botspeaksalot | Second Keyword. [text/action for Pewter City.]

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Second Keyword. [text/action for Pewter City.]

[Someone's looking a little bedraggled as he sits in the Pokemon Center, which is why the entry that appears on the network is text instead of video like his Porygon originally wanted. Oh well. At least Philip is taking his advice on something...]

If there is anyone interested in either a Ninjask or Shedinja, please contact me with your name and location so I might transfer one or both to you. I have completed my research and have no more use for them.

They are of average height and weight for their species, according to the pokedex, and have reached level 20. The Ninjask is female, though the Shedinja no longer has a gender upon evolution. I imagine it is due to being more of a husk left behind after the metamorphosis than its own individual, though exuviae can be used in my world to determine the sex and species of the animal it was left from. They have not been nicknamed. They are pictured below, with the Ninjask on the left and the Shedinja on the right.

[ooc: I'm still on hiatus, so tags might be a little slow? Not sure yet!]

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I've never heard of a thing having that combination of types.

[Well, shoot, now he kind of wants a look at this phantom zombie bug thing.]

Don't tell me. Marlowe's one of your other pets?

According to the pokedex, there is no other pokemon currently discovered with that type combination.

[...He said not to tell him, but maybe that was just a figure of speech, he did ask, talking to people was hard when they said weird things.]

Marlowe is a Porygon. He was with me upon my arrival to this world. His is also a species without a discernible sex, though he identifies as a male and arguing the point does not seem a valuable use of time.

One of the pink computer birds. They seem like they're pretty smart, those ones.

Seems like you are, too. Were you researching what would happen if the thing evolved, to see if it really split into two like it did?

[Wow, Albert making a good impression on someone, what the heck is the world coming to? Then again, Philip was pretty easy to please.]

That was the main focus for my research, yes, though I was also curious about the evolution process in general. It seemed as good a time as any to test it out. The pokedex also had something interesting to say about Shedinja that I wanted to look into. Supposedly, looking into the hole in its back which acted as the moulting point for the Ninjask results in one losing their spirit. I can now attest that that information is false.

[Officially interested now, yup.]

Where'd you pick the thing up? This sounds like something I wouldn't mind seeing for myself.

...both things.

I acquired the Nincada they spawned from while I walked through Viridian Forest. Though I am not one for travel, the experience was made worthwhile by the area's inhabitants. There were many fascinating pokemon living there. Did you know that a Deerling's coat changes appearance with each of the four seasons and that the leaves on the head of a Pansage can be eaten to rid a person of stress and weariness?

Damn. I had friends right over there not long ago, too. Would've had one of them pick one up for me if I'd known.

And I knew about the deer thing, but not the Pansage. ...What else do you know?

As much as I would prefer sticking to civilization for some time, I would not find returning there to be problematic if you are truly interested in studying the phenomenon. I understand how disruptive to one's life it can be if the pursuit of knowledge is halted.

Not nearly as much as I'd like to. My resources here are far more limited than they are back home.

[He's pondering a minute.]

You said it was female, right? I'll tell you what, maybe I can save you the trouble. I got a house and a bunch of bugs in it; if you're okay with letting me borrow it overnight, I could just see if I could get it to lay an egg and give it back to you afterward. That's up to you, though — if you don't want to hand the thing out to a complete stranger, that's your business.

[Oh yeah, that 'breeding' thing.]

I do not have a problem with it, seeing as the purpose of this was to hand them out to complete strangers in the first place. Unfortunately, I will now have to consult with the trainer who has offered to take care of her before I can give you a definite answer.

[This is a sacrifice he is making for science, Philip. FOR SCIENCE. Because soul-stealing zombie bug husk...thing outweighs the stupidity of Johto mechanics.]

Sure, that's fine by me. If not, I'll just round one up some other way.

Be sure to feed Nina-chan cake and treat her well, ne~! ('∀'✿)♡

And if she has a little one, she'll want to say hello sometimes of course!! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) Keep these things in mind!

[ ...He's eighteen going on nineteen, really. ]

Edited 2013-02-20 21:17 (UTC)

What the hell? This is a private conversation, get off the line.

That is Mitsukuni Haninozuka, or Honey, the trainer that has offered to take custody of the Ninjask. In case it wasn't apparent by his requests, he has agreed to allow me to transfer Nina-chan to you temporarily.

You're giving an oversize bug to a little kid like that?

[Seriously, what the hell, are those faces or something.]

You don't think he's gonna rip her wings off or pin her to a bulletin board or something?

It has not been explicitly stated that Honey is a child. However, I do not feel age is particularly relevant. I believe by most societies, I would be considered quite young myself.

[Philip actually finds the weird emoticons comforting, oops.]

Considering the concern he has expressed over my treatment of the pair during my studies, I do not feel I have anything to worry about. Besides, Nina-chan would be a bit big for a bulletin board, I think.

He writes like a kid. You ever seen anybody over the age of ten drawing little hearts all over their correspondence?

And what kind of name is Nina Chan? Is the other one named Jackie?

Yes. I know a twenty-year-old woman who does so frequently.

I do not know what the other trainer intends to name the Shedinja. I would assume the 'Nina' comes from her being a female Ninjask. From what I can tell, Honey has a habit of adding the honorific '-chan' to everyone's name. It appears he enjoys many cute things, and considers that to be one of them.

So I'm talking to a kid or a twenty-year-old woman. Either way, I'd raise some eyebrows at their interest in a giant bug.

Especially one who thinks they're cute.

If that's what it takes to get a look at the bug.

So I was giving it to you! Nina-chan is the Ninjask in question! ☆

Great. I'll keep her a night and send her back to this other guy in the morning and he can...do whatever you want with it. And I'm not feeding cake to a bug.

Oh, why not? Nina-chan would enjoy that, don't you think?

Right up until it killed her, sure.

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