niepokonany: (And if I'm flying solo)
Feliks Łukasiewicz ([personal profile] niepokonany) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2014-08-18 10:46 am

10.5 - [Video, in Poke-speak]

[When the feed clicks on, a serpentine body is obscuring most of the camera’s view. There’s a curious peep a split-second later, and then Huzar the Dragonair is leaning back to stare at the Warp Band, head tilted slightly to the side.]

Did we do it? Is it going?

[Blossom, a dainty-looking Leafeon, pads a little bit closer.]

It’s making the noise and the light. That must mean its awake and we can talk to it.

Okay!

[Huzar beams, but quickly grows more serious, wrapping herself into a coil and narrowing her eyes. Like her trainer, she’s the sort to cut to the chase without much in the way of preamble, or basic etiquette.]

The thing is, we’re worried our mom and dad are trying to replace us.

You see, everyone keeps telling us that humans don’t lay eggs, but that makes no sense. Our dads had us from eggs. And now...

[Blossom sounds positively ominous, and she is pacing back and forth before the camera like the Bad Cop questioning a particularily reluctant miscreant.]

They’ve been acting weird and wanting all this time alone, and now look!

[In a flash, Huzar uncoils and disappears, only to return with an egg rolling in front of her.]

See?! We told you!

And now they’re alone again, and we’re not babies you know. We know that it’s a mating thing. So does that mean there’s going to be even more?

[Look, she loves her family, but just how many other pokémon is she supposed to share Fai with, exactly? What if he completely forgets about her after a while?]
celebrity_commentator: (not getting it yet)

1/2 - Video

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2014-08-18 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[A human of Feliks's casual acquaintance appears, looking curious.]

Huh, someone's Pokémon got on the Warp Bands ag--hey!
Edited 2014-08-18 01:59 (UTC)
celebrity_commentator: (studying)

2/2

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2014-08-18 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Her hand is gently but forcibly pulled around so that the camera focuses on a serious-looking Blissey.]

I heard you had questions about eggs?
actsmagnificent: (shock)

[video]

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-08-18 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Vee?

[ Here is an extremely worried-looking Eevee. He's so new, I haven't added him to Haruka's roster yet a newcomer to his own household, but he has already noticed his new Trainer has both a Special Human, several babies, and an egg. Is all of this a bad thing? He'd had no idea!! ]
celebrity_commentator: (uncertain)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2014-08-18 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Toyo closes her eyes and nods. She understands this feeling.]

I know it can be scary when our partners get new Pokémon. Trust me, mine has Bonded a LOT ever since she started going exploring. Although those were mostly friends we made in the wild and not...

[She puts a fin to her head.]

Right, eggs. I think you're a little confused...

Uh, Toyo, what are you saying?
celebrity_commentator: (hmph)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2014-08-18 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Hm. This could be tricky. Most Pokémon she's met have been aware enough that they're "adopted", even if they do refer to their trainers as parents. How to explain this gently.]

Well, you know that eggs are always whatever Pokémon the mother is, right? Or whichever parent isn't a Ditto?

I can't use the Bond feature while you're talking on it, girl...
actsmagnificent: (hroink)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-08-18 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeeeeee!

[ IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? He just got here! H-he left the Flower Grove and everything!

Eevee, impressionable sweet soul that he is, looks terrified. What are you going to do? What is he going to do??? ]
usedstringshot: (Wait what?)

[personal profile] usedstringshot 2014-08-18 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Gordon the Herdier stared. This was just a little bit ridiculous, at least from the perspective of a Pokemon who'd actually understood human behavior from living in Union since before he'd bonded.]

They didn't lay the egg, kid. They just adopted one. My boss did this week too.
actsmagnificent: (oi)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-08-18 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, sorry, sorry! Uh......Eevee thinks. He does want to help. Hm. Deep breaths, maybe? And just think about how much your Trainer does love you? Love isn't something that can be all used up, he doesn't think. There's always more to go around. ] Vee, vee. Eevee!
usedstringshot: (Sooo)

[personal profile] usedstringshot 2014-08-18 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Other reasons that don't involve laying eggs? Humans don't lay eggs, they just make tiny bawling humans.
comparative_insanity: (Cool story bro)

[personal profile] comparative_insanity 2014-08-18 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blossom is really a bit shy, but nonetheless attempts a haughty know-it-all air.]

Nooooo, we already know how eggs are made. We just want to know why they keep wanting to make them?

Aren't we good enough?
comparative_insanity: (The dust of a long sleepless night)

[video]

[personal profile] comparative_insanity 2014-08-18 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Leeee... Leafeon! Leaf-fe-on.

[Oh you poor innocent child. Leafeon was once an innocent baby Eevee too, after all. Doesn't he know that it means getting even less attention? Besides, it's also really boring when the humans go off to have Human Time with each other, isn't it?]
Edited 2014-08-18 12:58 (UTC)
comparative_insanity: (If I said I needed a hug)

[personal profile] comparative_insanity 2014-08-18 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't be ridiculous.

[Blossom wrinkles her nose.]

The others come from outside, in the wild. They remember having other parents. But we've only got our dads, and they've always been there. So obviously we're theirs.
kickboards: (hold on a moment please)

[personal profile] kickboards 2014-08-18 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tamago the Mantyke, though young and inexperienced yet, was starting to understand a few of the quirks that some humans had.

Maybe. He didn't have much to go by, but there was a chance he could help.]


My partner came home with an egg too, and he hasn't been with any other humans. Just books, and those are too boring to make an egg with.
kickboards: (omg wat no wai)

[personal profile] kickboards 2014-08-18 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What?!

[He was louder than he had intended. His human, who had fallen asleep on his books in the habitat, stirred for a second before rolling over. Tama cast a wide-eyed glance up from the video feed, just to check on things, before continuing in a quieter tone.]

There's no way! He can't even swim!
actsmagnificent: (stalk)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-08-18 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Eevee hadn't thought of that. Maybe there is something special about raising a baby from an egg that makes it a little bit different? His Trainer's Special Human has a baby that is still mostly egg, and she gets so much love and attention all of the time...

...though that doesn't help, does it. Is there anything he can do to help? ]
Eevee vee. Eevee.
actsmagnificent: (alert)

[video]

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2014-08-18 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Vee!

[ An emphatic nod. What even happens during Human Time, anyway? ]

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