ratherbelocky | .003 Δ [Video]

Okay, so does albinism happen to run in particular Pokémon species? I thought it might've been a newborn thing, but it's been a while and normal fur hasn't grown in yet for him at all.

[A young, energetic Sneasel clambers his way up the back of York's chair. He's kind of excessively pink.

Someone's got his first shiny is what's happening here.

The Sneasel waves at the camera, then slips back down in an undignified tumble before running off again to play with York's Rotom. York watches him go before shaking his head.]

I ask 'cause I know that can cause eye problems, but he hasn't complained about it and Delta Two hasn't picked up any bad news from him. But he's a Dark type and a baby, so I dunno how much she'd be able to get from him, anyway. Do I need to get him glasses? Keep him out of the sun?

--Also, anyone celebrating Hanukkah this year, hope you had a good one. York out.

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wing_attack

Oh, he's fine. Some Pokemon just have different coloring. It's rare, but they're perfectly fine. Like... John, come here a minute.

[He gestures over a Gallade with blue coloring.]

The Ralts line usually has green coloring, but he has blue. He's perfectly fine though. Right?

[The Gallade nods, shifting his weight a little from side to side.]

... Yeah, it's okay. You can go.

[The Gallade moves away, and Tobias smiles.]

Sorry, he's a little shy.

From:

ratherbelocky

Hey, that's okay. Delta Two was shy for the longest time. She's still pretty quiet.

[Prompted by her name, a Beheeyem leans her ponderous head into the background of the shot, waves a few blinky traffic-light fingers, and then returns to whatever she was doing out of frame.]

Is it always just one variation, or are there different patterns? Should I be breeding for this kinda thing?

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wing_attack

I think it's pretty rare, but I don't know if there's different patterns. A breeder who's been here longer than me might know - that's sort of their area. But I don't think they're much different than the standard-color Pokemon.

[He waves to Delta Two, though.]

Sorry if I'm not much help for that. Also... uh. You're Jewish?

From:

ratherbelocky

Yee-up. Raised that way, anyhow. Why?

From:

wing_attack

Just curious. Two of my friends are... half-Jewish, I think? I wasn't really raised as anything.

From:

ratherbelocky

Ah, yeah. Carolina's half-Jewish. It's pretty common in my time.

From:

wing_attack

Is it? It's not super uncommon where I'm from. Hannukah stuff can apparently be hard to find in some areas though, from what I've heard.

From:

ratherbelocky

Yeah, depends. It's totally impossible here in Johto, I can tell you that much.

From:

wing_attack

Maybe you can make some for yourself? Maybe those uh... potato... pancake things?

From:

ratherbelocky

Haha! Look, man, I may miss my mom's latkes, but I don't want to burn down the inn, either. It's all right, you live on your own long enough, you get used to missing the holidays.

From:

wing_attack

Oh. Sorry, I don't know much about Hannukah, or I'd help...

From:

ratherbelocky

Dude, don't worry about it. I had a pretty good time, anyway.

[He's just glad to have what he has.]

So how's your December going? The weather's been nuts.

From:

wing_attack

It's been okay, though... I hate the cold. If I were home I could morph into a polar bear or something, but here I just have to hide under blankets.

From:

ratherbelocky

You could bundle up with a fire Pokémon, you know. Carolina's Arcanine's great for that.

From:

wing_attack

I've got a Charizard, but he doesn't like me too much. I've got a newly-hatched Torchic, though.

From:

ratherbelocky

What's a Torchic? I'm guessing some kind of baby fire bird from the name, but you never can tell with these things.

From:

wing_attack

Pretty much. Ben, come over here.

[The Torchic hops up onto his lap, chirping happily.]

When he evolves he turns into a fire/fighting type. It's a little disappointing that he's not flying, but I guess my whole team can't be flying...

[It totally can, shh. It's not a bad tactical move at all what do you mean it is.]

From:

ratherbelocky

Who says? Follow your dream, kid, there's no Pokémon team police. Unless there is and I'm just talking out of my ass.

[Wouldn't be the first time.]

Pretty cute, though. Hey, Ben, how you doing.

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wing_attack

As long as you're not stealing them, I don't think so. The gyms are all one type, though. Falkner thinks he's so great with his Flying-type gym he doesn't even know birds like I do.

[Ben chirps back. He's doing well! Tobias snaps out of his muttering the smile down at him.]

I guess it helps to have a varied team, but anything with wings is always going to be high on my list.

Edited Date: 2015-12-19 09:09 pm (UTC)

From:

ratherbelocky

[Man, what a cute bird. Maybe he should get North one of those.]

Fair enough. I don't think I've got a type myself, though I've got a soft spot for the ones that can interact with tech.

From:

wing_attack

You might want to look into... what were they called - Porygons? I've heard they're good with tech. A lot of mine lack fingers, so interacting with tech is a problem.

From:

ratherbelocky

Oh, yeah! I know a Porygon2, he's the cutest damn thing I ever met. I wouldn't mind picking up one of those.

From:

wing_attack

Yeah, I think Porygon evolves into that but I don't know how. I'm not so great with technology, so I wouldn't know where else to look for those kinds of Pokemon, but if you ask around I'm sure you can find out.

From:

ratherbelocky

I think I saw the Goldenrod Game Corner offering 'em as prizes, actually...I may have to look into that. My luck's bounced back since I got here, after all.