Whew, finally I’m feeling much better. Still a bit of a cold to shake off, but I’m getting there and can start doing these again.

Thanks for being patient!

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Chi chi had an accidental nap all day (wait, do I have to post to say I slept/did nothing and healed? Oops!) but is ready to do some chatting tonight!

Following up on the chat with Altrea, ChiChi logs that old lady as someone to talk to later. Unfortunately, if she dies tonight, at least it's likely they'll be able to find that Putki orb at her house. If Santea dies, then they'll never know how much she knew...
So ChiChi is off to talk Diplomatically, of course, to the librarian. She's gonna take a Putki, and spark up exactly the same conversation that Altrea has already had with her-- show her the orb, ask about Puhdistus, and possibly dig for more locations or items or rituals. And you know what, maybe see if she's friends with that Nidoking in archeology- since its ancient things we are talking about here. If she's friends, be a little more wary. If not, possibly just tell her not to bother talking to him.
ChiChi may be glowing like some sort of weird godly figure, but that's not actually out of the ordinary for her species of Pokémon, so she's hoping that nobody else will find it too weird either.
From what you’ve gathered, not too many Pokémon talk about Santea the Lilligant as she mostly keeps to herself quietly, but you manage to track her down to her apartment at the Seaport Lofts after working the day at the library. It seems as though being a librarian is her dream job, as quiet reading is perfect for a quiet Pokémon such as herself.

As you make your way through the silent night toward the Seaport Lofts, you’re hoping she’ll open up to you and reveal her secrets, so while the night is still young, you head out and lightly knock on Santea’s apartment door. When she opens the door and looks upon you, you get a reaction from your Dreamwatch Necklace, radiating with a warming reassurance while it is as if a serene and trustworthy voice is whispering to you…

Santea… this Lilligant before you… is not a Stalker. Her soul does not struggle against the Demoni, thankfully…

“Hello there,” she greets you, still a bit on the cautious side as she hasn’t met you before. “Who might you be?”

Despite being cautious, she remains calm, though you can understand she has every reason to beware of each Pokémon she comes into contact with. Still, you assure her that you mean no harm and you calmly introduce yourself.

“Hello, Santea, my name is ChiChi,” you tell her as you present the Putki before her. “I have acquired one of the Putki. I believe you have been studying Puhdistus for quite some time. I wish to know more about it.”

She blinks out of surprise and takes a double take, never expecting anyone else to know about this ancient and seemingly dark magic.

She politely invites you into her apartment, which seems calm, quiet, and peaceful. As you take a look around, you can smell an incense burner and the apartment rooms are illuminated by peaceful candles that emit a calming, almost otherworldly glow. You almost immediately feel at peace here.

#5 Santea the Lilligant has become COMPLIANT.

“Welcome,” she beams happily. “You know, I don’t have too many guests over, and I’ve never had anyone to talk to about Phudistus.”

She goes and brews some sweet herbal tea for you and herself as you take a place at her circular cherrywood table. While her apartment is small, it’s nice and cozy as you feel as though it has everything anyone could ever need without all the materialistic things they don’t. She has plenty of books on her shelves, a nice cozy reading area with a stuffed bean bag, and a soft plushy bed to relax on. She also has paintings of nature scenes on the walls as if they were windows to an outside world of serenity. It makes it easy to be at ease in here and forget about the Stalkers for a while.

“I’ll admit I was wary about Puhdistus at first,” Santea tells you, admitting she had doubts when she first started reading about this shadowy magic. “I learned a lot about the history about it, and some of it is rather dark. At times I almost stopped myself from continuing, but what drove me to delve in further… yes, it was the Stalkers. No one was trying to stop them, and more and more victims kept turning up. I don’t want to end up like them, so I looked for anything I could that might help me defend myself, and that’s when I discovered Puhdistus.”

“I cast my doubts about Puhdistus aside,” she tells you. “It’s like a knife. It can be a dangerous and deadly weapon, but it can also be a helpful and life-saving tool. I decided despite how dark it seemed, I would try to use Puhdistus for good causes. To help protect myself and others.”

“I learned a band of fighting-type Pokémon, the Iahko, had recently recovered a forbidden, ancient magic called Taika,” she tells you, explaining what she has learned from her reading. “After being hunted down by a group of evil psychic type Pokémon, the Iahko learned and wielded Taika to find ways to obliterate evil entities and promote healing, even if Taika may look dark and shadowy on the exterior. So I knew it could be used for good causes.”

