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[runicfeathers]

[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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[captainash]

Sadly, the music is present everywhere around here, even if the exact song tends to change as you move from route to route. You can replace it with whatever's playing on the radio, but you can't turn it off completely. It'll stop bothering you after a while.

[Probably.]

[runicfeathers]

[An incredibly frustrated sigh, akin to a growl, comes from her as she shakes her head. Not the answer she'd hoped for.]

I pray to the Ancients it would after some time, but for now it's an infernal screech in my ears. What's this "radio" of which you speak, and where can I obtain it?

[She'd never caught the explanation of if it was on her device or not, she didn't bother paying the woman called mother any mind. That woman certainly was not her mother.]

[captainash]

The good news is, you already have one.

[This is very much not the answer he wishes he could give, either, but he can at least offer that much.]

It's one of the Pokégear's basic functions. Not sure which model you have exactly, but one of the buttons should bring up a list of channels identified by a number and the letter J. Each has its own music style or a few programs about the locals, so just pick one you can tolerate for a few hours when the usual music becomes too much.

[A pause, as he suddenly remembers an important detail.]

Don't bother with the... second? Third? On the list, though, that one only ever plays a single song.

(she has the HGSS model)

[runicfeathers]

I do? Well that's a pleasant surprise so that I do not have to go and find it.

[she stops for a moment, thinking back to what was told to her. Something about newest model, but she didn't understand what that had meant.]

Oh, this device? [she shakes the device gently.] The woman who called herself my mother said that it's the most recent model, whatever that means. Why do they only play just one piece of music, if you can call this music?

[captainash]

Convenient, isn't it? If you're lucky, maybe that newer model of yours comes with extra options or games. Some of their functions get updated once in a while, but the Pokémon Centers usually take care of that, if it's not done automatically.

[Well, the Pokédex gets updated, mostly, but that totally counts.]

Things might be different here, but in my world music channels had to pay to gain the right to play each song. Maybe that particular channel is just very, very cheap.

[runicfeathers]

Quite! Games you say? I shall see if there are any, and of they are educational at that. Ah, these centers, they're the buildings that were mentioned to have red roofing yes, the ones where Nova and future companions are to go if they become injured?

In my world, we have nothing of the sort. Music is either performed live, or for the magic cities, done with spells or held in very special lacrima.

[captainash]

Same buildings for healing and for Pokégear upgrades, yes. They're convenient meeting spots, too, since people quickly learn to find them in new towns. And best of all, they're completely free!

Live performances are the best way to enjoy music by far, but radio wins for convenience. Are those spells and lacrima portable, or at least mass-produced?

[runicfeathers]

Oh, I see. That makes it much easier to find these places then, and free is a wonderful price for a healer!

[she shakes her head.] Portable, yes, although some are quite heavy. Mass-produced, I am afraid they are not. Lacrima are condensed magic, difficult to create, and so most of them reside in the capital cities of kingdoms or within the mage cities themselves.

[captainash]

It's one of this world's best points, considering the amount of travel and battling most people do. Or maybe it's the reason people are so willing to travel and battle in the first place.

The places that either already have plenty of magic to condense, or can pay the fees necessary to import them, then? Guess some aspects of supply, demand and economics don't change, no matter what type of world you're in.

[runicfeathers]

The charitable nature of these healers, regardless of anything, is commendable.

If they can afford such costs, yes, it is quite expensive to do with the difficulty of the lacrima's creation.