Be it grass, fruit, or beasts, whatever you eat, you have to live its part.

[The video opens on a cluster of eggs under a tree in Mahogany Town:



Apollo's Fearow and Shiny Archeops stand proudly over the Archen eggs, his Furret is curled up with the Sentret eggs, his Zangoose stands behind the Zangoose eggs with her arms crossed, chewing on a twig, and Firaga the Growlithe... starts off sitting behind the Growlithe eggs wagging his tail, but soon runs around Furret and the Sentret eggs, then over to Zangoose and the Zangoose eggs, then back to Furret, then back to the Growlithe eggs... He's super excited at all the kids he has now, okay?]

Fearow, Archeops, Furret, Firaga, and Zangoose all had eggs. [Well Fearow and Firaga didn't actually do the laying but you know what he means.] They're all okay with other people raising their children, as long as they're taken good care of. If anyone wants to look after one, I can send the eggs to any Pokémon Center from here, so if you're traveling the egg can be waiting for you at the next town.

[What else... oh, right.]

I've heard that depending on what moves the parents know the children might be born knowing some of them. I don't know what all of the moves these children will be born with are, but I know some of them. [He focuses the camera on each group of eggs as he talks about them.] The Archen will be born knowing Quick Attack, Leer, and Wing Attack. Fearow likes to fight and Archeops is very aggressive and territorial, so their children might be the same. [He's warned you. You can't complain to him later if you end up with a vicious fossil bird like he did.] The Sentret will be born knowing Scratch, Foresight, and Flamethrower. [Yes, he did just say that he has fire-breathing squirrels available.] The Growlithe will be born knowing Bite and Roar. And the Zangoose will be born knowing Scratch and Leer. If any of them are born knowing any other moves, could you tell me?

[The Archen have all been claimed, but there are still some of the others left!]

[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.]

[The feed opens to show Apollo, around the side of the Azalea PokéCenter, his face a mixture of confusion, apprehension, and vague annoyance, which is mostly hidden by the other two emotions.]

I knew that some Pokémon came from eggs, but I didn't think that the mammals would too.

[He turns the camera to show a Sentret, a Deerling, and...



Sentret is sitting happily with the Sentret eggs and Deerling is standing casually over the Deerling eggs. Apollo's voice comes from behind the camera.]

I didn't think that different kinds of Pokémon could mate, either. They won't tell me how they did it. There's no way that one of those eggs could have fit inside Sentret without me noticing.

[Sentret and Deerling both blush slightly. Why is he talking about that in public? Him straight-out asking them about it was bad enough. Apollo turns the camera back to focus on himself.]

They said that Sentret and Deerling can survive on their own after hatching, but I think they would do better if someone took care of them while they're young. I'm not sure if I could look after all six though. [A very slight pause.] Does anyone want to look after one of them? Nurse Joy says that she can send them to other PokéCenters through the PCs if you aren't near Azalea. [His tone indicates that he has no idea what that actually means.

He ends the feed at that. He'd really prefer not to have to ask this question of other humans, but if he could find people to look after them the babies would be better off, as long as they would treat them properly. He had talked to a few humans who didn't seem like the humans back home. Maybe some of them would offer to take care of them.]

[Claim post is here.]