APRIL CATCH-ALL

[dunchies]

Who: Laios, his fellow questers, and you!
What: Exploring the market and collecting some shrooms
Where: Bottlecap Bay, the Forest
When: Throughout April
Warnings: Will be added as needed

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[offtracks]

Well, now there is Miss Akari as well...

[But, Alola? That's nothing to do with her. Ingo's facial expression doesn't change at all - it really hasn't done much beyond a resting frown the entire time they've been speaking, in spite of his apparent interest - but he does sound concerned.]

Ah, but. When I first arrived, that same day, there was a fellow from Alola there as well. But I only got to speak with him once, quite briefly, and then he vanished again. That has happened sometimes - once or twice they have returned, sometimes with a different form, but mostly not.

[A concerning topic. Though, that was a man, and this new person sounds to be a woman...]

I had not heard another had arrived! What sort of Pokemon is she?

[dunchies]

Oh... [ Ever the stoic one, Ingo. At least it's adding to his cool factor, in Laios's book. ]

So someone else from Alola disappeared, too? [ He frowns a little, not sure what to make of it all. ] I guess there's been a few other people who I haven't seen around either. I'll just have to be on the lookout, then. [ His tone leaves off quieter than before, but it picks up again with Ingo's next question. ]

B-but, she was a Yungoos! The ones with the really sharp fangs? Do you have those where you're from?

[offtracks]

We do not! Alola's quite far away, though, and a series of islands besides! It is quite interesting - I met a traveler from there once, and he had a number of Vulpix with him! They live in Hisui as well, but ours are red and fire-types, while his were white and ice-and-fairy type! He said that there, they live on a snowy mountain!

[dunchies]

Oh, well, they’re not really native to Alola, either. I don’t think she said where they’re from, though... [ He pauses for a moment, trying hard to remember, but the mention of Vulpixes easily draws his attention. ] The same Pokemon can be different types?

[ Somehow, he hadn’t even considered this. ] How did I not—that’s so obvious! There’s evolution, but also actual adaptations. I wonder why they settled in the mountains. That’s... such a drastic change!

[offtracks]

I'm afraid he did not know much about it! As far as he was concerned, Vulpix had always lived in that mountain, and our fire-types were the strange ones!

[Ingo imagines someone brought them to Alola on a boat, ages and ages ago, but who knows how they ended up in the mountains, doing all that?]

[dunchies]

Huh. Even he didn’t know? I suppose... with enough time and distance, it’d be harder to research. Especially if your regions are more isolated in general?

[ So it seems, anyway! ]

[offtracks]

Oh, yes, Alola is a very distant island! He was the only person from there whom I have ever met!

[dunchies]

No wonder! Are there other regions closer to yours, at least? I’d be so curious to know about all the different Pokémon in other places... I can’t imagine them being all so far.

[offtracks]

There are! It is still quite the journey to get there - one must pass through the mountains! But the merchants do it regularly enough, even if it is very uncommon for anyone from my own clan to go so far.