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[Today's broadcast comes from the interior of the Goldenrod Breeding Center House, where Ondorus has settled himself down in the living room. The fire is crackling warmly in the hearth, and a Luxray is rolling slowly on the ground in front of it, soaking up the heat from all angles like a giant kitty rotisserie.

'Tis the season.]

Winter is the cold month of the year. It belongs to the blue spirit and the element of water, and it masters rare minerals and hardy plants. It favors mountains and highlands, and shies away from the tropics and other places ruled by summer.

It also seems to be a time for camaraderie and goodwill, in Johto and elsewhere. A time of harsh conditions, reminding us how we depend on and are depended upon by our fellow creatures - to share what we have, and reconnect with our community.

[...he sounds (and sort of looks) a little sniffly. Three guesses who spent too much time out in the snow this week?]

I have two things to ask. First, there are a number of Pokemon in the Goldenrod Foster Home at this time; Pokemon whose trainers have departed from Johto, leaving them here with the hope that another trainer will step up to take care of them. I encourage anyone who has the resources to care for another Pokemon to investigate the Foster Home, especially in this season of charity.

And the second. If you leave with me a name and location to deliver to and some description of your likes and dislikes where food is concerned, I'll send a small Christmas gift. You may respond privately, of course, and the gift comes entirely free of obligations.

Have a very happy holiday, everyone.

[The video ends, but the post isn't over - added on to the end is a text portion with simplified and travel-friendly versions of these recipes.]

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[Not the reaction she expected.

The fluffpile on her head rouses and chirps softly.]

Yeah. Sharance. [More slowly and clearly this time. This was the desert guy, wasn't it? With the-

Where is his horn?]

[The same place as your feathers.

Ondorus is quiet, visibly thinking of how to respond. When he snaps out of it after a few seconds, he shakes his head slowly.]

To my knowledge, there is nobody else from Norad as a whole in Johto. [He reaches out, taking the Pokegear from Olivia - the camera moves around accordingly.]

Oh. [She thought as much, but she felt she had to ask.] Sorry.

[It's rough to be alone.]

[aaand hands the Gear back to Olivia. Just being cautious and courteous.]

Thank you. [He appreciates the sympathy. A lot. It makes him feel relieved, for some reason.]

I'm sorry to have to ask this, but...how is it that you recognize me? [She could've visited the settlement, maybe, but he thinks he'd at least vaguely remember her face in that case.] Especially in relation to that village...

You're Ondorus. You live in the desert settlement.

[Does he forget or something? Geez, what if that happens to you after you spend a while here?]

That's right.

[..."but that doesn't answer the question", says his bewildered tone.]

[Not sure what the problem is. Melody chirps again, drowsy but shifting into 'awake'. Raven who are you talking to you never talk to anybody.]

You came to the Unity Festival?

[...This only gets more and more mysterious. And interesting.]

There hasn't been a festival held in the settlement for a long time.

It was about half a year ago. Micah brought you to Sharance to make-

[Slowly, her tone shifts along those words from irritated reminder to "oh who he's clueless about this."]

To make friends.

[Micah?

The village and the settlement, reunifying?

And within the span of a wooly's lifetime...

Ondorus' expression is indescribable, a mixture of disbelief and astonishment and hope and relief under a translucent lid of calm that he's working intentionally to maintain.]

Do you mind if I take a moment to move somewhere less public?

Uh, sure.

[She has to feed her ~~nestling~~ Swablu anyway. Those insistent peeps aren't coming from her ears.]

[He takes a minute to move up into his room, shutting the door behind him.]

Thank you, Olivia. I'm back.

Okay. [Melody now sits before her, intent on whatever snack is on her plate.] What's the problem?

Simply that - while I have no reason to doubt what you're telling me, and indeed am inclined to believe you - I have no memory of such an occurrence, and no memory of a time when it could have taken place.

It was after he stopped that rampaging monster in the Vale. ...You do know who Micah is, right?

Of course. [But what's this about Vale?] An adventurer who frequents the settlement...he fought off the Skelefang that attacked us. Do you mean to say that he made contact with the people of Sharance?

Made contact? He lives there. Inside the Sharance tree.

[how]

And they're alright with that?

[He sounds confused, but looks happy.]

[There's a lot of silence on her end, broken only by an insistent cry from Melody, who would like to clean up the mess she made at this table, please. Raven spills a bit of her glass of water in a 'go to town' gesture.

She tilts the gear one way and another, finally narrowing her eyes at the video feed.]

You think he's a wooly.

["Of course he is."

Except that if what Ondorus knew was the entire truth, then why would this woman be implying otherwise?

So...]

....Ah.

[That's the sound of someone connecting dots that they didn't even know had existed.]

[So this is what "different times" is supposed to mean.]

He showed the villagers what he was and that...Univir weren't savages. [And that one silver-eyed dwarf who'd tried twice to attempt to flatter her by talking himself up. Most people didn't need to learn that lesson more than once.]

[give ondorus a second he's just

reeling a little

infodump hello]

That...that does sound like Micah.

[He's getting out his journals, flipping through them...skimming over his notes. Memories, worlds..."time".

His mind is whirling. Questions, reservations, emotions. Where does he start?]

Then you must be from Sharance yourself. You know me already [or] - will know me, I suppose, [this is so weird] but I don't yet know who you are.

Raven.

[It's weird, this whole situation is weird.] I make accessories.

It's an honor to meet you, Raven. [They reconcile. They reconcile. He's waited his whole life for this. Bless your little wooly self, Micah, you godsend.

No time for the accompanying uneasy thoughts. They reconcile and it doesn't end in blood.]

Is Johto treating you well so far?

['No and I want to go home.'

Except she's stuck on 'an honor to meet you' because no one has ever said that to her before.]

I guess.

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