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[spacebaloney]

[Look at that beautiful sunset. The orange sun hunkering down on the horizon, its reflection glittering on the surface of the salty sea, the sound of Wingulls flying overheard in search of dinner. There's nothing Lance has missed more about being back on Earth than this, other than his mom, of course.]

Hey guys?

[But watch as he ruins it by pulling the gear away from the gorgeous sight and pointing the camera to a round hump in the water closer to shore. It's a fine hump. A very fine purple hump with blowhole up top where, as if on cue, water sprays out and the hump rolls over to reveal the face of a whale that looks all too pleased with itself.]

So I ran into this Pokemon just now and it's okay and all... I mean, the 'gear says it's a Wailmer, but something's wrong with it. It doesn't look like the one in the picture. Is something wrong with it? Is it sick? Do Pokemon get sick? Do we have to vaccinate our Pokemon like we have to do dogs? Because man, I am not ready for some vet bills, let me tell you.

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[schachmeister]

[DID SOMEONE MENTION WHALES

It is a very excited Armin that answers.]

You don't need to worry, it's not sick at all. Your Wailmer is what we call 'a shiny'. It happens in every species of pokemon. For some reason, there are some members that have different colours than the norm. It is incredibly rare, and it is probably genetic to some degree, as dedicated breeding can occasionally lead to a pokemon passing on that trait. You're really lucky. Finding a shiny pokemon in the wild is really rare.

[A soft, happy noise.]

And it's a Wailmer too. I've never even seen a shiny one before. Aren't they incredible? Is it a boy or a girl? Where did you catch it?

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[shiro2hero]

[He probably could just poke his head out of the house and yell across the beach, but hey. This is less shout-y.]

I think it's like Blue.

A "shiny"? But see if you can get Armin to confirm it. I don't think it's sick, though.

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[captainash]

Pokémon do get sick, which doesn't involve vet bills by the way, but that's no illness. It just means you're just very, very lucky.

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[sassymaru]

Finally! A pokemon with a decent sense of color!

Congratulations to you.

[bent_the_world]

That's a shiny, dude.

Like my Umi. Most Tentacruel aren't green and purple, but Umi is. It's actually pretty rare to run into one in the wild!

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[icecastlemadonna]

Oh, what a cute whale! It's so round! [She likes cute things, okay.] And it looks like you lucked out, it must be one of those shiny Pokemon that are really rare.

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[isleavepossible]

Like everyone's been saying. That's a shiny. Sometimes you just catch one if you're lucky.

I've got a shiny Yamask.