1st Sprout

[toxicodendron_isley]

Text
Hello there everyone, my name is Pamela Isley.

I arrived yesterday and I have been doing some reading. It appears there is a whole sub division of these creatures based on plant life. Referred to as 'Grass', I believe? I'm not entirely sure how accurate is it to name a whole diverse sub species after Poaceae but I am a little out of my element here.

Anyway, I would be very interested in collecting some information on this specific type. If you have one of the vast array of specimens that fall into this 'Grass typing' please tell me about them. Also, if anyone would be kind enough let me know where I could find some for myself that would be very helpful.


Action [Route 29]
Ivy is sat in the grass, watching her newly caught Hoppip dance and spin around with a bunch of its fellows. She scribbles notes furiously in her book with her brow furrowed in thought, her Bulbasaur watching her with keen interest.

Occasionally, she pulls out her PokeGear to look at something, or consults the book she has laid out beside her.

Comments

[dreamsofahero]

Well, I have a Serperior, a Roserade, a Leafeon, and a Decidueye... is there any in particular you'd like to know about?

*and his bff has a few others, but he can get to that later*

[toxicodendron_isley]

Well, I could look up their appearance and basic information from their names so I would be most interested to know how you came to collect them? Speaking of names, it seems some relate to foliage and others do not. Have you noticed an inclination towards either when encountering them?

[dreamsofahero]

Well, the serperior hatched from an egg--as a snivy, serperior is the name of its final form--that I received shortly after arriving here. The roserade I caught as a roselia in the Ilex Forest, leafeon is one of eevee's many possible forms, and the decidueye was another from an egg, this time one I received for helping assist in stopping some trouble in Goldenrod City. I've heard that their initial forms can be found in the Ilex Forest as well, however; it seems there are quite a variety of grass types there.

*he'll... stick to that summary for now, since he could go into quite a lot of more detail if he wanted*

For names, usually they seem to be somewhat descriptive to a degree. Sometimes in ways related to a pokemon's type, sometimes to what sort of creature it resembles, or its typical attitude. Often they involve plays on words; serperior is a grass-type that resembles a large serpent or snake, and the names of its first two forms are snivy and servinee, for example.

[toxicodendron_isley]

I see. Yes, I keep hearing about this Ilex Forest. Would you say out of all of your Pokemon you've gathered, your collection is built up more of those you have captured or those you have hatched?

[dreamsofahero]

*oh, that's a very good question, actually, he has to think about it a moment*

You know, I think it's nearly half of each, actually. I'd never thought to count up how many came from eggs before, though.

[toxicodendron_isley]

Then is it reasonable to assume you didn't intend to collect so many? May I ask how you came into the possession of so many eggs?

[dreamsofahero]

Well, not quite so many, no, though I'd always intended to have some variety, at least.

*and there are a good 17 18 types to cover, after all!*

Some of the eggs I bought, some were given to me, and some simply... appeared, actually.

[toxicodendron_isley]

Do you think many others are in a similar situation of being in possession of creatures they did not intend to gather?

Appeared?

[dreamsofahero]

To judge from how often people talk about how they ended up acquiring a new one through some circumstances or another, I imagine so, yes.

And yes; occasionally, eggs will mysteriously appear, one for each person. No one's been able to figure out how or why, however.

[toxicodendron_isley]

Have you noticed any difference between those you have intentionally gathered and those that have just appeared?

[dreamsofahero]

Not in particular. Their personalities all vary widely regardless, the only possible difference is that those hatching from eggs received from other trainers and breeders sometimes know more moves at the start than otherwise.

[toxicodendron_isley]

I've seen mentioned about eggs and alternate colours, do you know anything about this?

[dreamsofahero]

Ah, yes, sometimes eggs received from whatever mysterious benefactor gives them to everyone will hatch into pokemon with alternate or "shiny" coloration for their species. The same sometimes occurs with eggs from breeders where one of the parents is such, though we haven't been able to figure out if there's any way to tell what causes this, or whether it can happen otherwise.

Presumably, there may be wild ones with such alternate coloration, but since many people seem to value them for being "rare", they're naturally incredibly unlikely to come across. I don't think I've seen any in the wild in my time here.

[toxicodendron_isley]

People have always been interested in placing value in things that are deemed 'rare' so I suppose it would only make sense they'd be interested in collecting and hording those things.

[dreamsofahero]

Exactly. That, and in some cases, the coloring is so strikingly different from usual that I imagine those individuals are much easier to spot. Which would certainly make them easier targets.

*whether for trainers or for attacks from other pokemon; Sion suspects wild pokemon probably behave much more aggressively towards each other than trained ones...*

[toxicodendron_isley]

Well, that's not too surprising. Wild animals can often turn on those with significant colour variations, through isolation or aggression. [Which is why plants are so much better.]

Do you own many of these alternate versions?

[dreamsofahero]

A few, yes. At the moment I have... four, altogether.

[toxicodendron_isley]

Do you also possess their typically coloured counterpart?

[dreamsofahero]

Of one, yes.

[toxicodendron_isley]

How do they react to each other?

[dreamsofahero]

Well, they seem to get along just fine? Then again, Cloud--the one I had first--isn't particularly aggressive or anything in the first place...

[toxicodendron_isley]

May I ask what 'Cloud' is?

[dreamsofahero]

My furfrou--well, one of them, now. It's a type of pokemon that resembles a dog.

[toxicodendron_isley]

And it wasn't territorial? Or aggressive towards an abnormal looking member of its species?

[dreamsofahero]

Well, not exactly. I'd already had him for over two years, however, which means he's certainly used to being around all of the others. Not to mention, pokemon seem to often be rather more intelligent than animals of other worlds, especially once they've had time to learn things from their trainers, so I wouldn't expect one that's been trained for some time to behave in the same way a wild one would.

*which doesn't mean he's never had slight issues between members of his team before, just not in this case*

That, and as I said, Cloud has a particularly calm demeanor to begin with.