since there is sadness, we can feel joy

[The feed opens to a view of the odd phone booth-looking objects across the street, sprayed-on smiley faces without a single blotch in spite of the rain. A moment later, it moves around to show Cynthia, with her Lucario right behind her.]

Has anyone figured out what those things are? They've been here for a while now, but I'm pretty sure they weren't when we first arrived-- and I've been checking the University quite often since then. [A pause as her gaze wanders back to the teleporters. Lucario doesn't look too happy; he knows what's coming.] I think I might have to further investigate later...

[Yup, Lucario totally knew it. Time to loudly protest-- to which Cynthia responds with her usual optimistic smile.] Don't worry, sweetie-- I'll be fine! [Nope, no she won't. And he's now sticking a paw outside the window and motioning towards the drizzle.] Oh, that's just a little rain. It won't do any harm!

[You're not a Steel-type so you can't handle it, is what the Pokemon wanted to tell her, but couldn't. Damn that stupid chip blocking his telepathy!]

[The video opens to an image of Cynthia, smiling her usual smile at the camera. There seems to be a little more noise in the background than usual, but we'll leave that aside. For now.]

I have been giving some thought to an idea I had a while ago, and I would be delighted if I could be given some input. See, ever since the arson in the library, we have been left with very little information about Discedo, save for whatever people may have salvaged. In fact, at the time I had a few books with me-- [A short pause as she checks her surroundings, looking for her small stack of books. That's when the camera shifts around to reveal a blue, bipedal jackal-like Pokemon with his face buried in the old tomes.] --ah, as you can see, Lucario is making very good use of them. But that's hardly enough.

[With the camera facing Cynthia again, she goes on.] So, I was thinking that perhaps we could start a new collection of our own, so that whoever may inhabit this place in the future will have somewhere to start! Every little bit is important-- oh! [This is when a sea serpent-like creature pops into view, poking her head to check out the communicator and softly humming in ways that could be translated as "What is this? Are people watching me? Look how pretty I am!"] Sweetheart, I don't think this is the right time for a pageant...

[Another hum later, Milotic wraps her body around her trainer, head on her shoulder.] As I was saying, anything at all would help! Marco is working on a beastiary and I promised mister Gyatso I would include the soup kitchen in this project, but there's so much more to add, from the more mundane things like the restaurant and the school and the greenhouse to the chips and their strange effects on people, that Atropos virus from before and the vaccine-- and that's not even counting what's beyond Discedo, but if the invasion from months ago is anything to go by, we can be sure there's something else out there, somewhere past the river! Has anyone ever gone that far, I wonder? Perhaps it could be a safer place for us to li--

[Garchomp gives a small growl and joins the two, fondly headbutting Cynthia.] ... oops, I seem to have gotten carried away again! At any rate, what does everyone think?

[And right before the feed is turned off, Togekiss pokes his big smiling face in, waving at the camera with a wing. "That's all, folks!"]