...
Atari 2600s!
Really, it's amazing that Mauville can handle the demands, but Wattson was forward-thinking! Back when the city's grid was being overhaulled, we all thought he was crazy, running direct current all the way up to the unit and only switching to AC at the last few feet. Why is that important?
Because direct-current transmission makes it far easier to integrate many disparate electrical generation systems, whether solar, gas, geothermal, tidal, windswept Zigzagoon...
Allowing Mauville to take an all-of-the-above energy generation approach! Even then, it still has to buy power from Slateport and Rustboro on most days. But I guess the push for energy independence is where you come in!
So! All that to say, you could probably get more bang for your buck by providing organic Geothermal power instead of wind power! (Besides, the sky god can be a bit of a wet blanket, if you know what I mean.) - ΖΖΓ: ...being a wind turbine is a lot more fun than being a heat exchanger.
- Santiago: Oh, oh, to harness the Earth's bounty of energy even more-
- Have you considered going nuclear?
- ΖΖΓ: ...
- Santiago: ...
- ΖΖΓ: ...
- We are the Zigzagoon Fraternity!
- Look at all these old consoles! There's a GameCube, N64, SNES, NES and what you are pretty sure is a Virtual Boy!
- There is one more console to the wayside on the bottom left, but you can't really identify it. It seems to be way before your time.
- Vyvyan: Hmmm... I wonder if the second hand market price for any of these is viable. Barring that, they be an entertaining and cheap investment.
- Especially if it keeps Levi occupied.
- Look at all these old consoles! There's a GameCube, N64, SNES, NES and what you are pretty sure is a Virtual Boy!
- There is one more console to the wayside on the bottom left that catches your attention...
- Santiago: Is that...?
- You take a closer look at the console.
- Santiago: Dios mío! It is! A classic, wood veneer Atari 2600, circa 1976! I remember these, Hah!
- You blow out the dust in the cartridge slot and dust off the wooden finish.
- Santiago: Aw man, I haven't seen one of these in years. I remember all the games I used to play on them!
- Adventure, Pong, Pitfall!, Yars' Revenge, Scolipede, Missile Command, Breakout, Space Invaders, Kaboom!, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Berzerk, Jungle Hunt, Asteroids, Warlords, Combat, River Raid, Atlantis, Joust, Demon Attack...
- A large smile plasters your giddy face
- Santiago: Sir! Do you have any games that come with this Atari console?
- Stall Vendor: Uh... Yes we do! Right over here in this box!
- I'll be honest, you're the first one I've seen who has actually given a second glance to that old thing. Thought I'd never sell it...
- You take a glance into the box and smile.
- Santiago: I'll take the lot! Here!
- You place an obscene amount of money in the clerk's hands
- Stall Vendor: Woah.
- Santiago: Thanks a million!
- Stall Vendor: Yeah, take it all. And by "take it all", I mean you've given me enough money to buy off all my old consoles, games and peripherals. They're yours now.
- Santiago: :D
- -Swipe!-
- Santiago: Levi's gonna love this!
- Stall Vendor: Hello, hello, do look around at my wares.
- Stall Vendor: I'm closing up shop. I can finally retire!
- It's a Wii U Wii U Wii U Wii U Wii U Wii U Wii U.
- You suddenly have Binky stuck in your head.
- It's a Wii and Wii U.
- You already have both of these.
- There's a pile of TVs.
- They probably filmed the Persona 4 theme song here.
- But you haven't gotten around to watching that anime yet.
- But with so many TVs, you could watch all the animes!
- This is incredibly silly.
- There are a bunch of trophies here.
- Buy one, and let all your guests know that Danny Cardighan won the 1995 Verdanturf Pinewood Derby!
- It's a pile of Plushies!
- Some of them really speak to you...
- Sticky: Quite literally.
- Vyvyan: ...that did not just happen.
- Sticky: Whatever you need to stay sane, ma'am.
- Vyvyan: Sir. Sir. ...and I am arguing with a plushie. Stopping now.
- PLUSHIES!
- Some of them really speak to you...
- Sticky: Quite literally.
- Sandy: Ooh, do you have a voice chip?
- Sticky: Nope. Just a sentient plushie.
- Sandy: Oh I see. Keep doing your thing!
- Shopper: I want a plushie...
- Shopper: Don't you love a little fresh air?
- Little Boy: I spent all my money on comic books!
- So now I have one comic book!
- ...it's hard mowing lawns for spare change when Mauville lives indoors now.
- Little Girl:I found a lot of cheap flea-market clothes!
- This will be perfect for my 2017 Valicon cosplay!
- Guys we need to beat Misty!
- Democracy!
- Anarchy!
- Start9!
- Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9! Start9!
- Old Man: Come, missy, and listen to an old man's tale of woe.
- Vyvyan: Again?! >:|
- Old Man: I used to work at Sea Mauville, ages and ages ago. But I still remember it like it was yesterday...
- One of the fellers working under me - can't even recall his name no more - but I can't forget him...
- That careless fool, aye, he made a real hash of things and I had to let him go. Signed the slip myself.
- Not long after he left, though, a letter came for 'im.
- It musta been from someone in his family, judging by the name in the return address.
- I imagine they musta been worrying about him, working out there on the platform alone and so far away.
- But the postmark, see... It was from long after he'd been let go.
- I guess his family never knew the truth of what happened.
