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[mywayistheway]

[A short and simple post to the network today. Bo-Katan sounds tired and disinterested.]

A few of my Pokémon decided to breed.

I have three Meowth eggs and one Lapras if anyone wants them.

((OOC Note: None of the eggs will have anything special as far as moves or anything else. The Meowths will have Bite early and Lapras will have Rain Dance, that’s it.))

Comments

[paladinlost]

You'd need to train over a hundred Pokémon, including a high percentage of females with compatible partners, to risk reaching that point... Or you'd have to adopt a Ditto. That'd do the trick.

[mywayistheway]

Good thing I'm not there yet. Or have a Ditto. I noticed that some pokemon only breed with Ditto.

[Like her Beldum. She stumbled across that when researching that species.]

[paladinlost]

The genderless ones, yes. Apparently, lumps of pink goo possess a certain charm that not even magnets or starfish can resist... Or they might simply have the power to make a copy of their partner as long as that partner is of any other species, considering that they cannot have Ditto children.

[mywayistheway]

What I don't understand is that if the genderless Pokemon like my Beldum can breed with Ditto. Why can't they breed with members of their own species?

[paladinlost]

Perhaps because their natural life cycle is entirely different. It could be that new wild Beldum are... born in a manner that does not resemble regular reproduction, but Ditto are versatile enough to force them to fit the mold, so to speak.

[mywayistheway]

Hmm. Perhaps.

[That was her next question actually. Where did all the wild ones come from?? But it’s all over her head really.]

You might like to know that the Pokémon I got from you are doing well. The Lapras helped me win against Falkner.

[paladinlost]

Is that so? That is wonderful to hear!

[Hearing about the honorary grandbabies is always a delight, truly.]

Considering the species available between New Bark Town and Violet, I imagine he did not expect so much ice.

[mywayistheway]

That and the electricity. Rain and Thunder work rather well against his flying types.

I trained her and my Blastoise a lot on the weeks leading up to that battle. During all that rainy weather. And they seemed to take a liking to each other.

[And then all that culminated in an egg apparently.]

[paladinlost]

Thus, the egg. If she takes in any way after her parents, she may well have decided that their compatibility in battle would apply to their offspring. Or perhaps it truly is simply a personal affinity, born from proximity.

[Surely not all Pokémon can be as... mercenary in such matters as his own.]

[mywayistheway]

Perhaps a bit of both? I'm sure it doesn't hurt that Paz is a handsome Blastoise.

[There's amusement in her tone at that. It's nice to her Pokemon getting along. Though she wishes that some of them would get along a little better.]

[paladinlost]

That certainly helps! Though I've always wondered what traits Pokémon might find particularly pleasant in others. Are his cannons particularly well polished, perhaps?

[He doubts that's Paz's true charm point, but he cannot completely reject the theory, either.]