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victory_road2019-05-01 12:22 pm
fuelthefire) wrote in victory_road2019-05-01 12:22 pm
19th Match // video // Goldenrod
[Today's home video features Adorababy the Sylveon and an unknown Eevee. 'Dora is sitting on his haunches, front paws and back toes all lined up in a neat little row. He looks mildly confused (but not unhappy) as the Eevee circles around him, headbutting him and rubbing against him like a fluffy kitten. This adorable video is accompanied at first only by the adoring "Veeee!"s enunciated by the worshiping Eevee, but after about twenty seconds of cuteness overload, the cameraman speaks up.]
Is anybody missing a puppycat?
[Whaddup, it's ya boi, Krieg. He sounds just as confused as 'Dora looks. The Eevee is oblivious to all of the confusion it's causing, completely and utterly absorbed as it is in its worshipful adulations.]
It followed us home from Goldenrod and won't go away.
Is anybody missing a puppycat?
[Whaddup, it's ya boi, Krieg. He sounds just as confused as 'Dora looks. The Eevee is oblivious to all of the confusion it's causing, completely and utterly absorbed as it is in its worshipful adulations.]
It followed us home from Goldenrod and won't go away.
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[Ripley is an A+ Arcanine, a good mother-figure to both Newt and all Newt's 'mons.]
I know the pink one.
[As if that were an invitation, here, too, is Adorababy, popping up over Krieg's shoulder to see who his trainer is talking to. When he spots Armin, he trills a polite greeting.]
What are the other kinds?
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[Which... on second thought, might be a bit too much information all at once.]
Wait, give me a moment.
[Armin sets down his gear for a moment, though he soon returns, this time with a Vaporeon, who has managed to drape himself on Armin's lap in a manner that looks artful and casual and definitely is taking a good amount of effort.]
This is a Vaporeon. It's what happened with Eevee evolves into a water type. I caught this one on Victory Road.
[The Vaporeon's ears twitch for a moment as he thrills his own greeting, partially at Krieg, but mostly at the Sylveon he can see over the large man's shoulder.]
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When the Vaporeon is displayed for viewing, Krieg gets a good long squint. That is one fishy-looking cat!]
It's a Purr-maid! It suits you!
[Of course it suits him, Krieg, it's a water type.
Adorababy, meanwhile, is also delighted. He's always pleased to meet new Eeveeloutions. Hello! My name's Adorababy! What's yours?]
Is there a fire one?
[Look, Krieg's definitely not considering keeping the little punk face, but it never hurts to learn new things about stuff, right? Right!]
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Nailed it.]
There is! It's called Flareon. To get one, you need to give your Eevee a Fire Stone. Its fur is supposed to be incredibly fluffy which makes it pretty popular, even with people who don't battle.
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It's nice to meet you, Leon!
Krieg, meanwhile, tilts his head. He's seen Evolutionary Stones, and has even given a few out as gifts during the holidays. He's never had a Pokemon that needed one to help it grow up, though.
...Which just makes him think of another question.]
Mnn. What kind of rock do you need to use to get a Fairy?
[Not that he's interested in another Sylveon, (a super fluffy fire puppycat sounds much more his speed) but he is curious. He doesn't remember Angel using anything to help Adorababy evolve, but his memory is crap, so that's not exactly surprising.]
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Oh.
That makes so much depressing, distressing sense. Of course Sylveon evolves the way it does because it loves its trainer. How else would such a loving and affectionate creature grow up?
Thankfully, the aforesaid Sylveon distracts him from the looming Bad Feels by draping over his shoulder and sliding down his front to join the Punk-faced Eevee in his lap. Adorababy's tail smacks him in the face on the way down, which coaxes a snicker out of him, before he goes back to grilling Armin with questions.]
Did you use a rock on yours?
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No, I didn't need to. I already caught him like this. Victory Road is not the sort of environment you see a lot of unevolved pokemon. All the pokemon I met there were incredibly strong.
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Sounds like a good place for cockfights.
[And not just for the Murder Chicken!]
But you gotta have all the badges to get in, right?
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[Although those places can be accessed with enough eridium. He suspects security around Victory Road is a little tighter than the gate to access Terramorphous.]
Guess I'll have to flatten the last gyms faster, huh?
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How many badges do you have left to get?
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But the Pretty Lady needs them all so it's still gonna be a while.
[Like hell he would go to the Forbidden Victory Road alone, without his bestie.]
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[Armin has to agree, she is a pretty lady, but he would never publically call her that.]
Are those six badges you still need all from one region? Because if so, you'll be running into elite challenges now. Those are definitely a lot more, well, challenging than the regular ones. They take a lot more preparation.
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[Krieg has some vague idea that Maya is completely bemused by his nickname for her, but she's never actually objected, and anyway, it's the complete truth (she is the prettiest), so like...yup.]
Really? They haven't seemed any harder.
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[Or maybe Armin just naturally overthinks everything ever.]
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[Are there special teams he should be asking for? How does this work? He thought he knew but maybe he doesn't. What a mystery!]
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[If you aren't spending two weeks agonizing about which gym strategy to use, running dozens of mental simulations in your brain and trying to decide which pokemon to bring with you are you even really taking on gyms??]
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We're getting ready to go pound the rocks, next.
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