Open Observation Log

[phoenixwiz]

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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[phoenixwiz]

“Oh yeah, that is quite relatable to find some Pokémon for a good while,” Harry admits, “I didn’t expect to run into a Hisuian Growlithe like how I got Godric in the first place, but I guess that sometimes the Pokémon decides to choose who they want to be their Trainer by following their gut feeling.”

Godric happily growls as he blissfully wags his tail. Harry has no idea why would he wander off from his pack when he first met him initially due to how isolated most of the Pokémon in this region are from humanity, but he couldn’t help feeling glad that he gets to meet him regardless. Meanwhile Lily manages to fly back and reports about what she has observed from the Bronzor.

[seacub]

Emporio finds himself thinking of how he met so many of his ghost pokemon back home. Robo in particular just sort of...showed up to hold a tarp for him while it was raining.

The boy looks down- Stoat is still picking at Godric's fur, though she's moved on from the bangs at least. Confetti, of course, just buzzes from on his hat.

"...Yeah. They really seem to just 'know' things, huh..."

[phoenixwiz]

“I was also thinking the same thing as well. Perhaps they have a lot of smarts than most people would want to admit,” Harry also agrees when he stops for a moment to find Lily telling him about what she has observed on the Bronzor, several of which does confirm with what Emporio has said.

After he does a quick fact check, he resumes watching Stoat petting Godric’s fur and him happily panting his tongue in amusement. He must have wondered for a long while why do some Pokémon needed to be catch sometimes while other just simply walks into a Trainer’s life. That is a mystery he may not solve but he honestly doesn’t mind it one bit.

[seacub]

"They definitely seem smarter than normal animals...er...though I only really know birds and alligators if I'm being honest," he laughs. "I didn't see a lot of them where I lived."

Why alligators made that category is a mystery he will keep to himself. Unless asked, perhaps, but anyway.

A question rests on his mind though, and he ultimately can't keep it to himself much longer. "So... ...You came here from whatever world you lived in before?" he asks. It's a guess, admittedly- made entirely based on how Harry brought up Godric and the others- but he feels at least slightly confident in it.

[phoenixwiz]

“Yeah, I did come in from my world before being tossed into this world and Hisui,” Harry replies in return, “Back in my world, I have some encounters with various magical creatures who live in there and they are in some way just like the Pokémon. Granted, they behave much differently from our Pokémon but they are also sentient as well.”

[seacub]

"Yeah..?" Oh, that's unexpected. "I guess there were things that could be considered magical at home... ...I wouldn't have called it magical, but it wasn't....'Logical'?"

The boy furrows his brows. "Things like...super powers, and cryptids if that makes sense. I guess in that way where I came from wasn't too different."

Foo at least was sure sentient where most wouldn't have expected it.

[phoenixwiz]

There is not a word Harry can describe for what Emporoio is talking ahout, but he does understand what he is trying to say regardless.

“I agree, even if our worlds are different in many ways, there are still plenty of similarities that they share in,” Harry admits as he rechecks his notes to make sure that he didn’t get anything wrong.

[seacub]

Sometimes, words are hard. As long as they can understand the other though, it's probably fine.

The notes though, remind Emporio of the fact that Harry at least was here for a reason other than simply wandering.

"Oh- you probably want to get to the base to pass those notes on soon huh..."

The way he says that, it sounds a bit like he doesn't plan on coming along.

[phoenixwiz]

“Oh yes, I am hoping to get these notes back to base camp so they can know more about these Bronzor and what they are capable of,” Harry agrees, “I’m currently checking if I got anything wrong in my notes before I could return to base camp soon.”

[seacub]

"Right. There isn't really much of a way to know when enough is enough right now...since they don't have a pokedex, what we find on the pokemon here is pretty much all there is- I did the same for Drifloon a week or so before."

"The path down to the base is still clear then?"

[phoenixwiz]

“That is a good point. I do believe that I have gathered enough information to satisfy the request. Um, yeah. I think that the path is still Bronzor free as long as we leave as quickly and quietly as we can,” Harry acknowledges it as he packs it up to leave the Coronet Highlands and return to base camp.

“Wait a minute, what is a Drifloon if I may ask? I never have run into too many of them before.”

[seacub]

"Got it then... ...I might try another path to the mountain tops in that case...oh-"

Oh, Drifloon.