- I guess he could never bear to tell the truth of it all... It's a memory that still makes my old heart ache...
- Vyvyan: Wow... that's a rather depressing story old guy
- But then, has anything happy come out of that miserable corporation?
- Old Man: I used to work at Sea Mauville, ages and ages ago. But I still remember it like it was yesterday...
- One of the fellers working under me - can't even recall his name no more - but I can't forget him...
- That careless fool, aye, he made a real hash of things and I had to let him go. Signed the slip myself.
- Not long after he left, though, a letter came for 'im.
- It musta been from someone in his family, judging by the name in the return address.
- I imagine they musta been worrying about him, working out there on the platform alone and so far away.
- But the postmark, see... It was from long after he'd been let go.
- I guess his family never knew the truth of what happened.
- I guess he could never bear to tell the truth of it all... It's a memory that still makes my old heart ache...
- Santiago: Ouch.
- And this is why the ocean sucks.
- Bridget: Oh, hey Vyv
- Vyvyan: Hey, what's the commotion?
- Bridget: <Ah, Levi here got bored of waiting in line. And after attempting to climb over everyone's heads to get in front - pissing off the entire line, he decided to get a Pizza Margherita from the automat here.>
- <Of course, it got stuck>
- <This is what happens when you're constantly an obnoxious little shit, Levi.>
- Levi I'm sorry, who's the Kyogre here?
- Vyvyan: You're not threatening my Gardevoir, are you Levi?
- Levi: Well, he needs to learn to not being rude to gods.
- Bridget: <Yes, since you respected me oh so much to use me as a laboratory Rattata for you "artefact" experiment->
- Levi: THAT WAS ONE TIME!
- Sandy: Pizza still not moving?
- Bridget: <Nope. Though it's kinda cathartic to see Levi be so...>
- Bridget: <..amusingly pathetic>
- Levi: GIMME MY *THUMP* PIZZA YOU *THUMP* STUPID MACHINE! *THUMP*
- Bridget: <Heh...>
- Sandy: O....kay then.
- Sandy: I kinda feel bad for raising his ire now...
- Old Man: 1798...1799...1800- Wait... Did I count that penny twice? Oh dear, better start counting again. 1... 2...
- Levi: OI, GET ON WITH IT!
- Disgruntled Customer: Can you believe how long this line is?!
- And all I want is to get a few extra horseradish packets!
- Impatient Customer: I'm here with my mother. You'd think they wouldn't make an old lady wait!
- Impatient Customer: Are you a lawyer? I need to leave everything to my son if I die of old age in this line.
- SPEED FREAK: ThisLinesGottaGoFasterFasterFasterFasterFaster! Go-go-go-gogo-go-go-go-go!
- Hungry Customer: Ohhh... I'm famished...
- My last meal was... four hours ago!
- Podiatrist: My tummy's rumbling...
- Employee: I'm on break. I hope I don't get written up for being stuck here...
- Unlucky Customer: Just my luck. They mess up my order 5 times, and I still have to keep waiting!
- Irate Customer: I WILL HAVE THEIR HEADS FOR THIS!
- Pollyanna: Isn't this line wonderful?! It means all these people get to eat today!
- Little Girl: I like long lines. I get to watch the whole cartoon on the TV up there!
- Lonely Guy: I bought four meals today hoping someone might be interested in free food...
- But no-one came.. so I ate them all...
- The Gentlemann of Leisure: Ho ho ho! Who am I? Why, I am the Gentlemann of Leisure!
- The Gentlemann of Leisure: I have made my lifelong fortune in the hat business.
- The Gentlemann of Leisure: And now I am dedicated to living my life in full luxury and ease~
- The Gentlemann of Leisure: After all, isn't that what life is for?
- Gentlelady I am quite lucky to have met my husband
- Due to his sucesses in the highly competitive hat business, we have been able to travel the world and live in comfort.
- But yet I can't help to feel that our lives are somewhat...
- Empty...
- Gentlelass: Butler! I would like some king Clauncher served in garlic butter sauce with a side of caviar!
- Stat!
- Xylander: *Munch Munch...*
- Vyvyan: You must be Xylander?
- Xylander: *Crunch Munch...*
- Vyvyan: Xylander?
- Xylander: *Munch...*
- Vyvyan: HEY XERNEAS! TURN AROUND!
- Xylander: !!!
- -*Gulp*- -*Swallow*-
- Xylander: Aha... You must be Vyvyan... the young Rayquaza fellow...
- Xylander: ...
- Xylander: ...Please don't tell any of the other prime legendaries about this.
- Xylander: ...Or my subjects... for that matter...
- Xylander: ... I would never hear the end of it...
- Vyvyan: I won't if you answer me one little thing, kapeesh?
- Xylander: ...Oh?
- Vyvyan: You're the life guy right? So tell me... how would I deal with eternal life?
- Xylander: Ahh. I see your problem here. Immortality is sometimes hard on the gods. Let alone on the apothosised and cursed.
- Xylander: Well, it's slightly different for you. You kept your memories, others like you - such as your partners - have not.
- Xylander: Why do you think we are so often detached from the world around us?
- Xylander: Quite often it's a coping mechanism
- Xylander: Occasionally we leave our domains and dwell in the mortal world.
- Xylander: Sometimes we even makes friends.
- Xylander: So we don't lose sight of who we are
- Xylander: But there is always a wall around those interactions
- Xylander: Otherwise... we'd all go mad.
