The Heights of Londo [OOC 2] - What? OOC is evolving!

[Hazuki]

That about follows what I hand in mind, aye. Not excessively violent, but y'know, stuff happens.

[Hazuki]

I realize that Leah has nothing to do that I can respond with at the moment. All I can recommend is interacting with the resident Pokemon, or even her Sableye, who she's been so cruelly neglecting.

[Comissar]

I realize that Leah has nothing to do that I can respond with at the moment. All I can recommend is interacting with the resident Pokemon, or even her Sableye, who she's been so cruelly neglecting.

It's not deliberate, it's genetic!

And yeah, I'll probably get some pokémon interactions up soon. I'm fine leaving the spotlight mostly to Alyssa for a bit anyway

[Comissar]

Right, for the time being, Leah's going to walk Sable through how her tools are used. Given his penchant for tech, I think that'd be enough to give them common ground to start out from. She's probably not ready to show him the fossil just yet, she's not certain she has enough of his trust that he won't try and eat it yet.

[Hazuki]

Can vegetarians eat fossils?

[Comissar]

I mean, there are plant fossils?

[Hazuki]

Yeah but I mean, like, animal fossils. Is it against the vegetarian scriptures to eat those, since they're technically animal products?

[Comissar]

Yeah but I mean, like, animal fossils. Is it against the vegetarian scriptures to eat those, since they're technically animal products?

Well, speaking as a vegetarian (though I must've lost my copy of the scriptures somewhere ), I'd say it's probably ok..? There's so rarely any actual organic matter left in a fossil to begin with, you'd be eating pretty much just mineral at that point. The organic content is higher in soil than it is in fossils, so you probably eat more animal matter when you have mushrooms than you would eating a fossil.

Also, on the flip side, I'm not sure you'd want to eat fossils. I can tell you that siltstone is kinda gritty and tastes a whole lot like sand (a genuine way to tell siltstone and mudstone apart is to taste it and see if it's gritty or not). It's not the most pleasant thing in the world

[Hazuki]

This isn't a matter of taste, it's a matter of morality! Think of all the starving vegetarian orphans we could feed with dinosaur bones!

Also yeah I'm a vegetarian too. I'm just being silly.

[Comissar]

This isn't a matter of taste, it's a matter of morality! Think of all the starving vegetarian orphans we could feed with dinosaur bones!

All that tasty tasty Silicate they're missing out on! I also like the idea that the solution to starving vegetarian orphans is 'Get out to the dinosaur fields, dig up them bones, hand them out and let them try and eat them!' It's got an almost Dickensian charm to it

Also yeah I'm a vegetarian too. I'm just being silly.

Perish the thought! I'd taken you to be 100% serious 100% of the time

[Hazuki]

All that tasty tasty Silicate they're missing out on! I also like the idea that the solution to starving vegetarian orphans is 'Get out to the dinosaur fields, dig up them bones, hand them out and let them try and eat them!' It's got an almost Dickensian charm to it

This is going to be the driving plot of my next PbP.

[tgva8889]

Huh, I never would have guessed I was the only non-vegetarian in this game.

Quick research tells me a portrait of actual high quality would take...months at a minumum, probably with multiple sittings. So how long do you want to spend doing this in-game, Hazuki?

[Hazuki]

Hmm, maybe a week? We'll just say that in Pokemon, artists are comparatively hyper-competent.

[tgva8889]

Yeah. I know nowadays you can get one done in a few days (at least, that's what I would guess based on my recently commissioned artworks) though it depends on artist process and such. A week seems fine with me.

[Hazuki]

And poor Leah will be left alone the whole time.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa will probably go find Leah when she's taking a break.

[Comissar]

As a bonus, at least for the first few days, Leah's going to be fairly house bound too while she waits for her foot to heal (although I guess Bibi's bandages might accelerate that a bit).

[Comissar]

Trying to think what Leah would do with her week while Alyssa's busy. I think she'd probably just work on her fossil a bit while house bound, maybe explore the town a bit when she's more mobile again.

[Hazuki]

That makes sense. :3

[Comissar]

tgva, do you think Alyssa has something in mind beyond general hanging out when she's done painting?

[tgva8889]

I'm not sure. I don't think she had anything special in mind, probably just a moment to not be in a professional headspace, y'know?

[Comissar]

That's fair, and I think Leah would be more than happy to oblige that.

[Comissar]

I was going to have Saura wandering the corridors too, and the pair bumping into each other, then I remembered that Saura was also keeping Luna company, and she wouldn't just leave her behind. So instead I guess they were just relaxing in the living room together?

[Hazuki]

That works for me.

Speaking of! Is anybody else planning to get more Pokemon, including that Smeargle for Alyssa? Just 'cause it's noticeable that given the nature of this game, it has seemed relatively hard for Leah to split her focus between the two Pokemon she has.

[Comissar]

I'm actually totally fine with Leah only having Saura and Sable! And yeah, I struggle to know what to do with Sable. I think I've settled on 'lab buddy' given he's been described as the inquisitive sort.

[tgva8889]

I would really like Alyssa to end up with a Smeargle or other Pokemon with Sketch repetitively at some point. Otherwise I don't have any specific plans. Though I did decide Alyssa would be capture specialist intending to capture a bunch of things, whether or not she ends up keeping them. But besides the Smeargle that I'm definitely still interested in Alyssa ending up with because it's just so perfect for her, I didn't have any specifics that I was like "yes that, Alyssa should have that."

Although, she does have a moon-theme team going on right now so it'd be amusing for her to end up with, like, a Lunatone...

[Hazuki]

Sorry for the poor post. I was doing other stuff when I realized I hadn't posted sooo.

Also! Is everyone okay with the current pace of the game?

[Comissar]

Don't worry about it. And yup, I'm fine with the current pacing. It's nice doing relaxed stuff. I think we can probably skip forward a bit once the evening plays out if you/tgva are cool with it (wanting to do a little Leah/Alyssa interaction ahead of that) just because a few days of 'Alyssa goes to paint, Leah does stuff around the house' might get a bit repetitive? Not sure, though, could be ways to explore that too.

[Hazuki]

Sure, I can do that, but you'll have to let me know if there are any goals you want to achieve or things to look at during the timeskip.

[tgva8889]

I am fine with skipping to a time where Alyssa and Leah are together, as Alyssa still has more painting she'd do but then she'd probably go looking for Luna after remembering she totally didn't have time to find her before she started painting due to stuff + her forgetting.

During a longer timeskip, I assume Alyssa would a) spend time with Leah b) spend time with Athe c) probably meet Sable at some point, which I'm sure would go over great[/sarcasm] and we should probably play out.