victory_road | Video; It ain't quite Skitty on Wailord action, but still...

[The video turns on to Armin look a bit peeved. Not exactly angry, but there is some frustration on his face there. Like someone just gathered up every sensible law of logic and took them away from him.

He seems to be on the beach (when is he not), the sound of waves and someone howling with laughter accompanying him.]

I’m sorry to bother anyone, but I have a question I was hoping someone could answer. [a small frown.] Perhaps a breeder would know…

[He turns the camera around to focus on a cute clutch of eggs in the sand. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Just some nice poke-eggs.]

I came home from work to discover these. I suppose it was somewhat inevitable with how many Pokemon we have running around, but—

[The camera moves again to focus on an Incineroar who looks very proud of himself. In fact, when Polo realises the camera is on him, he purrs with obvious delight, thrusting out his chest. Yes. Yes, look at him. He is the one who did it. He made these happen. He is the father and very proud of it.

The camera moves to the side to focus on another very proud Pokemon. Well, part of a very proud Pokemon. Armin is too close to his Wailord to really get a proper shot of her, so mostly what is on view is the front of her massive head. She’s pushed herself partway onto the sand, slapping her giant tail on the water, letting out a half sung Wail.]

Could anyone please explain how these two managed to have a clutch of eggs? I understand about egg groups, but I cannot see how Polo managed to, well—

[Bump uglies. Do the deed. Form the beast with two backs. Sex. Armin is talking poke-sex.]

I mean, even disregarding the size difference, Polo hates water. He won’t go into it. And Amber cannot really go on land. It just—

[Armin makes a wordless noise of frustration which seems to bring forth another wave of laughter from the second person there. The camera moves once more, but this time it is less focused as if Armin is fumbling with it to turn it off. For a moment, it settles on Jean who is using one hand to wipe the tears of laughter out of his eyes, and the other to high five his Incineroar, prompting a

You aren’t helping, you know

Before Armin manages to shut off the recording entirely.]

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[Since... he's in the house trying to repair the bed... And this is what happens. First Aron stampedes now ... whatever this is.]

If it's any consolation... I'm pretty sure Ford said it was some kind of magic.

Not.

The physical way.

[They've been cursed to lead interesting poke-lives. Still. Better than home.]

Really?

[He sounds very interested. Listen, anything to explain this, in his eyes, flagrant middle finger to the laws of nature and logic.]

Can you recall exactly what he said?

I can't exactly remember. It was back when Haunter's eggs hatched.

[So... pretty much right after the whole Nightmare Woods. Which explains why his memory is foggy.]

But it was something about willing the eggs into existence? I think? Like how some of them summon up boulders and things out of nowhere.

[He brushes his hands off.] I'll look it up.

I'd appreciate it.

[He just wants answers. Because the answers his brain is coming up with, answers that are mainly based on seeing animals like horses and dogs mate back home, are not making any sense.]

[Give him a second or two while he browses his messages. He has to go back a ways...]

Ah -- found it.

[He'll pass along the transcript to Armin. Since he'll want to know exactly what Ford said, and not Shiro's paraphrasing.]

Hopefully that helps.

[Listen, the details might end up being very important, okay? And he knows from experience how detailed Ford can get.]

Thank you.

[And then after some time, having read it all, he speaks up again, his voice a bit thoughtful.]

That does make some sense.

[Good thing it was text, then. If it was verbal, then he might not have been able to recall everything.]

[Armin's reply later gets a grin. Relieved.]

Good -- I'm glad that helps. I don't... really want to think about it happening any other way, to be honest with you.

Well, I don't think anyone wants to... [A slightly awkward look] fantasize over it exactly, but it would still be interesting to think about. Just. Just for understanding pokemon behaviour, I mean!

[And not cause Armin is some weird perv.]

[What.]

Is... someone doing that here? Fantasizing?

No

[His voice is just a little high.]

That's not-- this is just a scientific discussion.

[About pokemon sex.]

[HOLD ON. Something is not right. Something is setting off his Dad Sense.]

Armin, what happened?

[You're not acting like yourself buddy.]

Nothing, nothing. It's just--

[Some douchy child or something.

He hesitates for a moment, then sighs.]

It is not... weird to want to know about this sort of stuff too, right? I'm really not interested in it for anything strange, I just want to know.

You mean to know how it works for the pokemon? No, I don't think so.

[It's no different than studying animals, right?]

[That makes sense to him.]

Did someone tell you it was?

[DOES HE HAVE TO FIGHT SOMEONE.]

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