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[callbacks]

[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?

Comments

[loveisanopendoor]

Wait, what? What the heck is the Mother Grub? I mean, it certainly sounds like one of those kinda skeevy trolly things, but...that's not something I've ever heard of.

The ones I know are very big on family, though. Like, almost a little too big, if that's possible. And apparently they're love experts? But I don't know if I necessarily buy that.

[ She won't lie, it was...a little uncomfortable. Seeing as though, like, she was literally dying and they were trying to push her with a guy.

Good hearts, but God, can they be strange. ]

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I.

[???]

I mean, Karkat's definitely described himself as a love expert, or at least an expert on troll love quadrants, but actually he didn't know what the fuck he was doing ever? At least, as far as I could tell. But as far as I know, the only things they really have that's close to how we think of family are their lususes, which, I mean. They didn't seem that broken up about.

[loveisanopendoor]

What on earth is a lusus..? D-do I want to know?

[callbacks]

You know, like their animal...janitor...parent things.

Maybe I'm pronouncing it wrong.

[loveisanopendoor]

The trolls I've seen don't have anything like that, I don't think...

[callbacks]

Are we talking about the same thing? Bipedal grey guys, orange horns, come from space?

[loveisanopendoor]

They're grey and bipedal, but they don't have horns...I mean, they could come from space, I don't know for sure! But they, uh, they turn into rocks and stuff?

[callbacks]

That's definitely not a thing Karkat can do. I guess probably you're talking about real mythological trolls, and not--

[...]

Wow, okay, the words "real mythological trolls" just came out of my face in seriousness, I probably need to lie face-down on the ground now and never speak again.

[loveisanopendoor]

Look, my world is a little weird, I can at least admit to that...

[ Not quite Homestuck weird, but, y'know. ]

I basically come from fairy-tale-princess land, I've grown to accept it!

[bent_the_world]

Oh hey, Anna's the one who told me about Magikarps when I first got here! She's pretty great, isn't she?

It's kinda weird how everything comes out of an egg, huh? I mean, I've only hatched a bird so far, but...I've got a fox egg right now.

[callbacks]

I mean, it's definitely not as weird as my world. But maybe that's because my world's got fairy tale princess stories in it, so I'm at least used to the concept.

And, anyway, I dunno if anything beats this world in the unreal bizarreness category.

[callbacks]

Anna's pretty much the best there is.

[And not just because she's a princess and, as a knight, he takes super-effective damage.]

And, yeah. Egg I got for Christmas, a sword came out of it.

video;

[irenicly]

It looks a little... different, as far as the evolutions go.

[He sends the either cutest or most alarming looking pink creature in response.]

But I think they're pretty cute.

[loveisanopendoor]

I kinda like it, though! Like, yeah, it's pretty crazy, but it's got this charm about it, y'know? It's really silly, but just enough to make you kind of really appreciate it.

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[unkinder]

I am, yes.

[...Technology advanced so fast, Dave.]

[invigorating]

Oh gosh, really? I've always loved nature! It's really nice and relaxing... 'Course, I couldn't live without other people around, so this is pretty much perfect for me!

[bent_the_world]

She's really great. My girlfriend and I are traveling with her and her sister. Except we're not doing much traveling right now, with the weather.

...wait, what?

[eclectictype]

[Given that she's probably like right next to him and witnessed the whole thing, Jade just claps.]

Hail King Arthur! Long live the King!

[Yes Dave posed a question about evolution, but screw that, they can talk about evolution another time--there's Disney references to make.]

1/2 video;

[callbacks]

[THAT IS THE GAYEST THING DAVE'S EVER SEEN]

2/2 video;

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[He must have it.]

Holy shit. They evolve into that when they're happy? There any trick to it, dude, inquiring minds gotta know.

[callbacks]

Yeah, it's weird in like, a harmless kiddie way. Not complaining. Time to let my inner five-year-old off his toddler leash, no problem.

[Audio]

[callbacks]

Was people's color coordination really that bad?

[secondplacing]

That's Gallade?

[Carolina's got a bit of a... greedy looking grin.

Look. Freelancers like things. Evolutions count as things.]

What's he evolved from-- the first one, I mean.

[Audio]

[unkinder]

[Having lived with someone who takes full advantage of awful 90s fashion...]

It appears so. Apparently fashion has changed to a degree, not that I've payed much attention to it either way.

[callbacks]

So, not too Metropolis, but no Fortress of Solitude, either. You gotta position your territory just right, yeah? I can respect that, turf's important.