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[Oh, look. It's Greed on video. This is something of a rarity.

He's obviously outside and on one of the routes at the moment, looking annoyed more than anything else.]

You know, I thought I had this place reasonably figured out. Got a decent grasp on battling, don't really mind living out of a hotel room, and since it's summer, traveling between cities is actually not that bad.

That being said, what the hell is this?

[The camera shifts off of Greed and onto a bug-type that looks like a wheel.]

Cedric used to be a beetle. Why--

What the hell is he supposed to be? Can he even battle like this?!

How the hell does a beetle even change shape to begin with! It's the final stage of a metamorphosis so why the hell did he go and turn into that thing?

[And since he's facing the camera, he completely misses the Whirlipede rolling its eyes at him.]

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[...Going to add that to the list of things that are incredibly off about this place.]

Creepy.

Now you've got me all worried.

It was terrifying and creepy, true, but relatively harmless to us and sometimes even useful. Our Pokémon lost their personalities, the music was headache-inducing and the whole world looked blocky, but even the longest routes could be crossed in hours by foot.

So in other words, it was an even stranger version of what happened at the end of May.

Weird.

Somewhat, but it happened in October instead of November or May, and we found candy in our bags once it all ended.

[....]

Well, that's... odd.

Luckily, it was not poisoned.

[Not that any of them bothered to check before digging in.]

That's fortunate for everyone.

[At least you didn't all die.

Though he's not sure he'd eat magically appearing candy himself.]

What is also fortunate, and more than slightly surprising, is that none suffered from cavities after partaking.

[Therefore, the candy itself was obviously magic.]

[...honestly that's probably one of the least weird things Cecil has told him.]

I'm glad nothing like that has happened since I've been here.

Just those strange crystals appearing.

Considering my world and many others I'm aware of, I'd not consider crystals so strange, as a matter of fact.

[A beat.]

...Though the ones that manifested themselves here were admittedly much larger than usual.

[You know, he's familiar with crystals, too, except that the ones he knows about are made of human souls.]

They were pretty damn big, yeah.

[So of course he grabbed a piece for himself.]

You'd think they'd have been found as the locals build cities over them, truly.

[Of course. Who didn't?]

You'd think.

Maybe they were deep enough underground no one thought it would be a problem. I wonder what caused them to grow so suddenly?

The answer to that would usually be a legendary Pokémon, but as far as I know none were seen this time.

That doesn't mean there wasn't one, though.

It just means that this legendary beast stayed hidden this time around.

...Which would be understandable, considering what happened to that poor dog two summers ago. Then again, that did not stop others from showing themselves...

"Poor dog"...?

Did something happen to one of the legendary Pokemon?

It was temporarily captured by Team Rocket. Its brethren's reaction was... not pretty.

[......]

Aren't they the people that attacked the train a while back?

They're not very bright for terrorists, are they?

They've had their successes, over the years. Along with their failures and their garbage-related plans, which cannot possibly have made their members happy.

Ah, that's right. When I first arrived, I was told about how one of them-- I think it was Team Rocket anyway-- attacked one of the cities.

I forget which one it was, though.

So they're either incredibly competent or they're kidnapping gods that look like dogs.

[Which is sort of hilarious.]

...They must certainly have multiple strategists with... very different success rates.

[It's the only explanation for some of those plans. That, or way too many of those Frosty Jynx from the very seedy bars.]

That or their one strategist is usually drunk.

...That would explain much of their... less conventional plans.

I've only heard about the train attack.

[If only he had been in Goldenrod. He would have watched everything go downhill spectacularly if he could.]

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