Second Bond - Blackouts stop nothing [action]

[planetary_bonds]

[If he's going to train, he's going to go train. Even if that leads to Rally futilely trying to harass all the ghost Pokemon swarms, as he always does. The little Eevee is so easily distracted sometimes, and hordes of Pokemon that it can't touch are an ample distraction.

Eventually, it would end up scaring at least one of them, wouldn't it? Thankfully, Yuusei was able to get Rally to behave after a while, and even make friends with the little ghost.

Which means that when Yuusei comes back to where he's staying with Crow and Kurt, he has a newly captured Golett following him.]

Comments

[os_blackbird]

His ghost senses are tingling-

"Eh?" Is that-

"You got one of the ghosts that's been swarming around?"

usagi you need to stop being so fast

[planetary_bonds]

Ah. Rally wouldn't leave it alone.

[Indignant 'veeee's coming from the Eevee. He totally wasn't like that at all. >T]

i refuse 8U

[os_blackbird]

"Huh." He's just staring at it, uh.

"Kinda reminds me of an oni..." Crow no-

[planetary_bonds]

Oni?

[He muses, then shrugs.]

I couldn't use the Pokedex function to tell me what it was, but Ryuushi's Charge Beam didn't work on it, so it must be part-Ground. I was hoping to use the reference books here to find out.

[os_blackbird]

"He's definitely ghost as well," Crow mutters.

"Oni are ghosts with solid form," he continues with a shrug. "A lot of the ones with shaman partners have an armor of sort over them."

[planetary_bonds]

Hn. Interesting. [Solid ghosts.] But they're still invisible?

[And while he asks that, walking over to a nearby bookshelf to look up his Pokemon.]

[os_blackbird]

"Yep! Ghost pokemon seem to be visible most of the time anyways though, and they're still sorta alive..."

It's a weird and blurred line okay.

[planetary_bonds]

If anything, they seem to be living creatures that share the characteristics that are usually associated with ghosts...or am I wrong?

[Regardless, leafing through the book now.]

[os_blackbird]

"Er... Sort of?"

"That's the thing- living as they are, they're also technically dead. Just look at the 'Yamask'! They were human once, according to this world's devices. Not to mention, that thing," Aiapaec adds, hissing toward the spiritomb which Crow seems to have taken to carrying out of the pokeball.

"Hey you leave her outta this!"

"I refuse."

[planetary_bonds]

Nnn, you have a point. Some Ghost-types really do seem to be ghosts, based on their descriptions and origins...

[And he blinks, once he reaches the page he's searching for.]

Hn. Interesting.

[os_blackbird]

"What is?"

Aiapaec beats him to the punch- "Well now. You've adopted a golem." It's hard to tell if that's disdain or apathy he's speaking with...

[planetary_bonds]

Is that what they're called? Hn.

[Somehow, it does fit with what the description of this new Pokemon.]

It says here that this species is identified as Golett.

[os_blackbird]

Aiapaec snorts. "The creativity of this world knows no bounds..."

"That's great, what the heck is a golem," Crow grumbles to the spirit.

"A stone or metal being given life at the cost of a soul; I've seen a few even regain the consciousness of the soul in question, it's quite interesting..."

The look on Crow's face says exactly what his thoughts on Aiapaec's definition of 'interesting' are.

[planetary_bonds]

Hn... [Yuusei gains a slightly worried expression as he keeps reading.]

It says that they were created by the science of an ancient civilization out of clay, but no one has been able to identify exactly what kind of energy it is...although according to you, Aiapec...

[Silence.] Its species have been 'active' for thousands of years... [He turns the page and raises an eyebrow.] They can breed and evolve, despite being artificially created, apparently.

[os_blackbird]

". . . They have genders..?"

HOW...

[planetary_bonds]

Actually, they don't.

[...What.]

[os_blackbird]

"Yet... They can breed."

[planetary_bonds]

Ah.

[Honestly, the book had him at "they evolve."]

[os_blackbird]

Staring.

Staring...

"I'm sticking to the contests, this is..." WOWWWW.

But Crow, you're supposed to-

[planetary_bonds]

...You really weren't thinking when you signed up for this, were you.

[os_blackbird]

ACCUSATORY POINT.

"No one told me there were breeding rocks involved okay?"

WHAT DID YOU THINK BOLDORE WERE...

[planetary_bonds]

Crow. The license was a breeder's license.

[os_blackbird]

"And I'll do that."

Beat.

"With birds."

Calima gives a curious nudge at that-

"..Also ghosts I guess."

Crow, you forgot that the golett-

[planetary_bonds]

[Yuusei raises an eyebrow, but before he can point out that Golett is a ghost...]

Go-go~!

[Guess what Calima is playing with at your feet, Crow. Guess.]

[os_blackbird]

He gives one look at that before looking back up with a strangely broken smile.

"Yuusei? Can I have my book back..?" TIME TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT-

Meanwhile Calima seems to enjoy misting in and out of the little Golett's joints ohohoh.