victory_road | Video; also action for the Sevii Observatory

[There isn't much audio to this one at the moment. The Gear is showing one of the Observatory's tallest telescopes, where, at the very very top, a Sobble shaking and crying. Climbing up the telescope very carefully is Matt, trying to get the poor 'mon down.]

Come on, little guy. It's alright. I'm going to help you down. Stars only know how you got up here in the first place....

[Behind the Gear there's some snickering going on. A lot of snickering. Yukishiro and Venus are enjoying their trainer's mishaps.

Sevii Observatory:

[Matt has set up a few tables inside the observatory proper where he's brought out some colored pencils, crayons, and blank paper. There's a sign on the table:

What do you think extraterrestrial Pokemon look like?

Behind the table, there's a wall where a bunch of drawings are posted, along with some actual photos of Minior, Solrock, Lunatone, and other non-terrestrial 'mons.

In some quieter moments, Matt's at a table, sitting in a chair for someone about half his size, and drawing what looks like pastel fuzzballs, with Halley floating over his shoulder.

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[Were Cecil present in person, he would strongly glare at those snickering Pokémon. As it is, he can only worry.]

The poor creature. I hope it did indeed climb up, rather than fall down.

[It's a bit before Matt can respond, and when he does, he looks dusty and even more dishevelled than usual.]

I'm pretty sure he did. I haven't seen any of these little guys on the outside of the buildings. He's fine now, though.

Is he? Thank goodness. The lizards seem even more prone to tears than the monkeys and rabbits, and I've no doubt being stuck up a telescope did not help.

[Not that he can blame them, considering the circumstances.]

They are. One started crying by a couple of my ice-types and I ended up with a bit of an ice-rink in here.

[Matt smiles over the gear for a moment.]

Do you know much about these little guys?

A large number have found their way to Celadon and the surrounding routes; I've had to leave bowls of water and food in the garden, both at home and at the Gym.

[His worried expression softens a little.]

Thankfully, none of the local species have decided they'd be easy targets, as far as I can tell.

Yeah, we've been leaving food and water out both around here and at home. Then again, I think some of the wild voltorbs at home are making sure the wild ones get fed.

[Never cross the wild voltorbs. Never.]

I wonder if they act in that manner simply out of sympathy, or because they've learned more than we have about whatever fate befell those species? I've had little success in communicating with them, but they may be wary of humans.

I have no idea, to be honest. It seems like, at least the crying little ones can somehow figure out when people are worried or scared. But... that could just be speculation.

A species with great natural empathy... That might be due to a secondary Psychic-type, though I dare not throw a Dark-type attack at a random Pokémon to test it.

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