I never knew you, but I am not like you

[domeinion]

[Ever since their trip to the Chura Islands, Alice has been wanting to go back and check it out some more. Pretty easy when half your team has Fly, it turns out! So you can find her on Crabrawler Coast, where she lays some coins on the mystery altar.]

I know this isn't your altar, Lord Dome, but I hope you can hear me anyway. It's been a long time, and --

[She pauses, notices you, turns a bit too far, and then turns back.]

Oh, hi! You're here too?

[Later, at Drakhari Bay, Alice is eagerly watching the Drakhari swim around, and she writes in her notebook as Shellock seems to be talking to one. She'll wave if she notices you.]

Isn't this fascinating? This place reminds me of something a friend from Hoenn used to talk about.

[She'll be back on Ohritori by nightfall, at her lab, which is officially done building and open for business. There's a sign out front now, announcing that anyone can come in if they need help with research or just to talk to Alice and her crew!]

Comments

[closedbond]

Right, they're different based on where they come from. I don't have a favorite...I've never raised one before.

[He'll look thoughtfully at the Drakhari. One near by will make eye contact with the two before letting out a happy rumbling sound.]

...do you like any of them? Vivillion.

[domeinion]

Hmm... Well, I do like the Garden pattern and how they blend in with the greenery. But the Ocean pattern reminds me of home back on Cerulean Cove. Then again, I've never actually raised Vivillon, they don't live where I'm from.

[closedbond]

[X will ponder about the different pattern of Vivillon he's come across through his journey for a moment after hearing Alice's explanation.]

Maybe we'll get to see a wild one out here somewhere in Ultern. I wonder what pattern we might run into here, if there was one...

[He'll give a good look at the outstretched sea.]

Maybe the Ocean pattern? Or even Jungle...considering how much forest we're surrounded by.

[domeinion]

That's true. I wouldn't be surprised at Archipelago, either, all things considered. Though who knows, maybe they'd have developed a new one here.

[closedbond]

A completely new pattern...

[At that thought alone, X felt excitement. Ultern was fool of Pokemon he couldn't have met back home or seen.]

Maybe the Professors might know something, or where if any wild Scatterbugs cam be found.

[domeinion]

It's possible! We seem to be running into new things all the time. Have you explored this whole island yet?

[closedbond]

Not exactly. I did see the ad about camping but being around that many people isn't my idea of fun...

[He will glance over to Alice thoughtfully.]

Did you go? It did sound like a nice place to visit.

[domeinion]

Yes! I thought it was fascinating, and the activities were entertaining. But if you're not much of a social person, it might've been difficult. Setting up a tent is hard enough.

[closedbond]

Setting up a tent part doesn't sound too bad if there's others who might be willing to help. I used to stay inside a tent all the time while traveling.

[Epic shut in move, be a recluse even while traveling-]

Where you able to meet any new Pokemon at the campgrounds?

[domeinion]

Yes! There's a restriction on catching any inside Swaying Haven, but it's perfect for observation. They've got a cafe that wild Pokémon will just wander through and come up to you -- even the employees are Pokémon!

[closedbond]

[A place to observe Pokemon--that sounded nice, to X. He's nodding along until looking surprised at the mention of the cafe.]

--there's really a cafe that's being run by Pokemon? Is it just for Pokemon...?

[domeinion]

Well, they've never kicked me out! It's nice to sit there and just watch everything go on.

[closedbond]

Huh, what was it like? The food I mean.

[domeinion]

Better than my cooking, but that really isn't saying much at all. Most of what I make ends up a burned mess.

[closedbond]

[There's a sympathetic look from X. He remembers the burned bento.]

Wait, so did they take money there? ...I guess they would need it to keep the cafe running.

[domeinion]

It makes sense when I think about it. I've definitely sent my team out on errands with money, at least.

[closedbond]

I'll have to check the cafe out with my team. I'm sure they would enjoy that, and it's something I could talk to about my friends back in Kalos. That's if they believe me about this place.

[domeinion]

I wonder if our friends might come here someday? I'm sure most of them could at least use the break.

[closedbond]

If they do...I hope they're here when they're not in the middle of something important. I don't like the thought of seeing them upset.