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[The video starts on an unsure-looking Kirlia. He starts to edge away, but Dave--apparently behind the camera--speaks.]

Naw, go ahead, dude. C'mon. Don't be shy.

[The Kirlia sighs, extremely put upon, and then ballet-toes back into place. There's a Dawn Stone on the floor nearby; the Kirlia bends primly at the waist to pick it up, and:

Presto.

Wart the Gallade examines his arm-blades for a moment, then shoots Dave a look as if to say, "If we're quite done now." Dave chuckles quietly.]

Yeah, yeah, thanks for humoring me, bro. The moment has been secured for posterity. Duty discharged. [The relief on the Gallade's face is palpable before Dave turns the camera towards his own movie star mug. Hello, Johto.]

So, hey. I get that baby's first evolution is probably ancient headwear for most of you, but he's the first guy I got all the way to his final form. That's worth some kind of jokey home video.

[Yeah, because he's obviously being ironic about this. He's not Proud Dadding all over his starter, no sirree.]

Anyway, I've been hearing about a bunch of different evolutionary paths our Poképals can take, and, I dunno. I'm curious, I guess. If you ever made a choice like that, what made you pick one way or the other?

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I heard they get kind of mean too if you don't treat them right while they're little.

What kind of jerks don't treat their Pokemon right?

Got one for Christmas. Yo, Machete.

[A Honedge drifts towards him and peers over Dave's shoulder at the feed, though she takes care to stay mostly hidden behind his back.]

She's shy.

[She is also, um. Super intense, but Dave doesn't seem to notice.]

Look, just saying. But I guess if you were that hype about her, you never would, anyway.

Yeah, you'd have to be a total jerk to mistreat your Pokemon. I love my Pokes, they're awesome. They're my friends. And Sentra's just as awesome whether she's a little fish or a big dragon.

Uhhh, I don't know if I'm the best person to be put in charge of other people's friends. On account of being pretty new here still and all. And also on account of not actually knowing how to take care of a living, breathing creature that depends on me in any way.

[Basically, it's a good thing Pokémon are good at communicating their needs and also fending for themselves in large ways. Also, good thing he basically has two competent teenage babysitters.]

But that sounds fun. I didn't spend too long in Cherrygrove, once my friend got there we pretty much bailed before the weather could happen too much.

[...That is so sweet.]

How many other ones you got so far?

[While Nagi remains on audio exclusively, he does get a good view of that Honedge. ...wow. They're a bit...bigger than he imagined.]

A ghost sword. Then again, I've seen plenty of more...unusual Pokemon.

[In fact, he had a conversation about this with someone recently, but that's a different topic entirely.]

I've got six right now, and a Vulpix egg that'll be hatching in a couple weeks. I started with my Growlithe, Iqniq. Then I caught my Magikarp, my Wooper, my Sentret and my Geodude and I hatched a Rufflet.

A really, really stubborn Rufflet. She's got Personality.

[Korra's tone clearly conveys her affection for her Pokemon.]

Oh gosh, it's really not that difficult! They mostly just want you to play with them and keep them entertained, so! At least, that's what I've been doing, I dunno if it'd be any different elsewhere.

[Huh.]

Well, I guess Cherrygrove is kind of a small town? But that's okay, because it's plenty big for me! I kinda prefer small towns anyway!

[Dave switches back to audio, too, for symmetry's sake, and not because Asher is a derp who keeps forgetting this thread is audio every other tag.]

Some of them are pretty wild, huh. Have you seen the cubist banana turtle?

Oh, yeah, the fluffy eagle guys? I got one of those, too. He's dumb as a stump. I love him.

Not an urban girl, huh?

[IT IS OKAY Nagi needed to see the ghost sword. It needed to happen.

...also, uh.]

...remind me which Pokemon that is, again?

Hang on, someone sent me a picture.

[After a minute or two, a picture file gets sent along.

Boop.]

Feast your eye sockets on that incredible piece of shit. I need one.

[Ah.]

It is...something, alright. I can't say I've ever heard that name for it before.

There's like seven thousand of these things and I've only been here two months, I can't memorize all their names.

Yeah! Bullseye's grumpy and stubborn, but I knew what I was in for. I guess her parents were pretty hard to handle, too.

It's okay, though, we get along just fine. I can deal with grumpy and stubborn.

I only knew the first 150 when I arrived, so I can understand the feeling, at least.

I think it's because my sister's Kirlia was his crush and he wanted to be strong enough to protect her...so when he saw that Dawn Stone, he practically leapt for it, yknow?

None of mine are like that. But I had a friend back where I came from who fits that description to a vertical-and-crossbar character.

He thinks he's worse than he is, really.

I didn't have Nintendos when I was growing up, so I don't even know that. I knew...the electric bunny thing? And the dragon. I know there's a dragon.

Isn't that how it always is. Sorry you gotta put up with it, though. You seem like a reasonable guy.

Haha, man. How long's that crush been going on? Deets, gossip, chop chop, let's go.

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