001. video; un: cendre

[holocast]

[The video opens on someone who...well, is rather clearly used to using devices such as these to address people. Cleanly centered and well-grounded, focused easily on the man sitting at the table in what looks like one of the nicer apartments available. Not as upscale as his tastes would like, but sufficient for the time being.

His accent is unmistakably French, and his words are easy when he speaks; another thing he seems practiced at.]

Fellow Moonblessed – hopefully this message finds you well, despite all the chaos currently occurring throughout Lunatia. I am Lysandre, a recent arrival from the Kalos region of the world I'm from; more to the point, I'm a scientist and inventor. I specialize in communications technology, mainly, but with regards to other disciplines... Let's say I learn quickly.

The level of technology here is slightly beyond my own world's, but I've been acquainting myself with it since my arrival; I'm interested in speaking to those who have been doing similarly.

I'm also a Pokémon trainer, though I understand that's a bit more uncommon in this place – Pokémon are our dearest companions, and as such something has struck me as odd about the creatures populating this place. Some of them seem intelligent, but the others...

[He gestures a little, vaguely, both to imply the all of that that he finds the others to be, as well as to serve as a placeholder while he figures out what he wants to say.]

They seem a little simple, and strange behind the eyes. Are all of them like that?

[...Lysandre.]

Either way... Thank you for your time, and remain well.

Comments

[holocast]

I wouldn't say they're unable to survive, as it's clear that they are. And we do have some Pokémon that aren't on the same level as others, and yet they're capable of being downright impressive in the hands of the right trainer. However, the concept of creatures that are very similar to Pokémon in so many ways being so fundamentally different in others is what's striking me oddly. I suppose it's a difference in how they're capable of processing things, as opposed to a flat difference in intelligence.

[arrowroot]

Levels of... sentience, more than intelligence? I'm just guessing, I could have totally misunderstood.

That said the companions I've been able to train and travel with might impress you a little. They're similar to the animals here but I've always been able to make them work well with me as a team rather than a master commanding them. Unfortunately the only one I have here is my Skyscale and she's still young enough that she likes to be a brat sometimes.

[holocast]

Skyscale...? I can't say I'm familiar with the term.

[arrowroot]

They're something like cousins of dragons, distantly related but much, much smaller. Large enough to ride on, though! I trained Kleio as a mount after she was hatched.

[holocast]

I admit it's always good to see people being close to their companions; the bonds we have with them have always been of interest to me. Pokémon or otherwise.

[arrowroot]

I've always been naturally inclined towards animals. I don't know if it's because of my ancestry, my Druid abilities or just because I grew up on a farm with livestock but it's certainly helped when it came to eventually training them myself.

... except that one time when I started with a raptor mount for the first time and got slammed into a wall.

[holocast]

[You're going to have to forgive him for being a bit amused...]

Even with Pokémon - even with ones that love you - you'll still find the temperamental ones. So while I'm not certain of what a raptor is, I'll definitely take your word for it.

[arrowroot]

To be completely fair, I wasn't at all prepared for how fast they were!

[The raptor she was given was absolutely temperamental.]

Raptors are... hm. I guess they're most like lizards? But rather than being quadrupeds they run on their hind legs.

[holocast]

[...he doesn't have lizards either but he'll take it, honestly.]

It sounds as though you have plenty of interesting stories to tell, if I might say so.

[arrowroot]

[Look, she only knows three pokemon so far and they're all the starters Sycamore brought with him.]

I've been through a lot to get those stories. Tyria is a wonderful world but it does get into trouble often.