[Video]

Jan. 8th, 2013 10:46 am
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (surprised)
[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.]
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (arms crossed)
[Someone's in a good mood after 4th wall.]

This wasn't where I went to sleep, and the sun rose in a different place this morning. Did this happen to anyone else? I think that this is like what happened before where everyone was asleep for three days, but waking up here is a lot better than waking up in Goldenrod City. You can buy fish here, for one thing, and I can tell that it's actually meat from a fish, not like the other meat you can get from the stores where I can't find out anything about the animal it came from. [He's going to buy so much fish. He'll dry it or keep it in the PC or something, but it's not mystery meat!

He turns the camera to show the outside of the berry orchard in Pallet Town, with the glass roofs of the hothouses being the main things visible.]

This place grows all kinds of berries that I haven't seen anywhere else. Apparently most of the plants need to grow in warmer places so these special buildings keep them at the right temperature all the time. It makes me wonder if I could make a smaller one somewhere else. I asked the people here how it worked and it doesn't sound very complicated to do.

[He moves the camera to show a forest green canvas tarp spread out on the grass, with at least one of every kind of berry the orchard grows sitting on it, and his bag next to it, overflowing with even more berries. You know that "small fee" that the orchard charges for an hour of picking berries? Apollo's obviously paid that fee several times and has been picking berries all day. Almost all of his Pokémon are gathered around the tarp, apparently doing a taste test of all the different berries. He's got a larger-than-average Fearow, a Furret, a Sentret, a Sawsbuck, a much larger-than-average Golurk, a Combee, a Vespiquen, a Growlithe, and... a Zangoose? Yes, it seems he has somehow ended up with a new addition to his team, who's eating a Spelon Berry around the twig it's holding in its mouth.]

Zangoose was with me when I woke up. I don't remember her asking to come with me even though she does, but I remember riding with her and a bunch of other Zangoose on the back of a bird Pokémon called Ho-Oh and the Zangoose jumping off of Ho-Oh to attack Cobra Commander and the humans who were with him, but I don't remember what happened after that. I also remember walking through a forest and being able to talk to the trees again, and something about some ruins filled with Pokémon who looked like letters. There are some other things that I can remember that don't make sense, but I don't understand what most of them mean.

[As Apollo's finishing the last part, a Solrock floats past the camera silently. And upside-down. After a moment the camera moves to follow it, now right side up, as it floats around.]

I don't remember meeting Solrock before though, and it doesn't remember meeting me or going into a Poké Ball. It doesn't mind being with me, but it feels strange for neither of us to remember it deciding to come along.

[He turns the camera back to focus on himself.]

Did anyone else have something like this happen to them?

[Video]

Oct. 1st, 2012 02:15 pm
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (down)
[The video opens on a Growlithe lying on the floor of a PokéCenter. Some may recognize it as Lea's Growlithe, Firaga. Firaga isn't looking so happy, which isn't surprising, considering that his trainer is gone. The fact that this is the first time Apollo's been in a PokéCenter in a while and thus Firaga's been stuck in Apollo's PC Box for almost a month can't have helped either.

The camera rotates to focus on Apollo's face.]

He was in my "PC Box" when I got to Olivine City. He says that he was with Lea before he ended up there. Did Lea get sent home?
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (Mugen Punch for the win)
[Well someone's looking a bit smug right now. The camera turns to show a male Combee eating his way through a small pile of Berries.]

I got third place in the Bug Catching Contest with this guy. All I had to do was ask the Pokémon if any of them would be okay with me catching them just until the end of the contest and then letting them go, and this guy offered to come with me. He never even needed to get hurt to get caught and now he wants to travel with me for a while instead of going back to his home. See? Some Pokémon will come with you if you just ask. You don't have to fight them all the time.

[The camera turns back to Apollo's slightly less smug face. He holds up the Sitrus Berry he won.]

I won this. It's supposed to heal better than an Oran Berry, so it sounds like they'd be good to collect, but has anyone seen these growing anywhere? None of the Pokémon with me have seen them before.
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (confused)
[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.]
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (confused)
[The feed comes on sideways as the PokéGear hits the ground. You might catch a glimpse of a group of Blitzle stampeding off into the distance, but the main view is of Apollo rushing to use a Potion on an unfortunate Winter Deerling that couldn't get out of the way in time and got trampled. Once it recovers some of its HP, it gets to its feet and looks Apollo in the eye. What follows is... a whole lot of nothing, since they're passing mental images between each other and all that can be seen by the viewer is Apollo's expression going from concerned to pleased and then to increasing levels of awkward. He finally stands up and the Deerling makes its move, shoving its head under his cloak.]

Hey!

[The subject of the conversation is apparent when a Pokéball falls to the ground and the Deerling nudges it, going inside. Apollo stares down at it and scratches the back of his head, then bends down to pick it up. Congratulations! The wild Deerling has... caught itself?]

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