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[ There's a little sheep going around campus... okay no, not really. Sort of. There's a Mareep turned human going around, with a basket carried in both hands. It's filled with what looks like tissue paper, tied and wrapped around a thing. ... Like circular balls. Oh, how mysterious! Sometimes, her basket might look nearly empty. But no worries, 'cause she'll soon have more in there.

And she's looking for people. Anyone. Everyone. You. Or maybe you. She's especially looking for faces she recognises, even if those faces don't recognise her.

Or maybe she's never seen you before, but hey, if you're around and don't look terribly busy (or maybe you are), maybe this girl with too much light blonde hair will come over to you. What's up?

And people whose rooms she knows of or of their classrooms, hey, you're getting a visit. Library goers, too. Greenhouses. The stadium. The gym.

Everyone, you are going to meet this girl.

Spoilers, for those with good noses: it smells like chocolate. ]

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[ On the other side of the basket, Maisy nodded. ] Yeaaah. Maaa, Elliii, when it's nice in the ciiiity agaaain, do you wanna go exploriiing with me and my friiiends? Goold and 'lorah. We can tell you everythiing we knoow. We're from thiiis wooorld, so we can tell you looots.

[Ellistree smiled more honestly this time and nodded.]

I'd really like that. Thank you.

Yeah! What do you liike about stuuff heeere? I can tell you what I knoow!

[ Because if Ellis wanted to, Maisy didn't mind at all keeping sat down and chatting with the lady. The initial weariness had all gone away. ]

Well, I've always been drawn to nature, animals and flora. This place is very unique in every one of those aspects and I'm taking courses in order to be able to learn as much as I can about every one of them.

Pokemon included of course.

I can tell you about Poookeeemoon. Or naaatuuure! I lived out in fiieeelds with Mareeeps and Flaaafffys and floooweers. [ That's what she meant, right? ]

Hmm, why don't you tell me about you then? And those close to you? [She asked curiously.]

Okaay! What should I teelll you aboout? [ She thinks about it. ] Do you wanna know what we aaare?

[Ellistree nodded and smiled.]

That's a good start, yes. I'd like that.

Okay! There's 'loraaah, she's a Jumpluuufff. And there's...

[ Maisy goes through a list of the Pokemon on Gold's team, including their names and their species. It's easy for her to know, since hey, that's the best part about when you just say the same word over and over. ]

...and then there's meee, a Mareep! 'loraah got soft balls on eaaach side of her, and she can make reeeally nice smells! And me, I can shooock stuufff, but I don't like to. It's... eeeleckkk-triiiccedddy.

[Ellistree listens intently, smiling at each description as she nods along.]

So, as far as I know, one can make teams like Gold's then? That seems like it'd be really nice. Like having a family.

Though, [She said as she tapped her chin in thought.]

It's really interesting to see the development of offensive and defensive abilities that Pokemon have. In the natural world, creatures and even plants develop these depending on their environment and their lives.

Pokemon seem to have extreme versions and much more developed abilities. They are far more than just creatures of the forest and that's really exciting.

Maaaaaa, there's a buunch of them. They're called traaaiiners and teeams. But I like calling them my frieeends.

[ As for that other part.. ]

That's 'cause peeoople like to fiight. Gooold made me leaarn stuff to do tooo- but I don't liiike fighting. I like playing more.

I like the sound of friends better. [Ellistree mused and nodded.]

[That last comment made her eyes narrow slightly as she listened.]

Hm... Do they like to fight as well, or are they being forced to do so?

I thiink they liike it... [ she thought back to some of the battles she had had, but also to a conversation with another team's Pokemon. ]

My friend Jooolt told me that they go aroound fighting for baaadges. Trainers go evererywheere... and my friends aren't saad, and Jolt's not saaad.

I see... [It wasn't really as concrete an answer as Ellistree would have liked, but in a way, it was how this particular Pokemon saw it. As such, she took it for it's face value and smiled.]

So you collect trophies then? Like a world wide competition?

Teroophy? Jolt told me you get put in a Hall of Faaaame if you become a Chaaampeoon.

[ Unfortunately, Maisy is the not the most... usual of a trainer's Pokemon. ]

Mhm~ It's common practice to take, or gain something from a defeated opponent as a trophy. A reminder of a great achievement. That's what those badges you mentioned seem like.

Jolt said that you get the badddges so you can take on an "Eliiite Fooour". Then you fight the Champeeeon to become the new one! And you get put in the Hall and become reeeallly famoooous.

So it really is a competition. That's rather interesting and the fact that the Pokemon seem to be happy with this arrangement is rather fascinating. [So long as they are not being forced Ellistree thinks.]

Will you be partaking in that kind of competition?

I don't knooow. [ The question makes her face falter. ] It doesn't sound fun to meeee. I'll try it if Gooold wants to... but fighting's reeally haaard...

[Ellistree smiles warmly and nods.]

I'm sure you don't have to if you don't want to. It's not something that is for everyone and I'm sure others would understand this.

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