ghostytrainer | prank #30 | video+text; GHOST EGGS

prank #30 | video+text; GHOST EGGS

[It's kind of hard to miss the three very large ghosts, a Dusknoir and both varieties of Jellicent, floating behind John when he turns on the feed today. Though they are hardly the only ghosts in the room. A Froslass floats lazily around the room, occasionally sending a stream of snow at the Dusknoir or the Spiritomb that sits on the floor. Both of the ghosts in question are doing their best to ignore this, though the Dusknoir Seems to be doing a better job of it. On John's shoulder sits a tiny Litwick.]

So if it's been over a year since an ectobiologist actually did something involving ghosts and biology, can he still call himself an ectobiologist? [There is a very slight pause.] No! Of course he can't, duh!

[John pans the camera over to the bed where there is a small pile of eggs wrapped in knitted blankets of varying colors. A Golett sits next to the eggs, eying them curiously. There are probably somewhere around twenty eggs or so, of several different varities:]

So, as you can see, I did something to fix that! [The camera pans back to John.] Now as much as I would like to, I obviously can't keep all these eggs myself. Pretty sure that would max out my PC storage. So I am sell--

[He cuts off as the rock-looking egg with the swirl on the front is shoved in front of the camera. It is followed shortly by the Golett's face. It nods excitedly, looking about as happy as is possible for an animated rock-ghost and points to the egg.]

Giant...

[The Gollet just keeps pointing, spinning the egg around so that it's visible from all angles. Oooo! Aaaaa! you are impressed and you want to buy this egg. But as impressed as you are, the same cannot be said for John who is now trying to push the Golett out of frame with little sucess.]

Giant, come on stop. You aren't helping! Just kind of inturrupting hones-- no Chandel, not you too!

[There's a happy almost squeak-like noise from the Litwick as she flies over to the bed to try and "help" too, john following after her. Though the eggs are much too big for her nubby little arms. It's a shame this part can't actually be seen on film, it's actually quite cute. Before this situation can get any more out of hand, the Dusknoir moves over to the camera, easily moves the Golett out of the way, picks up the camera, and ends the feed. A few moments later, a text is sent out.]

sorry about that.
anyway. eggs, selling them.
i am happy to answer any questions about the parents, eggs, and/or ghost types in general.
here's prices and junk:

[And then there's a list of species, quantity, and egg moves.]

((ooc: Claim post is the aforelinked link. I just didn't feel like posting that list up a second time. There is still a small chunk of unclaimed eggs, so have at 'em if you want 'em.))

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That's awful. Though...to be honest, that kind of sounds like where I come from. At least in the past. It was the sort of thing we learned about in history lessons. People are still kind of wasteful in the time I come from but not as much when it comes to animals. I'm sorry that you had to deal with that sort of thing. But you will be glad to know that the forests here aren't like that at all!

I mean, people capture pokemon in the forests but that's not the same as killing them...

I know. Humans would probably act the same way here if Pokémon could be killed and eaten though.

Humans should leave Pokémon where they are unless they want to be with humans.

[Shhh no eating Pokemon is a sad thought!]

But...how can the pokemon know that they want to be with the person if they, you know...don't actually know the person? Granted, I guess capturing in order to make friends is a little bizarre when you really stop and think about it. But it's not like you can just sit there and have a conversation with them.

[Apollo tried. It was a very sad experience.]

You're another one of the humans here who can't talk to animals I guess. Even if you can't understand them though, they can understand human words, so you can ask if they want to follow you around and see if they like you. Or they could ask the other Pokémon with you if you're nice to them.

I think you'll find that most people here can't. I have only met a handful who can understand Pokemon in all my time here. [And he is insanely jealous of them, let's just leave it at that]

I guess I could try that though. As obvious as it is, it never really occurred to me to try it. I don't really capture a lot of my Pokemon though. Most of mine I hatch from eggs or I wind up adopting them after their trainers leave.

I've only talked to one other person here who could.

[Apollo thinks that John never thinking of asking says something, but it was what he was expecting.]

Sentret's the only one who I captured, but that was by accident. I let her go, but she decided that she wanted to come with me instead. Deerling just decided that he wanted to travel with a human when we met and caught himself, and Spearow was with me when I woke up here.

[He spent a while playing the video game, okay? It's just deeply ingrained at this point. That and 'stopping and thinking' is not exactly John's strong suit...]

Ah, yeah. There's always one with you when you wake up. Mine was a Dunsparce. Do you not name them either?

[XD This is true.]

They already have names. They aren't like human names though. Each of them has their own scent that other Pokémon can smell. I don't know how to say them with human words, so if I need to talk about them out loud I call them by what kind of Pokémon they are.

[I'm just gonna assume that it works kind of like with real-world animals.]

Woah really?!

[He did not know this! Hell, he didn't even know that's how it works with real animals.]

Didn't you know that?

[He's forgetting again that most people don't have the same knowledge base as him.]

No! Well, I mean not that it was a scent based thing? I kind of figured they had some way of identifying each other in the wild.

Yeah. It seems strange to give them another name just because I can't say theirs out loud.

Mmm...well to me it was kind of the opposite. Even if it's not the same one they had in the wild, it just feels strange to call them by their species name.

You think so? I only call them that when I'm talking to humans. If I'm just talking to them I use the names they use.

[Also, would the proud "father" like to see his child?]

...how do you do that?

[He is genuinely intrigued by this. Dude, you just get more and more fascinating by the minute. How do you speak in smell?]

((ooc: sweet, thank you for linking that! I had a long closing shift yesterday at work and I'm about to go in again so I haven't checked my flist yet. I will hit that up once I get off work tonight! o/))

[~~Magic~~ "Element powers".]

When I talk to them in my head - "telepathy", right? - it's in pictures and ideas and feelings instead of human words, so I can use their idea of what their scents are when I talk.

[\o/ I'm sure a Bashful-natured oversized Golett reflects on John somehow, but either way the combination was too amusing to pass up. XD]

Woah...that's really neat! And yeah, I guess technically you would call that telepathy.

[He shrugs.]

It's normal for me.

Doesn't mean it's not cool! I would love to have powers like that.

[Sadly, he has none. Apparently he has some in the future but as cool as wind powers are, telepathy is even cooler.]

Maybe there's a way to learn how to do it.

[Until you realize that since Apollo hunts his food himself, he's literally killing and eating his friends for dinner every day.]

Do you really think so?!

[That would be the best. This is a dangerous idea to put in his head, Apollo. He will sit there for days until he figures out how to talk to his Pokemon with his brain.]

I don't know. I don't remember ever learning how to do it, just learning how to be better at it.

[At least it'll give him something to do?]

Well...what do you do then? Like, can you explain how it works or something?

I don't know. It's kind of like hearing I guess. I can always tell what the animals nearby are feeling, if most of them are scared or content or in pain, and if I listen harder I can tell what animals farther away are feeling. If I focus on one animal I start seeing and hearing pictures and ideas and feelings in my head, and as long as I'm focusing on an animal it can focus on sending me stronger pictures and ideas and feelings, which is easier to understand if it's something complicated they're trying to tell me. If I focus on pictures and ideas and feelings the other animal will see and hear them too.

It's hard to explain. I've never had to try before.

[I don't think this conflicts with how I've shown it here?

Also, staring at latest Homestuck.]

[John listens raptly, not so much as thinking about interrupting as Apollo explains. He even waits a little longer than necessary after the other ceases talking, just to be sure that he's not going to throw in another tip.]

That's okay, I imagine it would be hard to explain something that comes naturally. But that made sense! I just have to try and focus really hard I guess...

[He is so determined, you have no idea.]

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