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Submitted: October 18, 2011
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There's still the one.by *purplekecleon

Fan Art / Digital Art / Painting & Airbrushing / Games

"I warned you. This was inevitable. Your hokey library card system may sate your appetite for antagonizing the locals, but it’s no substitute for legitimate security."

Lexy grumbled and picked at the Rawst-soaked bandage wrapped around his right hand, burned after his amateur pyrotechnics display. "Hey, first of all, it's not my library card system. It's been in place for ages—"

Caldera's ancillary flames flickered in annoyance, singing the edge of the tape holding his broken pane together. "Oh yes, you're merely continuing on a fine tradition of arbitrary hoop-jumping started by some former steward. I'm well aware. Please enlighten me: precisely how many of your predecessors' cards remain in circulation? I seem to recall the total comes to zero."

The Eevee tilted his head to stare at the artificial sky overhead, contemplating for a moment. "There's still the one. I tracked down all the others."

"Him? Remarkably unlikely. No one has seen him for ages, and it's perfectly reasonable to induce that the card is lost. Don’t conflate romanticism with evidence."

Lexy smirked at the ceiling. "There's no evidence it's gone, either." He sat up, abruptly. "But you're right, I need to lock my door. Something clever, of course. But it can't be vulnerable to theft, or spying." On the armrest next to him lay a thin rectangle of heavy parchment, cut with delicate precision, woven with a scant few threads of various colors and signed with a worn pawprint. He picked up the ancient library card and traced his thumbpad absentmindedly across its surface. "They used the cards for this in the old days, back when they really meant something. It wouldn’t be the same, but I’d still like to bring that back."

The floating ghost went silent for a moment, and his flames swirled in a beautiful dance between blue and red and violet, a sign that he was thinking carefully.

"I believe I have a suggestion."

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Second to last excerpt from the library story by

love 4 4

joy 2 2

wow 1 1

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~hlavco Dec 1, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I feel like a pawprint wouldn't be the best form of signature, since most pokemon evolve eventually.

!lyratyto Nov 11, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

>3< .. PurpleKecleon ? .. That name unchecked off the list is who i think it is ?

~Crystalitar Nov 9, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

omg more is becoming clear with "the one still with an libarary card" xD

=julieloveart Nov 7, 2011 Professional General Artist

Beautiful composition and colors

~shadowyoshigamernerd Oct 26, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

more speech from caldera.

~Souruuriin Oct 25, 2011

this story is soo interesting OwO

~Khrysteen Oct 24, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Argh! The more I look at this and the more I think about it, the more I think we may have seen pre-ghost Devonshire before.

I just can't say anything because I'm probably seriously wrong... OTL

Ahem... Anyways, it's always a joy reading these (everyone is such an awesome writer

), and your illustrations are amazingly wonderful. You colour usage is especially an inspiration for me. I'd comment more often but I'd probably just repeat everything that everyone is already saying. Like I am now.

~Brilliantpants Oct 21, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Not only is this art totally beautiful, it also features Chandelure! Chandelure may just be my favorite Generation V pokemon. This is really really great!

~tenko72 Oct 20, 2011

Ooh, that's a list of names. I like how even though the last one's covered, I can still read it. Nice details.

~thandav Oct 20, 2011 Professional General Artist

exlent

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