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Hello, everyone! Now that things are starting to calm down again, I've got a favor to ask of anyone willing to help me out.

You see, I've got a couple of Pokémon that only evolve via trading, and until now, I've been too busy to see to that myself. So, now that I have some free time, I'd like some help in evolving these Pokémon. In exchange...well, just let me know if there's anything I can do for you. If not, I'd be happy to pay you for your time.

That's all for now. Enjoy some rest -- you all have earned it.

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[Jayce opens the door with a smile on his face.]

Welcome. Come on in. Tea?

[Once Yuuna is inside, Jayce closes the door. They're in a very cushy living room right now, with top-of-the-line furniture.]

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Um. Alright.

[She steps in, an Eevee and Gallade trailing behind her.]

Nice place. You must have a fancy government contract.

Not so much. Most of my money these days is royalties from patents.

[He walks into the kitchen, then out two minutes later with two mugs of fresh tea.]

Need cream and sugar?

Nah, thanks though.

[She shrugs and takes the cup.]

Sorry you spent the effort to make those gizmos, though. I probably should make myself available for trading more often.

[Jayce takes his own mug and adds a bit of cream and sugar to his. He's used to drinking coffee, so it's a habit.]

Ah, no big deal. One of them is a Metal Coat, so I can still use that outside of evolution. And I've got plenty of Steel-type Pokémon already.

Fair enough. Whenever you're ready to get started, I've got a willing subject.

[The Eevee purrs happily, walking right up to Jayce and looking up at him with those baby doll eyes of hers.]

[Jayce slowly reaches down to gently pet the Eevee's head.]

All right. I've got the first candidate right here.

[Jayce's Warp Band releases a flash of light. When it dies down, a Porygon can be sitting on the coffee table.]

Now, if I'm not mistaken, Porygon can evolve twice. Can you prompt both of those?

[She looks at the Pokemon with an odd expression.]

Twice? I didn't know that. But I guess I probably can? I don't know, though. I didn't know it evolved more than once. I've got the disc for mine to upgrade itself, but I'm not letting it just yet. I'm saving that for a rainy day.

The blueprints I've seen of devices retrieved from Old City as well as some of the technology we've obtained from elsewhere indicate that it can. The second evolution requires an item called a Dubious Disc. Porygon has fascinated me for quite some time, so I'd love to see the extent to which it's capable of growing.

Then let's give it a try. If yours is ready for that, then we'll see how things go.

All right. Got your Warp Band ready?

[Jayce lifts his own and gets it ready for a trade.]

[She raises her wrist and flips it over to go.]

Then let's make progress!

[Jayce inputs the trade commands. Once Yuuna accepts, she'll be receiving Baer, Jayce's Porygon.]

Yep.

[She taps the button and swaps Baer for Teki. The Eevee seems alright with this, knowing it's temporary, after all...]

[And Jayce confirms the swap. There's a notification on Yuuna's Warp Band that Baer is evolving, and then the screen changes to show Baer evolving into a Porygon2.]

Did it work?

[She looks at the Porygon2 and nods.]

I'd say so. He looks...different.

Great! Sounds like it worked. Now, how does your ability work? Can you use it right here and now?

Trade me again. If he wants to evolve, he will.

All right, works just fine for me!

[With that, Jayce sets up the trade -- this time for his Onix, Bessemer. Jayce makes a point to give him the command to let go of the Metal Coat first, though.]

[And Yuuna responds by sending back the Porygon...]

[Which then evolves into a Porygon-Z! Meanwhile, Bessemer proves itself ready to evolve, too, so Jayce will be getting a Steelix back.]

[Bessemer is ignored. Completely. Yuuna looks at the Porygon Z with mingled confusion and worry. It looks like something out of a sci-fi book. And it also looks...disturbing. The things joints are all wrong. As are it's eyes. It...makes her shudder, really, since it seems like it's pretty corrupted, like bad code.]

I...am...not sure I'll let mine reach that point.

You don't like the way it looks, huh? Well, I guess I can't blame you.

I'm interested in seeing what it can do now that it's reached this stage. If it's more powerful and it's willing to obey me still, I'll consider it a worthwhile effort.

I'm not worried about whether or not it minds, either. It evolved, so clearly it's fine with it.

Not the look of it. [She gestures.] It looks like something went wrong with it.

[Did it know? and did this guy have any clue what he'd just said, and how that'd sound.]

What's the last one again, an Electabuzz?

[Best to move on, then.]

There was, but another friend of mine took care of it for me. So all that's left is this last trade.

[Which he begins to set up.]