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1st Grail: [Action for Goldenrod]

[There is a young girl in Team attire wandering the halls.

Ilya was getting bored sitting and waiting for someone to come get her, and she doesn't yet understand how to use the gear, so instead she's decided to poke her head out and find out about this place firsthand. She doesn't seem to have any real idea where she's going, or what most of the things she's surrounded by are, so she could probably be found anywhere, and she's distracted enough that other team members will probably notice her before she notices them.

That, however, is not true of the Duskull that just popped out in front of her, right in the face of anyone looking at her. Red eyes staring at them, it lets out a spooky wail.

She turns to follow the sound and beams, uncaring of how discomfited the other member may or may not be.]

Good work, Orpheus, you found someone!

[Late in the afternoon in Goldenrod city, there is the sound of something pounding on the pavement.

Is it a swarm of pokemon in the city? A new rocket plot? Another angry legendary?

Nope, it's just a young girl-]

Faster, Berserker, Faster!

[Riding through town on the back of her Rhyhorn.

People dive out of the way of the galloping rock-type, but Ilya doesn't seem to care in the slightest. She throws back her head and laughs gleefully, not even paying attention to anything but the rush of her ride.

... Someone might want to try and stop her before she smashes something.]

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[She stretches her legs to keep up, her curiosity overriding her caution. Berserker lumbers along behind her, sticking close to his charge.]

A department store... what sort of things do they sell in this world?

[ Machina walks his spider walk, but with obvious care and knowledge on how to not make so much noise, even for something weighing over a ton. Gladius sort of glides with his wings. ]

Anything a trainer would need to build their team and more. The Department Store is well equipped to give many trainers the options to customize their team with a vareity of TMs on sale or supplements to hone the growth for certain Pokemon. You shall see inside.

[She can't help but notice how light on its feet Machina is, and she glances back to watch it walk for a few steps, observing how it does so. She doesn't really mind Berserker making noise, but that could be a useful skill to have... she'll have to try and copy it.]

We aren't that far from it, are we?

[She says that in a tone that is distinctly trying to not be "are we there yet?"... and failing.]

No, fortunately. It is only a block away from where we are. Have patience.

[ That said, she also glances as to where Illyasviel is looking and smirks. ]

Fascinated with Machina, are you?

It's just amazing how quietly it moves. I don't really mind Berserker's noise, but that's a really impressive skill for something that large.

Did you teach it that?

In a way. He is a Psychic/Steel type - when I had inquired about the noise Machina makes, it made its attempt to soften its footing. Truly, it is due to its telekinetic abilities that allow him to pass silently.

Why, it is also capable of floating. Machina, show her.

[ With a nod, the Metagross briefly stops in its tracks, pulls its four legs together, and begins hovering on the spot. ]

[... Want.]

Psychic, telekinetic... Those are words describing powers similar to magic but with different sources, aren't they? So this is like the Pokemon equivalent of a Magus?

[ That causes her to briefly laugh. ] So it would seem. Its intelligence far surpasses even a supercomputer. A fitting creature for one such as me.

Just how smart does that make it?

[Seriously, Ilya may have a technological blind spot like most magi, but even she knows how powerful a supercomputer should be.]

Very, I shall say. Machina is hardly ever at a loss of what to do in any given situation, and with its help, I have trained many of my Pokemon to fight without my having to issue a verbal command.

[Well, the advantages of that are obvious. Ilya just stares at the floating supercomputer for a bit longer before turning back to Saber.]

Where did you get it?

Honestly? I do not know. Its egg just so happened to be lying beside my bed when I awoke one morning. I am aware that a few others have the same Pokemon, but Metagross seem to still be a rarity amongst themselves. I have heard tales that their younger forms could be found in the wild, however.

[ Machina's red eyes glance over to Illyasviel before giving a nod, then setting itself back onto the ground and resuming its spider walk. ]

So they can be caught... it's just a matter of finding out where.

[Well, she has a new goal. Not that she hadn't had enough around here anyway. The eagerness is pretty obvious on her face, but she doesn't bother trying to hide it. Anyone would feel the same way, she's sure.]

There are so many amazing Pokemon... I don't know how I'll ever catch all the ones I want.

[ That makes Saber smirk in amusement. ]

You would be better asking the question of how you plan to have them all on your person. Only six can accompany you at any time.

That's fine. I don't mind having them take turns. But where do the other ones go when you have six already?

They are automatically transferred into a storage box that you can access at a PC in the Pokemon Center.

[So much technology... She can tell she's going to have a lot of adapting to do.]

So as long as you can get to a Center, you can switch them out any time. That's fine. I'd like to have them all with me at once, but this is the next best thing.

H'oh? You certainly adapt well enough to new surroundings.

[ Though, if she readily admits to being a Master over a Berserker... Hmm. ]

Well if you think about it, being a trainer's not all that much a change from being a Master. You just have many Servants instead of just one, and you have to help them get their strength rather than supplying it to them with mana.

[Of course, she's love to have her real Servant back with her, but these Pokemon should be a decent substitute.]

Hah! Yes, it is just like that, just in a much lighter and softer tone, and this world does not lack for excitement and entertainment than the other.

[ She'd be tempted to ask whether or not Illyasviel would prefer having her actual Servant here, but... she stops in front of the sliding doors to the Department Store. ]

And here we are.

Lighter and softer doesn't sound so bad, really...

[She trails off on that thought as she looks up at the department store. And up. And up.]

... It looks even bigger up close. [She raises up a hand to the door.

Which immediately slides open, causing her to jump just slightly.]

[ She can't help but chuckle at that reaction. ]

I did not think a Master of Berserker to jump like some kitten in the face of doors, child. Come forward! They will not bite.

[ And Saber boldly goes past the doors. Machina, on the other hand, stays back and watches Illyasviel carefully before speaking to her mind: ]

Go.

[She scowls at Saber making fun of her before following her through.]

I was startled, that's all. I'm not used to doors opening on their own.

[Not the best defense, but at least it sounds better than being frightened of doors of all things. She really needs to figure out what the technology here can and can't do, and fast, if she wants to avoid looking like an idiot.

Still, any annoyance over the situation or Saber's amusement at it vanishes as she steps inside. The huge first room is filled with people milling around the store, even more than in Fuyuki's market area where she found Shirou not that long ago. She follows Saber as closely as possible so as not to get run into, noting that the people seem to flow around her for some reason. Possibly just force of personality.

She hears the doors open again behind her as Berserker tries to follow her, but Ilya can tell that this is probably not really the place for a Rhyhorn to be out of his ball. Before Saber can lecture her, she raises his pokeball and whispers for him to return.]

[ Saber just keeps walking ahead, pausing every so often to look at a stall here or there. She doesn't need to turn or pull out a pokeball, but Machina is easily pulled back into its ball willingly. After that, she turns to face Ilyasviel. ]

Well? What do you make of this place, Illyasviel?

I... don't know where to start.

[She's spinning around, trying to find something that catches her eyes, but there's just too many things to see.]

There's so much to look at, and I don't know what half of it is!

1st Grail: [Action for Goldenrod]

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