victory_road | Video 01

[There's audible frustration as you hear swearing and the pokegear clatter to the ground. (Bear with her, this is still new for her as her world used magic devices as their communication tech.) Once it's picked up and she dusts it off, she lets out a huff of embarrassment before turning the camera feature towards the Fletchling on her shoulder, and then to her own face, pointed ears poking out of her hair.]

As you must now already all be aware, I've little knowledge of this place! A curse it must be to be found in this place without your powers, and then find you've become a mortal like all the natives, how insulting!

[A brief pause before shaking her head, stopping herself before she starts cursing the ancients of Tharcia and going on a tirade about how Rivaersa unfairly cursed her, stripping her of her Phoenix powers.]

But no matter, 'tis unimportant. What draws my attention is that all here seem to be gifted in Beastmastery... how curious, that's a rare gift in my home, a gift by bloodline and tribe in fact. Are all in this place of the same ancestors or family lines? Or do these creatures have a friendlier disposition than most beasts? This one on my shoulder here, whom I've decided to name 'Nova', calls herself a "Fletchling" and says she's going to be my companion as I "train" her to become stronger. Is this what those beasts here are all called, Fletchling?

AND WHAT IS WITH THIS AWFUL NOISE PLAYING NON-STOP?

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Forgive me if I misunderstood you but... your pokemon told you?

[There are... a lot of other questions to answer, yes, but Armin can't help but stumble over that mention. Mentally, at least! There might be a few pokemon capable of psychic speech, but he has never heard of a Fletchling being capable of it.]

[She sighs and shakes her head, of course she could understand birds. What bird couldn't understand their own kind?]

Yes, of course she did! I can understand and communicate with all forms of birds in my homeland. 'tis naught queer in the slightest there, not around my people nor with the gifted Beastmasters. Do you Beastmasters here not possess this ability to do such things with those you tame?

Not really, no. There are certain types of pokemon that can communicate with people, generally psychic pokemon or ones with very strong latent psychic abilities.

[Armin can talk with his Lapras, but that took a long time to establish.]

But other than that, people can't really talk to pokemon. You learn to understand them, of course, when you have worked with them for a long time, but it's never as clear as direct speech. It's more of a body language thing.

[From what she's understanding is that those in this place possess a child's grasp on beastmastery, but none have the true skills of it past what a child learns.]

I... see. That's something a child can comprehend in my home, a beast's body language is easy to understand for those clans. This world is strange, but seems since I'll be here a while, I may as well learn its secrets.

Well, if you have any questions, I could try and answer them. I've been in this world for several years now.

[He won't say he knows everything, but he does know about a lot of the most basic things people wonder about when they first arrive.]

[she gives a nod, and looks around before looking back at her PokéGear device, something now clearly on her mind.]

Ah, yes a question I do have. What are we to do for food? Are we allowed to hunt and capture, and thus acquire, our own food from these creatures?

The stores in town are your best bet for food. Those and the markets. They come down pretty strictly on anyone who hunts pokemon like that, but even if you could somehow avoid detection, as far as I am aware, pokemon are inedible. To us, at least.

You can find things like nuts and fruits out in the open, but you should watch out for the berries. Some are perfectly fine to eat, but there are also several of them that can't be digested by humans. The effects are... not pretty.

[No hunting he says, now that may prove some of a problem for her as one of her ways to make money back home was by hunting and selling the skins as well as smoking the meat in a special way.]

I... See. I should thank you for this information then, although it leaves me at somewhat of a disadvantage as I was an accomplished huntress back home.

If these creatures are inedible for us, does this mean that other creatures that aren't these Pokemon exist for food?

To be absolutely honest, I'm not sure if anyone really knows. Meat is sold in stores and it tastes the same as any meat I've had before [Better even.] Personally, I don't believe it comes from non-pokemon animals. You'd see some trace of those out in the wild, but there aren't any as far as I can tell. Which means the meat is either from pokemon that are slaughtered in a particular way that makes the meat edible to humans, in the same way you might have to skin a poisonous creature in a certain way, or, uhm, I'll admit I'm not really very educated about this particular field, but I once talked with someone who said it is possible for scientists to produce meat in laboratories.

Artificially created meat? Not even the highest magic in my world could create such a thing! That is truly fascinating to be able to do so.

You'll have to ask a man called Egon about the specifics. I really don't know more about it than that.

If you don't mind me asking, what sort of magic does exist in your world? The world I come from doesn't really have any sort of magic [Except titan magic but that is. Ugh.] so this topic is really fascinating to me.

I will have to search this man out for answers!

I do not mind the question, although I cannot imagine a world without magic, as my own world's very core is magic. We have many kinds of magic, but they can be classified into nine different elements: Light, Shadow, Lightning, Earth, Nature, Wind, Fire, Ice, and Water. As I've been told, the different typings of the creatures here are relatively similar but with double this amount.
The elements can be combined for some powerful effects once one learns the basics of spellcasting and how to focus their spells.

[she pauses briefly to think, then gives a couple nods before continuing with a smile.]

If you've any questions regarding specific elements themselves, do not hesitate to ask, I am more than happy to answer these questions.

[Oh Willow, you know not what floodgates you open.]

Can everybody in your world practise magic? Or is it something that is limited to only certain people?

[That is how things had been in Mr Newt's world.]

[Worry not, she enjoys talking about magic.]

Not all, but most are able to. It all depends on how... ahh.. how attuned their life essences are. You see, all in my world are born with a splinter, or fragment, of the planet. It's what gives us life, and what determines our aptitude with magic. Most humans do not possess a large enough fragment, but that's not to say that humans aren't capable of magic. There are many who do, in fact there are great cities devoted to magic with a thriving population of humans in them that practice these arts. All humans once were able to perform magic, but so many have forsaken those ways according to ancient writings, but it is not uncommon for one to still be born possessing a fragment large enough when their parents were not.

But, we beings of magic incarnate all possess the skills. The great ancients of Tharcia were of the strongest magic bearers, they were the first to teach us how to wield these powers in a focused way, how to use them without causing chaos and destruction.

[Seems a little history lesson is thrown in as well there.]

[Armin is absolutely drinking it all in. Give him all the history and magic lessons!]

Are there many like you. Beings of magic, that is?

[his wish is her command! All the magic knowledge given gratefully.]

Yes! There are many who are, scattered all across Rivaersa. My kind are masters of fire, and there are others who have these and other elements as their natural alignment. My kind are some of the oldest in my world, alongside other great beings like the Dragons and Faerie people.

[should he ask, she will tell him she's a Phoenix. After all, her being one means nothing in this world aside from speaking bird.]

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rushes to find notes of Willow's world