whateveryoueatliveitspart: (smile)
2013-02-23 11:52 pm

[Video]

[The feed comes on to show Apollo's Fearow, caught in his last second of preening before seeing that the camera's on and puffing himself up to look even larger and more awesome than usual. He's looking pretty proud of himself right now and decides to announce his pride for those who are merely in earshot of their PokéGear and not actually looking at him.]

Feeeeeeaaaaaar!

[To Pokémon it's a cry of triumph. To everyone else it's a sound like the screams of the damned in Hell. Hope you weren't planning on falling asleep anytime soon.

Apollo appears from behind the camera, apparently having propped it up on something, and stands next to Fearow with a smile on his face. With him for scale it becomes clear that his Fearow is significantly larger than average.]

Fearow wants everyone to know that he reached level 100 today, and that he reached it before all of the other Pokémon who are with me, [Apollo's smile falters for a moment and he side eyes Fearow until he finishes relaying the message.] especially Firaga.

[The reference to something that's meaningless to 100% of the viewers over with, Apollo returns to smiling.]

They explained it to me, but it seems strange that a Pokémon can't reach a level higher than 100. There are more numbers past 100. It sounds like they stop getting stronger as easily once they've reached level 100 too. Everything about levels seems kind of strange, but this is the strangest part that I know about. Is there anything else strange that happens when a Pokémon reaches level 100?

[There're a series of screams and cries from off-camera, sounding garbled to any Pokémon listening. "Hunt! Now!" is about all that can be gleaned from it. Apollo's smile loses a bit of its strength as he looks over at the source of the cries. Fearow, on the other hand, stops looking as proud as before and starts looking more like a teenager whose secret crush has just walked in. Which is exactly what's happened, as Apollo's shiny Archen makes her entrance from off-camera. Fearow hops after her with a happy "Okay!" and the two of them leave the camera's field of view, leaving Apollo standing alone in a forest watching them go. He looks back to the camera, but if he had anything else to say he's forgotten it, so he shrugs slightly and walks over to the camera to end the feed.]
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (surprised)
2013-01-08 10:46 am

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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.]