#documents update

Wartortle: "Now, this isn't where Darkrai's story ends... but that's for another time..."

Absol: "Reaaally playing into the whole 'get 'em wanting more' ploy, huh?"

Wartortle: "Hey, I have to leave the floor open for a question or two, don't I? Heheh!"

[This turned into a series of little world-building lore posts which wasn't the intention, but I'm not complaining.]

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It's relevant.

It's... a biiit different because stylistic changes but... HMM...

Wartortle: "Celebi was the first victim of the Miasma...

... I... wish we had actual pictures of them... hmm..."

[Not all Lost Legends are remembered in stone.]

In reference to...

Stage 1 Miasma Sickness rarely has symptoms in most Pokemon afflicted with it. The only known symptom thus far that has been identified is a minor cough upon immediately breathing in Miasma without the protection of a Pin. If your Pin is lost while exploring a dungeon, and you begin to cough, it is HIGHLY ADVISED to flee the dungeon immediately, locate the nearest Guild Pokemon, any Guild will suffice, and begin immediate treatment via Pin exposure, as at this stage, a few Pins' radiant auras can cure the Sickness. No reports of acute hallucinations or headaches have been documented during CONTROLLED exposure experiments conducted by the Researchers Guild.

Steel types have been shown to have heightened resistance to the impact of Miasma Sickness, and exposure for them takes longer to show signs of Sickness. To mitigate accidental overexposure, it is advised Steel Types carry Pins, regardless of their higher resistances, as reaching Stage 2 Miasma Sickness will require the usage of White Rooms, which can cause discomfort among other unpleasant side-effects such as nosebleeds or fatigue.

"Miasma Sickness" was coined due to the reaction Legendary Pokemon had to it during the Miasma Cataclysm. While the effects varied, the most common effect was extreme violence in most and some becoming severely ill. While exceedingly rare, this sickness had also resulted in de-

There is still research being done on how the Miasma impacts the average Pokemon, while we cannot continue to study the effects on Legends, since no remains have been found since expeditions to the Lands Below began, we will continue to push towards learning how to live with Miasma. This concludes the Stage 1 Miasma Sickness entry. Please refer to Miasma Sickness Stage 2 for further learning.

This excerpt from the Researchers Guild's new member guide appears to have an error. Please disregard... we are working with the Porygon team that designed them to correct this... and investigate what seems to be a message of an unknown team... again please disregard, we will provide a corrected entry at a later date... thank you.

Side Story: Thoughts

[[Hello! Mod Comment Time!

[Hmm. Wonder if the other water types have aliases they just neglected to use, since they're around trustworthy folks... and not because I didn't realize that would be important going into Chapter 3.

Also, yeah, Perry's observant, she's good at "seeing" evil and not... evil... yeah!]

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For anyone who forgot what a "Pin-Scanner" does, because this posT IS THREE YEARS OLD-GOD

I got to work with the leader of that new Shaymin Guild recently. They're very nice, very smart and is “articulate” the right word? Well, either way, they needed some assistance with a guild base of operations and we settled on Yggdrasil first and foremost, but their concerns were response times too, I could get behind that mindset, but I didn't want to waste resources or spread myself super thin with multiple sites, instead I suggested a squad system, like older exploration guilds, except the teams station or live in areas away from the guild, it's what I was doing!

They took my suggestion to heart from the looks of it, but made some modifications, considerations for small sub-bases? So one in each section of the skies… it sounds doable, but would take years beyond them to set up correctly I'd bet… not to mention running them all would be a nightmare in my opinion. I think my squad system works effectively enough but maybe a mini base idea isn't bad either… ah, but I got sidetracked! 

Unlike our guild, which had huge numbers now, they were still getting off the ground and receiving a request to follow up on a prior abduction case in the Southern Isles was odd, but exciting considering it was our first proper teamup.

