[Video| New Bark Town]

[usedstockpile]

So. I. Talked with the professor in this town. The Johto one. He took a look at His Uselessness.

[Gil's seated at a table in a lab, and behind him in an aquarium is the enormous shiny Magikarp in question.]

Turns out, he has a bit of pica. Meaning he likes to eat rocks. Specific rocks. Everstones, to be precise. A lot of Everstones. Before I caught him he'd eaten so many that they make up a significant percentage of his scales' mineral composition.

[That would explain the weird 'jewels' studding the River King's dorsal fins.]

The only way he'll ever evolve is if he doesn't eat any more everstones and someone manages to remove the ones in his gut, but good luck with that. He'll get new scales in......

A decade.
[Gil's eyes are glazed, and the despair is rather evident. He turns that frown upside down though, and tries to put on that golden cheery smile]

So, anyone want a shiny Magikarp? ♥

Comments

[radfield]

Pretty impressive catch.

[ Chris half-wishes he could've seen it in person, since that's some Hardcore Sega Bass Fishing trophy right there, but he isn't about to double back through the snow from Cherrygrove just to scan it with his Gear. ]

That said, why not let 'em go if you find that it's only weighing you down?

[ Can't help but make that pun though, judging from the size of it. That, and if it's ultimately useless to another trainer's team then why.. hawk it in a way. ]

[usedstockpile]

That's what I thought, and then he started beating me upside the head. He's a bully. It's probably better he stay a 'Karp, because he'd probably be an ecological disaster evolved.

[Beat. Beat.] Oh, har har. He's not unbearable, and he makes a pretty good sparring partner since he's extremely overleveled.

text forever oh god hnng i forgot pls forgive me gil-sama

[radfield]

[ All right, the thought of some (probably) fifty pound fish flailing against a kid almost gets him to laugh, but Gil makes a good point about having it evolving into some monster probably looking to squash other kids. ]

Looks like he's rather fond of you. Tough love, I suppose. Though I dunno why you're looking to give away a partner like that. Unless you're looking for a reason to show him off? ;)