- Vyvyan: ...
- Xylander: It's harder for you. You're human.
- Vyvyan: I'm a god!
- Xylander: You're 30 years old and haven't aged a day over 27.
- Xylander: When most of us in your league have been around for eons.
- Xylander: To us, you're human.
- Vyvyan: ...So... detatch yourself from humanity...
- Xylander: But don't remove yourself from it.
- Vyvyan: ...Thanks Xylander.
- Xylander: If you want to have longer talks, do come to my place in Kalos. It's always open to weary visitors...
- Xylander: *Munch Munch...*
- Santiago: You must be Xylander?
- Xylander: *Crunch Munch...*
- Santiago: ...Hello?
- Xylander: *Munch...*
- Santiago: XERNEAS!
- Xylander: !!!
- -*Gulp*- -*Swallow*-
- Xylander: Aha... You must be Santiago... the young Groudon fellow...
- Xylander: ...
- Xylander: ...Please don't tell any of the other prime legendaries about this.
- Xylander: ...Or my subjects... for that matter...
- Xylander: ... I would never hear the end of it...
- Santiago: I won't! I just wanted to know if you want to join Yvonne and my self for Spoopy Movie Night!
- Xylander: ...No thanks... Blood makes me queasy... Even if it's cornsyrup blood...
- Santiago: I understand, Levi is the same. He faints at the sight of it, actually.
- Xylander: Amusing, but I must get back to lunch. See you around?
- Santiago: Later~
- Xylander: *Scoff...*
- Rick:: Hey! The name's Rick! The Adventuring Aspect straight from Dashedreams City!
- Rick:: Got outta mental limbo due to the two chicks who live in my old apartment left one of 'dere cookie portals open!
- Rick:: An' it was gettin' kinda lonely in the dumpster...
- Rick: But now I'm out in the real world~
- Rick: Lovin' it so far! Full of DANGER and EXPLORIN' to do!
- Rick: Might solve a mystery~
- Rick: Or re-write history!
- Rick: But ah... I've landed myself in a sorta... sticky situation.
- Rick: Now normally, I don't mind accompying a pretty lady to lunch...
- Rick: But... uh...
- Rick: You know what they say about looks bein' decievin' an' all...
- Rick: She was nice an' conversation until the somethin' was brought up an' then she went... well... unpleasant...
- Rick: I'm afraid that things ain't turning up Rick at the moment.
- Rick: But don't fret! I'll be outta this trouble in a jiffy!
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: ...and let me tell you something, the government needs to stop playing all politically-correct with these extradimensional immigrants!
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: Lowlifes, the whole lot of them, cursing trainers with unnatural formchanges, trying to get the kids to eat cookies before dinner...
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: I bet they're mooching millions of my tax dollars! But does the government do anything?! NO! They're cowards!
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: And for another thing, let me tell you about Dewford Town...
- Rick: *Sigh...*
- Vyvyan: Oh that poor, poor bastard...
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: ...and let me tell you something, the government needs to stop playing all politically-correct with these extradimensional immigrants!
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: Lowlifes, the whole lot of them, cursing trainers with unnatural formchanges, trying to get the kids to eat cookies before dinner...
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: I bet they're mooching millions of my tax dollars! But does the government do anything?! NO! They're cowards!
- Lady Atthe Nextable III: And for another thing, let me tell you about Dewford Town...
- Rick: *Sigh...*
- Santiago Ick. Why on earth is this guy just sitting here and listening to this lady spew bile everywhere?
- Santiago He must be too polite to leave...
- Xu: < Ahh... Isn't my wife beautiful~?>
- Xu: <Even at the dinnertable she handles herself with the daintiness and finesse of only the finest ladies~!>
- Lenore:: *SCOFF* *MUNCH* *SLURP* *CHEW* *CRUNCH*
- Vyvyan: Erm, she's certianly... Out of this world...
- Xu: <Isn't she?>
- Xu: <In fact, that is the theme she went with after she sucessfully applied to be one of Valerie's Furisode Girls>
- Xu: <We're on honeymoon from Kalos you see~>
- Vyvyan: ...Wut?
- Xu: <Oh! You wan't to know that story?>
- Xu: <Go ask her! She tells it like a true poet~>
- Vyvyan: O...kay then....
- Xu: < Ahh... Isn't my wife beautiful~?>
- Xu: <Even at the dinnertable she handles herself with the daintiness and finesse of only the finest ladies~!>
- Xu: *SCOFF* *MUNCH* *SLURP* *CHEW* *CRUNCH*
- Santiago: Heh Heh... You really love her, don't you?
- Xu: <I have been infatuated with her since the moment we met~>
- Xu: <It's been around two years now>
- Santiago: How did you two get married, if you don't mind me asking.
- Santiago: I don't know many places that do Pokemon weddings...
- Xu: <Laverre is a little more lax about that stuff>
- Xu: <Plus Lenore has a little more clout as one of Valerie's Furisode Girls>
- Santiago: That's prestigious! How did she become a Gym Trainer?
- Xu: <Go ask her! She tells it like a true storyteller~>
- Santiago: I shall! Thanks Archeops!
- Lenore: *Munch, munch, munch* <Oh! Hey! HELLO THERE~!>
- Lenore: < My name is Lenore! Gym Trainer under Valerie and critically acclaimed children's author!>
- Lenore: <Though currently on honeymoon with Xu dearest~>
- Vyvyan: ...You're an author and a gym trainer...? How...?
