[video/action if you're in mahogany town]

[epitaffio]

[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.]

Comments

[epitaffio]

I guess that makes sense.
Kind of like a picture of an average person in an anatomy textbook...

[seacub]

Exactly! The anatomy drawing won't look like most people, even though it's supposed to be the average!

[epitaffio]

Yeah, that DOES make sense.
Now I kind of want to go out and compare a bunch of Heracross...

[seacub]

Haha! It could be fun, depending on where you are...

You could probably also have people send you pictures of their heracross, and compare them that way though?

[epitaffio]

Oh yeah, that'd probably be easier.

[Doppio... likely continues not to do much to set himself apart from any ordinary Team Rocket Grunt for Emporio, huh?]

[seacub]

Probably. I feel like a lot of people here wouldn't think of it though...

[Everyone would just catch them..]

[epitaffio]

I don't know.
Then again, isn't Heracross kind of rare? I feel like I don't see it a lot compared to other bugs.

[seacub]

It's definitely not common...I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild actually.

[epitaffio]

I think I saw one once!
Or wait, was that a trainer...?

[seacub]

You can't remember if it was a trainer's pokemon?

[epitaffio]

There's always a lot of bugs AND bug catchers in the National Park, ok?
It's kind of hard to tell sometimes.

[seacub]

Haha, that's fair.

Well, it'll be neat to see what the results are- I hope a lot of people respond.

[epitaffio]

Yeah, it could be fun.
I don't know if I'll find the time for it, though.

[He's a very busy criminal, Emporio!]

[seacub]

For posting to ask for heracross pictures?

[epitaffio]

No, that's the easy part!
But then I'd actually have to look through all the pictures and make observations, right?

[seacub]

Good point...

...Well, you could ask for someone to help I guess?

...I mean, I definitely have time.

[epitaffio]

Really? Are you interested?

[seacub]

A little I guess! It seems kind of neat?

[epitaffio]

In that case...
I'll let you know when I'm ready to look into it!

[seacub]

Great!