pendantry | Five

[It’s a rare day when Raven doesn’t report to the smithy first thing in the morning. Routine sits well with her; whether it’s the bird or the person who finds contentment in her jewellery-crafting nest is debatable. There is, however, a request she has spent (according to her) far too much time thinking on.

Masaomi asked for something to nullify electricity. In a flash of pragmatism, Raven wants to be able to make more than one of whatever this accessory will be. But first, she must actually achieve one. Harder than it sounds. Using what she knows, she hasn’t been able to produce anything that leaves someone less than shocked after exposure to lightning magic.

So. She did not go to work this morning; it’s the item shop instead, first, and then a trip to the big lake for a change of pace and some fishing. It reminds her of the fish-catching competitions at home, and out here in the forest alone, she can share a fond smile with nobody.

Until something comes crashing through the trees with a screech, grabbing some prey in its claws and landing not too far away to consume it. Not too long later, she’s sitting by the edge of the lake on a stone, book open.]

Does this belong to any of you? [Turn the book, show the bird.] ...He’s friendly.

[Friendly enough to sit only a few feet away, preening and occasionally squawking - and letting her touch him. No tender moments will be broadcast over the journal...intentionally. She’s a bird lover, though, even of large ones like this, and the way he looks reminds her of someone.

Might as well ask her other question while she’s gone to the trouble of using the book.]

I’m looking for materials that resist lightning. [Beat.] Not rubber. Things with magic.

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[But you are the one she asked, Silver.]

Those other two are too excited.

Which is why they could answer it best. They're passionate about it.

[Don't make things difficult.]

I don't know how to talk to them.

...The same way you would talk to anyone else? [Gonna have to be more specific there, Raven.]

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[Raven makes an uncomfortable sound. That's exactly the problem. She's terrible at talking to anyone with their sort of demeanor.]

Never mind.

[It's not that he doesn't get it. He does. He really does.]

Just watch out for Emmet's eager tangents. He'll head down the express lane instead of stopping at the right station. [He learned about this in around five minutes. What he did not learn is that he is unintentionally making train puns with more and more frequency.]

[And someone with no knowledge of trains? Also misses out on the euphemisms.]

Now you're not making any sense either.

...Tell him when he starts getting off track. [Ingo could do it too, but he has a little more impulse control. ...That doesn't stop the fact that he could literally go on and on about trains for days if prompted to do so and-]

I don't want to ask him.

Then I guess that's your stop on learning about trains. [So much about trains. More than anyone ever wanted to know about trains.

Raven, don't ever learn about trains.] Make sure that Archeops gets back to him okay.

Yeah. We're going back. ...I like this pokemon.

[No she is not blushing. How dare you insinuate that. But the "like" and the "pokemon" should be huge clues about her feelings for you, Silver.]

[Maybe... Maybe... Possibly...

Nope.] It's hard to not like them.

[Eh. Some of them she can take or leave.]

Archaeops.

[Look, perfect pronunciation and everything.]

[Wow, rude. ...And wow, she really likes her birds.]

She's was raised from a fossil. Emmet said that she's one of the ancestors of bird Pokémon.

A fossil? ...Things in fossils are dead.

There's technology at home that can turn a fossil back into a Pokémon.

Does it remember living?

[What kind of question, Raven.]

Mmh...never mind.

I'm pretty sure it just creates a new life. [Anything else would be pretty weird.] I don't know enough about it, though.

Mm. You don't have fossils then. For companions.

Nope. I don't think Johto even has that technology. [That's a Kanto thing, man, and Kanto is for losers.]

...You're not from the same world?

...We're from different regions.

So your world doesn't share technology between countries.

The only regions that actively share technology and information are Kanto and Johto. [And even then, that was only in the past few years.] Most regions are bad at communicating with other regions. It's the reason why it's pretty easy to have little to no knowledge on Pokémon in other regions until you visit them.

[...And he knows next to nothing about nations because haha a proper education. What's that.]

[Huh. Well, she figures all the countries in her world don't share their secrets either. She wouldn't know. Sharance gets a lot of gossip, but not a lot of innovation.]

You could not have an Archaeops. [Nod. ...Raven almost wishes she could have one.]

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