- Lenore: <Yes! I write my anthologies in human! Namely in [English] or [Japanese] >
- Lenore: <Sometimes I wonder how humans can type without
boxing gloves onheadhands of their own> - Vyvyan: ...Right
- Vyvyan: But... Gym trainer... you're a Po-
- Lenore: <Got my license back in Celdaon by wearing a trenchcoat and a silly moustache o3o>
- Vyvyan: ...
- Vyvyan: ...But, you can speak human right? Otherwise how do you communica-
- Lenore: <By growling and gesturing wildly I can immitate human speech>
- Lenore: <In fact, my co-workers don't even know I'm a Pokemon yet!>
- Vyvyan: ...
- Lenore: o3o
- Vyvyan: ...
- Lenore: o3o
- Vyvyan: ...I need to sit down...
- Lenore: *Munch, munch, munch* <Oh! Hey! HELLO THERE~!>
- Lenore: < My name is Lenore! Gym Trainer under Valerie and critically acclaimed children's author!>
- Lenore: <Though currently on honeymoon with Xu dearest~>
- Santiago: Neat! So! How did you become a Gym Trainer in Laverre?
- Lenore: <Well, me and Xu dearest were travelling around Kalos at the time>
- Lenore: <And the lovely country had all the most positively ADORABLE little Pokemon I have ever seen!>
- Lenore: <Under closer inspection, a lot of my new Pokemon came under the the new "Fairy Type">
- Lenore: <And I heard that there was a Fairy Type Guym in Laverre!>
- Lenore: <So I just had to scope things out!>
- Lenore: <And when I got there, my gosh>
- Lenore: <It was a Great.>
- Lenore: <It was a Great. Big.>
- Lenore: <It was a Great. Big. ADORABLE.>
- Lenore: <It was a Great. Big. ADORABLE. DOLLHOUSE!>
- Lenore: <WITH MATCHING, ADORABLE CLOTHES!.>
- Lenore: <EEEEEEEE!>
- Lenore: <I just had to be a part of it. So I trained long and hard for admission to become a Furisode Girl>
- Lenore: <One thing led to another and lo and behold, I got the job!>
- Lenore: <Part of admission was making my own furisode. So I crafted up this galactic gown!>
- Lenore: <And fittingly, I got the observatory to go with!>
- Lenore: <And that's the story how
EquestriaKalos was made!> - Santiago: ...
- Santiago: Wow...
- Santiago: You NEED to tell me another story sometime!
- Lenore: <Would be happy to oblige! It's the other half of what I do!>
- Santiago: Yay! :D
- Worker: Interestin' OHSA up there by the pizza automat, innit?
- Worker: That Jeal Kovacs... she's a well known activist fer worker's rights.
- Worker: Her bro meant a lot to her.
- Worker: Funnily enough, my older bro worked with hers in the way back when.
- Worker: 'e said that the guy was funny one.
- Worker: ' A total scrapper 'e was, and a bit of a troublemaker. With a fiery disposition and the thickest accent that folks couldn't make heads or tails from.
- Musta been new to the region at the time.
- Worker: 'parently he earned the nickname "Pinky" on board. Firstly because he wasn't the most imposing fella, an' secondly because he had these bright pink eyes
- Worker: Bro said 'e was one of the most interestin' blokes 'es ever met
- Worker: But alas, 'parently he go inta a great big mess. Left 'im unfit to work, it did
- Worker: So they let 'im go. No compensation of course
- Worker: Turned 'im out into the street t' be food fer the dogs.
- Worker: For the family, it musta been devastatin'.
- Worker: Specially fo a young, lil Jeal.
- Worker: Mauville was a downright malicious compnay, it was.
- Worker: Wattson's good work was the only decent thing to come outta it
- Worker: But I'll tell yah, this sprout.
- Worker:Devon Corp ain't really that much better...
- It has been over 15 years since the Sea Mauville rig was shut down.
- Many people have already forgotten the hell there, but I have not. I cannot.
- Sea Mauville took my brother from me. Literally and figuratively, he was chewed up by the system and spat out.
- Seventeen-hour days, ineffectual safety procedures, superficial medical attention...
- He was driven to and over the brink of sanity, turned out onto the streets to live a future already destroyed.
- We never found what became of him.
- Now is not the time to relax regulations. Industrial workers are not "lucky Ducklett".
- These people have human dignity. These people have families.
- Fight for their bright future.
- Do it for them.
- Do it for the families.
- Do it for Joshua.
- — Jael Kovacs
- Vyvyan: What a musty old poster.
- Vyvyan: But yeesh. No wonder dad never mentioned anything about Sea Mauville.
- It seemed that it and New Mauville were something of an old shame for the company.
- ...
- Not that we really talked often anyway...
- It has been over 15 years since the Sea Mauville rig was shut down.
- Many people have already forgotten the hell there, but I have not. I cannot.
- Sea Mauville took my brother from me. Literally and figuratively, he was chewed up by the system and spat out.
- Seventeen-hour days, ineffectual safety procedures, superficial medical attention...
- He was driven to and over the brink of sanity, turned out onto the streets to live a future already destroyed.
- We never found what became of him.
- Now is not the time to relax regulations. Industrial workers are not "lucky Ducklett".
- These people have human dignity. These people have families.
- Fight for their bright future.
- Do it for them.
