Case 005 | Audio

[canthearyou]

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.

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[audio]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[DB oh god...oh god yelling man stop please stop what is happening why is this happening.]

[Gordon is treated to a length of silence before some mumbling.]</sub>

They get a new name and cry and everything. It's normal.

[audio]

[canthearyou]

COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP? I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

[audio]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry holds his gear out at arm's length, suddenly feeling the strange urge to start sobbing. It hadn't occured to him to just turn the volume down.]}

I-I said it's normal! They get a new name and sound and everything! Sometimes they even get a-a personality overhaul!

[audio]

[canthearyou]

ARE YOU SAYING IT'S NORMAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN?

[audio]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry stares at his gear uncertainly before raising his voice to a desperate sounding yowl.]}

IT IS NORMAL MY FRIEND HAS SOME STUPID DINOSAUR THAT USED TO SAY TOH-TOH BUT NOW IT SAYS CROCOGNAAWWHHHH OR SOMETHING!

audio; | though he's probably around action-wise too

[worktodo]

Now there's fashion suicide for you.

audio; | Then maybe he should get yelled at in person ):

[canthearyou]

ALBERT, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT FASHION. ARE YOU OUT SHOPPING?

[And what does that have to do with crickets?]

audio; → action;

[worktodo]

HANG ON. I'LL COME MAKE A DIAGNOSIS IN PERSON.

[Not like he won't be able to echolocate onto Gordon's location from the sound of his voice, after all.]

audio; → action;

[canthearyou]

IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA, I THINK YOU SHOULD COME TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

[And he'll just hang around the hotel in case Albert shows up.]

[audio]

[idkmybffwaddles]

IT LOOKS LIKE A MUSTACHE TO ME! I'D GIVE IT A 8.5/10 FOR BEING ALL CURLY LIKE THAT! WANNA SEE ME GROW A MUSTACHE TOO?

[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?

[canthearyou]

YES, IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THAT.

[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

[idkmybffwaddles]

[Mabel laughs.]

HELLO MR. GORDON! MY NAME IS ACTUALLY JUST MABEL, BUT I GUESS YOU CAN CALL ME THAT IF YOU LIKE.

... WHY ARE WE YELLING?

[audio forever on Gordon's end]

[canthearyou]

YOUR NAME IS JAMABEL? I THOUGHT IT WAS MEAMABEL. I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK UP, BUT COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT PLEASE?

[He is so confused. So very confused.]

[audio]

[newberktown]

YOU KNOW GORDON, I DON'T THINK THIS COUNTS AS SPEAKING.

[audio]

[canthearyou]

I KNOW IT DOESN'T COUNT AS SEEING. I DON'T HAVE THE VIDEO ON.

[audio]

[newberktown]

SPEAKING. BECAUSE YOU'RE YELLING.

[audio]

[canthearyou]

I KNOW I'M SPEAKING. WHY ARE YOU POINTING THIS OUT, HICCUP? THIS IS HICCUP, RIGHT?

[ text forever, as per usual ]

[getthehorns]

[ Cliffjumper has to wonder why people try to actually... talk to Gordon. This is a lot easier ]

totally normal, but i'm sure someone's told you that already

[Audio]

[canthearyou]

YES. THEY HAVE. I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S ALSO COMPLETELY NORMAL FOR THEM TO CHANGE INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE THOUGH.

[getthehorns]

yeah. one of mine started out as a little ball-looking thing and ended up looking like a

[ long pause ]

a gorilla? i think that's what they're called.

[canthearyou]

A GORILLA? BUT IT WAS A BALL BEFORE? THAT'S REALLY STRANGE.

[Text]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

[Reid is going the way of Cliffjumper, because seriously, guys. Writing. It's so much easier.]

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?

[Audio]

[canthearyou]

THAT MAKES SENSE SINCE IT LOOKS SOMEWHAT LIKE A NORMAL CRICKET. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION THOUGH, AND YES I'M IN GOLDENROD. WHERE ARE YOU AT, REID?

[Permatext]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

I'm still in Violet City with Mio. We can't really move around much with all this rain, so even if we wanted to leave, we're kind of stuck. At least we weren't caught out on one of the routes.

[Audio probably forever unless Reid asks him to switch to Text]

[canthearyou]

ARE YOU PLANNING ON HEADING OUT ONCE IT CLEARS UP OR STAYING IN TOWN?

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHO IS MIO?

[Are there more law enforcement people here he doesn't know about?]