HELLO, EVERYONE. THIS IS GORDON COLE SPEAKING. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT POKEMON EVOLUTION, AND I’M HOPING SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN ANSWER IT. NOW, I’VE READ THE HANDBOOK AND UNDERSTAND THAT POKEMON CAN CHANGE FORMS FOR SEVERAL REASONS, BUT I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING. YESTERDAY, MY KRICKETOT EVOLVED INTO A KRICKETUNE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NORMAL.
[Or as normal as the Pokémon world gets anyway.]
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOUGH, IS HOW COMMON IS IT FOR A POKEMON TO MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOISE AFTER EVOLVING. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THIS SOMETIMES, AND I’M PRETTY SURE IT DIDN’T MAKE THAT NOISE BEFORE. IT SOUNDS LIKE…ACTUALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
GO AHEAD. IT’S RECORDING.
[There’s some silence, and then… this.]
IT’S REALLY STRANGE. ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT’S NORMAL FOR POKEMON TO GROW A MUSTACHE AFTER EVOLVING? BECAUSE THIS ONE DID. AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE A MUSTACHE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
[Or as normal as the Pokémon world gets anyway.]
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOUGH, IS HOW COMMON IS IT FOR A POKEMON TO MAKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NOISE AFTER EVOLVING. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THIS SOMETIMES, AND I’M PRETTY SURE IT DIDN’T MAKE THAT NOISE BEFORE. IT SOUNDS LIKE…ACTUALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU.
GO AHEAD. IT’S RECORDING.
[There’s some silence, and then… this.]
IT’S REALLY STRANGE. ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT’S NORMAL FOR POKEMON TO GROW A MUSTACHE AFTER EVOLVING? BECAUSE THIS ONE DID. AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE A MUSTACHE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
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Date: 2012-10-22 11:55 pm (UTC)From:[Gordon is treated to a length of silence before some mumbling.]
They get a new name and cry and everything. It's normal.
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Date: 2012-10-23 01:40 am (UTC)From:[audio]
Date: 2012-10-23 01:55 am (UTC)From:I-I said it's normal! They get a new name and sound and everything! Sometimes they even get a-a personality overhaul!
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Date: 2012-10-23 02:22 am (UTC)From:[audio]
Date: 2012-10-23 05:28 am (UTC)From:IT IS NORMAL MY FRIEND HAS SOME STUPID DINOSAUR THAT USED TO SAY TOH-TOH BUT NOW IT SAYS CROCOGNAAWWHHHH OR SOMETHING!
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From:audio; | though he's probably around action-wise too
Date: 2012-10-23 03:36 am (UTC)From:audio; | Then maybe he should get yelled at in person ):
Date: 2012-10-23 06:09 am (UTC)From:[And what does that have to do with crickets?]
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Date: 2012-10-24 12:48 am (UTC)From:[Not like he won't be able to echolocate onto Gordon's location from the sound of his voice, after all.]
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Date: 2012-10-24 03:26 am (UTC)From:[And he'll just hang around the hotel in case Albert shows up.]
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Date: 2012-10-23 07:00 am (UTC)From:[She doesn't really give you time to answer that and maneuvers her hair it into something resembling a mustache.]
IT'S A-ME! A-MABEL!
[audio] It's video on Mabel's end, right?
Date: 2012-10-23 08:43 pm (UTC)From:[Except with more cricket.]
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, MEAMABLE. MY NAME IS GORDON.
[video] OH yeah whoops I forgot to change it orz
Date: 2012-10-23 10:03 pm (UTC)From:HELLO MR. GORDON! MY NAME IS ACTUALLY JUST MABEL, BUT I GUESS YOU CAN CALL ME THAT IF YOU LIKE.
... WHY ARE WE YELLING?
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Date: 2012-10-24 03:21 am (UTC)From:[He is so confused. So very confused.]
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Date: 2012-10-24 04:33 am (UTC)From:totally normal, but i'm sure someone's told you that already
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Date: 2012-10-24 09:20 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-10-25 06:28 am (UTC)From:[ long pause ]
a gorilla? i think that's what they're called.
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Date: 2012-10-24 10:19 pm (UTC)From:As I understand it, that's completely normal for the species. It actually happens to a lot of animals here, but I don't think I've ever really heard a sound like that. I think Kricketots and their evolutions are vaguely related to regular crickets from back home.
You're in Goldenrod, right?
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Date: 2012-10-25 07:50 pm (UTC)From:[Audio probably forever unless Reid asks him to switch to Text]
Date: 2012-10-26 01:29 am (UTC)From:AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHO IS MIO?
[Are there more law enforcement people here he doesn't know about?]
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