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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action;

[canthearyou]

YOU WANT IT TO MAKE THE NOISE AGAIN? GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

[Gordon gestures to the Kricketune, and sure enough there's another loud noise from it.

In fact, there's two or three cries from it before it stops.]

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[worktodo]

[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.]

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[canthearyou]

IT'S LIKE A GUITAR?

[Yes, that was the only part he heard.]

I GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THE NOISE. GOOD JOB, ALBERT. ANY IDEAS ABOUT THE REST OF IT?

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[worktodo]

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.

action;

[canthearyou]

[Blank stare.]

ALBERT, I DON'T SEE HOW IT LOOKS LIKE A MUMMY. IT'S NOT COVERED IN BANDAGES.

action;

[worktodo]

IT'S ALSO NOT DEAD, WHICH IS GENERALLY A PREREQUISITE, SIR.

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[canthearyou]

WHAT'S DEAD?

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[worktodo]

NOTHING. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

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[canthearyou]

GLAD TO HEAR THAT, ALBERT. IS THAT ABOUT IT FOR YOUR DIAGNOSIS?

[He got some of it. Probably the important parts. Except for the mustache. That will forever remain a mystery to him.]

action;

[worktodo]

UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DISSECT IT.

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[canthearyou]

NO, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO PROTECT IT.