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Third Bloom (video; forward date to 7/23)

Oh look, these little guys don’t look too terrifying at a lot. I think that they are pretty cute for such a feisty new Pokémon species.

(Isabela is seen on the video feed as she takes a good look on a pack of strange looking plant like Pokémon with short stubby limbs and something resembling eggshells on their heads walking about terrorizing folks of Azalea Town by letting the spiciness on their leaves to get to them. Antonio the Ponyta’s whining can be hear as he stares at the ongoing chaos on the streets. How on earth is this even possible for these walking chili pepper plants to run around freely and giving people fits while Isabela has not fallen into their defense mechanisms besides being a major plant nerd? Yes, she is probably well aware of how much trouble chili peppers can be to people’s stomachs and eyes but she chooses not to disclose it just yet.

Meanwhile, the Slowpoke in Azalea are not harmed by any means by these new Pokémon and their older brethren, a group of big two headed walking chili peppers, at all. It appears that even these spicy peppers seem to respect this unspoken golden rule of not harming Slowpokes in this town. This woman is clearly too enamored by their appearance that she may not be aware of the dangers of being so close to them.)

I haven’t seen any of these guys before and, oh my goodness, aren’t they such lovely creatures. My PokéGear’s dex said that they are part Grass and part Fire type and may have roots in a region called Paldea. That’s also where Amanratha and Veria’s kin come from too. I also like to point out that Grass/Fire is not a common type combination from what I have noticed but I would love to see a pretty unique species for myself so badly that I can’t resist the opportunity to see this swarm in action today. Come to think of it, I might want to catch one of these feisty little guys for my team.

(Uh oh, Isabela please! This is a very ‘bad’ idea. Can somebody try to convince her to not catch a feisty chili pepper Pokémon in the middle of a very hot day? Spoiler alert: she is most likely going to ignore any advice or warning just to add in the grass Mon side of her team.)

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Maybe it's because I run a restaurant. Who knows. Yeah, it's looking like something about these guys spreads disharmony like whoa. Thankfully, they also seem to be leaving my Pokemon alone. That or my cuties are too chill to be affected.

["Vee-vee-vee!" says Evie. She just wants to make friends!]

Yeah, it seems to be the case: targeting people to cause some trouble among us but leaving the Pokémon, wild and trained alike, alone. Very strange indeed. I wonder if this is in their nature or if other factors are involved.

And I thought that the seemingly eyeless bats I found in the tunnels during the Legendary hunts were that unusually weird and peculiar.

If it's their nature, they're probably gonna be great buddies with Ghost types. If there's other factors, I wish we could figure out what.

Zubats?

[Radley isn't much a fan of them, finding them creepy. He's not terribly fond of their first evolution either. He's okay with their final form.]

I hope that nature is the case. That is why I want to catch one so I can see how they behave and how they interact with the world around.

Oh that’s what they’re called? Yeah those bats are clearly different from Félix’s kind. They must have thought that I’m the scary one when I fell into the chamber they resided in.

I see. Well, I hope you'll continue to stay immune to whatever it is they do.

[And that having one won't cause too much trouble for anyone coming in contact.]

They probably did, yeah. We are the intruders at that when that sort of thing happens, but in your case it sounds like it was an accident.

I’ll certainly do what I can do to avoid such behavior from them.

Yeah, I was not expecting to fall into a chamber while I was taking part of finding some of the mysterious Pokémon in the tunnels a few days ago. Because of the incident, I was not able to find evidence of the new creatures.

Good luck.

It sounds like most people had a lot of trouble trying to do that.

[Radley is glad he stayed out of it and just tried to offer help to some who did.]

No kidding. It is no wonder that these new mystery Pokémon are so elusive and hard to track down. I genuinely thought that I was the only one having troubles, but it turns out a lot of folks did encounters problems too.

I almost wonder if the Pokemon themselves deliberately caused trouble for everyone because they don't wanna be found.

I am also starting to think about the same conclusion as you too. Maybe they wish not to be discovered at all because they just want to live in peace and quiet.

Yeah. The silhouette people supposedly found was pretty strange, though. A bird? It looked like that one Pokemon ... Zapdos?

[A giant electric Pokemon.... His worst nightmare. Another reason why he stayed away.]

Whoever heard of a bird underground? The whole thing could just be a hoax.

That’s right. Birds don’t usually make underground tunnels as their home, that wouldn’t make a lot of sense. Most birds fly in the sky or swimming in the water, not sleeping inside tunnels.

Oh wait a minute. Isn’t Zapdos one of the giant birds Mirabel and Luisa had encountered and told me about at Prom?

Yeah, exactly.

I think they were both there then. Zapdos showed up last year, yeah.

Oh yeah, they said that the birds didn’t like being disturbed when the previous year’s Prom was held in the island they apparently called home. I do hope that Zapdos didn’t try to scare everyone off.

Yeah. Articuno was the one I had to deal with. I think Zapdos was the one who wanted people to race, but I'm not sure. I don't remember much about what he and Moltres did.

Oh gee, I could imagine that it must have been quite chaotic during the time with the birds being understandably in rage. Thankfully the most recent Prom did ended in a much calmer ending and not near where the birds live in. For a moment, I must have worried for my sisters’ safety since they have been in this world much longer than I do.

It sure was. I was surprised this year's Prom went so well. I've heard horror stories all along that they always go sour.

[He smiles.]

They were fine. They were both with Articuno too, come to think of it.

Yeah me too. I was expecting to come to Prom and witness some chaos brewing from within, but I was amazed by how smoothly this year’s Prom went. Pretty rare occurrence, I guess.

Phew, that’s good to know.

It sounds like it was. Maybe everybody's guard will be down next year and then everything will blow up again like usual.

Yeah.

[He smiles.]

Well then I will be on be very careful and high alert if ever something bizarre does show up. Wouldn’t like the idea of being caught off guard all the sudden without being fully prepared for anything.

Yeah, I don't either. It's hard to prepare for the weirdness that happens around here, though.

Oh yeah, they are just that hard to avoid. Me and my team kept being dropped into random places in the worst timing possible in the most recent weird weekends. That got very annoying very quickly.

That is really annoying. It happened to me a couple of times, but mostly people kept being dropped into my house.

Oh dear. It must have been very crowded and a tight squeeze when people suddenly drop into one’s house during the weird weekend. And I thought living inside one big magical house with my family is a big example of that. I just hope that Luisa was alright at the time. Were the people who landed in your house okay though?

Luckily, it wasn't all at once. And yeah, they were fine, just frustrated. I'm not sure what Luisa was up to that weekend.

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