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[gonebyebye]

[Ray shakes the offered hand.]

Same here. I have had a chance to do some reading, though, and Tesla here's been a great deal of help with acclimating myself to the local technology.

Near as I can tell, we're on a version of Earth where most of the culture revolves around catching the local fauna, and in some cases the flora. Apparently it's for the purpose having them battle each other.

[hauntpadour]

[Egon looks over Ray's shoulder at the Rotom, then back at his solosis. Seems like everyone has one of these.]

That sounds terribly violent. The fauna certainly are interesting, what special qualities do they have?

[gonebyebye]

Not as violent as you might think, oddly enough. Apparently the worst that can happen under normal circumstances is an easily remedied state of unconsciousness.

Which is surprising, given what they're capable of. There's about 18 different elemental types that one of these guys can be. Fire, Grass, Water, Electric, Normal, Fighting, Dark, Steel, Ice, Psychic, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, and you're going to love the last one: Ghost.

And they can use those elements for various attacks. They don't even need to be the same type.

The especially fascinating bit? It all works in a sort of complex rocks-paper-scissors configuration. Depending on their typing, Pokémon are defensively weak against certain attacks but strong or sometimes outright immune against others. For instance: Tesla is Ghost and Electric, and I believe your friend here is Psychic. If we had a battle, Tesla's Ghost-typing would give him the advantage.

[hauntpadour]

Hm.

[Egon nods along, listening intently. At least things make sense, there's an order to him. And maybe he's not in too much danger, as long as he doesn't go about picking up rats with his bare hands again.]

[He takes the Solosis gently by the sides and holds him, out of the same habit that makes him hold Slimer that way.]

There's an entire classification of animals that are ghosts?

[Oh, he's going to have a good time here.]

I'll have to look further into this. Squashy here was just following me around from the moment I arrived.