- Do it for the families.
- Do it for Joshua.
- — Jael Kovacs
- Santiago: *wibble* How sad... *sniff*
- Santiago: ~*liek if u*~ Family should never be split like that... ~*crie errytime*~
- Levi: My current predicament has stirred something in me.
- You might say... my poetic muse.
- So without further ado
- ♬♬ Here is Levi's Ode to Pizza~
- HEY! I'm singing here! Let ME advance the text boxes! (No seriously: This part is autoscrolling, fingers off the keys)
- You'll just mess the song timing up!
- *AHEM!*
- ♬ I'm going to buy a Pizza! ♬
- ♬ Look at me I'm at the auto ♬
- ♬ Look at me I'm at the auto-mat ♬
- ♬ Look at me I'm at the auto-mat, now! ♬
- ♬ I just put my coooiins ♬
- ♬ I just put my coooiins, in!♬
- ♬ And I am hungry to the bone~ ♬
- ♬ So while I wait I start to sing, ♬
- ♬ So while I wait I start to sing, the song of my people! ♬
- ♬ I've known it since I was a ♬
- ♬ I've known it since I was a baby! ♬
- ♬ Let's sing the piz ♬
- ♬ Let's sing the pizza ♬
- ♬ Let's sing the pizza song! ♬
- So
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HAHA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HAHA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HAHA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATAW~! ♬
- ?
- ♬ Wait, why did this just stop now?! ♬
- ♬ Oh this is all so wrong! ♬
- ♬ I only want a Piiii ♬
- ♬ I only want a Piiiizza!! ♬
- ♬ That's what I came here for! ♬
- NO!
- ♬ A sandwich is for babies! ♬
- ♬ And steak is also bad! ♬
- ♬ So I sing a song for pizza~ ♬
- ♬ So sing with me my friends! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HAHA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ COME ON! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATA, OH HAHA! ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA ♬
- ♬ YATATATATA, YATATATATA, YATATATATATATATATAW~! ♬
- Levi: My current predicament has stirred something in me.
- You might say... my poetic muse.
- But your sound is disabled, so maybe another time.
- Levi: Should I get you a chupaqueso?
- Snowman: Welcome to the Jean-ome Project!
- Snowman: We specalize in clothes coloured BLUE, GREEN and AQUAMARINE
- Snowman: Also PINK and BLACK
- Snowman: Our BLACK line of products have been quite popular amoung the alternative crowd~
- Snowman: Who knew you could make a mint off goffs?
- Vyvyan: GREEN huh? I could use a new hoodie, this one is kinda old...
- Snowman: I'm sorry, we're not open for business yet~ Come back in, say... 3 months~!
- Vyvyan: If you're not open yet why are you advertising your products?
- Snowman: Don't question a business woman~!
- Snowman: Welcome to the Jean-ome Project!
- Snowman: We specalize in clothes coloured BLUE, GREEN and AQUAMARINE
- Snowman: Also PINK and BLACK
- Snowman: Our BLACK line of products have been quite popular amoung the alternative crowd~
- Snowman: Who knew you could make a mint off goffs?
- Santiago: Aww... You don't stock clothes in more... earthly tones?
- Santiago: No RED, YELLOW, ORANGE or BROWN?
- Snowman: I'm sorry, we're just not interested in stocking those tones at this time
- Snowman: Though now that you have expressed interest, we may stock those items in the far future.
- Santiago: Bummer.
- Hey! It's an old toolbox!
- The paint has chipped and the tools inside are rusty.
- There is even some moss on the underside.
- It appears that it hasn't been used in a long time...
- The Jean-ome Project! - Opening in the near or far furture.
- We aren't sure which.
- It's full of trash
- No Great Ball in sight.
- It's Empty
- Why are you rummaging around garbage anyway?
- How unsanitary
- It's a complete map of the Hoenn Region!
- It's a long way from the Embedded Tower back in Johto...
- And currently you're in the centre of it
- But Mauville ain't what she used to be...
- This is an automat
- It's like a food vending machine.
- In this case, it makes pizza.
- Totally ordinary. Nothing to break into song over.
- CLA: I don't get it...
- Where are the workers?
- It's like this place has been abandoned for thirty years...
- Scanner: Beep Boop. Please Hold Still For Retinal Scan.
- ...
- ... ...
- ... ... ...
- Scan Complete. 100% Match For...
- Nobody!
- You Don't Exist. Go Away.
- Vyvyan: Don't exist, eh?
- Isn't the first time something tied to Mauville Co. has treated me like thin air...
- Scanner: Beep Boop. Please Hold Still For Retinal Scan.
- ...
- ... ...
- ... ... ...
- Scan Complete. 100% Match For...
- SANTIAGO
- SANTIAGO BALTASAR
- SANTIAGO BALTASAR RUIZ
- SANTIAGO BALTASAR RUIZ DE
- SANTIAGO BALTASAR RUIZ DE TIERRA
- You Are 99999999 Seconds Late For Work.
- Please Report To Supervisor For Discipline.
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: !!!
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: T-T-T-That name!
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: That name... it must be my name!
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: But how?
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: Though I named myself Santiago... but it did feel familiar...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: Urgh... I don't feel too good
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: My head feels like it's splitting in half...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: What is happening to me...?
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: I feel like I'm being washed over by a wave of familiar things...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: Like... memories...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: ...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: ... ...
