09. video/action for ecruteak

[shatterings]

[ Hey, it's Naminé again! Except... she looks a little--no, a lot--bewildered. When she woke up this morning, she'd been missing something very important. The next moment, she'd been here in Ecruteak City, a region over. That's what explains the very different backdrop--not the training center in Celadon, but rather, outside the Burned Tower.

It's a good thing her Vulpix is at her side, at least. It's a comfort--a small one, but it helps calm Naminé down. ]

I... didn't expect to appear here. Um, does this happen often, during these strange weekends?

Comments

[video] I knew I'd forget the hyphens sooner or later.

[captainash]

Mummy-. Spreads- to- other- Pokémon- through- touch-. Cancels- out- Truant-. Lifesaver-, really-.

[video] still in the hellcave, no escape

[shatterings]

Truant... that's the ability that renders a Pokémon immovable, isn't it?

[video] No way out, no speed ever again.

[captainash]

Half- the- time-, yes-. The- Slakoth- line- gets- it- for- both- their- first- and- last- stage-, so- they- get- a- taste- of- freedom- in- between-. It's- unfair-.

[video] howcouldthishappentome.mp3

[shatterings]

That does seem cruel... um, if I ever find one myself, do you have any advice about raising one?

[video] ivemademymistakes.wav

[captainash]

...Don't try to convince them to evolve if they're not interested, or if you don't have a backup plan. Their species has a reputation for laziness, but it's not always true.

[video]

[shatterings]

A backup plan?

[video]

[captainash]

Something that can change their ability as needed. Not necessarily during battles, but at least when you're home or on the road.

[video]

[shatterings]

Okay. What sort of item did you have in mind? Or ability, other than Mummy?

[video]

[captainash]

Entrainment- and- Simple- Beam- don't- work-, but- I- considered- Worry- Seed-. Insomnia- isn't- much- better-, though-.