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Giselle noticed the history magazine and picked it up, not because she was interested in hisuis origins but because she was looking for the escape artist circus that’s been in her family since the early 1910s.

There doesn't seem to be anything about a circus. Must be too "small business-y" for that to have counted for anything. That and... Well, a circus didn't have anything to do with Hisui, obviously. This magazine is a magazine focused entirely on Hisui. Going through the magazine, you would find tales of the creature known as "Sinnoh," which rival clans believed were either Dialga, the God of Time, or Palkia, the God of Space. There were texts about the big G himself: Arceus.

Aside from that, there were articles on the land's culture and details on Pokemon that were considered ancient by moderners like Hisuian variants of Growlithe and Braviary and the Basculin evo: Basculegion. It's an interesting detail.

Joy must be more tired than she thought if she didn't notice the other girl at first.  "Ah, I think it was this one..."

Joy found some PocketWatch magazines, one asking if Cofagrigus had variant adaptations in the past.

Going through the magazine in search of the featured article, you would find articles on the migration of Kilowattrel and Swellow, an article on the ecology of Glimmerwood, and a couple ads for wildlife preservation charities. Sure enough, you found the article.

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In the past, Cofagrigus were used as entities that guarded the tombs of deceased kings and people of high status. It is a well-known fact that Cofagrigus will seek out intruders and mummify them. However, many have wondered if there were other applications for them.

One primary application is the preservation and use of mummies as guardians or bait. Deceased women of particular interest and magic skill were mummified and interred into a Cofagrigus, where they would enter an undead (alive and dead at the same time) state of being within their tombs. Through this, the undead women have the power to command spells that would allow multiple targets to be wrapped. It is noted that the allure of these mummified women seemingly ignore the sexual orientation of their targets, but research is incomplete.

Another application for Cofagrigus in the past is to catch notably feminine Pokemon. A common target happens to be Gardevoir, but Hatterene and Lopunny are notable targets as well. While Cofagrigus are noticeably immortal due to having no sign of wear over the past millenia, the other Pokemon are not immortal to nobody's surprise. Mummies of Gardevoir, Hatterene, and Lopunny were buried in humanlike sarcophagi in tombs with wraps and decor near-identical to the decorations used on human mummies. (A picture of a Gardevoir mummy and a picture of a pair of Hatterene mummies are shown on the right). The Cofagrigus guarding the mummified pokemon are believed to have been owned by the trainers of said mummified pokemon.

While Yamask were said to came from the souls of the deceased, Cofagrigus were used to breed Yamask themselves with or without the assistance of Ditto. Said Yamask would be used for the ritual sacrifice of sacred Pokemon, where they would anesthetize Pokemon prior to the Pokemon's impending doom. Said sacrifices were mummified by humans, however.

It is interesting how desert cultures incorporated Cofagrigus into their lifestyles.

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Interesting article nonetheless.