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I'll go speak with 36 Altrea the Eldegoss
Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared Type (Grass)

You decide to seek out Altrea, who you discover is an old Eldegoss that retired from being a jeweler well over a decade ago. Instead, you find her at her house, relaxing outside on an old metal bench that has been losing its white paint over time. Even though it looks like its about to rain, the cotton bloom Pokémon doesn’t seem at all concerned about it, simply smiling to herself as she’s reading a book, one with the title of “Buried By Water” and it almost seems like a mystery book.

You introduce yourself and she looks up with a smile, not expecting company, but liking the fact you decided to stop by.

“Hello there, Lewisia, dearie,” she tells you. “Good morning, what brings you here today?”

You mention that you’re trying to discern what’s going on with the Stalkers, trying to find out who they are and put an end to their murderous crimes. She nods, understanding why you would be out to do that, but something about her reaction still seems off. It almost seems complacent.

She puts her book aside, offering you a space on the bench to sit down and feel at ease. As you leap up upon the bench to join her, you notice something strange but familiar. In a side linen pouch she has, you see the same smoky, baseball-sized orb you found back at the Kako Industries Farm.

A second Putki…

You’re not sure where she found it, but you hope you can convince her to give it up to you…

“When you get to be my age, you notice things about Pokémon,” she tells you, smiling slightly. “Their eyes, their faces tell you a lot about their story. About the life they’ve lived. About what they will probably go through. Yours is unique, Lewisia.”

You wonder how this might be so, but you listen further.

“You don’t fear death, do you?” she asks you, although it looks like she already knows the answer. “You don’t. But I can tell you want to help others. Help this town, selflessly in fact. You want to save all their lives. But something about you seems special. May I ask you a question?”

You’re uncertain of what this question might be, but you agree to it.

“Is there life after death?” she asks you.

You almost freeze in place and your eyes go wide…

But she sighs with a smile, almost mysteriously.

“Oh, you don’t need to tell me about it,” she smiles comfortably. “I’ll see it soon enough. The same way my mother, my father, and my brother have all seen it. Someday it’ll be my time, too…”

“But you still have time,” you remind her, not sure how she was able to discern this so easily. “But please, I want to help this town. Have you seen anything that might be alarming? Anything at all?”

She looks off into the distance, trying to think and gather her thoughts. All the while, she smiles calmly, as if it doesn’t bother her. You’re not sure if she’s fearless and brave, or if deep inside she has become apathetic to the whole situation.

“I recently was admitted to the hospital,” Altrea tells you, looking like she didn’t quite want to disclose this, but decided to since you specifically asked. “I fell, broke my hip, and needed surgery. Took me some time to be able to walk again. But I know I’m getting older every day.”

“While I was undergoing physical therapy, they had me walk around the hospital,” she told you. “The nurse, Rochel… she was awful. Not ‘oh she’s definitely a Stalker’ awful, but she really needs to learn manners. Now, while I was walking, she would often leave me to myself, which is not what a nurse should do, but this is Rochel we’re talking about.”

“During one of my lonely walks, I found something on one of the outside walls,” she tells you. “Hideous thing, really. Well, it looked like one of those ads… or motivational artwork murals or something. Yes, it was a family depiction, a Greedent and Skwovet family, in fact. And I could tell it once looked uplifting and encouraging to both patients and families. Common thing to see. Only someone had made of mess of this one. Vandalized it to look just atrocious. Gad. The eyes of the Greedent were blotted out and the entire faces of the Skwovet were blotched out. And then in hideous black lettering, it said ‘only the mantra of macabre words is understood here.’ Whatever that means. I was just happy to get out of there.”

You think it over and it almost sounds familiar, but you nod in agreement that it sounds like something you need to look into and sounds like something a Stalker might have had a part in tampering. You then look toward Altrea’s Putki, asking her about it.

“Oh this?” she asks you, pulling out the smoky orb out of her pouch as she seems keen to talk about it, “I found this while digging holes for my flowers. Intriguing, isn’t it? Santea asked me about it when she noticed it the other day… she works at the library, you see. She thinks this orb might be related to what she’s researching. Something called… Puhdistus… whatever that is. I’m going to hold onto it for now, maybe one of these days she can tell me if it really is anything or if it’s just one of those fancy baubles that Charms and Chimes store likes to sell.”

You find yourself having a tough time trying to convince Altrea to give the Putki to you. At the moment, you’re not able to persuade her she’d be better to leave it with you than to leave it with Santea…

#36 Altrea the Eldegoss: <Diplomacy>

You decide to thank her for her time, and at that moment, the rain starts to fall.

“Looks like we’d better head inside,” Altrea tells you, “although I don’t mind a nice gentle rain every now and then. I’d welcome you in, dearie, but things are a bit of a mess in there right now. My maid never showed up. Maybe some other time.”

You nod in agreement, hoping someone might be able to talk Altrea into giving up that Putki. While you’re not sure what it really is for either, you have a feeling between the Phudistus Makuuhuone and the destroyed Taika Temppeli, you’re way further ahead in uncovering the mystery behind this Puhdistus thing than Santea is. Or at least you think so.

Although the more you think about it… the more you realize maybe it would be better if you work together with Santea…

Lewisia the Shaymin (S: Grass)
Health: 16/16 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 24/24 | Dodge Rate: 40%
Perk: Security
Reincarnation Forms: Gallade, Arctozolt, Galarian Rapidash, Mawile, Hisuian Typhlosion
EQUIPMENT:
  • Defense Armor: +|A| Sentry Armor+ (2H)
  • Jewelry: <Empty>