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[Video/action] Wherein she visits the library

[She had heard rumors of this place, she was pretty sure that someone had even told her about it earlier, back when she was less acclimated to this undersea world. She had been walking, still growing used to being around a large group of people, when her nose had caught scent, of all things, paper; large quantities too. Having spoken to the librarian and finding out exactly the place was, she decides to call Signless in a bout of giddiness. Still not that adept with the comm, she manages to send it broadcast instead.]

[Disciples excited face appears in the video, clearly something very good has happened by the smile on her face. Finally finding words, she speaks.]

SIGNLESS! THIS PLACE HAS BOOKS! FOR FREE!

[She is immediately hushed by someone off-screen. Looking in direction of the voice she apologizes, but continues at a slightly quieter tone.]

They said I could borrow some to read, and then can return for more later! Isn't that amazing!?

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It is a long, tiring story, with a bad ending... better now that Vatheon figures into it now.

[She thinks over his question for a second before she responds.]

There were some, I suppose, but like all things in Alternia, the majority was saved for highblooded castes. I had a little bit of luck being born greenblooded, we were the middle class. So it could have been worse. But still, I jumped at the chance to follow Signless when I heard of his view of a better world.[She realizes she was starting to ramble.]

Sorry about that, I can get carried away sometimes.

No, it's no problem, really. [because hey, he has nothing else to do at the moment, and it was interesting to learn about other places. Places, he assumed, didn't have Pokemon, because those just sound strange and hard to live in, in his opinion.]

So this Signless guy has to do with your treason, I'm guessing? [Unless she was arrested for it before then, it made sense. But that wasn't the part that really caught his attention.]

...And are you saying you actually have green blood? [because wow, that is something, to say the least]

Signless, yeah. He had visions of our world, our people, living together without conflict or segregation based on the color of your blood. Those in charge took offense and hunted us down. It gets worse from there...

[She cocks her head at his question.]

Yes? Is that strange? Trolls have blood that runs the gamut of the color spectrum. [Wait hadn't she heard that all humans had the same blood color? Oh. That makes more sense then. She couldn't remember what color that was though...]

[well it sounds like other sorts of revolutions, except based on blood color than other factors. The outcome wasn't really all that surprising when he thought about it that way.]

I can see why they'd dislike that, I guess. Not that I don't find the idea of a caste system based on blood pretty ridiculous, though.

And yeah, from my perspective it is. Everything living that has blood where I'm from has red blood. ...Well, except for a few Pokemon, perhaps, but red is the norm.

It was stupid. Everyone was so busy looking down on those below them that they refused to see that we all could have been happy if we'd just stopped killing each other.

[So apparently humans only had red blood. She liked that, but then again she was a little biased towards red blood. Wait... Did he say Pokemon?! She had just spent an entire week as one, a month ago.]

Poke... pokemon? You are one of the humans that work with those creatures?

That is pretty stupid. I take it they didn't realize that in the end?

[This actually surprised him. He's used to most people around Vatheon not being sure what Pokemon were, unless they were someone he'd previously spoken with about them, or someone he knew had talked with them.]

I'm a Pokemon Trainer, yeah. You've heard of Pokemon before?

Of course not. [With a quick sigh she continues.] They tracked us down, captured my friends, killed Signless, and I managed to escape into isolation for the rest of my life. That is until I came here.

[Even now, the memory of that night haunted her.]

I... Yes. Sort of. I was one, I think. There was one of the curses that those lovely scientists love to place on us. I transformed into some sort of electric furbeast. I was only capable of speaking by saying variations of the word 'Luxray'. It was a strange week. I met another of my evolutionary line, and we were able to communicate.

[well that story escalated quickly. He's not really sure what to say in response to that--it isn't every day you hear a story about people being hunted down, captured, and killed because of revolutionary ideas. At least, not in the time he's from.]

Wow, that's... I'm really sorry that happened to you and your friends.

[But sure, Pokemon, this is a subject he can talk about and not be awkward with, because he's more than just familiar with it.]

Yeah, Luxray is an Electric-type Pokemon. It's a pretty strong Pokemon, actually. When I was here in Vatheon before, I was actually able to get an egg from another Trainer's Luxray so I could train one of my own. Granted, it hasn't fully evolved yet, but...

[Here you go, Disciple, here's a good video of a Luxio being released from its Pokeball. ...And then sniffing at the SFC oops]

Its quite alright. It's, as they say, ancient history, and now worlds away. Besides, we are together again, here.

[Only greener pastures of conversation. She may be seeming nonchalant, but talking casually of those memories is troubling her more then she'd care to admit.]

Yeah, it was certainly a strange experience. Especially the whole seeing through walls thing, I never really did get a hang of that.

[She watches the video]

Oh, that is adorable. The form I was in was larger then that, but it is bigger then the form of the other Pokemon I talked to. Similar coloration though.

At least there's that, then. [Cheren doesn't notice that at all, since from his perspective, she seems perfectly at ease with things. Even if she didn't, it isn't entirely his place to pry, so he'd leave it alone.]

So they actually can see through walls, then? I'd always wondered whether that was true or an exaggeration. This one here, though, is meant to be smaller. Luxio is the stage before Luxray, the final evolution in the Shinx family.

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It was quite distracting, actually. It took me most of the week to get a hold of it. But yes, I was capable of seeing through most of the more basic walls in the city. I imagine it is something that could be trained, but who knows.

So how common are these electric furbeasts on your world?

It probably is. I'd imagine actual Luxrays, not beings-turned-Luxrays for a week or so, would have a better grasp on it, too. [or at least it would make sense that way, since they'd evolve with their vision getting progressively better. Or something like that]

They aren't at all common in the area I'm from, but from what I've heard, in other areas, they're fairly easy to find. Usually you can't find the final evolution in the wild, though, just the first form, and occasionally the second.

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