.[Hope Estheim - 0.0.3. Video]. What's evolution?!~ (Goldenrod)

[cursedwithpuns]

[Hope looks stunned.

He's just witnessed his little Surskit who was working so hard at training turn into this weird moth thing. He blinks with a smile on his face before turning the camera to the Masquerain flying around his head.]

I don't really know what happened. One minute we were training and then suddenly he went all white and changed into this thing.

[The Masquerain starts flapping, seemingly annoyed at being called a 'thing'. Hope blinks at him before laughing. That was definitely his Surskit.]

Lightning! Ven! See?

[He grins showing it again.]

Comments

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[soggypastry]

]['Sup, Hope. Big sis coming at you from the way back to town, and she's smiling.]

A lot of them do that. It's called evolution.

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[cursedwithpuns]

I thought evolution took millions of years.

[Masquerain is now perched in his hair.]

So... will this happen to Absol and Hoppip?

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[soggypastry]

Not around here. They evolve when they reach a certain level.

[Juuust watching you, Masquerain. Better not try and pick Hope by the hair, you hear?]

It'll happen to Hoppip, but I've never heard of an Absol evolving. I'm not sure if they do.

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[cursedwithpuns]

Huh. I see.

[Oh~ Masquerain wouldn't try that. ... While you're watching anyway.]

That's weird. So... do they get stronger?

[Action]

[soggypastry]

[She's watching you, bug. Don't think she isn't.]

Yeah. They change forms like this and they get stronger. Some of them do it more than once, too.

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[paladinlost]

Oh, was that your first evolution? Congratulations.

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[cursedwithpuns]

It was.

[He smiles. Oh, a congratulations! This must be a good thing then.]

Thanks I guess. It was kind of unexpected.

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[paladinlost]

The first time always is, especially when the difference between the two forms is so great. Can the Pokédex tell you if it'll evolve again?

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[cursedwithpuns]

Oh. I didn't think to check that.

[A pokédex entry is listened to before he replies.]

No... Sursk- ... Masquerain is the final evolution.

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[paladinlost]

A two-stage family, then. That's the case for most Pokémon. Others evolve twice, and a few have multiple parallel evolutions.

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[islandshore]

Yeah, evolution's... kind of standard.

['sup, Hope? Have one snarky teen with a gigantic Charizard (at least seven feet tall)!

...oh, and there might be a Dratini herding a Deino around by whipping it with his tail. At that, Flare grunts and rolls his eyes.]

Happens to almost all Pokémon.

[Riku's probably somewhere around, he's just trying to train these pesky dragons. Hoo boy.]

Video : Yay! Silverhaired Teen CR!

[cursedwithpuns]

It was kind of a shock when I wasn't expecting it.

[He smiles. But there is a distinct notice of the Charizard, and the smaller dragons.]

Your pokémon look like dragons. That's really cool!

Video : Yes. It was destined to happen, especially with Riku broing it up with Ven. B]

[islandshore]

Yeah, most of them do. Somehow I ended up with about a hundred dragons and dinosaurs.

[One hundred is... a huge exaggeration, and there's a bit of sarcasm in his tone, but---

...give him a sec. That Dratini's roaring and getting a little abusive.]

Okay, Slash. Give him another icy wind.

[There's some yowling off camera before his Weavile hops in and uses just a tiny bit of ice to chill him off.]

Video: >X3 Yaaaay!

[cursedwithpuns]

Huh. I kind of have a swatch of many colours going on.

[He chuckles.]

I've got an Absol, Masquerain and a Hoppip. [He smiles. ... He stares at the camera for a moment. ... Riku kind of looks like an absol.]

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[islandshore]

Huh, that is pretty varied. And everyone but the Absol should evolve.

[At least, he's pretty sure Absols don't.]

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[colorsofthewind]

Oh, it looks like it evolved! Congratulations!

[Video ] - *A* Soul Calibur muse!

[cursedwithpuns]

Evolved?

[Oh. So...]

It is still my Surskit? It's just... different now.

[ video ] *_* Soul Calibur fan!

[colorsofthewind]

Yes. You can think of it as growing up, in a sense.

[ video ] Yes! Though I have issues with Talim. In that I do the little backflip off of the map.

[cursedwithpuns]

Oh... So.. I get it.

[Have a big smile.]

Thanks for your help Miss.

[ video ] HAHA I do that too

[colorsofthewind]

Please, call me Talim.

And you're very welcome.

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[ex_aeroga402]

[Ven doesn't reply right away, but that's only because he's taking a lunch break to come see this moth-thing of Hope's in person.

As he spots his friend he hurries over, tugging at the bow-tie he's been stuck wearing the past while. He's not sure why waiters have to dress up like this, honestly, but oh well]

Looks like your Surskit evolved. Congrats, Hope!

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[cursedwithpuns]

Thanks. Masquerain... is kind of something I didn't expect.

[Snerk.]

Nice um. Bowtie.

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[ex_aeroga402]

Evolution's pretty surprising, that's for sure.

[The comment just makes him tug at the knot he can't seem to rid himself of again]

I'm not very good with the other kind of ties.

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[cursedwithpuns]

I see.

[It's still evilly amusing.]

I was kinda shocked. The last time I saw something white, it was that Pineco using self-destruct.

[Action]

[ex_aeroga402]

[Good thing he's used to causing Hope-chuckles. And he's not self-conscious enough to pretend the mess that was his bowtie doesn't demand at least some of his attention, so he's still trying to casually pick that knot apart.

He can't help but wince at the mention of that move though]

I really don't like those kinds of attacks, it must hurt.