>>57027782Funny you mention Xenoblade, it's probably one of my favorite game series. And yeah, the concept of Wailord as living boats is pretty similar to some of the stuff people in Xenoblade 2 do, such as the Argentum Trade Guild using this huge ballon titan as essentially a hot air balloon for a huge ship that merchants live and do trade on. This was actually my concept for the flying gym of Erikos, platforms and trainers riding on top of a pod of Erikosian Wailord and Wailnarr that travels around the region.
>Also poor Hugo, glad his tail's growing back at leastMy idea for Hugo is that he's a rescue from the shutting down of an industrial farm. Their profits began to hit a downturn because the mistreatment of their Slowpoke caused their tails to grow back stunted and underdeveloped, which eventually caused in their shutdown when a disgruntled employee turned into a whistleblower with Aksel's help. Hugo's tail is starting to grow back properly under Aksel's care.