- Santiago Ruiz de Tierra: ... ... ...These memories.
- Sofia: ¿Te lleno de ropa interior de recambio, mijo? (Have you packed spare underwear, mijo?)
- Sandy: Abuelita, te he dicho, he empaqué dobles repuestos. ¡Y doble de los recambios! (Abuelita, I've told you, I've packed double spares. And then double THOSE spares.)
- Maria: Santi, sólo queremos estar doblemente seguro de que usted está preparado. Vas muy lejos ... y por mucho tiempo también ... (Santi, we just want to make doubly sure that you're prepared. You are going far away... and for a long time too...)
- Sandy: Mari, es sólo por dos años, y ambos sabemos que necesitamos el dinero que Mauville Co. está ofreciendo ahora. (Mari, it's only for two years, and we both know we need the money Mauville Co. is offering right now.)
- Sofia: Sólo quiero que estés a salvo, mijo. Está al otro lado del océano ... ¿Venden ropa interior extra allí? ¿Y si todos llevan faldas escocesas? Tal vez debes traer un poco más de repuestos. (I just want you to be safe, mijo. It's across the ocean... do they even sell extra underwear there? What if they all wear kilts? Maybe you should bring a few more spares.)
- Maria: Abuela, la cultura Hoennese puede ser diferente de la nuestra, pero han occidentalizado con los años. (Abuela, Hoennese culture may be different from ours, but they have westernized over the years.)
- Estoy bastante seguro de que tienen la ropa interior para vender debe Santi necesita más. (I'm pretty sure they have underwear to sell there should Santi need any more.)
- No, lo que me preocupa es tu salud Santi. He oído que Mauville Co. no ha tenido los mejores procedimientos de OSHA para sus empleados. (No, what I'm worried about is your health Santi. I've heard that Mauville Co. hasn't had the best OSHA procedures for it's employees.)
- Los rumores que rodean Sea Mauville han sido particularmente condenatorios... (The rumours surrounding Sea Mauville have been particularly damning...)
- Esteban: Sí, he oído que, como, les hacen dormir afuera en la lluvia y les cobran por la desecación de su lecho. (Yeah, I heard they, like, make you sleep outside in the rain and charge you for drying out your bed.)
- Juan: ¡Esto haría un programa de entrenamiento increíble! (That would make an awesome training program!)
- Manuel: No deberías estar trabajando para el establecimiento, hombre! Esos tipos están atentos a aplastar chicos como nosotros! (You shouldn't be working for the establishment, man! Those guys are out to quash guys like us!)
- Son todo lo que se opone! (They're everything we stand against!)
- Sandy: Chicos, ¡están asustando Abuelita! (Guys, you're scaring Abuelita!)
- Estaré bien; los buenos electricistas son escasos, es necesario que me cuiden. (I'll be fine; good electricians are in short supply, they need me taken care of.)
- Alejandro: Eso espero ... ¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti para construir fuentes de poder para mis robots ?! (I sure hope so... what will I do without you to build power supplies for my robots?!)
- Sandy: ¡Hah! ¡Eres inteligente Alejo! Estoy bastante seguro de que usted puedes desarrollar tu propia fuente de poder para tus cachivaches para el momento que llegue a casa. (Hah! You're clever Alejo! I'm pretty sure you can develop your own power source for your doo-dads and knick-knacks by the time I get home.)
- Y van a ser más grande y mejor que todos! (And they'll be bigger and better than ever!)
- ¡Juanito, estoy seguro que cuando vuelva habrás agrietada en el gran momento! ¡Si no se convierta en una estrella! (Juanito, I'm sure when I get back you will have cracked into the big time! If not become a star!)
- Manolo, Yo conozco tus sentimientos hacia los grandes negocios establecidos y otros sistemas no son los más halagador. (Manolo, I know your feelings towards big established business and other systems aren't the most flattering.)
- Pero necesitamos todo el dinero que podamos conseguir en este momento, ya veces tienes que tomar el azúcar con la amarga píldora. (But we need all the money we can get at the moment, and sometimes you have to take the sugar with the bitter pill.)
- Y Esteban, eres normalmente mucho mejor que la simple difusión del miedo. (And Esteban, you're normally a lot better than simple fearmongering.)
- Esteban: Aw, Tiago, sabes que estoy siendo gracioso. Sólo ... mantener su ingenio por ahí, de todos modos, ¿de acuerdo? (Aw, Tiago, you know I'm being facetious. Just... keep your wits out there, all the same, OK?)
- Sandy: Por supuesto, y en su defecto, tendré Alebrije que estar atento a mí, no voy a muchacho? (Of course, and failing that, I'll have Alebrije to watch out for me, won't I boy?)
- Alebrije: Nido Niiiii Nio!
- Manuel: Pero este manual política de la empresa dice Pokémon ni siquiera se permitió en el sitio! ¿Qué tipo de regla sin alma es esa? (But this company policy manual says Pokémon aren't even allowed on site! What kind of soulless rule is that?)
- Esteban: Por supuesto, lo que los jefes no saben no puede hacerles daño... (Of course, what the boss-men don't know can't hurt them...)
- Sofia: Oh, Alebrije! Casi se me olvida su Rhydon estará allí con usted. Cuida bien de mijo! (Oh, Alebrije! I almost forgot your Rhydon will be there with you. Take good care of mijo!)
