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victory_road2022-01-11 06:50 pm
epitaffio) wrote in victory_road2022-01-11 06:50 pm
[video/action if you're in mahogany town]
[Once again, it would seem like Doppio is staying at some kind of traditional-looking inn. There is some faint yipping and barking in the background before he starts talking.]
So... I've been curious about something. This is Scarabella...
[He holds up to the camera a pink-purpleish Heracross. It looks smaller than average, and veterans may notice there is something else that's unusual about its appearance.]
... She hatched just last week. I've seen some Heracross here and there, and when I did some looking into it, I kind of noticed there's something-- Ah, I don't mean the color! I know about Shiny Pokémon. But...
[If Doppio intended to use the PokéGear for something else, too bad, because Scarabella is now sucking on the bottom of the screen. Oh well. Also, is the barking getting louder?]
Uh, I guess you'll have to check your Pokédex if you don't know what I'm talking about, but it looks like male Heracross usually have a sort of branched horn, like a rhinoceros beetle, and female Heracross usually have what looks like a heart on the tip of their horn... But Scarabella's heart is upside-down. [Almost like...] Does that kind of thing happen a lot? I mean... differences that don't really show up on the Pokédex?
[Really, he just wants to know the odds that he'll be forced to hand in an ultra-rare specimen to Team Rocket. Scarabella is cute... It'd be a shame. Hey, that's some REALLY loud yipping--
A horde of Yamper rushes in through the window.
He is on the second floor.]
Oh yeah if you want one of these little guys you should come to Mahogany Town, there's a ton and they're everywhere, try catching a few, okay bye!
[... He'll be replying through text.]
So... I've been curious about something. This is Scarabella...
[He holds up to the camera a pink-purpleish Heracross. It looks smaller than average, and veterans may notice there is something else that's unusual about its appearance.]
... She hatched just last week. I've seen some Heracross here and there, and when I did some looking into it, I kind of noticed there's something-- Ah, I don't mean the color! I know about Shiny Pokémon. But...
[If Doppio intended to use the PokéGear for something else, too bad, because Scarabella is now sucking on the bottom of the screen. Oh well. Also, is the barking getting louder?]
Uh, I guess you'll have to check your Pokédex if you don't know what I'm talking about, but it looks like male Heracross usually have a sort of branched horn, like a rhinoceros beetle, and female Heracross usually have what looks like a heart on the tip of their horn... But Scarabella's heart is upside-down. [Almost like...] Does that kind of thing happen a lot? I mean... differences that don't really show up on the Pokédex?
[Really, he just wants to know the odds that he'll be forced to hand in an ultra-rare specimen to Team Rocket. Scarabella is cute... It'd be a shame. Hey, that's some REALLY loud yipping--
A horde of Yamper rushes in through the window.
He is on the second floor.]
Oh yeah if you want one of these little guys you should come to Mahogany Town, there's a ton and they're everywhere, try catching a few, okay bye!
[... He'll be replying through text.]
[Text | un: Gokibore]
He shakes his head so he can focus. He obviously doesn't know anything about the insects in this world yet, since they aren't anything like regular bugs, but he surely wants to know more.]
It could be some sort of rare mutation
Do you know anything about Scarabella's parents?
That could explain a lot
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Her egg just showed up on Christmas.
[Text | un: Gokibore]
But if regular animals from planet Earth can have mutations
It's not impossible that Pokémon can go through that
I mean even evolution is already so strange
And they all have such unique traits
But I'll say you are very lucky
Scarabella is very pretty
I'm honestly jealous
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She's the first pink Heracross I've seen, but if she's got a different-looking horn, doesn't that mean there must be even more regular Heracross with different horns out there?
You might just find one some day!
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After all I'm gonna be the next big bug Pokemon specialist
It would only be fitting for me to get a Heracross with a really cool horn!
Do you know more about other bug Pokemon?
Or is Heracross your first?
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I've seen a few, but come to think of it I guess I've only trained one!
I wonder if that's because I started feeling bad for it when it evolved actually.
Do you know about Paras?
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Feeling bad?
Why would you feel bad?
I'm pretty new to this place so I don't really know what a Paras is
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Paras is this kind of pinchy little bug with mushrooms growing on its back...
But the mushrooms are parasites, and when Paras evolves, the mushroom completely takes over.
I kind of freaked out when I realized what happened.
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Does that type of thing happen often?
I mean, Pokemon evolving and getting taken over by stuff?
[The idea of a poor bug being controlled by a parasite kinda freaks Haga out. He hopes that doesn't happen to anyone in his team, present or future.]
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Oh yeah! I didn't know this back then, but there's actually an item you can give your Pokémon if you want to keep them from evolving
So if you ever catch a Paras, you can just give it one of those! :D
It's called an Everstone.