[Cecil is sitting at his Official Gym Desk today, looking... well. Not unkempt, not exactly, but like a man who has been very busy dealing with unplanned complications. This may or may not be related to the occasional Pokémon attack that can be heard distantly. Still, he smiles as he speaks.]


Everyone, should you be having slight... infestation issues at home or at your hotel, feel to come stay at the Lunar Gym. Exceptionally, our facilities will include additional portable cooking appliances and cots, open at all times to anyone who may need them while this lasts. In addition, Gym challenge hours will not be affected and we will operate as usual. Yes, those mice have started appearing as far as route 7, but we are not nearly affected as Vermilion or Saffron, and have the situation under control.


[A Tandemaus (two Tandemice?) chooses that exact moment to scramble up his chair's back-rest, pieces of cheese clutched between their paws. A growl rumbling off-screen is all the warning Cecil gets before he has to dodge one of his own Luxray as she attempts to recover the goods. Both Pokémon fall off the furniture, and the chase continues through the room.]


...Mostly under control.

[ A strange man appears on the PokeConnect feed, his expression a mixture of fondness and frustration. He holds his Poke'Gear at arm's length to better film himself and on one shoulder a Murkrow with a scarred beak perches and preens. ]

Well hello again, Johto. It's been a while, hasn't it?

[ He lifts a spidery hand to stroke Edgar under her chin. The Murkrow croaks happily and squeezes her eyes shut.]

When I was home, this place was hardly even a dream of a memory. Both times I've been here before. Now that I'm here again, I remember it all along with time passing in Halloween Town. It's strange...but wonderful too. And I have to wonder, is there anyone out there who remembers my name?

[ He's been reading the paper. It's been a long, long time. He's sure many of his old friends are gone, but there's a chance...]

[It takes a bit, but Emporio is settling back into the swing of things at his Gym. The courses didn't stop for the teleporter fiasco of course, but challengers were just a little more...challenged, when they got to Cherrygrove and other similar half-way stops and found their intended Pokemon missing.

Glad that's over. But anyway, Emporio- in one of his usual Pokemon-matching outfits per the standard of his challenges sounds...confused.]

Well, we're back! Technically I've been home for a few days, but this is the first I've been back to the challenger's arena on the course since those teleporter malfunctions.

(Let's not talk about those here though, okay everyone?)

This is a first though. I've never had someone ask for pictures after finishing the battle.

Especially not multiple times. They said something about posting them to their webpage, so I guess they must be a photographer, but I'm surprised they went through multiple courses to do that.

These things take more than a day after all!

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