016 Things Acquired [video; ACTION for Shark House]

[ossifragant]

[It's been a while since he was last on camera.

Greed looks cold and annoyed, and he's wrapped himself in a blanket. It's not that cold in his house, he's just being a little melodramatic.

Maybe.]

You know, the last time the weather went haywire, the world nearly ended a few months later. It's not like I'm saying another Legendary Pokemon is going to show up without warning--

[He frowns.]

Nah, who am I fooling. That's exactly what I'm saying.

Comments

[audio]

[stonebones]

That's good. Though if they were battling with them, does that mean they were caught? And, um, if they were, they were freed, right...? Even if they aren't being used now, staying captured like that... I wouldn't want that for them -- for anyone.

Hmn... [Emil leans against his chair, though there's only the soft shuffle of fabric on fabric as evidence, with the video out.] Well, I guess I'll try not to travel much... It was bad enough when it would storm every few days when I arrived. Ah! [Suddenly the boy's voice is more earnest.] You're not stuck out in this, are you? It sounded like you were in shelter, but even so... You're somewhere you're okay?

[audio]

[ossifragant]

As far as I know, they were freed. Who knows where they are now. Hopefully, wherever they are, they're not gonna cause us any trouble.

[At the question, laughs quietly, shaking his head even though the kid on the other end can't hear it.]

No, no. I'm in my house. I'm not in trouble or anything.

[audio]

[stonebones]

Mmn... They might want to avoid humans for a while. [He hopes their disappearance is their choice... And that they're happy where they are.

Emil's exhale sounds genuinely relieved.] Oh. Oh, good. [Wait -- ] Your house?

[audio]

[ossifragant]

I'm sure they're fine.

[God llama saved the day, after all.]

Yeah, my house. You can buy 'em in most of the cities around here.

[audio]

[stonebones]

Oh. I had no idea... I guess that makes sense, though, if people are here as long as I've heard some have been.

[Hmn...]

Do you...like it here, then? Or is it just about having a place you can always go to?

[audio]

[ossifragant]

Yeah, I like it here. This place is like home to me, though I've been here for over a year now.

It's both, though. I like it here, and living in a house is a lot nicer than roughing it in the woods or living out of a hotel.

[audio]

[stonebones]

It sounds like a lot of people feel that way. It's definitely really nice here!

[Too many things for him to miss for him to think of it as home himself just yet, but maybe one day, if it came to that.]

A house must be especially nice when the weather is weird like this. The Center's been even busier than normal, so even if it's free it's not perfect.

[audio]

[ossifragant]

Houses are expensive, but they're nice. Makes you feel like you belong to this world, you know?