paladinlost | 80th moon [video]

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80th moon [video]

"Celebi is an extremely playful species. Its main ability is the power to travel through time." Or so the Professor said.

[Today's quote should sound quite familiar to anyone who watched last week's EV NEWS. So should the Cele-Berry Meringue waiting in front of the Gear, for that matter. Homemade and fresh, thank you very much.]

Bringing back a spring snow after weeks of summer heat matches both sentences perfectly, if you ask me. Has anyone thought to look for legendary Pokémon around their garden today?

[Not that Cecil himself has, of course. Nope.]

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I suppose it's just one of those idiosyncrasies that the natives display on occasion, like telling you the most inane things before challenging you to a battle and having parties of six of the same Pokemon.

Or using level 50 Magikarps and Caterpies. I'd never for a Pokémon to evolve against its will, but it's such a waste of potential.

You'd think both of those kinds of Pokemon would want to evolve, given how... unfortunate they are in their unevolved state.

I can perhaps imagine that a Caterpie could be afraid of heights and refuse to gain wings, but beyond that...

Even so, Butterfree can stay close enough to the ground... it's not like they don't have limbs, even if they're a bit small. That, and I'm sure it's still better than being a Caterpie.

It would certainly be safer for them, not counting the added type weaknesses. Merely learning Sleep Powder allows to evade many foes.

Honestly, I imagine the added type weaknesses wouldn't even be that much of a factor, given that it would probably be equally durable prior to evolving. I suppose they could simply stay Metapod forever, but... that seems like it would be awfully dull.

Considering the loss of mobility that comes with that form, I'm surprised they can stand it, even if it's usually only for three levels.

I wonder if things go differently for them in the wild... trained ones at least seem to keep their offensive moves even if they aren't terribly good, but the wild Metapod and Kakuna I've encountered have only used Harden. Perhaps surviving long enough in that state is an equivalent method that allows them to evolve...

...Goodness. How long could that possibly take? Months, years? With only a harder shell to defend themselves...

If it's anything like regular insects... well, who knows? Caterpillars don't take anywhere near that long, but if they're more like cicadas... well, we just don't know. It would probably be a bit difficult to observe, as well, given how wild Pokemon behave.

That could be possible if we found a Shiny one by chance, as it would be easier to recognize. But I've no idea if they can even be found in the wilderness.

It's difficult to say, really. Going by normal genetics, differently colored animals are rare for a reason... but there's really nothing normal about how Pokemon operate, so I can imagine a shiny Caterpie having just as much of a chance as a regular Caterpie even if it stands out more.

...It might have a higher chance of being deliberately targeted by trainers, however, which would make observing it more complicated.

...ah, yes, there's that, too. Then again, I'm quite sure the average Metapod wouldn't be terribly difficult to simply pick up and carry... you wouldn't own it the way you'd own a Pokemon captured in a Pokeball, so it would still be wild on some level.

I wonder if the locals would accept that, even if it was to observe it. They are quite attached to their traditions; how would they see a trainer that keeps a Pokémon without catching it?

Well, I can't really say I care what they think, so long as there's no legal ramifications. Getting jailed simply because I want to see how something works would make it more trouble than it was worth.

...Considering that they've previously sent out arrest warrants for the crime of working less then five whole days for an employer, I'd not be surprised if that were the case.

...I always keep forgetting about that, and I'm quite certain it's precisely because it's so...

...well, no, I somewhat understand the function behind it, but it's still idiotic.

It gets worse. Those warrants last just as long as the ones for near-deadly assault and theft.

...it would be, wouldn't it? Have these people never heard of simple fines?

Seeing as they consider attempts to post a bail bribery, I doubt they consider fines an appropriate punishment.

Edited 2013-09-23 01:16 (UTC)

Ugh. I'll never truly understand this place's logic. Sometimes I feel as though I'm getting close, and then I learn something like this...

It could be that the extreme rarity of death here has skewed their perception of crime. If a theft and an attempt at murder cause someone the same amount of inconvenience, why not punish them equally?

Honestly, I was more baffled by murder being considered on par with leaving work early. It being on par with thievery based exactly on that line of logic, as from what I've gathered, being murdered sounds like it might be even less of an inconvenience than having your best Pokemon stolen from you here.