Video - Early Malom, a couple days after the party

[twistedempathy]

[Action; at Kiwi and Will's house]
[Will isn't expecting a package. He hasn't ordered anything, after all--and why wouldn't he go pick it up at the store, if he had? But he gladly signs for the small padded envelope regardless, and retreats to the living room to open it. A single, marble-sized Pokéball spills out into his hand; he gasps out loud, immediately standing to enlarge it and let out the Pokémon inside. A Hypno appears in a blaze of crimson light, looking around the unfamiliar room.]

Reve! Y-you--I thought--

[A little choked noise, like he's trying not to cry, and Will throws his arms around her for a tight hug.]

I'm so, so sorry. I never meant to abandon you, I didn't know I'd be leaving.....


[Video]
[Once the reunion is out of the way, Will flips on the video feed to make a post, looking more genuinely, radiantly happy than just about anyone has seen him here.]

Hi, everyone! I've got a favor to ask--or maybe an offer to make? I guess it depends on how you look at it!

Another member of my team arrived today! This is Reve.

[The camera pans over to show a Hypno sitting on the couch, polishing an already glittering pendulum. She looks up at the introduction, raising a hand in a silent greeting.]

Reve is a Hypno. Hypno are technically omnivores, but primarily psychovores--they mainly eat products of other creatures' minds. In this case, it's dreams. Where I'm from, I can normally easily keep her fed just by battling, since that's my job. That's not an option in Havenwell, though.

So my proposal is this: if you have nightmares you want to be rid of, or even if you just need help getting to sleep and want to keep your dreams, please let me know! You can contact me privately too, if you'd rather not speak up where everyone can see. There's no need to pay, of course--you're already giving us something, after all.

Comments

[twistedempathy]

It is, honestly. Nobody says they have to, but trainers are a brave bunch--some of them really go above and beyond the call of duty.

I just..... Give commands, most of the time? Some trainers have special kinds of gems that let them harness a kind of spiritual connection to grant their Pokémon strength, but I haven't managed to get my hands on one yet.

As for talking..... Heh. I can understand them, since I'm psychic. But some of them can talk to anyone thanks to that, too. Reve and Deja can, out of the ones here right now.

[Will motions to the Hypno and Xatu.]

[helmsplitter]

[Well, that's not unexpected. There are always those who will volunteer to give it their all. They're the ones people rely upon the most in times of trouble when the lords need troops or the townspeople need protection.

He nods and then has to really think about what this guy says next. The bird and baku can talk to anyone using...psychic powers?]

So. You're not a sage, but you got powers, and you can talk to your animals and some of them can talk to anyone.

[Yeah.

That makes zero sense to him.]

Huh.

[Wait. Isn't this what that pink-haired kid was talking about?]

Do they turn into humans, too?

[twistedempathy]

Can't say they do. Sorry, this is probably one of those world difference things, isn't it? Are sages the only people with unusual abilities where you're from?

[helmsplitter]

[So there is more than one world with these creatures??? Holy shit.]

Uh, sort of....? I guess you have the saniwa and there're probably like psychics or somethin' around, but I only know of the saniwa myself. I mostly knew soldiers and samurai before that.