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The only guests to my anniversary party were a big bunch of Krabbys, and they were only there for the food. I guess even after a whole year here, you can still reach new lows. That's actually kinda reassuring, in a very twisted way.

Ketchup isn't bad for crabs, right? Some of them are starting to look a little pale.

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One whole year. Longest vacation I ever got by far.

Maybe they're pale because of some other reason, then. Or maybe those particular Krabbys are allergic to tomatoes. Can Pokémon even have allergies?

Ah! Welcome to the club, then. It's been a year and some change for me.

Some can I think? It's like any kind of animal I guess. I'd say it might seem weird for big crab beasties to have allergies but after a while you kinda just stop seeing things as weird, y'know?

Thanks. Do we get a congratulatory drink from the management, or do we have to buy those ourselves?

That's a little horrifying, but then again I stopped seeing surfing bovines as weird months ago, so I can't exactly talk. I guess I'll just bring some of the crabs to the nearest Pokémon Center so the nurses can have a look at them.

Afraid to say it's always BYOB, man. Nice as it'd be for somebody to just show up on your doorstep with a prize basket you're on your own for it.

You'd think it would be pretty scary to realize how little actually surprises you about living here after a while but as long as it's not about the ledges pretty much everything follows some kinda logic.

And I'm in the middle of a cave, far away from any kind of store that might alcohol. Shit. Guess I'll have a late drink in a few days instead.

Ugh, the ledges. I almost squished the Spinarak I ended up catching when I fell off one of those. Has anyone ever managed to explain them?

Bummer, if you were anywhere nearby I'd say I've had gigs at some pubs in a few cities and might go with ya. On the way between places or just doing some adventuring?

I really don't think so...they're like the one thing that makes absolutely zero sense here and other than just ignoring them I don't think anybody's ever managed to figure out why ledges are where logic and physics go to die.

I was looking for new species around the Whirl Islands. There were plenty of those but not any that I liked, so now all of my belongings are damp for nothing.

Maybe they're a sign that this world is about to implode and kill us all. Or that it's sentient and thinks it has a sense of humor. They could even all be haunted by particularly mean Ghost-types.

Looking for new species? Is that what you enjoy doing normally or is it a wild itch? I've never been to the Whirl Islands. I'm about to give getting the badge and HM a go though.

Y'know on a good day I'd say all of that is just being paranoid, but given the stuff that's been happening within the last year I'm not all that sure you aren't dead on. The sense of humor was my guess, but being haunted probably ain't that far off either.

I'm trying to get all the Normal-types available, and I hadn't looked for them there. Awesome place if you want Water- or Ice-types, though.

Or maybe it's all of it. At the same time. Why not make absolutely sure that the ledges keep their properties at all times, no matter what?

Normal-types specifically? That sounds interesting... Why that type if you don't mind me asking?

Man, I'm not even sure what kinda place we all ended up in but if it's secretly like super malevolent or something I don't even know how I'd react anymore.

This is a world where even the creatures that people consider 'normal' have endless potential. I can respect that. I want to nurture that.

Considering all those glitches a while back, malevolent wouldn't be too surprising to me. Or maybe chaotic would fit it better.

You got a point there. The only normal types I've run into are the ones out in the wild. Never ended up catching any, though. Not for any particular reason either. I've got a pretty varied team, just never had a Normal-type join up with us.

Seriously, that and the two or three times the world's almost ended in just the year I've been here. You might've been around for that weird viral outbreak that had everybody turning half-mon for a while...and then there was the freak thing with the quake and snowstorm all happening at once... This place is actually really dangerous if you stop to think about it. I don't think it'd really surprise me either.

Maybe you'll find one that goes well with the rest of your team someday. It's not like you absolutely need to have one of every type anyway.

The thing with the ghost possessions, you mean? Or did I miss some fun stuff before that? All we're missing is an alien invasion.

Maybe. It's weird, everybody on my team's ended up either following along for their own reasons or I've gotten them from eggs. It never stops surprising me how little difference there really can be sometimes between us and them.

There was that, too. There was a viral outbreak or something before that. People started getting weird powers and kinda turning partly into pokémon. It was after the weird mix of thunderstorms, snow, and heat-flashes all in the same period of weeks. We've had a lot of disasters, but at the same time there never seems to be much actual damage from them, huh?

Yeah, sometimes it even feels more like picking up a travel group as you visit the place, rather than building up a small pet army.

Wait, people started to what now? How often do cases like that pop up? Is it contagious? Can we get inoculated against it?

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