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.

Comments

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[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?]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

It depends. We both want to get the badge first regardless. I personally think that having the capability of riding a flying animal would be pretty useful in a place with no airplanes.

Mio is a girl who came here at the same time I did. We started traveling together, and we haven't really stopped since then.

[Also, she's fifteen, so he'd feel awful if he left her to fend for herself.]

[canthearyou]

YOU GET A FLYING POKEMON WITH THE BADGE?

[No one told him this.]

OH. I DIDN'T TRAVEL WITH ANYONE THAT CAME HERE WHEN I DID, BUT STICKING TOGETHER IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.

[Mainly because some of them probably fled after speaking with Gordon in New Bark Town.]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

No, you just get the capability of riding a flying Pokemon. For some reason, you can't do it without this badge. It makes no sense, but it's the rules of this place.

Yeah, Albert suggested it when I made my first post to the network. So far, it's worked for us pretty well.

[canthearyou]

MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK AND GET IT. DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING THAT CAN FLY THOUGH. I HAVE A CRICKET, A PLANT THING, A SMOOCHUM, AND A WHISMUR.

AND I'M SURE ALBERT WILL HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE TAKEN HIS ADVICE TO HEART.

[Or he'll just be all Albert about it. Could go either way in Gordon's opinion.]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

Apparently, he has animals that range from levels thirty to thirty-five, so I suggest waiting until you either have a strategy to beat that or animals up to that level.

I think he knows. He doesn't know Mio, but he knows I'm traveling with someone.

[He's probably happy that someone is finally listening to him regardless of his Albert-ness.]

[canthearyou]

LEVEL THIRTY FIVE?

[His strongest monster's around level fifteen.]

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR A WHILE THEN.

[leftinbasketforfbi]

[Yeah, Reid's would probably still be around level ten if Yang wasn't so damn insistent on everyone training super hard. At a certain point, Reid just lets his Pokemon loose to fight on the outskirts of the town while he goes and actually earns a living.]

You could try letting your animals train on their own while you do other things. It seems to keep my roster happy.

[canthearyou]

I'VE BEEN LETTING THEM DO THAT WHILE I TAKE THEM ON WALKS. NONE OF THEM SEEM VERY INTERESTED IN BATTLING THOUGH.

[He hasn't really caught anything with a nature that lends itself to keeping the others focused. Usually battles happen when something in the wild scares his Whismur into using Uproar. And then everything just spirals into a mess of Gordon trying to figure out what's going on while his Pokemon try to calm things down.]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

[Well, the fact that Yang can sense disaster and Reid is a walking trouble magnet might contribute to his seriousness about training.]

I almost wish my animals were the same. Yang and Elle always start pawing me if I've been reading for a while and they're feeling restless, and they won't stop until I've taken everyone out and gotten them at least half a level stronger. I have no idea how they have that kind of energy.

[canthearyou]

THEY SOUND VERY DIFFERENT FROM MINE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT SOUNDS GOOD THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED. YOU'LL PROBABLY BE READY TO GET THAT BADGE SOON IF THEY KEEP THAT UP.

[leftinbasketforfbi]

At least that. It would definitely make it easier to travel place to place, and maybe they'll calm down a little once they've won a badge.

[canthearyou]

LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ONCE YOU GET THE BADGE. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THOSE THINGS, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.

[Because he's not really sure how it enables things to Fly that should already be able to Fly.]

[leftinbasketforfbi]

Neither do I, so hopefully having one will be informative. I'll keep you updated if I get one.

[The only reason he's taking that rule vaguely seriously is because of all the other crazy rules here that apply.]