- Sandy: Abuelita! Alebrije es un Nidoking! ¿Usted ha conseguido sus gafas de Stadium en? (Abuelita! Alebrije is a Nidoking! Have you got your Stadium specs on?)
- Sofia: Ah, sí? ... eh, no, esto es mi pareja mayor, de GB Óptica ... (Oh? ...huh, no, this is my older pair, from GB Optics...)
- Juan: Hey, al menos usted no pensó que era un Kangaskhan esta vez! (Hey, at least you didn't think he was a Kangaskhan this time!)
- Manuel: O, Dios no lo quiera, una Nidoqueen. ¿Por qué tanta mons tienen esas siluetas similares? (Or, heaven forbid, a Nidoqueen. Why do so many mons have such similar silhouettes?)
- Sandy: De todos modos, mejor digo mis adioses ahora. Que debería partir para mi nave pronto ... (Anyway, I better say my goodbyes now. I should be departing for my ship soon...)
- Esteban: Hey. Tiago...
- Sandy: Voy a estar de vuelta antes de que te des cuenta, Esteban. (I'll be back before you know it, Esteban.)
- Alejandro: ¡Electrifícalos, Iago! (Electrify them, Iago!)
- Sandy: Estudia duro, Alejandro! (Study hard, Alejandro!)
- Manuel: ...Tio
- No dejes que te asolaron Tio. (Don't let them beat ya' down Tio.)
- Sandy: Me aseguraré de que Lolo. (I'll make sure of it Lolo.)
- Juan: Nos encargamos de casa Diego! No te preocupes por eso! (We'll hold down the fort, Diego! Don't worry about a thing!)
- Maria: Ahora ahora. Todo lo que has dicho adiós, es hora de que se vayan. Abuela necesita descansar y tengo que centrarse en la cena de esta noche! Shoo, shoo! (Now, now. You've all said your goodbyes, it's time for you to leave. Abuela needs her rest and I need to focus on dinner tonight! Shoo, shoo!)
- Sofia: MIJO!
- ... no creo que se pueda escaparse sin dar su Abuelita un abrazo! (...don't think you can sneak out without giving your Abuelita a hug!)
- Sandy: Abuelita! No me sueño de él! (Abuelita! I wouldn't dream of it!)
- Maria:Abuela! No se tensione demasiado, usted necesita todo lo demás que usted puede conseguir! (Abuela! Don't stress yourself out too much, you need all the rest you can get!)
- Sofia: Tengo bastante más que decir adiós a Mijo... (I have enough left to say goodbye to mijo...)
- Maria: Por supuesto, pero me preocupo por toda mi familia. (Of course, but I worry about all of my family.)
- Especialmente ustedes dos en el momento. Tenga cuidado de Santi, y escribir a menudo! (Especially you two at the moment. Take care Santi, and write often!)
- Sandy: Lo haré! Prometo! Si no hay una palabra de mí en un mes, voy a pagar para que usted venga todo el camino hacia Hoenn sólo para que pueda lanzar sus chanclas a mí. (I will! I promise! If there is no word from me in a month, I will pay for you to come all the way over to Hoenn just so you can throw your slippers at me.)
- Aunque tome en cuenta los retrasos postales. o3o (Though do take into account postage delays. o3o)
- Maria: Hmm, ¿cuánto me recuerdas a Papi, Santi. Ahora necesito para traer la medicina de abuela de su habitación. Nos veremos de nuevo... en dos años... (Hmm, how much you remind me of Papi, Santi. Now I need to fetch abuela's medicine from her room. I'll see you again... in two years...)
- Sandy: Y cuando vuelva vamos a tener la fiesta más grande jamás! ¿Suena eso bien, Mari? (And when I get back we'll have the biggest fiesta ever! That sound good, Mari?)
- Maria: Por supuesto, Santi. Por supuesto. (Of course, Santi. Of course.)
- Sandy: Adiós Abuelita Sofía. (Goodbye Abuelita Sofia.)
- Sofia: Santiago ... eres un hombre. Sé fuerte. Sé que lo harás. (Santiago... you are a man now. Be strong. I know you will.)
- Santiago: ...
- Working for Mauville was... taxing.
- I thought at the time that I shouldn't complain. After all...
- Most workers on the Mauville projects had it far rougher than me.
- For most, overtime was unheard of, because the word lost any meaning through constant use.
- But Wattson led the electrician division personally. He looked out for us, in a way...
- He'd butt heads with the beancounters, and got us a 9-hour shift cap. At the expense of scrimping on safety gear...
- If a good man enables an evil system but stops it from being as evil as it could be...
- ...I couldn't hate the guy, anyways. And the cave-in did rattle him.
- ...of course, that's nothing compared to what I went through.
- Eighteen hours pinned down there.
- I got two days of leave, then back on the job.
- I kept the leg, but my knee was never the same again...
- The bum knee wasn't nearly as distressing as the way the job dragged on, though.
- Two years became three, then three and six months.
- Inside, I was actually... grateful that the project got mothballed. It meant I could go home.
- My ship home departed from Lilycove, since the port in Slateport was under renovation at the time.
- So I had to take the long, winded and wild road to Lilycove with a bust up knee-
- since it was gonna be a cold day in hell before Mauville paid for transport.
- Of course, while hobbling along, it was my grand luck that I would get abducted by that Groudon cult skulking along the way...
- ???: Hey, how about this guy?
- ???: He seems to be the right stature and physique for the job.
