Story 26

(your name)! Yooo, I found this building I really wanna check out.

That thing up there on the cliff! See it?

If you wanna check it out too, we can totally go together! And, uh...I don’t mind at all if you take the lead, yo.

Sweet! OK, lead the way! I’ll be followin’ right behind you!

N-nah, I’m not scared, yo... That height? Pshhh. I’m totally fine with goin’ alone.
But, uh... You look like you really wanna go too, so I’m down to just follow you there, (your name)!

Let’s go check out that building on the cliff!

Yoooooo! We made it all the way!

Whoooaaa... The view from so high up is totally awesome!

Huh? What do you think that machine is, yo? It kinda looks like a streetlight, but...kinda different...

Yooo... It looks like it might light up if it had some electricity! That’d make the town even brighter!

All these machines the humans made sure are fun! There’re all kinds of ’em!
…I just wanna get power to each one I find just to see what’ll happen!

It was super fun comin’ all the way up here and seein’ this awesome view together! I couldn’t have made it without your help, (your name)!
Thanks a ton, yo!

…At this rate, I fear Snorlax will waste away if they continue to sleep without eating anything...

I wish I could help brighten things up around here...
But I can’t generate electricity anymore... Oh dear, what ever should I do?

It certainly is a worrying situation... But lamenting what we CAN’T do will only make our moods as dark as this town.
Right now we need to focus on what we CAN do!

For instance, what can we do to light up this cave? It’s too dim in here.

In that case, shall we try making a lamp with Gholdengo’s gifts?
Why, I think it would suit this place quite well!

You came up with a recipe for a …!

My, you’re able to make a …? You’re quite the crafter, aren’t you!

Oh, yes! I’m quite sure (your name) can handle it!

Excellent! Well then, could I trouble you to make us just a single …?

Once you’ve made it, please take the opportunity to put it right beside Snorlax.
If you bring along a Pokémon who can generate electricity, they’ll surely be able to light it up for us! We’re counting on you!

Could I trouble you to make a … and place it beside Snorlax?

If you bring along a Pokémon able to generate electricity, they’ll surely light it up for us!

You have my thanks, (your name).
I quite like the gentle feeling I get from the …’s glow.
Looking at one somehow reminds me of bygone days...and those memories always lift my spirits.

Hohoho! Glad to hear it!
Now then, I suppose our next course of action should be to prepare lots of lights and have Pokémon power them up with electricity.
Does that sound about right?

Hmmm... While that IS a fine plan, we also cannot ask the Pokémon to keep the lights powered on forever.
If one runs out of electricity, for instance, we’d have to ask a Pokémon to charge it up again.
I would think asking a Pokémon to do so over and over again would be quite the burden...

Hrmmm... The humans didn’t need Pokémon to power their machines.
So, how did they keep all those contraptions running?

Hmmm... Oh! You know, something does come to mind!
If we use THAT contraption, we ought to be able to light up any number of streetlights!

Yes, that contraption by the sea may be the key...

Please come with me, (your name)!

Hiya, (your name)! Y’know, looking at the lit-up streetlights got me thinking...
Gosh, it would be awesome to live right by a machine!

I could charge it up with electricity each ’n’ every day... No way I’d ever get bored of THAT!

Wow! You’ll really make that kinda place for me? Yayyy!
So, um... Something like THIS would be great!

I’d move into a home like that RIGHT away! I’ll wait here for you. Ahhh, I’m so excited!

I’d love to live in a place like THIS!

I’d move into a home like that RIGHT away! I’ll wait here for you. Ahhh, I’m so excited!

A home with a machine! Didja make this just for me, (your name)? Gosh, thank you!

I bet there are other Pokémon who like living near machines too!

So making lotsa homes near machines should let you meet lotsa new Pokémon, right? Oh—but don’t forget to power up the machines with electricity!

This way, please! Come along!

Humans were able to light up lots of machines at once, and Peakychu may know how they did it!

Let’s follow after Peakychu for now!

This is the one! This large contraption is known as a …!

This device lets you generate electrical power without having to rely on other Pokémon—in theory, anyway.

Fascinating! Humans used devices like this to generate lots of electricity, eh?
What an impeccable memory you have, Peakychu! I didn’t know any of that. It’s a bit embarrassing...

However, when it comes to actually sending the power it generates to other devices... That method eludes me, sadly.

...Oho! Now THAT question, I can answer!
Humans used tall things called wooden siding (panel) to transport electricity across long distances. They would simply line up the poles, one after another!

Hohoho! I haven’t lived all these long years for nothing!

Look—that tall, metal stick over there is a wooden siding (panel)!
Let’s try connecting it to the …!

Well then, could we ask you to place a wooden siding (panel) near the …, (your name)?

If you can see a faint power line between a generator and a wooden siding (panel) you’ve placed, that means it’s connected to electricity!
If no power line appears, that means your wooden siding (panel) is too far from the generator!

We might be able to use this … to light up a great number of streetlights.

First and foremost, could you try setting up a wooden siding (panel) around here?

Ah! Electricity is flowing into the wooden siding (panel)!

Excellent! If you continue connecting wooden siding (panel) just like this, you’ll be able to transport electricity across great distances!

But the small amount of light we’re getting from this wooden siding (panel) isn’t enough to brighten the whole town.

That certainly appears to be the case... Our preparations were lacking, it seems.

Y’know, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I wanted to live next to a machine...
So I’m super-DUPER happy you made this home for me, (your name)! ♪

And I bet there’s lotsa other Pokémon who’d like living near machines, just like me!