Forward Dated: [Action/Route 36/Spinda Tuesday/7/12]

[usedgravity]

[Ochako's only seen a panda once before, and it was in a zoo by itself. The idea she might see one in the wild was pretty unbelievable. The idea that she might see more than one? Pretty amazing. The idea that there might be dozens of miniature spinning pandas overrunning the route to the point that she is literally tripping over them is kind of mind-melting.]

Awawawa, th, they're so cute! I mean, there's so many of them!

[It's hard to tell if Ochako is panicking because of their numbers or... just overwhelmed by their cuteness. Or... getting... nauseous... because of all... the spinning...

In any case, the poor girl is stuck in the middle of a whole mosh pit of them, waving her hands as her swablue, hoppip and noibat all fly around in her in a panicked fluster, not sure what to do. The spindas aren't really attacking Ochako and they're too short to reach them, but it's pretty worrying how many have surrounded them...

You can come help, or leave her to her furry doom... or maybe you're the one who needs help from spinning mass?]

Comments

[outloving]

Maybe...

[ And Minako being Minako casually accepts this answer because it's not like she knows any better. ]

But Ochako-chan, that means we need to catch them before they all disappear! If they're migrating, that means they're leaving!

[ Okay, sure. ]

[usedgravity]

Ohhh, that's true... we might not see them again for a while! Though, I kinda wonder if I should... they're probably traveling with their families, right?

[outloving]

You've got a point...

[ And Minako does seem to mull over this for a while. ]

But in that case, doesn't that mean we're separating the other Pokémon we catch along the routes from their families, too? They've gotta have a family, right? I don't think they're orphans...

[usedgravity]

Ah, maybe? I mean, they might have already gone their separate ways though... at least, I don't think birds really stay in family units, right?

[She doesn't know about bats or... whatever the heck hoppip is?]

[outloving]

Huh...but they could've started their own families, right?

[ 2016: the year of giving existential crises to Pokémon mechanics. ]

[usedgravity]

Maybe? I guess so... I mean, they didn't really mind coming with me, did you guys?

[Jumpy shakes his leaves and Otoi gives a happy squeak - no, apparently there isn't anyone they're missing]

I guess I should be careful about who I catch in the future though, huh?

[outloving]

I guess so...

[ Huff. ]

But that's not really fair...they should've at least told us that some of them still traveled with their families, y'know?

[usedgravity]

I wonder how they'd tell us though... [...OH, RIGHT] Oh, you mean the other trainers! Uh, I guess they didn't think about it? I mean, I didn't really think about it until I saw so many together at once...

[outloving]

I guess you're right. And it seems like something that doesn't happen pretty often, too...

[ Given the general reaction to the swarm. ]

[usedgravity]

Yeah, guess so! Everyone I've talked to seems just as surprised... I wonder how long it's going to be like this?