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.
[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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Date: 2012-10-24 10:19 pm (UTC)From: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?
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Date: 2012-10-25 02:09 am (UTC)From:[Permatext]
Date: 2012-10-25 07:50 pm (UTC)From:[Audio probably forever unless Reid asks him to switch to Text]
Date: 2012-10-26 01:29 am (UTC)From:AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHO IS MIO?
[Are there more law enforcement people here he doesn't know about?]
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Date: 2012-10-26 04:55 am (UTC)From: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.]
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Date: 2012-10-26 10:02 pm (UTC)From:[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.]
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Date: 2012-10-26 10:35 pm (UTC)From:Yeah, Albert suggested it when I made my first post to the network. So far, it's worked for us pretty well.
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Date: 2012-10-27 02:51 am (UTC)From: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.]
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Date: 2012-10-27 11:48 am (UTC)From: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.]
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Date: 2012-10-27 07:43 pm (UTC)From:[His strongest monster's around level fifteen.]
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR A WHILE THEN.
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Date: 2012-10-27 07:51 pm (UTC)From:You could try letting your animals train on their own while you do other things. It seems to keep my roster happy.
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Date: 2012-10-27 09:00 pm (UTC)From:[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.]
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Date: 2012-10-27 09:49 pm (UTC)From: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.
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Date: 2012-10-28 12:08 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-10-28 12:19 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-10-28 03:10 am (UTC)From:[Because he's not really sure how it enables things to Fly that should already be able to Fly.]
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Date: 2012-10-28 03:55 am (UTC)From:[The only reason he's taking that rule vaguely seriously is because of all the other crazy rules here that apply.]