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[The video clicks on as Noctis reclines back against a large white blo--oh wait, that's definitely his Snorlax. The prince looks rather confused, resting his 'gear on his bent knee.]

So anyone know what a Celebi is? Prompto and I passed some people that were talking about it--apparently someone saw it somewhere?

Is it one of those legendary Pokemon or something?

[There's a pause as he chews on the inside of his cheek.]

Team Rocket's not going to try and capture that one to, is it?

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"Celebi is an extremely playful species! Its main ability is the power to travel through time, but it's said that it can also do a wide variety of other tricks as well — like restoring plants back to perfect health, levitating, and even bringing their dead friends back to life!"

[The words come surprisingly easily, considering their age. Or maybe Cecil just wrote them down back then.]

At least, that is how it was once described to us. That sounds very much like a Legendary Pokémon's power, and one that would be very difficult to capture besides.

Travel through time???

[Noctis can't help but looked stunned by that. Was that really something that was within a Pokemon's abilities? Add in the the bringing the dead back to life and that just makes it even harder to believe.]

I'm sure any of the Legendaries would be hard to capture but Team Rocket did manage it with one of them.

[So he's not really sure it's safe to write off any Pokemon, legendary or not, as safe.]

Is it truly so surprising? Our very presence here greatly depends on time-space manipulation, after all.

[Mostly space, but time still plays a part in it.]

True, and it's not the first time either. But they've never managed to keep them, whether it was due to our efforts or those of other Pokémon.

What's surprising is that a Pokemon has the ability to do that. I've met some powerful beings before but they were usually massive beings or ancient beings. Not something like a Pokemon.

[Astrals are one thing but a Pokemon being able to do that..?]

But what if they find a way to hurt them? Or what if they find a way to harness it's power?

Legendary Pokémon can be both massive and ancient, closer to eidolons than to commonplace goblins. When the legendary dogs were last active, both regions' weather was disturbed for days.

[Even if they were absolute sweeties.]

If they ever manage to do so, we'll stop them. Preferably before Arceus or another of their kind has to meddle.

Eidolons..I'm not sure what those are. I know what goblins are though.

[But knowing some of them can control the weather doesn't really give him much comfort.]

You sound so sure about it...I'm guessing this happens a lot?

Powerful beings that certain individuals from my world can summon at their side, no balls needed. Their power sets resemble those seen in the local legendaries.

[Well, maybe not the time-travelling part.]

It's far from the first time. Not so long ago, two foreign criminal groups managed to take control of a pair of opposite legendaries, and nearly destroyed the world with their battle.

[Wait, hold on.]

You have Astrals in your world, too?

[...Oh, one of those worlds. It sure has been a while.]

No Astrals to be found there, but if that description is familiar I suspect they and Eidolons are more or less equivalent. They bear different names in various worlds, than much I know, and their summoning process also varies.

Yeah that definitely sounds like the Astrals where I'm from. I forged a pact with them to stop what the Empire is doing--I can only call on Titan and Ramuh so far, though.

[Ah--]

Could. I can't call on them here, obviously.

Summoning Titan and Ramuh is an excellent start. Barring moments of great distress, my friend Rydia could only call upon Chocobo at first. Titan she could call if sufficiently upset, but the others came later.

[Granted, she was only seven at the time, but still.]

Thankfully, her previous stay in this world has proven that the bond between summoner and summoned is not truly cut but our temporary dimensional displacement. You should not have to forge those pacts over again.

...Wait she could summon a chocobo? Don't they just come when you call them where you're from?

[Weird.]

Good. That's..really good to know, actually. I'm going to need their help when I finally do get back home.

[Whenever that is.]

A wild chocobo caught in a forest might not have the instinct or strength necessary to take part in a battle. There's no such risk with a Chocobo eidolon.

[Not that it's particularly strong even with the necessary instinct.]

Facing a whole country does necessitate great power. I hope the Astrals you'll meet will suffice to complete your task, for your sake.

Our chocobos would help in battle after they got to know us. Sometimes they'd attack, other times they'd use a spell or something to buff us.

[He was very fond of his chocobo back home.]

Thanks...I hope so too.

...The most ours are willing to do is replenish our magical reserves, and only the white ones possess that power. How unfair.

[He wants a badass battle chocobo. Why won't the world let him have a badass battle chocobo?]

Yeah color doesn't matter for ours. If they like you enough they'll come into battle to help.

...I'll have to remember to be more generous with the Gysahl greens next time I must travel. And to bring thank you gifts for their service.

[Noctis can't help but laugh lightly.]

Yeah they're definitely easier to handle when you bribe them. Mine back home loves to curl up by the fire with us and pick at whatever it is Ignis makes for dinner.

[His bird is very spoiled okay.]

...I do hope he's willing to pick at it when it's not on your plate. That would not be the best habit to encourage.

[There's spoiled, and there's... that.]

[See his face? That's the face of someone that definitely does spoil his Chocobo way too much and said Chocobo definitely prefers to eat off his plate rather than off the ground.]

...Yeah. Totally.

I'm glad he's a well-behaved chocobo with a healthy understanding of boundaries, for your sake.

[And that is the face of someone who's raised a young man of his own and knows exactly what suspiciously long silences mean. Shaaaame.]

He's not as bad as Gladio's chocobo could be so I guess that's a perk, right?

I suppose so, though I now wonder how badly spoiled a chocobo can be. Even so, a part of me is afraid of the answer...

I doubt they could really get that bad..

[Lies.]

...They have the strength necessary to move grown men out of their way, an appetite that puts every other bird to shame, and the knowledge that we adore them.

[That is a terrible combo.]

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