"Yeah, except it's natural for Pokemon to seek perfection." I grunted to Celes, catching the attention of Greg who jerked his head at me. I waved my magnets into the air as I made a 'woah' expression. He didn't seemed too fazed, but otherwise he was nice enough to tolerate my complaints. I settled down after he began walking with Spruce again, although I narrowly got hit in the head by a branch... or, was it a Pokemon trying to swipe me there? I couldn't tell, because that disappeared as soon as I passed it.

Half an hour later, we were in the presence of a dull crystal. Heck, pretty much everything in the particular area became a monotone colour, except for us since we weren't really made of this stuff. Spruce did have an unnatural tint though - he seemed to loose a bit of contrast. Except, so did everyone else. I think it was because of the light emanating from the crystal. "Well, let's get pillaging." I stupidly said, not hearing Greg's voice over the sounds of... earth being ripped up from the ground. At a fast velocity... "By the way, what's that sound? It's giving me a headache." I turned to the direction of the sound. There was definitely some activity going on.

... .... . .----. .-.. .-.. -.-. --- .-. .-. ..- .--. - - .... . -- 

I couldn't be bothered translating this time. All I knew was that he was following me around. I shook my head, letting my eye wobble for a bit. At least now I didn't feel so miserable. Except, it was replaced with disapproval (Spruce not listening as he began walking to the crystal, as if in a trance) and annoyance (meeting Desia, who... was actually rather familiar).

"You're Desia? Sorry, Davis' stories about monsters suddenly got a lot more real and unrecognisable."

... (Be aware this isn't morse code.)

At that point, I can safely say I became a main target for her. For... how about, even after death? What I meant was, she'd be chasing me for a while. I sometimes wish I never came up with that brilliant insult.

"You're crazy!" Greg shouted from the tip of his tongue. "You'll kill us all if you take it!"