whateveryoueatliveitspart | [Video / Action for Route 34]

[The feed comes on to show a full-body view of Apollo, which doesn't really say much, since his green cloak covers everything except his head, bare feet, and his right arm holding a pokéball. The camera wobbles a bit, since this is Sentret's first time as cameramon.]

John, I thought you would want to know that the egg I got from you hatched. Is it normal for Pokémon to hatch bigger than the egg? I don't understand how it could have fit inside.

[He opens the pokéball to release a Golett. A Golett that's significantly larger than usual, at about 4'9". This also shows that Apollo himself is fairly short, at 5 feet and a few inches at best. The Golett glances around, spies the Sentret and the Deerling behind the camera, and proceeds to try and hide behind Apollo. After a moment of this it realizes how badly it's failing at remaining unseen and it reaches around Apollo to grab onto the pokéball and return inside. Apollo linefaces slightly. He hates keeping his Pokémon in their balls, but Golett won't stay out for long.]

It's really shy.

[He lowers his arm and the edge of his cloak slips down and covers it again. He glances up at the sky.]

The other thing I was going to say is that Spearow "evolved" today. [Apollo is suddenly in shadow.] He looks like he would be big enough to carry me, but when I tried he couldn't get off the ground. I know you need the "Surf" HM if you want to ride a Pokémon over the water. Is there one that lets you ride them in the air?

[The camera wobbles as a strong wind comes from above, and the cameramon points it up at the source of the wind. Remember that larger than average Spearow Apollo had? It turned into a much larger than average Fearow that is now coming in for a landing.]

FEEEEAAAAR!

[Comparing that cry to the screams of the damned in Hell wouldn't be far off. I hope you weren't planning on sleeping tonight.]

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Yeah, you get used to it though. The quicker you stop trying to make sense of everything weird, the better you'll feel.

The HM you're looking for is Fly, and you get it for beating Chuck, the leader of Cianwood Gym. But in order to use it outside of battle, you need the Zephyr Badge from Violet City.

Ah...well not exactly. Here... [He takes a ball from his belt and releases Giant...who is actually not as much of a giant as his name would lead you to believe. He's only about 3'5" or so. John himself is around Apollo's height, and the height difference between John and his golem is much more pronounced.] See?

Do you usually need something from another town to use an HM? I got the Cut HM from Kurt and Sentret's been using it to cut up firewood for me, but I didn't have to do anything other than work for him for a while to get it. [He's a Breeder.]

[He nods slightly.] The one with you is a lot smaller. What kind of Pokémon are they?

[Honestly, I guessed his height. I can't find any official numbers, so all I know is that he's shorter than everyone else in the main cast except the girl in the wheelchair. It's entirely possible he hasn't even hit five feet. I'm terrible at estimating height. -_-;]

Err...yeah, usually. But I guess if you could use it then that means you're a breeder. So don't worry about that part then. For some reason, breeders are exempt from the badge rule. So you just need to find someone who has the Fly HM who would be willing to lend it to you. [Which, if Apollo's on his way to Goldenrod, John would be more than willing to do.]

Yeah, it happens sometimes. There's a lot of size variation out there. Just like with people! But anyway, these are Goletts. And I guess technically they are like the Pokemon equivalent of a golem. Animated stone. Though man, according to the books they get pretty massive when they evolve. Over nine feet tall normally. I can only imagine how big yours will be if it's already taller than average...

That makes it easier then. [Quietly removes the idea to ask from Apollo's mind. He needs more reasons to go meet new people, rather than fly right past them. I'll let him get his own later.]

What do they turn into? [Alas, as much as I'd love to, there's no way I could justify it ending up at true giant robot size. XD]

Hehe, yeah lucky you I guess.

An even bigger golem, apparently. I haven't actually seen one in person yet. Just pictures in books.

If I can get it to stay out of the ball by the time it's that big it might be hard for it to fit in the same places that I can.

Yeah...somehow I get the feeling they may have to wait outside the pokecenter. That or just...stoop very, very low.

Spearow probably won't fit through the entrance anymore. He's never liked being inside much, but it might be a problem when it rains if he can't take shelter.

[He doesn't know what Spearow's new form is called, so he'll just keep calling him "Spearow" until he finds out.]

Well you can always put him in his ball when it rains?

[Have a very vigorous head-shaking from Fearow.]

He's never been in a ball, and he doesn't want to ever be.

Oh... [A beat.] What about an overly large bird rain jacket?

[He fails to surpress a small smile because you have to admit...that is a pretty hysterical mental image.]

I don't think anyone would make something like that.

[Missing the joke here.]

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