Merlot's Librarians

Lexy

Lexy
Affiliation	Draclugia
Role	Librarian
Usual Location	Castle Draclugia
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Gender	Male
Age	Young Adult
Trait	Often lost in thought
Nature	Quiet
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Lexy oversees the library in Castle Draclugia. He's tasked with organizing and preserving the extensive collection of books—though with Merlot's general disposition keeping most of the public away, little needs doing day-to-day.

What do you think you're doing, chipmunk? I told you not to put me in your creepy Pokémon diorama. Play hard-hitting investigative journalist with someone else's life.

Lexy values intellectual pursuits over all else, even to the detriment of personal relationships: he's openly critical and abrasive towards anyone and anything he regards as oblivious, uncreative, slow-witted, or even merely boring—

Intellectual laziness is personally, socially, and globally injurious. It is a festering plague that could easily be prevented. I hardly see how not to find it patently offensive.

—though he won't pass up any chance to demonstrate how clever he is. He enjoys anything mentally stimulating, be it a book or a puzzle or a debate, and those few who manage to earn his respect may glimpse a less steely interior: he becomes passionate and talkative about particularly fascinating trains of thought. As well, Lexy has a remarkable ability to remember any detail he finds interesting, which is pragmatically useful for finding particular books in the library and makes him a brilliant strategist besides.

His relationship with Merlot is one of mutual, wary, and above all unspoken respect. Merlot's surprising insights impress Lexy, and Lexy's unabashed nature is a rare treat for Merlot. This standoff gives Lexy the unique privilege of outright refusal to wear the usual maid outfit uniform—though Merlot finds it hilarious to regularly put one on him anyway.

This is increasingly unnerving. Just who has been feeding anecdotes into this amateur armchair psychoanalysis machine?

Lexy has made something of a hobby of studying the Pokémon world, and has a back room in the library dedicated to his research. He has amassed myriad relics of questionably utility, but his pride and joy is an index of details on all 647 known species of Pokémon, assembled from notes left by the previous librarian.

Hang on just a damn minute there. The Pokédex started from his journals, but I've expanded it by an order of magnitude since I've been here, in no small part thanks to those artifacts I've gone to great pains to collect.^{[citation needed]}

As for— wait, what was that? "Citation needed"? Are you serious? What do you think you're writing here, a scholarly encyclopedia?

This Castle Draclugia-related article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective.

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Funny.

Mission 8

Caldera's letter to Lexy relayed instructions to perform a ritual in Shade's place while they were still in the past. He set out to the Illusory Forest to find the Twilight Clarinet, but the search was fruitless without Shade or her children to let him in the instrument's holding place. He slept in the woods that night to continue the search the next day.

His dream led him to Smudge, who would allow the Eevee passage into the void after he gathered some Pokémon to play hide-and-seek. When he awoke, Lexy set off to find willing participants in Tao Village. After a brief encounter with Fresnel at the Rescuer headquarters, it was clear to Lexy that he would have to seek additional assistance for his mission, since the Ampharos gave the Eevee the impression that his dilemma was not important to the guild. Lexy went to the Merchant Hut and struck a deal with Shroomsworth, who requested that his merchants be paid for their services. As a result, both members of the Merchant and Rescue guild helped Lexy play with Smudge and retrieve the instrument, though only Merchants were rewarded. Template:Clr

Caldera

Caldera
Affiliation	Draclugia
Role	Bookkeeper
Usual Location	???
Species	Template:Species
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Trait	Strong willed
Nature	Serious
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Caldera is Lexy's companion and the bookkeeper for Castle Draclugia. The ability to float makes it much easier for him to reach higher shelves, and he has more direct offensive power for defending the library from the occasional attempted theft. He's also a valuable source of illumination, although trying to use him as a reading lamp is not advisable for anyone but Merlot.

Though he doesn't quite have Lexy's knack for drawing conclusions, Caldera is intensely practical, somewhat balancing Lexy's tendency to act rashly. This extends even to his speech; he frequently uses long or obscure words because he feels they capture his meaning more precisely.

Every page of every book in the library has been soaked in a solution of alum and Combee wax, rendering them resistant to Caldera's flame, as well as water damage and tearing.

Mission 7

Caldera, along with Devonshire, Dr. Quaak, Vergil, and members of the Rescue guild, were teleported somewhere in the Creeping Forest. He points out to the group not only are they in a different location but also in different time period, since he observed some plant life which had been extinct for over a century. For now, he must assist the group in tracking down Shade and bring her to Monochrome Tower.

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Mission 7 Epilogue

Once Shade was subdued, the group gathered at Monochrome Tower, finding the other displaced Pokemon. While Devonshire went to investigate the area where Tao Village would normally be, Caldera recommended that he leave the captive Zoroark behind, for worry that it would enrage the locals. Devonshire agreed, though wary of the capabilities of the guilds in keeping a captive. Caldera asked as well if they could attempt to speak with Shade during this time, Devonshire not seeming to care as long as she was not released. Not long afterwards, he was transported with the others forward in time to the Tao of the past.

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Mission 8 (Past)

While the village prepared for the upcoming attacks or were otherwise leaving to obtain the cure for Jasmine, Caldera kept watch over Shade. Once she had awoken from the first meaningful amount of sleep she had gotten in a long time, he greeted her and began to question her about the nature of her clan and their God. With condolences for her sacrifice and understanding for what drives her, Caldera offers his services to Shade. Though she seems uninterested in this offer at first, a fear of what will happen to her children at the time of the next new moon in the present time drives her to accept. Assuring her that he would likely find a way to get a message to Lexy, Shade explains to him the need of a sacrifice as well the ability to play a favored song upon the Twilight Clarinet. Though Caldera has no way of knowing if his partner will go through with the ritual, Shade has no real other choice. She eventually shares the melody needed with the Chandelure, as well the location of the instrument.

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Mission 8 (Present)

Caldera does manage to get a message to Lexy, detailing to him the information he needs to conduct the ritual.

See Also

Books

Gallery

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  Art by Buyo-Banana

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  Art by PurpleKecleon

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  Official V-Day Card!

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  Happy birthday, Lexy!!

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  Bound by the Dress Code

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  D-Don't be so flustered!!

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  He swears it was good...

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  A battle

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  Someone's stuck...