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Gordon Cole ([personal profile] canthearyou) wrote2012-10-22 02:32 pm

Case 005 | Audio

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.
worktodo: (EXAMINE ☮ the fuck is this shit)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-25 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, fortunately he's got some existing life experience with giant bugs with blades for arms, being in the possession of a Scyther and all, so this isn't quite as traumatic or offensive to his sensibilities as it could be.

On the other hand, Gordon's cricket thing used to be small and pudgy and harmless. What the hell happened here?

And what is the deal with that mustache?]


WELL, IT SHOT UP ABOUT TWO FEET IN HEIGHT SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW IT. MAYBE SOMETHING SHIFTED AROUND IN THERE TO TAKE UP THE SPACE, AND THAT ALTERED THE PITCH OF ITS NOISE.
worktodo: (LAB ☮ hey check out my bone saw)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-26 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[At least in person he can motion with his hands, which he does — a vertical expanding motion.]

IT'S BIGGER. THE PHYSIOLOGY CHANGED. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE NOISE CHANGED.
worktodo: (CYNICAL ☮ oh do not even with me)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-26 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aspirin, where are you.]

YES, SIR. THAT'D BE MY BET.

[He is sort of cautiously approaching the Kricketune now, because he tends to maintain a sort of professional reservation about things with scythes for hands that are not under his direct control. Assuming it's the same bug, though, the temperament probably didn't change that much with evolution, and he doubts there'd be an issue...but hey, better safe than sorry.]

CAN YOU GET IT TO MAKE THE NOISE AGAIN?
worktodo: (MUSE ☮ we could build a cyborg cop)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-26 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's watching intently as it makes the sound, trying to confirm if it really is coming from inside the Kricketune, or if there's some exterior apparatus that's moving to produce the vibrations.]

THERE, THAT'S IT. IT'S LIKE A GUITAR — THE BELLY IS HOLLOW TO LET THE SOUND RESONATE. IT GETS TALLER, THE SHAPE OF THE HOLLOW CHANGES, THE SOUND CHANGES.

[Well, in theory, anyway. Because what is Pokemon logic.]
worktodo: (FILE ☮ right so getting back to reality)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-27 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
THE BLADES ON THE ARMS ARE SIMILAR TO DUMMY'S, THOUGH THIS ONE HAD TO GROW INTO THEM AND DUMMY WAS HATCHED WITH HIS. I'VE GOT NOTHING ON THE MUSTACHE, THOUGH.
worktodo: (AGONY ☮ lord deliver me from gordon)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
IT'S ALSO NOT DEAD, WHICH IS GENERALLY A PREREQUISITE, SIR.
worktodo: (ANNOYED ☮ where is my duct tape)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-28 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
NOTHING. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
worktodo: (SNARK ☮ nice broken ribs there champ)

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[personal profile] worktodo 2012-10-28 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DISSECT IT.