It's often hard to convince others about what I saw that night, so much was happening, we were mere moments away from hopefully escaping to the skies using the plan. But something truly terrifying was happening so close by. A terror that I swear to this day was far worse than even the uncertainty of the land being flung into the skies brought all who weren't already in a panic to attention; after a series of explosions came what I believe were the five Regi, from where, I still do not know. Those of us not distracted by the slowed actions of Xerneas, Shaymin and Landorus were at a loss for what to do. We had no power, most of were children far too weak to actually hold off one, let alone five Regi… And at that point, no heroes were left: While Rayquaza was seemingly quelled, the Hero of the Meteor Crisis' team never returned… While Dialga's potential rage was brought to a stop, no one could find the Hero of Time and Space, nor the teams that joined her… The unbearable cold that was spreading fast from the north had stopped, yet the Hero of the Bitter Cold Incident didn't return… No one had heard from the Expedition Society… And the one who was brought here to save us this time was missing… What we had left were exhausted explorers, rescuers and adventurers from across the continents, and three legends too occupied preparing the beanstalks to help. But... in that moment, another tremor was our savior. A structure or, maybe a hand, burst from the earth, followed by strange automatons vaguely reminding me of Golett and Golurk, they swarmed and gripped the Regi quintuplets and seemingly buried them. As if by will of some other force, the earth they tore apart repaired and sealed away whatever threat we were about to face. Those who did witness it weren't sure how to explain what they saw, and those who didn't of course assumed they were of imagining things. Not even the Xerneas Guild's founder saw what I had, nor my fellow Council member from the time. Now our city rests nearby, and that strange mountain… it seemed to grow every few years since that day… now it stands taller than it did the night of the Cataclysm, but nothing has ever been discovered within, no reason why it's so large now, save for mysterious structures that pose no purpose or meaning, or so says the Shaymin Guild. It's merely a basic, simple dungeon, that even the Xerneas Guild once used for training. I offered to name the dungeon, which the Shaymin Guild obliged… I've decided it's best to be called… "Mt. Titan"… As one of the few left with any memory of that incident that aren't too old to recall or have returned to the Tree of Life… I still wonder if… maybe I imagined it all.

An excerpt from Marta's Historical Journal

My sister and I spent time talking one day after a rare break from running this new guild of mines. We'd finally setup a temporary base of operations and Pokémon who were eager to help others began to gather there… it was just the challenge of getting these guys around to where they were needed and if we should spend resources on building other bases or maybe just have dedicated teams in some places… I remember the few times my sister and I DID talk, but... it was about "logistics" or something or other… she cared more about how I'd run the Guild than I would sometimes… But today, we talked about the past… about our parents, about more peaceful, fun times when we were kids, but that didn't last too long… We wandered into the times before the Beanstalks were grown and after some hesitation, we finally talked about what happened just before that event and what caused our parents to stay behind. I remembered seeing a legendary Pokémon that all the Heroes seemed to have some vague connection to, like our parents fought them, apparently that nice Espeon and their team also fought them…

Head Researcher notes and comments

Simple bandannas and scarves had sufficed for decades, however, with the push for the Xerneas Guild to have one set base of operations in the newly built Harmony Town, it has come to our attention to consider Guild-specific uniforms of sorts. This decision was formed on the request of the Xerneas Guild, who had a heavy focus on endurance, since outlaw groups were far bigger than they had ever been in the past. As such cloak was designed, with the inclusion of materials for defense and special defense scarves being woven in. As such all Xerneas Guild uniforms greatly raise their defenses against physical and special attacks. Unfortunately this does not save them from being damaged or destroyed by harsh attacks, so tailors have been commissioned to design and repair them... quite often unfortunately. (Consider having the Guilds themselves pay for repairs... resources or money... either or... sheesh...) The other guilds followed thereafter, though their needs varied and as such further study was required. With the advent of "Pins" replacing badges and being produced for everyone to hold onto, we've decided to use the leftover metals as a form of recycling them into the uniforms that'd make up the Shaymin Guild's equipment. Their aggressive investigation of the dungeons pushed for us to find ways to improve their protective auras, since the Pins were designed for both convenience and for a single Pokemon to hold without the adverse effects of the larger chunk of metals we provided in the past. We decided to provide the tailor with notes that state a Shaymin Guild uniform should have shards of the same metals used for Pins and various anti-toxin/venom materials to raise their resistances to poisons and other unknowns that may have evolved since our time in the skies. Their new Guildmaster is pushing for "Lands Below" investigations as well... we have to be prepared for unique evolutions down there-if things are anything like they are up here... The Landorus Guild has become a farmer's guild... not sure what pushed them to focus on that, but it is a great help, taking the task of understanding how plants and such are impacted by the higher altitudes off our hands... either way, they requested materials woven into their cloaks, scarves, etc, have boosting effects on Ground and Grass types. Simple enough, though their reasoning was more about training Grass types to have some kind of impact on those strange bean-like seeds discovered in the Tree of Life... Either way, a boon for them. As for us Researchers, the newly formed Council has begun to agree with the Shaymin Guild about investigating down below, and finding ways to get back to the surface safely. A huge project is underway, so I've considered having some of us venture down there with them for the sake of collecting data, I'm certain there are things those "rough and tough" Pokemon'll damage... as such I've put a request for equipment for us Researchers to have the benefits of the Xerneas and Shaymin Guild's uniforms (and also all of the Guild's logos, for the sake of showing our support for each of them). As for colors... hrm... it was awkward coming up with the Landorus Guild's and our own's, but I'll leave the final decisions up to the Guildmaster. As for us Researchers... I think grey will work just fine... Now to figure out how to incorporate old badge mechanisms into these tiny Pin devices...