"I think I might still have a copy of the sketch...they're balloon shaped ghost pokemon, so they're also flying type too- I have one back in the future, or their evolved form anyway. People think they try to kidnap kids, but they're actually really playful, and the only ones they can really lift off the ground to play are young kids."

...Which unfortunately looks a lot like kidnapping as one might guess.

[phoenixwiz]

“Ah, so they look like balloons and they want to play with kids despite other people getting their intentions all wrong? Sounds really intriguing,” Harry speaks, “I have met plenty of ghosts in my world and they do have loads of characters in them.”

[seacub]

"A lot of pokemon are like that- especially the ghost types. Some of them are ghosts in the real sense...where they were something alive, you know?" So he asks, just in case ghosts in Harry's world aren't that... "...But a lot of them are just...ghostlike. Like Decidueye- they actually evolve from rowlet," Emporio laughs, looking toward the bird in question, "But they're definitely still alive..!"

"It's the same thing for golett and golurk- they're golem pokemon, giant statues that can move thanks to an energy held inside. So they're not ghosts, but similar."

[phoenixwiz]

“Oh wow, I didn’t know that Rowlet can become into a part Ghost type final evolution,” Harry’s eyes widen up in glee, “That is pretty brilliant. This world has plenty of interesting Pokémon and I am very intrigued to see what they have to offer now. As soon as we return to the modern times that is.”

[seacub]

"Yeah! I think it might be because of what barn owls get associated with..?" Beaming, he offers Harry at least a small 'hope spot' for the future. "When we get back, there'll be plenty to read up on online-! Even if you haven't looked something up with the pokedex already, someone there has probably posted about it!"

[phoenixwiz]

“Sounds like a good tip to me. I am hoping to learn more about the Pokémon just as much as I am hoping to be a good Trainer to my team,” he happily agrees before realizing something else he hasn’t done yet, “Oh wait, I almost forgot to introduce myself earlier. My name is Harry and I guess you already know Lily, Godric, and Violet by now.”

“Row-let!” “Eevui, vui-ee!” “Growlithe, Growl!”

[seacub]

"Emporio," the boy introduces, nodding his head. Confetti, in turn, nearly rolls off- she manages to catch herself though. "And well...I guess I can say the same for the others as well- that's Stoat, and this is Confetti."

Slowly, Stoat looks up toward Harry.

"....Snee." is the bored greeting, before she bats at Godric's now very fluffed and clean mane.

[phoenixwiz]

“It’s very nice to meet you and your Pokémon today, Emporio,” Harry greets him as everyone prepares to leave for base camp before he turns his attention to Stoat, “Oh hey there Stoat. Enjoying befriending Godric today?”

“Growl, Growlithe,” the Hisiuan Growlithe happily wags his tail in delight.

sorry for the delay ;u;

[seacub]

"It looks like she's enjoying it at least..."

Stoat seems to preen at that, which perhaps only adds to the thought. "...I hope we can bring them back with us. ...None of the pokemon I had in the future came here, but I'd miss these guys..."

[phoenixwiz]

“Oh dear, I’m sorry to hear that, Emporio. It is not fun being stuck in the wrong time period. I’m certain that they also miss you as well,” he speaks to him, “I haven’t been to the future version of this world just yet but I’m already wondering what does life in there look like.”

[seacub]

To that the boy just shakes his head, smile wry. "It's alright...honestly, aside from that worry it's been pretty cool! I already spent most of my time on the trails before, so it's been interesting making shelters here in the same way. I think I surprised someone at my last spot though... ...They didn't think it was anything but another hill..."

[phoenixwiz]

“You have become familiar with these trails over time? That sounds really brilliant to look around what this place has to offer, I got to admit. I do wish that I could do more walking trails as well: I happen to do some patrol duty as well though I haven’t gotten far enough just yet.”

[seacub]

"Yeah- the trails are the default routes for everyone after all. To get from city to city, it's the only method there is at least initially. I wouldn't say I know the insides of the caves and mountains though exactly..."

[phoenixwiz]

“Are the caves in the future that dangerous or tough to navigate?” Harry curiously asks Emporio with his team trailing behind him, “I haven’t been inside a cave in a few years.”

The last time he ventured into a cave before Hisui, it predictably went as chaotic as any adventures he has went through.