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[stillwinningthehardway]

[Scout is not entirely sure how to address the carnival like this, so there's a self-conscious sense to her voice.]

They're breeding, so we should probably get this done. If you brought an animal home from Alola, come share what it is so we know if there's any likelihood of it pairing off. Pokemon aren't speciated like normal animals. There are these broad categories they fit into where they can interbreed. This will result in an egg that will be like its mother, not a hybrid or something new.

I'm Scout, I have a togetic named Thranta. She'd be in two breeding groups, "flying" and "fairy", so she's compatible with anything in either of those if the sexes match. Right now I don't think she's that interested, but if I let her progress into her next instar maybe that'd change?

I can't tell you don't go out and encourage them, but you really should be careful and consider if you can handle a second or third animal. This isn't Alola and you can't just release them if you're tired of them.

Comments

[otoko]

I, the man Gongenzaka, returned with a snubbull-they resemble small dogs, and are considered 'fairy' pokemon. However, she is also quite young; and I, the man Gongenzaka, typically keep her close.

[stillwinningthehardway]

That's good. They're also in that... general land group, I think, with most of the quadrupeds. Same group as mudsdale and arcanine. If you keep an eye on her it's probably fine though.

[otoko]

Hmm! Will do!

I, the man Gongenzaka, had wondered if I would need to keep her isolated from other pokemon... ...it would have been unfortunate, not to mention unkind, for her...

[stillwinningthehardway]

She should get to play with them if she likes. But until we know how to make it so they don't go and have eggs unless we're prepared to care for them, it's probably better not to leave her alone with males that are fairy or land ones.

[insidescoop]

Nuna is female, and an Alolan Marowak, a-

[annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd she just trails off right there-] ....there is a male marowak here....

[stillwinningthehardway]

Do they get along? Are they spending a lot of time together?

[fortuneglass]

W-well, mostly Nuna is restricted to the trailer anyway...but the problem is that I'm pretty sure same species makes compatibility an even bigger risk..!

I'll have to tell Papyrus that playdates might be a bad idea...

[periphrasing]

Stumpy is a wimpod and Booger is a goomy, but I never got far enough in my studies to find out what egg groups they're both part of.

[stillwinningthehardway]

The Bug one, I think? For Wimpod. And there were I think three different water ones.

I'd guess goomy were in the dragon and amorphous groups. Probably.

[sunflowerfields]

I don't think we need to worry about Sunny, he's only a baby.

[That's not how it works, Hinawa...]

[stillwinningthehardway]

Still, they grow up fast sometimes. So he'd be in like... grass-group? I'm not sure about any others.

[sunflowerfields]

Oh, wait! I remember. A nice man in a cafe told me that Sunny is something called a 'Phantump'. Does that help?

[puddingemote]

Riori is a bird... Does that mean she can get pregnant with any bird?

[stillwinningthehardway]

Any male bird. I think. Or bat. It's the same with Thranta.

[puddingemote]

Or a bat? Really?

So that's how a horse and a dog had an egg?

[anti_nonsense]

I've got a Litten here. Male.

... He wanders a lot. [And it's only since that last broadcast that Rita's realized there might be a problem with that.]

[stillwinningthehardway]

...Maybe he's too young?

[Scout pauses and sighs.]

Yeah I don't know. Litten are in that big general land group, just like mudsdale and arcanine and snubbull.

[anti_nonsense]

Right... I guess that is a risk. [Rita actually did have this information, but for some reason she never imagined this sort of thing would actually happen.]

Did you memorize all this stuff while we were there?

[whattaprick]

What about that thing running around in the woods? Do we have to worry about that breeding?

[stillwinningthehardway]

The Ringmaster's?

[A horrified pause.]

Yes. I think we do.

Hasn't it been dropping heads, too...? Every six becomes a new exeggcute.

[whattaprick]

Haven't exactly been traipsing into the woods to find out, but that doesn't sound good.

[kingsroads]

It dropped heads in Alola, so I don't see why the awful thing wouldn't be dropping heads here.

[ this is the only useful thing Strange has to add to the conversation: petty nonsense against poor Coco. ]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[IF IT ISN'T ONE THING]

[IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING]

[THIS FREAKING CARNIVAL]

[AND ITS DISASTERS AND MANIA]

[HOW DO THEY EVEN BREED]

[LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY ANATOMICAL QUESTIONS, ZECORA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN]

[NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--]

I can try to make a brew
To stop the third coming from two.

[The scary part may be how calmly she says this.]

[stillwinningthehardway]

I'm not actually sure if they even mate like normal animals. That was always really unclear... But it's worth trying. Thanks, Zecora.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Whether or not that's true
I can make do.

[It might take some trial and error, but she's confident she can convince Lucario to endure some experimentation in exchange for a few favors here and there. Her magic should allow her to analyze the results without needing to... more directly test them.]