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[ Aradia's sitting at a table with a sizeable stack of books and her binder opened to red-inked notes that can't be read clearly on the screen. She's got the pokegear propped up against something, and she smiles absently, clearly ordering her thoughts. ]

Hello! This is Aradia. I've been doing some reading - well, I suppose it's rather a lot of reading? - about the legends of this place. Jade, thank you again for that book! I actually read a reference to it there, and then it took me a little while to locate other mentions of the topic - it's been nearly two weeks? - because I suppose I'm really in the wrong region for this, but -

Hm. I'm rambling. Anyway! Here's a story that some of you might find interesting.

A long time ago, there was a pokémon known as Regigigas. It seems to be part of a creation myth, like a few others - the task Regigigas completed was pulling the continents into place. When it had completed that task, it created three golems in its image: one from an icy mountain, one from rocks, and from one magma. Regice, Regirock, and Registeel. For a time they were worshiped by the people of the land, but this would not last. They were so powerful that the people grew afraid, and took action.

Using magic they sealed away the master of the golems, Regigigas. The three golems it had created were spirited away to a new land, for if they were to come together Regigigas could rise again, and the people of that land feared that would mean endless destruction. The golems were all sealed away, their locations lost or forgotten.

[ Aradia falls silent for a minute or two, making a note in her binder, before looking back up. ] I'll admit it isn't exactly overflowing with details, but I thought I'd share anyway. The legend itself is apparently native to a place called Hoenn. "We built this" - that was in the translations they released. I wonder what it refers to in specific? The placement of the continents? This world's civilization? I really want to go to Blackthorn sometime soon to see for myself! Oh, and the rest, if you weren't following the news, I guess: "Man ends, pokémon ends, everything ends. New worlds inherit new dreams." We've certainly got worlds aplenty represented here, anyway.

This place does have something of a knack for cryptic messages, though. "Our words shall remain here for the ages. Thus we shall erect a pokémon statue outside. They possess great insight and refuse the outside world. We humans must learn to walk in harmony with them. We depart for their sakes."

I wonder how many more of these little messages are hidden around the realm. I suppose we'll just have to find out! At least reading about this makes it easier to know what to keep an eye out for when we're exploring! Although reading about all of this also makes my "to see" list absurdly long, so maybe I ought to stop until I've caught up with that.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"More complete"?

Some are only fragments of memories that have little else but the drive for self-preservation, while others are far more like the person they were when they were alive. Of course, the latter will still eventually degrade and disappear from the world, but they can stay around for a decent amount of time.

...I see. That actually makes a lot of sense. ...Although I imagine the fragments with nothing but the drive for self-preservation could be dangerous?

Actually, not to most people-barely anyone can actually perceive them, and those who can are rarely in any danger of being possessed by them unless they're extremely weak-willed.

So less dangerous than they would appear. Well, that's something, at least!

On their own, anyway. Mages of sufficient skill can do more with them by using them as familiars, but that's also unlikely given that they're somewhat difficult to detect in the first place.

Ghosts can be your familiars?

They certainly can, though it's usually a temporary thing. I'd actually say that it's part of my specialty...

So at one point I would have been an eligible candidate. Huh.

Possibly, yes. It's hard to say if it would even work across systems, but if it did... hm.

Honestly, that just makes me curious.

Well, if I ever happen to be a ghost again, I'm not opposed to experimenting with it!

Is that so? Well, then, we'll both have to make a note of it - I'm rather interested in seeing how that goes.

[...mages]

Of course! I wouldn't offer if I were actually opposed!

[ because that can only go well ]

Well, it will likely be some time before the next one, so if you change your mind, please let me know.

[experimenting on your friends always does!]

I will!! But I doubt I'll change my mind!!

Excellent to hear.

I suppose I'll leave you for now, then; we've been speaking [SINCE FUCKING JANUARY????] for quite some time, and I'm certain we both have other things to be doing.

It has been a while!! I'll talk to you later, absolutely!

[ ...END SCENE, WHEN DID IT BECOME 9 MONTHS LATER... ]

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