“I believe it can be used to stop the Stalkers,” Santea explains, opening one of her books on the subject matter. “See, the Puhdistus Ritual is part of this Taika magic. Now, it may seem like this a bit outlandish, but I believe our very town of Seabourne was in fact once a source site of Taika at one point or another. At one point, there was a Taika Temppeli, or a Taika Temple to be exact. It was destroyed many ages ago, but there exists one spell that can undo the effects of time, and that requires the sacred Taika Tekstit, or the Taika Texts to be exact. And the second thing it needs is the Palauttaminen Mantra, the Mantra of Restoration.”

“Somewhere in town, the ruins of the Taika Temppeli should be here, but I have no idea where they might be,” Santea sighs. “If we could find those Taika Tekstit and the Palauttaminen Mantra, you know, we might just be able to use a bit of Taika to restore the Taika Temppeli.”

“So you’re probably wondering what we might be able to do with the Taika Tempeli if it can be restored. Well, it’s a start, but we’d need the Completed Välineitä, which is a set of Taika Instruments. And those consist of a Taika Ritualli Tome, The Varjo Välineet, or ‘Shadow Tools’ and lastly, the Olemus… the essence.”

Before you, she places a jar containing a purple and black mist-like wisp.

“This, right here, is the Olemus!” she tells you happily. “Oh, I know it looks dark, but it’s safe to handle. I want you to have it, because I believe the Tatsujin are the key to unlocking the true potential of these relics and artifacts.”

You see that it matches the description what Kulsso mentioned to you before, though at the time, he had reason to be wary of it considering he was not aware of what it is or what it’s for. You watch it for a few seconds, flickering about inside the jar like a dark, shadowy firefly.

[The Olemus] (Essence) has been added to the Team Inventory.

“Now, once the Varjo Välineet are gathered at the Taika Temppeli, that’s when the Puhdistus Ritual can be performed,” Santea explains further. “This Cleansing Ritual, from what I’ve read, can be used to banish dark and evil spirits. To do that, each time the ritual is performed, a Putki is used, which serves as a conduit to summon and channel the Taika energy needed to fulfill the banishing. That’s exactly what you’ve got right there! The other thing that’s needed is the Stalker’s Phylactery.”

“These Phylacteries… they serve as anchors for the Demoni to allow them to persist in the material plane for an indefinite amount of time. And the Demoni, I learned, are the dark and evil spirits that have been possessing Pokémon and causing them to do murders on their behalf as the Stalkers for some wicked objective. I found out that’s why we haven’t seen the Demoni in their true forms. They’re using us as puppets and hiding among us!”

You’re not surprised to see Santea has managed to uncover so much information about this as she goes through multiple books regarding the subject matter. Most of the tomes she shows you look like they’ve been in the library for many years and it doesn’t look like too many Pokémon have read them, likely thinking they were just fantasy stories or old wives’ tales. On top of that, all of the pages are handwritten and you’re quite sure none of these books have a version that went through a printing press.

“I imagine these Demoni are hiding their Phylacteries in very secret and highly protected locations,” Santea tells you, knowing how critical these are to them. “But I believe if you can find them, they can be the key to stopping these Demoni. If the Phylactery is found and used in the Puhdistus Ritual, it will free the victim from the Demoni’s grasp and rip the Demoni linked to them to shreds, committing them to an eternity of torture and harassment in an underworld realm called Kadotus as they only exist in fragmented pieces. I mean, it sounds rather merciless, but these are the Demoni we’re talking about after all. They were supposed to be serving eternal damnation in Unohdus for all their evil deeds and then started doing this to us, so I can’t really feel sorry for them.”

“Well, it’s becoming late for me…” Santea tells you, though she seems very happy to have shared her knowledge with you. “I know this may seem like a lot, but I want to help you and I’m always available to answer questions about the Puhdistus Ritual if you have them. It’s been a pleasure to speak with you, ChiChi, and let me know if I can be of any help.”

…

ChiChi the Tatsujin Tapu Lele (M: Kūsho)
Health: 16/20 | Sanity: 20/20 | Purity: 10/20 | 10/10 Kurosuōbā | Dodge Rate: 30%
Perk: Diplomacy
Reincarnation Forms: Corviknight, Milotic, Aurorus, Espeon, Alcremie
EQUIPMENT:
  • Defense Armor: <Empty>
  • Jewelry: +|J| Dreamwatch Necklace+ (Wearer gets notified if they speak or have spoken to a Stalker)