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[Just when you thought that all the Christmas egg hatching posts were over with and everyone could focus on the new arrivals, Apollo's egg starts to hatch, and since he sees other people recording their eggs hatching he figures that some people might be interested. The miracle of birth and all that.

Now here's an egg no one's likely to recognize, though Cecil will recognize the self-warming egg pillow it's sitting on at least. The video shows that the egg is in a cave not too far from a nice fire, with a larger-than-average Fearow, a Furret, and a Growlithe watching intently, a Zangoose leaning against a plastic bin in the background, chewing on a twig and looking only vaguely interested, and what perceptive viewers might recognize as the arms and legs of a very large Golurk sitting mostly off-camera. The pokégear has obviously been propped up on something, since Apollo comes around from behind it and sits down next to the egg, which is shaking and gaining another crack every few seconds.]

I guess today is a day for eggs. Combee and Vespiquen laid some eggs while I had them out of the PC to check on them, and now the egg that appeared a while ago is finally hatching. It's too bad it didn't hatch while I was near a PC, then everyone could have seen it- [A particularly large and loud crack interrupts him and he leans a bit closer to the egg, which glows white and transforms into...

Whatever it is, it sparkles as it makes its debut. It looks around curiously as the assembled Pokémon greet it, Apollo smiling and giving a psychic greeting that doesn't get picked up by the pokégear. It continues to look around quietly for a few more seconds before...]

Arrrrrrrrr!

[With a horrible screech it uses Quick Attack, headbutting Apollo in the forehead and knocking him back, then zooming over to hit Fearow, then Furret and Firaga the Growlithe. Zangoose charges in because this situation obviously needs a woman's no-so-delicate fist, only to be hit by a Wing Attack that makes her stumble and accidentally punch Firaga. Golurk tries to grab the baby, but it's low Speed stat makes that a futile gesture at best. The baby continues to dart between the other Pokémon for a bit longer, getting them to accidentally hit each other several times, before knocking over the pokégear as it darts past and heads for the cave's entrance. Fearow passes by the camera, the look on his face unmistakable as being that of someone who's just developed a crush - if this were animated and not reality, his eyes would be big pink hearts right about now. The feed continues for a while longer, allowing the viewer to fully appreciate the cave's ceiling, before finally shutting off.]

[Responses will be ICly delayed until Apollo can catch his new fossil Pokémon.]

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[He hears it and winces. Yeah, now he's kinda glad his Beldum is so lethargic.]

...You might not want to hope too much for that. Is she attacking out of anger, fear, bloodlust...? I mean, normally they can at least recognize their own allies.

[There's a delay before he responds, and when he does he has a fresh cut on his nose.]

I'm not sure. Talking to her is like having a bunch of people yelling in my ear at once. It's more like talking to an animal than a Pokémon. She seems to be mostly acting on instinct. I think she's either trying to claim territory or thinks that we're all predators trying to eat her. It might be both.

There has to be a way to show her you're not a threat. Her instinct should tell her to appreciate you if you feed her, right? ...Right?

[He kinda hopes so, because those are seriously getting more alarming by the second.]

It depends on the animal, but it usually does. It can take time though. She's already mad at me for putting her in a pokéball to keep her from getting knocked out by the Bidoof, so I'll need to work against that.

Maybe she'd forgive you if she had a nest? A sibling? A new Bidoof-destroying attack? ...You might want to wait for that last one, though.

A nest is a good idea. I don't want her to try and claim the whole cave as her territory, so maybe I can give her a corner of it.

The PokéDex says that there aren't any Archen - that's the kind of Pokémon that she is - alive anymore. There have to be some somewhere, since her egg had to have come from somewhere, but I don't think I'll be able to find another one any time soon. [And at this rate he questions if he would want to.]

I'm not going to try any of my HMs on her right away, but it looks like she'll be raising her level quickly if she keeps this up, so she'll learn more attacks on her own. [He hopes that they're mostly stat-altering ones at first. Sadly, her next one will be Rock Throw.]

She's supposed an extinct Pokémon? That might mean that she comes from a time before it was common for them to bond with humans. And with the way she insists on battling by herself even when she should by all rights be wary... Wow, you sure have your work cut out for you.

I thought that the humans here would always have bonded with Pokémon.

Maybe Archen had a lot of predators when they were alive, so her instincts are that everyone is an enemy. Even though she's a bird she doesn't seem to be able to fly, so she wouldn't be able to escape as easily and would need to be able to fight right from birth. Though even without flying she can run really fast. I'll have to try and ask her once she's more used to me.

That had to actually start at some point, right? And you might want to keep an eye on her, then. Where I come from, flightless birds tend to die off.

Even if she could fly I would still keep an eye on her. Her not being able to fly just means that I'll have to watch out more. I haven't heard of birds that can never fly, even when they're adults, but they must be pretty good at surviving, otherwise they would probably die off a lot sooner. Since Archen are Pokémon though, they might evolve into a kind of Pokémon that can fly.

[He hopes that Archen will have calmed down by the time she can fly, if she ever does. Archen being able to fly and still acting like this could be disastrous.]

I guess that's always possible, as long as they actually have an evolution. Some of them don't, right? It might also calm her down a little, if you're lucky.

Zangoose says that she doesn't have an evolution, but I haven't been able to ask Archen yet. She might not. Or if she does it might not be able to fly.

...That would be sad, having wings or limbs that resemble wings yet not being able to use them. I hope that won't be the case for her.

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