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Open Observation Log

Who: Harry and whoever comes across him
Where: Stonetooth Row in the Coronet Highlands
When: July 25 (forward dated)
Summary: Observing the Bronzor in its natural habitat
Rating: PG
Log:

Harry has been in Hisui for a week so far and it has been mostly uneventful besides getting chased by angry wild Pokémon while doing mushroom, leek, and firewood gathering. Nevertheless, he and Lily (his Rowlet) manage to slowly grow together as a team and they are able to make some new friends along: by friends, they mean an Eevee who wasn’t afraid of Harry despite being too close while he was foraging for mushrooms at Obsidian Fieldlands and a ‘too curious for his own good’ Hisuian Growlithe he met while he was observing coastal Pokémon at Cobalt Coastlands and accidentally brought along with him back to base camp.

Then reports of a strange Pokémon called Bronzor begin to pop up that the Gingko Guild decided to assign him a mission to observe them at Coronet Highlands’ Stonetooth Row. Harry does have experience with magical creatures back at home, so he is not afraid to get as close as he could to see them, but he never expects to play Newt Scamander to the Bronzor until now. But hey, he gets to do something really important for base camp. So he, Lily, Violet the Eevee, and Godric the Hisuian Growlithe take the journey to Stonetooth Row and begin their quest of looking into the Bronzor’s behavior. Carefully taking his small team to a nearby bush in order not to scare off the mirror looking Pokémon, Harry settles down and begins to jot down anything he can see and find with them.

For every observation he can find, he carefully writes it down on his notebook with Lily taking to the tree tops and the sky to check on the Bronzor who are out of his sight and relaying what she has seen from her side. Violet is currently napping beside him, and Godric, well, he is too busy chasing his tail to amuse himself. Lily returns from her third flight scan of the Bronzor, hooting in what she is able to see.

“Ah, I see. The Bronzor have a plant on their back, I wonder what they are for in the first place,” he gladly takes note as he writes that down.

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That is a very scary thought indeed.

But the weirdest behaviour I noticed in them is when I tried to prove a local rumour that if you can polish a Bronzor, its surface will reflect the truth. I almost got attacked by one while attempting to do so: it turns out that this species really hates getting polished like that.

(Could this explain why they tend to stay away from people most of the time? Being so meddlesome in the ways of the Bronzor?)

They also appear to be a frequent sight in the area regardless of the weather: it was very chilly earlier in the morning when I first came here and they are still here even after it changes into a more sunny weather.

You touched it?!

[Well, he doubts most species would like being rubbed all over their faces, so to speak....]

They probably get hot to the touch in the sun....

Almost, I just want to see if that was true but got carried away as the result. I guess that I should have brought a pair of rubber gloves while dealing with electrically charged or sun heated Steel types next time.

(Note to self: Be more careful when handling/dealing with isolated Steel types who hates getting shiny for curiosity sake.)

Yeah, that would have been a good idea.... So, what else are you planning to try for your observation?

Looking into what possible moves they could possibly learn over time, and maybe coming up with an explanation as why they float above the ground in case anyone might be wondering.

It is a miracle that they could move around without any visible limbs in sight, and right now I am trying to see if they are part Electric or part Psychic type as well.

Yeah, some Pokemon are pretty hard to believe. I wonder how they manage too. Psychic would make sense to me.

[And he would prefer it over Electric, that's for sure.]

(Oh yes, thanks for suggesting Psychic over Electric, Radley. He hasn’t seen an Electric move from these mirror Pokémon at all. Maybe they have some sort of Pokémon brain power to move around and do things.)

That is a good typing, I have never seen them pulling off any electric moves during this observation quest. I did saw at least one stunned back its opponent with a move called Confusion before knocking it out with something called a Heavy Slam.

I think Confusion is a Psychic move, at least?

[That would be a relief. Although Heavy Slam sounds painful.]

Do they fight a lot?

Yeah that is definitely correct: it does use a weak level telekinesis to make its opponent more dazed than it would normally be.

I don’t think that they do see a lot of fighting that often from what I have seen so far since not many people have visited this place so often, unless they get agitated. When that happens, they do fight with a fierce determination.

Growl-lithe, Growl.

(Godric is still being his usual goofy self as he stares at the Bronzor in spite of his eyes being covered by fluffy fur.)

That's what I thought.

... Each other or anyone unlucky enough to be seen by them?

[He chuckles at the Growlithe. Lily warbles.]

I did saw some people passing by here, but they didn’t stay in here for long. They probably realise early on that it is a bad idea to stay in Stonetooth Row long enough for the Bronzor to spot them and flee.

Growl… Growlithe. Growl, lithe.

Oh my, Godric. Try not to scare off any of the Broznor right now. They might flee away from us if we make any loud noises.

We probably shouldn't be spotted by them either....

[Lily flips her tail.]

How long do they want you to watch these guys?

