16 [VIDEO/TEXT/ACTION FOR BLACKTHORN]

[enjoymyatelier]

[There's something a bit strange happening on the network today. It's possibly a video feed, but it keeps turning on and off and it's impossible to tell what's going on for the most part... and there's an odd, loud chewing sound.

...well, given Pokemon, it isn't too hard to figure out what's likely going on there, but eventually it seems as though the Gear is turned around enough in the unwitting cameramon's mouth that the surroundings can be made out, albeit with liberal application of shakycam.

It appears to be a bathhouse --- specifically the indoor section of the hot springs in Blackthorn, to anyone who's familiar --- and it's currently filled with what appear to be baby Tyrannosaurs, which would be super cute if it didn't appear that they were getting into the lockers and chewing on some poor sap's coat and various belongings and generally causing massive property damage.

...a fair number of them seem to be heading into the actual bath portion, too, and after several have wandered in, Kayneth storms out, clad in a towel and swim trunks, and freezes.

For he is the poor sap whose coat one of the Tyrunt is currently chewing on.

It's him.]

This... what is this!?

[...the gear drops and is now facing the ceiling, but audio can still be heard, along with the sound of someone heading over... towards the lockers.]

Don't think you're getting away with this, you little pests! By the time I'm done with you, you're going to wish ---!

[...and then the feed cuts off, as a tiny dinosaur has walked on the Gear.]

-----

[Some time after that, Kayneth is sitting on a bench by the door, looking a bit forlornly outside. He is still wearing swim trunks and not about to brave a thunderstorm with hail in this sort of getup, so he just... waits for the storm to let up.

At least his Serperior's present, giving the other Tyrunt in the building nasty looks... and at least, quite surprisingly, his Gear still works. So... to pass the time...]

I do apologize for the scene earlier --- that was a bit of an embarrassment, really. Someone saw the dinosaurs out in the rain and decided that, yes, they absolutely needed to weather the storm in the hot springs.

And of course, all the employees are fine with it, because people in this world are just too kindhearted for their own good. What utter nonsense will tomorrow bring, I wonder...

Comments

[berkthorn]

[Someone doesn't mind their new wild companions, but all the same...]

I can't believe a dinosaur is the closest thing to a new dragon we've seen. We're in Blackthorn!

[His bitty Noibat sinks her teeth into his hand because PAY ATTENTION TO ME I'M A DRAGON but since she's been clawing him up for over a week now, he doesn't even bother to look.]

[enjoymyatelier]

Hah, well, clearly you haven't become accustomed to this place's sense of humor quite yet.

Just watch as we find out that the keychain evolves into a key-hoarding dragon or something along those lines.

[berkthorn]

It wouldn't be that horrible to me, would it? I didn't keep the keyring one.

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, who knows. Maybe if that happens you'll regret that you passed it up.

...Likely not, though.

[berkthorn]

I already missed the Goomy and that's bad enough. I guess if something turns out to be a dragon, I could always ask someone to trade or for an egg...

Was there any kind you were hoping would come around, or are they all pretty weird, to you?

[enjoymyatelier]

I still can't believe that thing is a Dragon. If anything suggests that we should be on the lookout for unsuspecting candidates, that's it.

I actually rather liked a lot of them, actually. Every day this month, I've been really interested to to see what showed up in some corner of Johto or Kanto.

[berkthorn]

I don't know, I think it's cute enough to be one.

[If that was the criteria, far too many pokemon would be dragons.]

You must have picked up a lot of them, then. Good thing the PCs have more space for pokemon, huh? Are there others like the Carbun and the keyring?

[enjoymyatelier]

I think that's more a common trait of Pokemon in general, not just dragons.

And yes, I did, actually. ...ah, are you talking about the strange dragon resistance, actually? Because I've actually seen that crop up in a completely unexpected Pokemon...

[berkthorn]

Oh yeah? Which one?

[enjoymyatelier]

Did you happen to see the tiny white things with the flowers?

Those... would be it.

[berkthorn]

That's it, I'm leaving Johto.

[...Well...]

Unless it's a matter of allergies, then it's okay.

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, who knows, that could be it.

Granted, it could just be a resistance, so it wouldn't be terribly difficult to compensate by using attacks of other types.

[berkthorn]

Yeah, a good Fire Fang or Return takes care of the problem. I think even Scratch would do the job, with the low levels of these new pokemon. It's just ridiculous that something can stand up to a dragon like that. It's nothing to sneeze at, I'll tell you that.

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, everything has its weaknesses, after all. Dragon Pokemon tend to be individually strong, as well, even disregarding the strengths that come with the type's advantages and comparative lack of disadvantages... so it remains to be seen if these new Pokemon have solid representatives or if that's their only real drawing point.