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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Okay, I just noticed that there are pegasii actually controlling the weather. Literally, they are moving clouds around to make it rain and things like that. That is so neat!

So can all horses do that? If I were to fly up there, could I kick the clouds away or make them shoot lightning? Because that would be the coolest thing.

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[ghostgem]

Mmmm... well... I can draw some on the scroll! Hold on!

[there's a bit of a long pause on her end while she finds what she needs, then this appears on the scroll;]



Ok!! So Golem and Onix are both dual Rock and Ground types. So they have bodies made of rocks! And then I drew a Chikorita. It's a grass type, so it grows leaves on its head and it can make its own food using the sun and stuff. Then there's me! Haw! I'm a ghost and dark type! My drawins' aren't the best, but maybe you got the idea!

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Those are some ultra-creepy looking things. So... you're a pokemon? What do you mean by 'types?' Like, okay, I get how those rock ones are rock-type, but ghost? And dark?

[ghostgem]

Well, Golem and Onix are kind of spooky, but Chikorita are totally harmless and squishy and adorable!! Haw! I s'pose it's cause ghost types like me can do ghosty things, like sink into shadows and such. But I'm not dead, so I'm not really all that "ghosty". Shishishi! It's hard to explain, and it's not like I came up with the idea!

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

It looks like the seal chia pet. Except it's supposed to be alive? Seriously, I don't get this. How can the rock things be alive? Do they eat? Can you go float through solid objects? Do you eat?

[This whole idea is so very weird to him.]

[ghostgem]

What's a chia pet? Yeah, they're alive! The rock things are alive because they are! They usually eat rocks and minerals and stuff, but some of them also eat plants and meat. No, I can't float through solid stuff, but I can move through shadows. I eat! I eat rocks and gems and roots and berries and bugs!

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

It's like this teracotta pot that is shaped like an animal, and inside there's a stocking filled with grass seeds. You water it and the grass grows and it looks like the animal has grass for hair. It's one of those things that's totally stupid but becomes really popular.

So if you eat rocks and uh, plants... do you eat the other pokemons you drew?

[ghostgem]

Sounds like a fun little toy! But no, Chikorita aren't made of pottery!

Me? Oh goodness no! I only eat stuff that isn't sapient, you know? Now, there are some Pokémon that are carnivores, wild ones that'll snap up other Pokémon for a snack if they get the chance.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

It isn't really a toy though. It's pretty much just a flower pot. I mean, it's cool when you first see them but the novelty wears off pretty fast.

What do the rocks eat? Do they eat? Are pokemon the dominant species wherever it is you come from, or are you guys like ... nuclear mutants?

[ghostgem]

They eat rocks and stuff. Uh... regular rocks, that is! Ones that aren't alive! Haw! And yeah, the different kinds'a pokémon are most common! There's a few bugs and stuff that aren't really pokémon cause they don't have any abilities or nothin'.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Whoa, like the Rockbiters from The Neverending Story? That's kind of cool. I always liked them. Okay, I think I kind of get how the rock dudes work now. [Not touching the idea of ghosts or dark pokemon just yet. He's still working that one out.] Are there any more pokemons here? Or just those three and you?

[ghostgem]

Ah... yeah, sure! Whatever! [no movies where she comes from, 21.] Haw, there's none of those here! I just drew 'em cause they were good examples! There's a few other Pokémon here, with human trainers. They've all been transformed ta fit into this world, though, just like me.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Oh. I thought you drew them because they're here as well.

Wait a second - human trainers? There are humans here?

[ghostgem]

Nope! Just the first that came to mind!

Ah... FORMERLY human, I should say. Sorry.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

So what pokemons are here? And why do they have human trainers?

[ghostgem]

Welp, I've met a Hydreigon that lost two of her heads! Haw! They normally have three, ya see. Ah... Dunno. It ain't a thing back where I come from. We ain't got any humans at all. You'd have to ask them.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Did it look like a dog? Really? No humans?

Sounds like a weird place.

[ghostgem]

Dog? No, no. It's a dragon with three heads!

It's a wonderful place! Haw! ... well, most of the time.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Does it still look like it should have three heads?

So if you don't have humans in your world, then how is it that some pokemon have human 'trainers'?

[ghostgem]

No sir. If Miss Cynthia hadn't told me she was usually a Hydreigon, I wouldn'ta ever guessed by looks alone!

Well, what I reckon is that there must be another world out there with Pokémon AND humans. Since lots of different worlds are apparently a "thing" in this place.

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Yeah, I guess. I mean, if there's a world of humans and one of pokemon, why not one where there's both?

And they somehow all ended up here.

[ghostgem]

Hmm... wonder what's so special about this place, then...

[whywouldyoubuckleup]

I don't know, but it probably has something to do with all of the magical talking horses.