The Pokemon Philosophy

[Isabelle]

Lopunny and Medicham spent much of the morning practicing summoning, bringing a bunch of miscellaneous items into existence. One of the last things she summoned was a little welpling, which was oddly a lot more obedient to her than the others had been.
“Primes can summon mounts to allow them to travel more expediently through the verses.” He explained. “You’re not limited to just mounts, you can summon all sorts of lifeforms. These beings are called Secondaries, and they make up most of the people in the Omniverse.”
She thought about all the creatures she had encountered so far: the koopas, the gorons, the beats of the steppes, they were all summoned by Primes?
“Why would someone want to summon all those creatures?” She asked.
“Some want power, while others want companionship. Though most are summoned subconsciously. After all, you didn’t intend to bring Gengar here.”
She hadn’t even thought about where the ghost pokemon had come from. Did she really bring him here? Why would her subconscious do that?

Soon after that, they stopped for lunch. They ate what was left of the Pokepuffs while sipping on some tea. Lopunny however, had questions on her mind.
“How many Pokemon are in the Omniverse?” She asked.
Medicham thought for a second before responding.
“Too many to count.” He said. “Though, Pokemon primes are exceptionally rare. Almost all of them are secondaries.”
He took another sip from his tea.
“There’s some in every verse, but most of them either live on Cinnabar Island or work for the Pokemon Liberation Front.”
“Cinnabar Island sounds familiar to me for some reason.” She stated.
“That’s because it was named after an actual island in our world. It’s full of isolationist; just pokemon just wanting to live peacefully and get by.”
“And what about the Pokemon Liberation Front? Who are they?” She asked.
Medicham gave off a heavy sigh.
“Reckless and dangerous Pokemon who want to wrestle power from the humans. Their cause isn’t unfounded, but their methods are… questionable to say the least. They aren’t allies of cinnabar, so you may have to pick a side at some point.”
Lopunny looked at him quizzically.
“Why would I have to pick a side?”
Medicham laughed.
“It’s like I said, a Pokemon prime is quite rare and quite powerful. Who wouldn’t want a powerful ally on their side.”
Lopunny was quiet for a while. She didn’t quite see herself as powerful enough to warrant such attention, so she decided not to dwell on it.

However, her thoughts instead gravitated towards those secondaries. At least in her case, she was given an introduction. She imagined it being worse to get taken with no explanation at all.
“How did you come to the Omniverse?” She inquired.
Medicham was quiet for a few moments.
“My master was summoned here by some prime in the Empire. Um, by the way, that’s a human government in one of the verses. I was in my Pokeball when he came here, so I came along. Go figure.
“He was tasked with helping the empire with their Pokemon Liberation Front problem. The rest of the team and I travelled with him all over the Omniverse trying to hunt them down. That was until he decided what we were doing was wrong and quit. The empire didn’t like that at all.
“So in the end, he was locked up. He managed to let his pokemon go before he was captured and we all went our separate ways. I haven’t seen my trainer of my travel companions ever since.”
He looked a little wistful for a moment, but upon seeing the look of sheer empathy on Lopunny’s face, he smiled.
“Hey, I regret nothing. I understand now that change is a part of life and we have to adapt sometimes. That is exactly what I did. I’ve helped way more Pokemon than just you in the omniverse, some in worse off conditions than yourself. I’ve left a far greater mark on those pokemons’ lives and I owe all the experiences in my life for shaping me into the being that could accomplish that.”
He stood up.
“And change doesn’t take those memories away. I’ve created so many of them over the years. And I probably wouldn’t have had them if it weren’t for the changes in my life. The day I was brought to the Omniverse, the day I was traded ownership to my master…”
He sat down, chuckling.
“The day some trainer’s lopunny froze me with a lucky ice punch, leading to my capture.”
He took another sip from his tea. She stared at him, jaw dropped, dumbfounded. He looks over to her, and she just now notices that he has smile on his face a mile wide and a stream of tears going down his face.
“I always knew Primes made the impossible happen.” He said, choking a little bit. “But I didn’t believe it until recently. After all, I met you.”
Wiping his tears, he goes in for another sip of tea, but he is knocked for a loop when Lopunny suddenly gives him a big hug. After a moment of surprise, Medicham placed the cup carefully down, and reciprocated.