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I recognize your name!

[He's joking, really! Ray picks up how Egon's face is heating up and nuzzles him lightly.]

But I can't believe our Egon arrived in this dimension before us! It's a shame we weren't able to see him here

Two Egons in one place? Now there's a thought.

Hard to think of any version of Egon not making much of an impact. I'm sure he spent the whole time questioning people about the fungi in this universe, and they just did their best to forget.

[A small smile appears on Egon's face as he leans against Ray. It does feel a bit odd to be sleeping with an alternate dimension version of one of your partners, but...it's. Probably fine.]

Thank you for reminding me of my next line of research into this world. [Said in an incredibly dry tone.] I'm sure that Ray would like to look into it, as well. I have a growing list of topics I would like to look into, which includes researching the source of meat in this dimension.

[The mystery meats are very important to his research regarding fungi being the future of food.]

...Speaking of research, I would like to know when is the next time we expect to see you in person. Or, first time for me, I suppose.

[It's fine darker haired-Ray will never know/will probably be 100% down with this.]

Oh yeah, I've been wondering about how stuff like that too! It seems like this culture heavily frowns upon consuming Pokémon, not that I blame them since they all seem to possess some level of sentience, but they do seem to sell some sort of unspecified meat in most stores.

The whole "mystery meat" thing is almost enough to make me go vegetarian.

[He pauses.]

Almost.

And I knew it wouldn't take you long to start looking into stuff like weird fungus- that's why I went ahead and did some digging myself. I saw someone at a party on the ferry the other night with a giant walking mushroom. Apparently, there's a few little monsters like that.

["Did some digging" = "saw something and thought of Egon"]

That would make the most sense. I have also found out that they do not shy away from using what we would consider to be animal products, in general, such as wool or eggs.

Oh? If you see that person again, please ask them what species of Pokémon it is. I will add it to my list of Pokémon to capture and contain. Did you know there's a Pokémon that resembles a cell undergoing mitosis?

[It's been in the works ever since Botan showed him so many goddamn ghost Pokémon. He's so fucking excited, though you could never tell from the tone of his voice.]

Venkman, when you have the time, you should meet up with Ray and I to compare notes about the creatures we have encountered.

[And also it would be nice to see him in person and actually cement the fact that he's from another dimension.]

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This woman showed me this really cute Pokémon too! It's this little pink fairy that can beat dragons and, according to legend, they originated from the Moon!

Pete I'm in love with all these little guys! I don't know how I'm gonna keep myself from catching everyone I can find.

[He did catch a bird because it was cute and fat.]

There's apparently a train that goes between regions- boards in Goldenrod for you, Saffron for me. That'll be my best route back. Since I have to travel on foot to get there... [Venkman grimaces.]

It could take me a couple months. I can cut down on that time if I get a Pokemon I can ride? But so far all I have is the roach- and some guy is apparently sending me a kitten egg? Because everything hatches from eggs here??

[Which still sounds fake but ok]

[A pause.]

Ray, you should know better than to believe in such things. But I do look forward do seeing the Pokémon you receive.

[aliens don't exist and this is a 291487 page thesis why, signed egon spengler]

Well, we should keep in contact in the meantime. When I get to Goldenrod, I will wait for your arrival. Or maybe we'll come to you. [He looks towards Ray.] I would like to know your opinion on this, as well.

Maybe all mammals hear can lay eggs? It's not unheard of back on Earth, like the platypus!

[Ray doesn't respond directly to the alien thing, but he does grumble slightly. He's had this argument with Egon to know when to shut up.]

Gosh that's a hard one. I really want us all to explore the Ruins of Alph, but I've heard some really neat things about Lavender Town!

It's such a shame they got rid of that giant cemetery and replaced it with a Radio Tower, but I'm sure that means we'll get a lot of vengeful ghost activity there!

[Ray sounds

Way too excited about that idea.]

Ruins of the Alph, huh? I heard a little about that place. I was, uh, thinking of checking it out myself at some point.

... Hey, excuse me, they did what to a cemetery?

[DON'T THEY KNOW THATS LIKE. THE BEST WAY TO GET YOURSELF HAUNTED FOR ALL ETERNITY]

It could be that the biology of these creatures are drastically different to the traditional categorizations of "mammal" and "reptile" as we have back in our dimensions. Some form of evolutionary adaptation that would make it beneficial for all creatures to lay eggs as opposed to giving live birth.

[Probably has something to do with inter-species breeding. But Egon perks up at what Ray says, completely ignoring the alarm in Venkman's voice.]

A radio tower? I'd like to get a recording of any EVPs in and around the site--the radio waves may pick up and amplify the voices within the area. This could be a crucial step in deciphering the speech of the ghosts in this dimension.

Even better! We can see the affects of the radio tower and ghost activity and finally understand what they gotta say!

And aww Pete you should have seen this tower, it looked amazing! It was a skyscraper cemetery!

Trying to figure out the evolutionary development of these things sounds like a "you" job, not a "me" job.

... How would a skyscraper cemetery work? You can't bury someone on an upper floor. I guess if they're all cremated...

It may be difficult--after all, I don't know how much pre-existing knowledge there is on the subject of evolutionary biology.

[Egon rests his head between the crook of Ray's neck and shoulder. Which is difficult, given how tall Egon is, but he manages.]

Have you considered that the death rituals of this world may not be the same than that of our dimension? Several cultures have other ways in which they respect the dead--there's no telling how differently they regard the dead in this universe. It may seen odd to us, but we are also technically outsiders to this dimension and may have difficulty contextualizing certain things.

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[Ray happily makes room for him, as short as he is. Honestly he's struggling to stay awake at this point.]

Tomorrow we should see if there's a library with books on death rituals in his realm. Maybe it could help explain why they felt it was okay to replace a cemetery with a radio tower.

[Venkman shakes his head, smiling a bit. He can hear the sounds of these two idiots moving around on the bed, and it makes him almost wish he'd taken the snowy woods instead of the ferry.

You know, almost.]

Are you guys cuddling while talking about death rituals? God, you really are Spengler. No doubt about it.

[Egon yawns, grinning slightly at Venkman's comment. A rare occurrence for any Spengler.]

It's getting late. We should probably get some sleep and let Peter sleep, as well. Tomorrow we can continue this conversation. Well--today.

[Venkman can probably hear a quiet smile in his voice.]

It's been an eventful few hours, to say the least.

[Ray yawns as well, settling back into bed.]

Yeah, we gotta be well rested if we wanna be prepared for New Years.

[He missed Christmas but he's celebrating New Years damn it.]

Night Venkie! It was great talking to you.

"Getting" late? Spengs, you messaged me at 2 in the morning in the first place. It's been late.

... Goodnight. ...Love you.

...New Years, yes. Looking forward to celebrating with you, Ray.

[He HEARD that.]

Sleep well, Peter.

[That's his way of saying "I love you."]

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[Ray, meanwhile:]

I love you too!!!

[He says this way too loudly for the hour.]

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