Impromptu Oran Sleepover

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Who: Oran newbies
What: Having fun with communal dens
When: Sometime after Mightyena gathered them up
Where: The Spire, low tier dens
Warnings: Will add if anything comes up, but not anticipating anything

[As everyone knows by now, the Oran Berries depend heavily on communal living, sharing a bed is simply to be expected. For some, this experience was temporary. Mightyena was kind enough to lend the mysterious misplaced Pokémon a place to rest, but now some of them have moved on.

For others, this is now a part of life, and it's time to get used to it. The Oran Berries value treating everyone like friends and family, after all, so you're expected to do the same! Why not have some fun with it?

Whether you've noticed your fellow newcomers are all gathering in one den, or you suddenly find yourself dragged into the the party against your will, everyone is invited! Everyone's going through the same thing, belong to the same guild, you gotta stick together.....right?]

[[ooc: Feel free to use this as a mingle log! We have nine Oran Berries (I think???) and although the dens are said to hold up to eight, I think some members are small enough that we should be able to include everyone!]]

Comments

[offtracks]

Oh? What legendary is it?

[That IS weird distribution!]

[outbounds]

Lunala. Known as the Beast That Calls the Moon. Counterpart to Solgaleo. Same way Palkia and Dialga and Zekrom and Reshiram are to each other.

[ Solgaleo, however, does not have any instances of stealing what was previously thought to be a signature move, though. not to Emmet's knowledge, anyway? ]

[offtracks]

A dark type?

[Ingo's never heard of it, but that's pretty standard for stuff Emmet talks about.]

I wonder which it originated with - Lunala or Zoroark? It hardly matters, but it's interesting!

[outbounds]

Psychic and Ghost, apparently! But that is a verrrry interesting question, yup. Couldn't tell you the answer though.

[ (This is easy. It's comfortable. It's easy to talk about things like this, but...) ]

[offtracks]

Surely it must have been the Zoroark, then? What business does a psychic and ghost type have inventing new dark-type moves? Legendary or not!

[It's simple enough. This seems to be about the level they're supposed to be interacting on.]

[outbounds]

... Now that you mention it. I am trying to think of if there are any signature moves that don't match type now. Hold on a second.

[ (It is! Still, something about it seems to nag at him, just a little...

Maybe it's just the abrupt way the subject a while ago was put to rest leaving a slightly unsettled feeling in him, underneath the rest of it. This just- seems almost a little too easy, after, but ... it doesn't feel forced, so it's fine, right? This is enough?

... Is this enough?) ]

[offtracks]

...nothing is immediately coming to mind. But you know a much wider range of Pokemon than I do.

[Which is...strange to say. Ingo's accustomed to being the local expert. But even if he's tended to remember Pokemon facts easier than most, the truth is that he's still iffy about Pokemon he hasn't encountered since losing his memories.]

[outbounds]

Hmm. Might not help as much as you think. Anything I can think of right now. Status and support moves only. Slowking's Chilly Reception for example.

[ and that doesn't really count, probably. well, it does but not in the same way a more offensive move would be.

a pause. ]

I just know more because I see a lot more. People travel a lot more I bet. And communicating with people across the world, a lot easier! So there is more spread of what people know. That's all.

[ it's not a reflection on either of them. well, mostly. Emmet's still a battle maniac, so he probably commits certain things to memory more than the average person. ]

[offtracks]

Mmm, yes, I suppose that's true. I can often place Pokemon from other regions after a moment or two of thinking about it, if I can see them first. They occasionally come in with travelers, or of course through the space-time rifts.

[Only having the name is more difficult. Sometimes records of Laventon's stick in his mind; sometimes he can't picture the foreign Pokemon at all, and the rest slides away with it.]

[outbounds]

[ His head cants as he glances sidelong at Ingo. Words are one thing, expression another, tone of voice ... This bothers Ingo? ]

... The things you don't recall or have missed. The way I see it. You will either remember them or you will not. If you do not then you can learn them anew. There is no problem with that.

But would it help if I used the pearls more?

[ For pairing images to names, that is. Or is this something for more organic discovery, like taking a jaunt around town just to see what they can find? The static with Zebstrika, after all... ]

[offtracks]

[It's frustrating, again. He feels like he ought to know more than this, be better than this. It's not even personal knowledge, it's just what such-and-such Pokemon is - how is that so hard?]

...I'm not sure.

[His experience with the pearls is just too limited. Would using them hurt the same way that wracking his own brains can sometimes?]

Is there a way we can try them with just the two of us? I would hate to disrupt everyone else with it! [not to mention he doesn't love the idea of an audience]

[outbounds]

Mmm. I don't know? Could ask the Grumpig brothers maybe. If there is a way. Probably would be easier if one of us was psychic.

[ But they're not exactly Tate and Liza, so that's off the table. ]

Worst thing that could happen is they say no.

[offtracks]

I'll have to do that.

[Tomorrow, though.]

We can experiment a bit, if so.