67th treasure [text]

[captainash]

Pokémon with the ability Pickup: talented scavengers taking advantage of people's carelessness, or unrepentant petty thieves? Discuss!


Whichever it is, I'm starting to wonder where that gold nugget factory is hiding. Does anyone know?

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[captainash]

No amount of information and no good intentions are enough to stave off war, when facing a sufficiently determined foe. But if their knowledge and preparations helped keep even one person safe, I'd say they did well.

A relatively small school, then, if a hundred students was a busy year. Then again, it's not like nobles and rich people are the majority of any population. If I kept finding so many lost items so regularly, I'd be tempted to tie or tape them to their owners to avoid further incidents.

No one ever told me I'd have the patience necessary to be a teacher, funnily enough.

[nastyboy]

[If the knowledge and preparations helped to keep even one person safe... Dimitri can't really disagree with that. There was a lot about the church that Dimitri didn't like, and which gave him pause and plenty of questions, but still. Thanks to the church and the academy, they were able to meet the Professor. They were all able to heighten their skills.]

[With that in mind... It was a good thing, to go there.]

That's right. Honestly, the house that likely kept the Academy going the most would have been the Golden Deer house, where students from the Leicester Alliance often attended. While the Alliance is lead by a group of nobles, in comparison to a king or emperor, merchants and other commoners are more likely to attend the classes.

The only thing that stands in the way is often funds. If that can be managed, then they are welcome like anyone else. I knew of a girl whose entire village helped fund her own attendance.

At any rate, that would not be the worst solution, honestly. I wonder if our Professor ever considered it.

I think they still do that now, actually, since they've arrived here.

[He.... may have been handed some things... listen]

[captainash]

Having a group at the head of a country does imply greater chances of social mobility, even if the effect would still be reduced by the presence of an hereditary class. The fact that a whole village had to pitch in for a single student is a bit worrying, though. In my world, schools would often pay part of the poorer students' fees, if their grades were high enough or their talents particularly prized. Wasn't that an option?

They do? You might want to warn them about Pickup's existence, then. If they catch a Zigzagoon and start looking for the owner of every single pokéball they get, they'll never have time for anything else.

[nastyboy]

A lot of factors can contribute to the cost - the size of a village, the circumstances in their area, and how far away they were from the academy. You are right that it would have been ideal if the school had paid a part of other students' fees, however, although I suppose it no longer matters. However, if it reassures you, I had heard of students impressing a noble or prosperous merchant, and having that as their backer so that one day they could serve under them.

Everyone's circumstances were different, really. Still, I would like that kind of idea to be implemented some time in the future. It would just require a lot more thinking than to put it down so simply. I imagine a lot of working families didn't bother about it, because they planned on passing down the trade to their children, and so sending them to a school to learn combat and battle tactics was not a high priority.

I heard that even the magic school in my country had similar thoughts directed its way, although to be a scholar or mage could be quite prestigious. But what is prestige to a family that has to worry about how many hands they have on their farm?

Thank you for the advice. I will be certain to warn them of such a thing. They are taking to this lifestyle well, I think.