canthearyou | Case 005

Current Location: Goldenrod City

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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.

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_{[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.]}

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

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

_{[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!

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

Now there's fashion suicide for you.

_{[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!

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

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

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!

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

IT SAYS WHAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I HEARD SOMETHING LIKE COROGONNA AND THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT LANGUAGE THAT IS.

YES, IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THAT.

[Except with more cricket.]

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, MEAMABLE. MY NAME IS GORDON.

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

_{[Henry grows frantic as his efforts still seem to fall on deaf ears.]}

CLOSE ENOOOOUGH! POKEMON JUST DO THAT! OH MY GOD!

SPEAKING. BECAUSE YOU'RE YELLING.

[Well, that didn't sound good.]

IS EVERYTHING OKAY OVER THERE? YOU SOUND DISTRESSED.

I AM VERY DISTRESSED.

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

[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?

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.]

TRY TO CALM DOWN.

WHAT'S WRONG?

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.]

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.]

...NEVERMIND. YES, THIS IS HICCUP. HOW ARE YOU LIKING GOLDENROD SO FAR?

[ 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

I CAN'T STOP YELLING!

_{[It took a lot of work for Henry to raise his mumbly voice to the level it was at. It was like a kid climbing a tall tree. Coming back down was a lot harder than climbing up.]}

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Case 005 | Audio

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

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[audio] It's video on Mabel's end, right?

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[video] OH yeah whoops I forgot to change it orz

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