They didn’t say how long I should be in here, but I have been in this place since early in the morning to get a head start. I probably have more than enough information on my notebook to hand it over to them before it gets very late at night.

(Such dedication he has for observing the Bronzor until the afternoon. Maybe he could have been a Magizoologist in a previous life if he had any. Lily the Rowlet soon informs him that it might be getting pretty late now despite being mid afternoon and that they should leave early before any Alpha Bronzor could show up.)

Good point, I still remember about the Alpha Pokémon running around in these parts. We should get going and return to base camp before they find us.

[Radley is relieved it's not supposed to be an overnight deal, and even more relieved when leaving is suggested a bit later.]

Do you understand what your Lily is saying?

[He's fascinated by that. He can get the gist of what his Pokemon are saying, but usually not word for word.]

I wonder if there's such a thing as an Alpha Eevee. I have a hard time picturing them being violent.

[He gets up to start heading back. His Lily stretches and gets up too.]

(Violet finally wakes up from her nap and finally stretches as she gets up. Harry has put away his stuff into his satchel before he follows after Radley and Lily the Eevee, being careful as not to make any loud footsteps that could disturb the Bronzor.

Lily, Violet, and Godric are not far behind them as they leave the Bronzor and Stonetooth Row, hopefully the information he has gathered in the observation will be enough for the Gingko Guild.)

Guess having befriended some magical creatures from my world does help out in a way. Once I started getting along with Lily, Violet, and Godric, I slowly learn what they’re try to tell me and understand them well.

I can’t even imagine what an Alpha Rowlet or Hisuian Growlithe would be like either. That would be a scary thought for sure.

That's really cool!

[Radley is very impressed.]

An Alpha Growlithe would be terrifying.

[Especially all that fire....]

Yeah, I definitely agree with you, Radley: that would be a very terrifying sight to see one out on the open. Even poor Godric doesn’t like the sound of it either and he is just a small guy compared to any Alpha Pokémon.

Growlithe!

I've managed not to see any Alphas here, but we had a nightmarish Alpha Braviary attack back in Johto. They were viciously attacking people, carrying them off.... I still don't know how some of them got out of the messes they were in because of that. I wonder what makes the Alphas so aggressive.

Whoa, was it that terrifying? I’m just shocked about how they could have slipped into Jotho, Radley. I can’t imagine being there when it happened.

(He might be lucky not to be in Jotho when the Alpha Braviary showed up and caused havoc. The thought of being carried off by aggressive birds is already a grim situation to be in.

He does remember Hermione telling him on his first day at base camp that she was in the region twice with her second time being much, much longer than the first, so he must wondered how did she manage to survive the attacks.)

But my guess is just as good as yours, and I am also beginning to wonder what could have led to some Pokémon to be this aggressive.

I'm wondering now if it was Cara Liss's fault. Maybe she was fooling around with her stupid machine and sent them there. Me and Evie hid at the Pokemon Center while it was going on. I knew we wouldn't be able to help much, so it seemed better to stay out of it. I talked to a lot of people on the Network and heard a lot of horror stories. After a while the things mysteriously calmed down.

Oh you mean the scientist trying to fix the time machine so we can go back to the present day? Yeah, it sounds like she seems to be reckless with it to the point of unknowingly causing so much chaos. I didn’t sign up for machine parts search, so I can’t say much. And I thought using a friend’s Time Turner to save my godfather was the most I will get to experience time travel until Hisui came along.

I’m really sorry that you, Evie, and everyone else had to deal with the angry Braviary at the time. At least you two were able to seek shelter from their attacks.

She sure is. I still hate that we have to leave our fate up to her when there's more competent people around.

... That sounds like a really intense experience. Were you able to save him?

Thanks. It was pretty scary, although in hindsight I've been bothered by other things more. I'm not sure anything else upsets me as much as being forcefully separated from my Pokemon here.

I am also thinking the same thing as well. If only there was someone more competent who can lead the project well and not get everyone stranded in a time like this.

(Trust him, Radley: Harry has his fair share of having to deal with incompetent adults back in his world on a regular basis who would make Snape looking like a saint in comparison.)

Yeah, I sure did. He didn’t deserved to be placed in jail for a crime he would never commit, especially to my parents, but at least I and my friend were able to free him from a terrible fate.

I can’t imagine being separated from my team as well if we do return to Johto and the present time. And I have a feeling that Lily, Violet, and Godric would have felt the same time as well.

Yeah. If Kaiba could be in charge, we probably would have been home long ago.

That's awful! Did they find out he was innocent?

[He nods.]

I really hope we can take these Pokemon with us. I've told Lily all about the present day and she wants to come with me even though it'll be different to her.

[Lily warbles in the affirmative.]

Hard to tell, he had to go in hiding for some time before we got to see each other again. I wish I could say that they could prove that he is innocent all this time clear as day, but I guess that even justice can get very murky to navigate at times.

Same here, it would be great to take them with us and resume life as normal once we return to Jotho.

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