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20th treasure [text]

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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I sure hope so. I was only trying to be nice to them, food poisoning wasn't supposed to be part of the festivities.

Yeah, it is. Maybe I should have bought a silly hat to celebrate.

I hope so too! They probably just need to get it out of their system.

Definitely! And Congratulations! Pokéversaries are exciting!

Exciting isn't quite the word I'd use in this case, but that probably has more to do with the venue than the occasion. Some friendly advice: have your yearly party somewhere warm and dry, it's nicer.

Haha! I'll make sure to remember that. But at least it's better than getting lost in a dark cave full of Zubats?

I'm not lost, but the Zubats here are Golbats. Does that make things better or worse?

Not sure. Being not lost is great, but I have no idea how I feel about Golbats. What do you think? Do the Golbats negate the not being lost bit?

...They would have if their level had been higher, but the ones here were fine.

Well that's good, at least! Next time you should aim for a party with friends and cake, though.

Or maybe I should aim to be home by then. That would be nice, too.

That would be ideal, yes. But you can't control that. So you might as well aim for what you can control.

I guess I'll just have to clear my schedule a few months in advance, just to be sure. And pray for no random teleportations.

Random teleportations? That only ever happened twice last time I was here. Are they more common now?

I've seen them twice in the last year, and everyone who arrived here before me didn't seem surprised when they happened.

Huh. Well then! I really shouldn't be as surprised as I am. This place always liked to do crazy things.

Always, you say? When were you last here?

About two years ago! Although, I was fifteen at the time and that was six years ago so it feels like a lot longer. I was one of the first wave of people to come here. Probably the third or so? Something like that. At least, as far as we knew at the time. Who knows, really?

But I was stuck here for about one and a half years.

So time went by thrice as fast in your world... They weren't kidding about the lack of linearity. Did anything particularly strange happen during that year and a half?

As I said, teleporting happened. There was a horrible case of hallucinations as well. They were nightmarish. I don't remember much else but I vaguely remember there was a time where no one could remember what happened one weekend. And I mean no one. It was like we lost three days. I can't remember if it only ever happened once or a few times, though.

It's funny how the locals don't mention any of that in their welcome speech. Were they affected by all of that too, or were we foreigners the only lucky ones?

You know, I wish I knew. I know that during the fog that created those terrifying hallucinations, the police were warning everyone about being careful out there. And some times the news will seem...eerily in the know but sometimes? It's like they aren't affected by the really weird stuff. At least, I've never heard of a local suddenly getting stuck in the Bellsprout Tower.

Edited (English is hard) 2013-10-25 06:33 (UTC)

When you say 'stuck in the Bellsprout Tower', did that involve people being forcibly teleported there by strange Pokémon and invisible walls blocking the exits?

Sounds about right, I'm not sure about the invisible walls, though. I wasn't the one stuck in the Tower. A little boy I was travelling with was suddenly teleported there, nearly gave me a heart attack when he went missing.

I can imagine the sort of panic that caused. How long did it take before they were free to leave again?

You know, I don't actually remember...Why? Were you around for that?

No, but there were glitches back in June that sometimes forced people to stay in place for a while. My team and I were stuck on a rock in the middle of the ocean for days.

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