123rd [moon]

[paladinlost]

If you were a well-meaning yet clumsy Pokémon, where would you accidentally drop the last part of a 3000-piece puzzle?

[Cecil looks more puzzled than annoyed or upset, but in the background a Roserade, a Quagsire and a Togekiss are turning his kitchen upside down. Even as he desperately shakes a chair, the Quagsire starts crying. In an attempt to console him, the Roserade acientally hits his face with a flower.]

My team is dealing with slight... technical difficulties, you see, and we've run out of ideas.

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[neverstudied]

Did you buy the puzzle, or was it a gift?

If you know where to buy another one of the same puzzle, get one. Your missing piece'll be in there somewhere. Sure, it'll be hell to sift through it all to find one piece, but it's better than searching forever for something that might be gone for good.

[paladinlost]

While I bought it, it was a limited edition. Still, there should be a copy or two left, and it's always a pleasure to support that particular artist... That would take care of the missing piece problem, but I doubt they'd feel better about losing it in the first place.

[neverstudied]

Yeah, yeah, I get ya.

Aside from just replacing the piece, I dunno what to tell ya- just keep searching underneath chairs and counters and couches and whatever else it might've fallen under, and hope that it didn't wind up in the trash somehow. Or, like, eaten, I wouldn't put it past some Pokemon to do that.

[paladinlost]

...I would like to say that none of my Pokémon are foolish enough to eat a puzzle piece while their siblings are using it, but that would be a blatant lie.

[He wouldn't call any of his Pokémon stupid in public, but that doesn't mean he's blind to their faults.]

The only piece of furniture in the room we've not yet lifted is the refrigerator. I would much rather hope to find it under a chair or a cushion, to be honest.

[neverstudied]

Hey, it could've been an accident. Someone sets a piece of food down on top of the piece without realizing it, picks it up with the piece, goodbye chance of finishing that puzzle.

I mean, you probably have Pokemon strong enough to lift it, right?

[paladinlost]

I cannot recall anyone eating in the vicinity, but as I train ghosts and would-be ninjas that means very little. For all I know, Eblan could have eaten while in another room, with that swift tongue of hers.

I do, but... I must admit that I do not deep clean the kitchen quite as often as I should, especially when it involves moving heavy appliances. The secrets it might reveal will be terrible to behold.

[neverstudied]

As terrible as your Pokemon continuing to freak out all over your kitchen?

[paladinlost]

...Some questions have no true answer, when one side is known and the other is not. But I'd not be too surprised if we discovered today that a sufficient amount of dust can gain sentience and become a Pokémon.

[neverstudied]

[Venkman laughs.]

Man, that still wouldn't be the weirdest Pokemon out there, and you know it.

Worst case scenario, you're the first person to discover a whole new species. That's probably worth it.

[paladinlost]

They might also ask me to name it. Would the fame gained from such a discovery be worth trying to think of an acceptable wordplay with dust? Or will I be forced to fall back on the 'Seel' and 'Onix' naming convention?

[Is it a genuine objection, or is he kidding? Cecil's voice betrays nothing.]

[neverstudied]

Yeah, that's a problem. I'm not great at naming Pokemon, let alone entire species of Pokemon. Maybe you'll get lucky and it'll make a noise that sounds just enough like a pun on the word "dust" that you can call it that.

[paladinlost]

That would be very lucky indeed. Then again, even without that I could hardly do worse than 'Bloober', and that was still generally accepted until visitors from Kalos offered a better alternative.

[neverstudied]

... Uh. Bloober?

[paladinlost]

When the first swarm of Goomies reached these regions, we knew as little about them as we do about those little swift bunnies at the moment. Since they were thought to be a brand new species and needed a name, the professors settled on Bloober. ...The poor things.

[neverstudied]

... Huh. I mean, it's probably not the worst Pokemon name out there? And I dunno if Goomy is better or worse. They're both kinda stupid names.

[paladinlost]

Please don't say that too loudly. I have a Goodra in the house, though he stays away from puzzles.

[neverstudied]

[He grimaces.]

My bad.

Probably worried about picking up puzzle pieces with the slime, huh? Any of the ones who usually work on puzzles have that sort of issue?

[paladinlost]

Flood's body is rather slimy and he's not the most... observant Pokémon, but we checked every inch of him from the start. His limbs hid no missing pieces, this time.