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WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? OUR TALES RIVAL JUST TURNED INTO A ZOMBIE!

[...so, uh, that was a thing that happened. Tarrlok was completely ready to do the politician thing and come up with a speech or something for most of whatever the hell that excuse for a trial was, but everything got all confusing, baffling, and horrifying and completely inexplicably, he can't find the words.

Maybe he just... needs a day. Tomorrow will probably be fine. For now, though, Misa volunteered to make brownies, and he was going to make a Northern Water Tribe comfort food specialty.

...even if they only had shortening and not actual animal fat and it'd been a while since he'd made it, but it tasted... alright? Definitely not as good as the stuff back home, but it was hard to get that good, anyway.

...there's also the matter of setting things up in a location other than the dining hall, because even though that's cleaned up, it still feels pretty tasteless to hold a wake literal feet from the place you found someone's bloody corpse.

So, a little later on in the day, a lovingly personalized note will be slid under everyone's doors:

And if the Survivors choose to head to the library, they'll find a... well, okay, it's a bunch of boxes from the storage room of comparable size stacked up on each other to kind of resemble a table. The dining hall ones don't even seem like they'd fit in the library, so Team Afterparty clearly had to improvise. One side is filled with plates, bowls, and spoons, and the other is filled with brownies, cookies, and a big bowl of berry aqutak. There are also chairs dotted throughout the room in a sort of vague circle --- close enough together that if people want to talk, they can, but far enough apart that it'd be easy to drag it off for some privacy.]

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[While Colress is more of a coffee drinker, in this situation something soothing sounds a heck of a lot better than something that'll just wire him up even more.]

I would appreciate that, Cherryblod. Whatever happens to be your tea of choice.

[He has...no experience with it...]

Rose-hip is what I have on hand, so I'll choose that. Give me just a moment.

[And he'll go to the kitchen, and in little bit come back with some tea.]

Here you are. Freshly made.

Thank you very much.

[Once it's in his hands, he'll take a nice sip of that tea.

It's surprisingly not too bad!]

I like it- again, thank you.

[And since there's really no stepping around it,]

...Are you faring well? You seemed particularly hurt by this. I imagine you must have spoken to Zagi a lot this last week?

Doing alright, comparatively speaking.

[At least the last death hasn't bothered him as much as some others.]

I was fond of him, yes. He reminded me of myself at his age.

Is that right? At the risk of sounding skeptical, it is very difficult to imagine you like that.

[It's said with a slight smile though, despite the rough topic.

...Cherryblod has probably heard this a lot today.]

[Only a couple times!]

People can change fairly dramatically over a few hundred years.

Ah...you have a fair point.

[Cherryblod's age still throws Colress off and he's known it for nearly a week.]

Does it...does it feel like a long time, to you? Do the years blend together at some point?

Hm... I have a fairly good memory, but everyone loses bits and pieces over time. It's more that weeks and months feel shorter, when you have a longer perspective on them.

I see. Since I can only imagine what it must be like, I have to say that it must at least be exciting to see the world change over such an extended period of time.

[It's like being the history book rather than reading one...

That's not to say Cherryblod belongs in a museum of course.]

[Saying that to him would be pretty rude.]

One of the nicer parts of living so long. Though, humans manage to do a lot with their shorter lives - I've always envied that.

[At least he has a little bit of tact.]

When you put it into perspective, that is true. Meanwhile, I was imagining all the things you could do in that length of time!

So there are humans in your world, Cherryblod?

There are. Haven't met any for a while, but there are a lot of them on land.

Fascinating...I had previously had the idea that others in your world would be similar to yourself.

[Since there are very few human-looking Pokemon in his world- it's usually a strict separation.

But as they continue further in the conversation, he realizes something.]

Ah...I apologize for taking this completely off-topic. I hope it was at least a small distraction.

My world's fairly large - it's big enough to be diverse.

There's nothing to worry about. I'm glad to have something to talk about.

[Besides death.]

The more I hear of it, the more intrigued I am. I appreciate the descriptions you've given!

[He takes a moment to have more of his tea before it starts going cold.]

Oh, good. Well, then- is there anything else that's been on your mind lately?

[THAT ISN'T DEATH OF COURSE...]

A few things. Was wondering - aside from Pokemon, is there anything you'd say is special about your world?

[...Hard question, of course, since everyone thinks of their own world as 'normal'.]

Mmm...

[He has to think about that for a moment.]

I'd say that the stark differences between the different regions in my world is rather unique. For instance, Unova, where I currently reside, prides itself in its industrial ingenuity. It has several magnificent bridges- man and Pokemon-made marvels both modern and old! As well as various highways to transport goods and people quickly. Meanwhile, Johto is a very traditional region, known for its natural beauty and cultural focus.

In addition to those differences, regions also tend to have Pokemon native to only that region. A trainer's journey is never truly over should they choose to travel across multiple regions.

That is interesting. My world does have different countries and different species living in those countries, but there's overlap.

Indeed- overlap is bound to happen when people from one place visit or even choose to migrate to another. It is the same with some Pokemon. Very recently, actually, Unova saw a very large growth of Pokemon from different regions coming in.

In a way, it makes it much easier for Unovan trainers meet some foreign Pokemon without having to travel too far.

How many kinds of Pokemon are there?

[~~At least one hundred and fifty or more to see.~~]

Well over six hundred, believe it or not! And only a little over one hundred and fifty are native to Unova.

[To be a Pokemon master is my destiny!

Good luck with that nowadays.]

[~~Just get a Gameshark or something. Do they even still have those?~~]

Can see why you'd want to do a lot of traveling.

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