limacharlie | (no subject)

[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.

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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...

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.

We need some form of directory...

That's why I'm trying to get people to talk about what they have.

Your snubbull would probably be fine with my togetic. They're both fairy-group, but I'm almost sure Thranta's female.

......Almost??

Togetic don't make it easy to tell. Nothing convenient like external genitalia.

.....I, the man Gongenzaka, admittedly could not tell if most species from Alola had those...

Some were dimorphic in this way or that but otherwise I'm not really sure how people settled on considering their pokemon male or female. Not even me.

Hmmmm...

...I, the man Gongenzaka, will admit...

...it took another trainer for Suzu's to be revealed to myself...

It's really too bad that I traded my pokedex back in. Maybe it had more information. Or, maybe it didn't, considering.

Hmnnn. We were required to do so, after all....it could not be helped.

They were in high demand for eleven-year-olds. We're lucky so many of us got one in the first place.

.....Specifically 11 year olds..?

[He knew the Island challenge was for kids but was it really specifically 11 year olds..?]

Traditionally eleven-year-olds. I think some older kids do it too.

Hmmm, I, the man Gongenzaka, suppose before a certain point, it would be foolhardy to send a child on such a trek...

Some of them have pokemon earlier than that, they just don't travel on their own and take the trials and so on.

Aaaaah....that makes sense then...

It seemed like the whole world had this concept of journeying out at a young age, just the child and some pokemon. I guess trainers have less to fear.

Given who their companions are, that is not surprising.