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For all the scientists (or anyone, I suppose!) : What's your favorite field of science that you DON'T study yourself? Maybe it's important to the world, or maybe you just find it interesting - if you'd like, please share why it's your favorite too!

Steven: I'm a little bit stoked about paleontology, honestly. I'm no rock collector or anything, but I just think fossils are cool. There's a lot you can learn about monsters from fossils, god damn it!

As a side note, I am pissed as hell that a lot of the more complete specimens get sold in auctions. Fucking, hello?! Monsters disintegrate when they die, do you know how rare that is, to find complete parts of them?! Urrgh, I'm gonna get worked up if I think about this too long!!

Roxanne: If you start pacing the floor over this again, you're gonna start making a rut.

I've always had a small interest in astronomy! It's even more math-intensive, though. It's sort of fantastical, isn't it?! Imagine how many stars and nebulae are out there... Imagine how many planets might have life on them! I'm quite content with genetics, but in another life, maybe.

Dr. Steele: Microbiology is interesting, isn't it? Microorganisms have existed far longer than you or I have, and their relationship with magic is marvelous -- Did you know that some have been known colonize mystery dungeons so magically-potent that we cannot enter them without protective gear? Stunning! They get a gold star from me.

Opal: Well, I really am enjoying biology, darling! Hm... I did peak into immunology a little bit, since it's somewhat of a related science.. Isn't it interesting how immune systems work? And how many things can influence them, too! Well, I wouldn't dare claim to be an expert, sweetheart, but I wouldn't mind learning more.

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ask-tssb · 4 years

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Speaking of the League, how is Alliair's challenge constructed? Are there playoffs and numbered contestants like in Galar, or is it looser like Hoenn's? Who (and where) are your gym leaders, and what are their specialties? Are there any official "gimmicks" like Triple, Rotation, or Battle Royals?

Steven: Oho, now this is exciting! I never get to talk about sports. What, I don't look like the sports type to you? Battling is the only good one! You won’t catch me tuning into baseball, or some shit!

Here in Alliair, the League works by letting people take on the gyms at about their own pace, and then the Championship is in the Fall with teams being entered in playoff-style competition against each other, then the Champion. Let's see if I can remember the order of the Gym Leaders... I think I got it.

Rosetta leads the rock-type gym in Pyren Town. She's a human, and she used to be a glam-rock artist years and years ago. When she retired from that, she took on battling, and she's been a solid start for teams ever since.

In Mosaic City, we've got Zephyr, an altaria who is... kiiiind of airheaded, if you'll excuse the pun. That's our flying- gym, and they lead their gym in a pretty lax way. They have a big emphasis on creativity.

Chloria City's built in and around this huge ancient forest, and the grass-type gym is led by Holly, a venusaur. She won't let anyone push her around, and to her, grass-types are deep-rooted and immovable. Even fire-types are scared of that gym!

The fourth gym is water-, and it's... here in Dynamene! The leader, Brooke, is a human, and she's this tiny little thing. But don't let that fuckin' deceive you, 'cause she'll knock you on your ass with a harsh wave before you can blink.

Amphic City's kinda nearby, and it has the poison-type gym. It's led by Ethyl, a toxicroak who owns probably the most prestigious bar in Alliair. Seriously, I sound crazy right now, but it's a nice bar, and the gym is there. And no, no underaged drinking is encouraged.

Out up north is the resort town of Frostridge. Oh yeah, try 'n guess what the gym's type is there. No points for correct guesses. The ice-type gym is led by Cole, an ice-type darmanitan snowboarder who's really got the whole chilling out thing down pat. Oh my god, I sound like Roxanne...

In the wealthy crystal mining town of Hollowfaire is Kelly, a fairy-type rapidash. Girls go crazy for him, and he themed his gym in a blind-dating style. The "dates" are just battles against gym staff, though, thankfully. I think if I went into a gym match and the leader started hitting on me, I'd have to burn something down.

And the eighth gym is in Altair City, one of, if not the oldest formal city in Alliair. The gym is psychic-type, and the leader, Arcelia is thought to have been there since the city was built. They're a solrock, and they certainly seem to give off that vibe from what I've seen.

As for gimmicks, or whatever, you could say the region's big thing is Fusion Battles. Your team has two members on the field at a time, and they use Fusion to become a single, more powerful fighter. If you can work together like that, a lot of them have the raw power to take on Mega Evolved competitors head-on.

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