- ??.: Not that that matters much, most of the others have died and they looked much fitter than him.
- ?!?: Not to mention if our sources are correct, he was among those foreign workers on that blasphemous New Mauville project.
- ?!!: He'll learn to respect the land alright.
- ?!?: And look, he has a crutch and brace. He won't give chase, and if he does, he wont get very far.
- ??.: I still think we're grasping at straws here...
- ???: But wait, if we kidnapped him, won't that be a cause for...
- ??.: He's an immigrant. No one will care if he goes missing...
- ?!?: Well then, get out the rags and position yourselves.
- ?!?: Oh and take out the Nidoking first. He will be much harder to take care of than the cripple...
- ???: Sandy?
- Levi: Yo Sandy!
- Saaaaaaandy?
- Levi: HEY! EARTH TO SANDY!
- Santiago: Huh?
- Levi: Oh! Hey! You finally decided to join the realm of the living again, eh? Snapped out of that trance of yours, yeah?
- Santiago: Trance?
- Levi: Yeah, Vyv found you hung over in the New Mauville basement.
- Vyvyan: Yeah, you were just sitting there. Eyes up towards the ceiling and unblinking. Kinda weird if you ask me
- Bridget: <Even by our standards.>
- <We are a bunch of weird buggers, after all.>
- Santiago: How did you know I was there?
- Vyvyan: The Absol said you managed to open the gate.
- Bridget: <It was quite a suprise to us>
- Curious, as the retina scanner rejected me...
- Levi: Ah The place is Paleozoic anyway, the retina machine is probably bunk by now. *munch*
- Santiago: Actually-
- Levi: Hey, Sandy, is something wrong buddy? You sound off. *crunch*
- Vyvyan: And come to think about it, you sound completely different.
- Bridget: <Yeah, you got a bit of a very south-of-the-border twang->
- Levi: Yeah! Where did you pick up the accent? That's new. *chew*
- Santiago: Well you see-
- Santiago: ...Levi, what on earth are you eating? It looks like a cardiac arrest.
- Levi: After my pizza got stuck in the automat (;_;), I went back in line and, lo and behold, Old Man Pennies had paid for his meal! So I was able to get my double down triple stacked burger!
- Santiago: ...that looks like something Juan would eat before a game.
- Vyvyan: Juan?
- Bridget: <Huh...?>
- Levi: *Spittakes* Juan? Who's he? Is there someone else you aren't telling us about?!
- Is he a Lugia? He'd better not be a Lugia!
- Dumb king of seagulls...
- Bridget: <...>
- <Well that went everywhere.>
- Vyvyan: I'm going to have to clean that up, aren't I.
- Santiago: Well, you see. Juan... es mi hermanito.
- Vyvyan: ...What?
- Bridget: <No hablo español>
- Levi: Since when did you learn [Spanish]? [English/Japanese?] please.
- Santiago: ...My little brother, Levi. :/
- Vyvyan: ...Santiago... you and Levi told me you couldn't remember anything that happened before you hatched from those strange eggs...
- Bridget: <*What do you think happened down there Vyv?*>
- Vyvyan: *I think we're going to find out who one of our cohorts really is.*
- Santiago: Isn't that interesting... well, it's coming back now.
-
Ahem... hello. My name is Santiago Baltasar Ruiz de Tierra.
You killed my father. Prepare to die. - I... was born in $PUERTO_ÁNGEL, $OAXACA in $MEXICO
- ... in 1953.
- Levi: !!!
- Bridget: <Wow. What a bombshell.>
- Get out! You're- OLD!
- Vyvyan: You're probably as old as him, Levi. How long were you in those eggs?
- Levi: Noooooooooooooo!
- Santiago: Don't worry shrimp, we can be terrors together in the retirement home.
- Levi: Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
- Bridget: <Oh geez :/.>
- Santiago: ...If we aged, that is.
- Levi: Noooooooooooooo!
- Santiago: ANYWAYS... we moved to Unova while I was still a muchacho. I got stuffed in that egg coming home after work stopped on the New Mauville Project, which I had taken an electrician job with in order to support...
- To support...
- Levi: Sandy? What's wrong? You've gone a bit pale...
- Levi: ...considering your usual complexion.
- Santiago: ...there's... no way abuelita could be alive anymore...
- Vyvyan Abuelita?
- Santiago: Grandma...
- and Maria... Juan... Esteban... Alejandro... Manuel...
- I promised them I would return in two years and- and-
- ...
- Levi: ...
- Vyvyan ...
- Bridget: <...>
- Santiago: ...and Alebrije... Erico... what happened to you...?
- Vyvyan: ...
- Bridget:<...>
- Levi: ...
- Levi: ...here... I got this double beef cheeseburger and large fries smothered in chocolate sauce and ice cream for you.
- Santiago got (1) Cardiac Arrest Waiting To Happen from Levi!
- Santiago: Thanks...
- Levi: ...
- Vyvyan ...
- Bridget: <...>
- Santiago: ...Thirty years.
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~Fin~
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Credits:
- Zigzagoon macro by littlenorwegians
- Heavy's Pizza Song (Instrumental Version) by RubberFruit, TheLivingTombstone, and 2007excalibur2007
- New Mauville 8-bit music by Gavi Drone
- Pallet Town (Music Box Version) by JoshuaSaundersMusic
- Santiago and Levi sprite bases by Eskay64
- Yvonne text by Umbramatic
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