11th Spell: [Video/Action for Union Cave]

[friendyousohard]

[The gear clicks on in steady hands, focusing directly on Twilight's face. She checks it out a moment before nodding in satisfaction.]

Looks good, Starswirl. Make sure to keep it recording so I can review this later.

[She clears her throat and goes into scientist lecture mode.]

Date: September the Seventh by Johto's Calendar.

Location: Outside Union Cave, Azalea Town entrance. Preparing to re-enter the cave.

Experiment: In order to test the effectiveness of the Repel item sold in the shops, I wore the fragrance through the Cave and am now going to return into it as the item has worn off. I will document the difference in the frequency of encounters and use this data to determine a rough estimate of the effect. Further experiments may be necessary depending on my results.

The experiment begins now. Come on, Starswirl.

[She turns and heads inside the cave, walking along at a sedate pace. Soon enough there's the sound of wings flapping.]

Hmmm, we seem to have Pokemon already. Well that's a fairly large difference in and of itself.

Wait, just how many of them are-

[She's cut off with a shriek as a Zubat flies by, and another buzzes the gear. Starswirl quickly drops the gear and goes to help his trainer, causing the image to drop to the ground and start showing nothing but rock. Before the gear shuts off, Twilight shouts:]

It's in my hair! It's stuck in my haiiiiiiir!

[It clicks off after that.

A few minutes later, the gear clicks on again, showing a very grumpy Twilight sitting outside the cave with a bandage on her face and her hair looking like it just went through a wind tunnel. One full of various debris.]

Conclusion: There is no need for further study. The item clearly works, and works very well.

Also, a personal note here.

I hate Zubat.

Can't believe I had to catch the rotten thing to get it out... [She mutters a few more inaudible things as she switches the gear back off. Well, no one ever said scientific research was easy.]

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[3_butterflies]

[She's been calmly waiting outside the cave as the experiment goes on. Cream the Ampharos is with her, ready to go in and light up the cave with her tail if need be. Both wave uneasily as Twilight and Starswirl emerge.]

... Um... did you learn anything?

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[friendyousohard]

[Twilight might be feeling like she wants to punch something (preferably all the Zubats that just attacked her) but she still manages to reign in her anger, irritation, and general grouchy feelings and give Fluttershy a calm answer.]

Apparently, Zubat are quite numerous in that cave.

[She pulls at her messed-up mane a bit, grimacing.]

And they like my hair.

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[3_butterflies]

Oh, dear. Well, we can comb that over... hopefully...

[she puts down her bag, and begins rifling through it to look for a brush. ]

[video] obligatory

[grapecape]

[blinks]

Your dedication is admirable.

[sounding genuinely impressed. did you just get divebombed by....things for the sake of testing out an item...]

[video] Hello fellow purple unicorn! (well, sort of...)

[friendyousohard]

Thank you, I guess. Though honestly, I wasn't expecting nearly that much of a difference. I thought maybe I'd get a few more Pokemon pestering me, not... that.

[Seriously, who expects sudden Zubats everywhere? Aside from everyone who's played the games, I mean.]

[video] knowledge is power!

[grapecape]

When I've encountered Pokemon in the wilderness, they haven't been nearly so [um] sociable - perhaps it's the enclosed space in caves...

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[beavers]

...I guess it's a good idea to buy some of those, then, eh? Haha... [His attempts at humor are just awkward BUT HE'S TRYING.]

Do you do experiments about the items often?

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[friendyousohard]

Yes. Yes it very much would. Especially if you're going to go into a cave. [Yeah she can't even tell that was supposed to be a joke, she's just going to give him some very serious advice.]

Experiments in general, really. I'm kind of a scientist, so it's basically what I do. This one was brought on by someone mentioning that they had trouble getting mobbed by Pokemon in this cave, and me wondering if they'd have had an easier time with some Repels. It looks like the answer is a resounding yes.

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[beavers]

[He's... actually going to remember that later. It's guys like him that would end up surrounded by zubats with only one pokemon low on health!!]

Y-yes ma'am! Um... I mean. That's definitely good to know. I hope they didn't give you too much trouble on the way out...

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[strawberryredgrave]

Yeah, Zubat are annoying as hell. At least you're done dealing with them for now, right?

(Can't comment on looking messy since Dante himself isn't looking too clean either.)

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[friendyousohard]

Ugh, I certainly hope so. Well, aside from the one I ended up catching, but hopefully it won't be quite as... aggravating, now that it's on my side.

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[strawberryredgrave]

Typically, they won't. They kinda have to be more respectful when you catch 'em...but I haven't caught a Zubat, so I dunno. It can help when going through caves, but I have no idea if it'll attract others that way.

[chosen_light_child]

*Hikari can't help but just... blink as she saw that.*

Twilight? Was there any reason you were testing that out?

*She knew that Twilight really liked learning things, but well, the repel was a product that was available at any pokémon mart. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be sold, would it?

... Wait, anyone with any power here as far as law was concerned was incompetent.*

... Actually, nevermind. I just remembered what a lot of the people native to here are like.

[friendyousohard]

Actually, it's because of a conversation I had the last time I posted to the network. When I was asking about the cave, someone mentioned that they had some trouble with the Pokemon in it while they were making their way through, on account of there being just so many of them. I was trying to figure out how much this item would have helped them.

I think the answer to that question is obvious at this point. Take note, Hikari, carry repels if you're going into caves.

[chosen_light_child]

*Hikari nods.*

I see. I guess that makes more sense than wondering if it actually worked or not.

And I'll be sure to bring some with me wherever I go in case I need them.

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[princelyspirit]

[Winces when she sees the video. That didn't exactly look fun...]

Are you alright? That looked kinda... well, painful.

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[friendyousohard]

Well it could have been worse, but it wasn't exactly enjoyable. Still, it answered my question pretty effectively, so there's that.

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[snapandscoot]

[[Emmy was about to contact Twilight to ask if she was okay, when she popped back on the feed looking....well, a little worse for wear, but obviously okay! What a scary situation.]]

I think everyone has at least a passing dislike for the little blighters. I'm glad you aren't hurt!

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[friendyousohard]

Nothing a little while with a brush won't cure, anyway. At least I learned a valuable lesson out of it.

Did you ever have any problems like this with Zubat during your travels, Emmy?

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[enjoymyatelier]

[...oh dear lord...]

...Well. Thank you for the recommendation, then. It seems like that cave would be absolutely intolerable otherwise.

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[friendyousohard]

I don't know how anyone manages to make it through there without it. At least the Pokemon usually have the decency to come one by one!

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[eagletalons]

I can imagine that being worse if you did not have your Kadabra with you.

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[friendyousohard]

Yeah, I keep him around for things like this for a reason. Experiments should always have safety precautions.

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[ex_aeroga402]

Zubat really can be...pesky. Seems like there's more of those in caves than anything else.

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[friendyousohard]

Well, bats do live in caves, so I suppose it makes sense, but it's not like they're the only things that do.

... Then again, I think a swarm of Ursaring would have been even worse.